Thursday, October 25, 2012

Petrol price to rise by 30 paise a litre

Petrol price to rise by 30 paise a litre


Petrol price to rise by 30 paise a litre

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 08:43 PM PDT

Petrol paise price a litre will after be government hiked by 30 paise decided per to litre increase and diesel the commisrate by 18 - sion paid to petrol pump dealers.


Airspace violations don’t hint at Chinese aggression: Indo Tibetan Border Police

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 08:41 PM PDT

Airspace violations by China on the Sino-Indian border are merely perceived intrusions and not an indication of Chinese aggression, Indo Tibetan Border Police DG Ranjit Sinha said on Thursday.


Techie returns a free man 8 years after drifting into Pakistan

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 07:04 PM PDT

Eight years after Bhavesh strayed across the border, he was repatriated by Pakistani authorities following his release from a Lahore prison.


Joshi pushes for private investment to boost railway revenue

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 05:02 PM PDT

Railways minister C P Joshi seems to be pushing UPA's reforms agenda, including encouraging private investment to revive the cash-strapped national transporter, in a big way.


Madam G behind a happy Singh

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 04:57 PM PDT

The festive season, despite an overcast political climate, may have infused some cheer in the UPA brass with the PM looking a lot more relaxed than he has been in public and during official meetings.


Congress leaders jittery ahead of Cabinet revamp

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 04:35 PM PDT

With less than 72 hours to go for Manmohan Singh to rejig his Cabinet, anxiety is beginning to grip Cong circles over what might unfold on Sunday.


Mumbai engineer repatriated from Pak after seven years

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 04:27 PM PDT

Pakistan on Thursday repatriated a 32-year-old Mumbai software engineer who had accidentally boarded the Pakistan-bound Samjautha Express from Amritsar and was arrested upon his arrival in Lahore seven years back.


Dodgy business practices dent Gadkari’s caring persona

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 04:22 PM PDT

In a concession to political correctness, BJP president Nitin Gadkari chooses to describe himself as a "social entrepreneur", an adequately public-minded and benign persona that is nonetheless gilded by a hint of prosperity and comfort.


BJP leaders come to party chief’s rescue

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 04:19 PM PDT

The BJP continued to show solidarity with Nitin Gadkari on Thursday even as the party president seemed to be avoiding questions from the media after initially declaring that he was ready to face a probe by any agency.


Pawar, wife owned 2,000 shares worth 3 lakh in IRB

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 04:11 PM PDT

While IRB Group's links to BJP chief Nitin Gadkari have been established, evidence is emerging of its formal ties to other political figures.


List 2G witnesses on whom there is no consensus, Yashwant Sinha says

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:53 PM PDT

Joint Parliamentary Committee chairperson P C Chacko should present a list of witnesses that includes names of political and business figures on whom there is no consensus before the panel for its consideration, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has said.


Government goes AIR-borne, uses radio jingles to take on Maoists

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:36 PM PDT

As part of its plan to wean villagers/tribals away from the Maoist ideology, the government has taken to airing radio 'jingles' to reach out to people in the Naxal heartland.


Jindal goes public with ‘extortion CD’

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:32 PM PDT

Jindal Steel chairman Naveen Jindal on Thursday accused TV channel Zee of "extortion'' and "blackmail'' for allegedly demanding Rs 100 crore worth of advertisements in lieu of blanking out negative reports.


Before Mallya’s F1 pit stop, KF reaches salary deal with staff

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:29 PM PDT

Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) struck a salary deal with employees on Thursday, paving the way for their return to work immediately and ensuring that promoter Vijay Mallya attends this weekend's F1 Grand Prix at Greater Noida without the fear of striking staff lining up on the tracks.


Indian and US navies hold submarine rescue operations

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:05 PM PDT

In a unique and complex endeavour, Indian and US navies have come together to practise the rescue of "trapped" submariners from deep under the sea.


Indian, US navies hold submarine rescue operations

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:05 PM PDT

In a unique and complex endeavour, Indian and US Navies have come together to practise the rescue of "trapped" submariners from deep under the sea.


Officials give clean chit to Vadra in Haryana land deals

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:46 PM PDT

Inquiries conducted by the deputy commissioners of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Palwal and Mewat have indicated that there was no wrongdoing in land deals involving UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra.


Purti leaves Munirka man hassled

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:36 PM PDT

Balwan Singh Tokas is a worried man. Three years ago, the 52-year-old resident of Munirka — a village in South Delhi which shot to national fame when one of its residents Khazan Singh captured two gold medals in the 1982 Asiad — started getting letters from the income tax department relating to investments made by five companies registered at his address.


Gadkari loaned money to companies that invested in his firm: I-T smells a rat

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:22 PM PDT

Income tax department has joined the ministry of corporate affairs in looking at the funding of the company founded by BJP president.


Jaspal Bhatti was a Kejriwal of comedy

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:13 PM PDT

For millions who grew up watching Doordarshan in the late 1980s, satirist Jaspal Bhatti, who died in a car accident on Thursday, was always intelligent fun.


CA convicted for causing hijack scare

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:12 PM PDT

A chartered accountant who had caused a "hijack scare" aboard a Goa-Delhi Indigo flight three years ago — claiming he was involved in the Kandahar hijack and had infected needles with him — was convicted for the "terrifying act" on Thursday.


3 ex-chief ministers under lens over Nice land allotment

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:04 PM PDT

A special Lokayukta court on Thursday ordered an investigation into the role of three former Karnataka chief ministers in the allocation of land to Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (Nice) for the construction of an expressway between Bangalore and Mysore.


Good kharif crop yield expected in Hazaribag district

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:43 AM PDT

With good rainfall during 'Hathia' nakshatra, the farmers are clearly upbeat as they can now expect at least 79% to 80% khariff yield which seemed impossible not too long ago.


Pak infiltration through Nepal border increases alarmingly

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 09:59 AM PDT

Pakistan is sneaking an increasing number of infiltrators through the porous Indo-Nepal border using four little known gateways in the Terai region along the western border.


146 'crorepati' candidates contesting Himachal polls: NGO

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 09:57 AM PDT

from Rs 3.11 crore in 2007 to Rs 29.70 crore in 2012 while the.


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