PMO rejects Moily bid for petrol pumps’ night closure
The Prime Minister’s Office on Monday categorically rejected the petroleum ministry’s proposal to shut petrol pumps at night to taper fuel demand.
Telangana note in Cabinet in 20 days: Shinde
The Union home ministry proposes to present a Cabinet note on the controversial issue of creating a separate state of Telangana within the next three weeks. A crucial meeting of the A.K.
PIL alleges a BJP ‘plot’ to save Shah in Prajapati case
A PIL filed in the Supreme Court has alleged that senior BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, Prakash Javadekar, Bhupender Yadav and Ram Lal, had been caught on camera conspiring to subvert judicial proc
Airfares may rise 50% as jet fuel prices hiked
In a huge shock for airlines and the aviation industry that may see domestic airfares skyrocket by almost 50 per cent in the next few weeks, state-owned oil firms hiked the price of aviation turbine f
Food Bill sails through RS in boost for UPA
The UPA’s ambitious Food Security Bill on Monday got parliamentary approval with the Rajya Sabha passing it by a voice vote, after the Lok Sabha had already cleared it last week.
Land Bill to come up in RS tomorrow
The Land Acquisition Bill, which seeks to provide just and fair compensation to farmers while ensuring that no land can be aquired forcibly, will come up in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Young India rise against the odds
India may be just a step away from final confirmation of their berth in the 2014 Hockey World Cup, but the young team’s heartening show at the Asia Cup, where they finished runners-up, has instilled b
India face B’desh in Saff C’ship
Having opened their campaign with a lacklustre show, India will look to make amends against Bangladesh in their second group league match of the Saff football championships in Kathmandu on Tuesday.
Fake currency seized, 3 held
The special cell of Delhi police has arrested three persons for allegedly supplying counterfeit currency in the city.
Missing Class 2 boy found dead in neighbour’s cooler
A seven-year-old Class 2 student who was missing for the past two days was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside the cooler of his neighbour in Gokulpuri area of northeast Delhi.