Incessant rains in parts of Uttarakhand continued to hamper relief efforts today prompting authorities to commission the IAF’s C-130 Hercules aircraft to drop relief material to Kedarnath and other affected places.

As the UPA government weighs its options on the demand for separate Telangana, Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said he had submitted his proposal in this regard to party president Sonia Gandhi.

The Supreme Court today asked Narendra Amin, a suspended senior Gujarat cadre police officer, to respond to CBI’s plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to him in the Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

Telecom major Bharti Airtel has cleared Rs 6,796 crore, or over 10 per cent, of its debt by using the equivalent sum of amount it received by selling five per cent stake to Qatar Foundation Endowment last month.

Fag-end buying triggered by strong European cues helped benchmark S&P BSE Sensex today partially recover from early losses to end 171 points lower at 19,324.77 after positive US jobs data dragged rupee to record low.

The food ministry is in favour of a 7.5 per cent import duty on pulses as against 10 per cent suggested by the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) to boost domestic production.

BJP today said it has come into election mode and is ready for snap polls for which it has laid down a roadmap making good governance and development as its poll planks.

As many as 13 bombs were planted inside the Mahabodhi temple complex in Bodh Gaya of which ten had exploded injuring two monks, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde said today.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), the largest container port, is investing around `50 crore to install a windmill of 7 MW capacity, which will help it save around 30 per cent on energy costs, a top

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