New Delhi: Petrol prices may be revised on Friday with companies talking about a scope of cutting rates by Rs 1.50-1.60 a litre. BPCL CMD RK Singh said on Thursday that prices could be cut by 1.5 to 2 rupees a litre if there is a drop in international crude prices. Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum had over the past one week indicated of a scope of reducing...
08:36 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna made a statement at the Lok Sabha on Wednesday throwing light on three separate incidents in Sindh where Hindu girls were allegedly abducted and married to Muslim men. The question is how safe are the Hindus in Pakistan. CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose took up the question with a distinguished panel on her show Face The Nation. Following is the transcript of the...
11:33 AM, May 10, 2012
Voicing concern over problems faced by minority Hindus in Pakistan, India reminded Islamabad of its responsibility to discharge its Constitutional obligations towards its citizens. ...
11:57 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: Voicing concern over problems faced by minority Hindus in Pakistan, India on Wednesday reminded Islamabad of its responsibility to discharge its Constitutional obligations towards its citizens. "It is the responsibility of the Government of Pakistan to discharge its constitutional obligations towards its citizens, including those from the minority community," External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said in the Lok Sabha. He was responding to the issue of treatment of...
02:07 PM, May 09, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have assured the Supreme Court that computerised national identity cards will soon be issued to all members of the minority Hindu community, including married women who were facing problems in obtaining the cards. Following the assurance, a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Monday disposed of a suo moto case it had taken up on problems faced by married Hindu women in obtaining CNICs....
02:02 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Hindustan Motors Limited which hardly had any big launches in 2011 has already launched two vehicles in the first quarter of 2012. And now, the third product is a refreshed Montero. The key changes include a new chrome radiator grille, body coloured front bumper, new stitch design on the leather seats and upgrades to the power window panels. Lending a chic ambience to the interiors is a new illumination theme....
06:59 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: State-run oil companies have served an ultimatum to the government that they will raise petrol prices by Rs 9.6 a litre if excise duty is not cut or they are not provided compensation for Rs 49-crore per day loss on fuel sale. "We have been very patient, not raising prices since December despite our cost of production spiralling. But there is a limit to which we can borrow...
06:30 PM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: Car maker Hindustan Motors cut the prices of sedan Cedia of its Japanese partner Mitsubishi's portfolio by Rs 1.31 lakh with immediate effect. The car, which was earlier priced at Rs 9.30 lakh, will now be available for Rs 7.99 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). "In order to boost our sales, we have decided to cut the prices of Cedia. We have not launched any strip down version, but the...
10:48 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Islamabad: Some political parties and Hindu groups in Pakistan are furious over the kidnapping and alleged conversion of Hindu girls in Sindh province. The Human Rights Club, Young Hindu Forum, Minority Commission of Pakistan, Awami Jamhoori Party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Pakistan Hindu Council and Aurat Foundation held a demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club Sunday, the Daily Times reported Monday. They alleged that a Hindu girl, Rinkal Kumari of Mirpur Mathelo...
03:42 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Exactly on April 3, 28 years back, IAF Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma strapped himself inside a Soyuz T-11 mission capsule. As the rocket, essentially a gigantic intercontinental ballistic missile, carrying the 6850-kg spacecraft, blasted off from its launch pad in Baikonur in Kazakhstan, Sharma became the first Indian cosmonaut, the first Indian in space. Born on January 13, 1949, in Patiala, Punjab, to Hindu Gaur parents, Sharma joined the Indian...
12:22 AM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: Public sector oil companies have warned of disruptions in fuel supply if they are not allowed to raise petrol prices. Oil companies want the government to compensate them for the Rs 48 crore per day loss that they are incurring by not hiking petrol prices. The Indian Oil Corporation has warned that the situation is critical, claiming the oil marketing companies are bleeding and loosing Rs 7.67 per...
04:03 PM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: State-owned oil companies on Monday warned of disruptions in fuel supplies if they are not allowed to raise petrol price or compensated for the Rs 48 crore per day loss they incur on selling fuel below cost. "The situation is very critical. We are losing Rs 7.67 per litre on petrol and after adding 20 per cent sales tax, the desired increase in rates in Delhi is Rs...
02:44 PM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: The first squadron of Medium-Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) consisting of 18 aircraft is expected to be inducted into the IAF within three to four years of signing of the contract with its supplier. In reply to a question on delivery of MMRCA, Defence Minister AK Antony told Lok Sabha on Monday, "First squadron of MMRCA consisting of 18 aircraft is expected to be inducted within three to...
03:29 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Islamabad: Forced conversions and increasing incidents of kidnapping have instilled a "deep sense of insecurity" in the minority Hindu community in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan, a provincial minister has said. A total of four girls and three boys of the Hindu community were forcibly converted to Islam last year, said Minister for Human Rights and Minority Affairs Basant Lal Gulshan. At least 25 Hindus were kidnapped for ransom this...
12:03 PM, Mar 19, 2012
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