Noida: Playing down reports of differences with Ramdev, Team Anna on Monday announced that the activists will participate in the August 9 protest by the yoga guru who has also been invited to join their agitation from July 25. The patch-up bid came a day after Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal was snubbed by Ramdev for making personal attacks against the Prime Minister and other political leaders from his platform....
03:39 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Amid his pitch for a 25 per cent cut in taxes levied on petrol by states, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said he has written to chief ministers to reduce taxes by states and put in place a mechanism to contain it if petroleum prices continue to rise. Announcing at the CWC meet that he had written to chief ministers, Mukherjee said he has sought their cooperation...
03:26 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Employees of Air India Air Transport Services Ltd (AIATSL) at the Thiruvananthapuram international airport are up in arms against the new service conditions they have been offered after the company hived off the ground handling and cargo handling services. Forty AIATSL employees have been given three options -- to join Air India-Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd (AISATS) at the entry level, to opt a transfer to any other station...
02:59 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Baghdad: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed car outside a Shi'ite Muslim office in central Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 26 people and wounding more than 190 in an attack bearing the hallmarks of Iraq's al Qaeda affiliate. The bombing on a Shi'ite religious office comes at a sensitive time, with the country's fractious Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish blocs locked in a crisis that threatens to unravel their power-sharing...
02:40 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of economic slowdown, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to issue directions for scaling up infrastructure targets when he holds a meeting on Wednesday to take stock of such sectors at a time when projects worth Rs 1.46 lakh crore are pending. The meeting, called as part of an exercise to boost investor sentiment in the country, will be attended by ministers of infrastructure ministries...
02:29 AM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India has "elbow room" to cut interest rates to boost the countrys waning growth, said Subir Gokarn, deputy central bank governor. His comments came days after India became the latest emerging market to see its once buoyant growth suffer a sharp slowdown, sparking fears that the country could face an economic crisis. The slowdown and rising inflation had lead many analysts to believe there...
12:11 AM, Jun 05, 2012
Ramdev disapproved Arvind Kejriwal's comments on the Prime Minister and other political leaders. ...
11:56 PM, Jun 04, 2012
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11:54 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Arambag: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced setting up of an IT hub at Chinsurah in Hooghly district and said this was in accordance with her government's promise to develop industry in the districts. "We are committed to develop industry in the districts," the chief minister said at the inauguration of the Arambag-Tarakeswar new broad gauge line in Arambag. The IT hub at Chinsurah, a former Dutch...
10:12 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: With projects worth Rs 1.46 lakh crore pending, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting on Wednesday to review the status of infrastructure sector with an aim of pushing the slowing growth. The meeting, which will be attended by ministers of all infrastructure-related ministries, is expected to assess whether the targets are being met and what needs to be done to address bottlenecks, sources said in New...
09:06 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New Delhi: The civil aviation ministry has proposed slashing state taxes on jet fuel, which may significantly bring down costs for ailing local airlines that are reeling under a debt load of $20 billion and annual losses of $2 billion. The ministry has sought opinion from stakeholders on reducing state taxes on jet fuel to a uniform 4 per cent, according to a discussion paper posted on its website. Different...
08:05 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Kolkata: The intense heat wave sweeping West Bengal has claimed the lives of 15 people during the past three days with the average temperature hovering at 45 degrees Celsius. While nine died in Burdwan district, three each were killed in Kolkata and Purulia district. In Burdwan district, five died in several parts of Asansole sub-division, its Sub-Divisional Officer Surojit Dutta Sharma said. Four others died in Durgapur, hospital sources said....
07:54 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Los Angeles: Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner's former girlfriend Crystal Harris has confirmed the pair are back together - a year after she walked out on him. The 26-year-old blonde beauty left Hefner, 86, heartbroken after she called off their wedding just five days before the ceremony in 2011. But Harris has now returned to the Playboy mansion and a representative for the couple said it is "just like old times",...
07:12 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Mathura: To maintain eco-friendly environment in and around its premises, the Mathura Refinery has decided to undertake a massive plantation programme in the forthcoming rainy season. "To ensure survival of the plants, efforts would be made to take help of social organisations as well as individuals would also be taken. Not only employees of refinery would be encouraged to adopt a plant, but people in general would also be motivated...
06:38 PM, Jun 04, 2012
New York: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said he can "bridge the gap" between his country and the US even as he defended the handling of the case of Pakistani doctor who helped CIA to track down Osama bin Laden and was sentenced to 33 years in jail. "As someone who has spent much of his life abroad, yet is deeply rooted in his country, Bhutto...
04:49 PM, Jun 04, 2012
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