New Delhi:  Providing some relief to consumers battling high inflation, oil companies have decided to cut petrol prices by Rs. 0.65 per litre excluding taxes from midnight today. This means, in New Delhi, petrol prices will go down by Rs. 0.78 per litre. This is the second reduction in petrol prices this month. On November  [ Read More ]

Ralegan Siddhi:  Slamming the draft of the Lokpal Bill that has been prepared by a parliamentary committee, social activist Anna Hazare today said the government is attempting to weaken the Lokpal. Here are the highlights of what the 74-year-old Gandhian said at his press conference: Government attempting to weaken Lokpal The government’s intentions are not  [ Read More ]

Imphal:  A powerful bomb exploded in a crowded market in Imphal in Manipur at around 11 am today, killing at least one person and injuring three others. The bomb exploded very close to the city’s new convention centre that is meant to be inaugurated by the Prime Minister on Saturday. The bomb was allegedly rigged  [ Read More ]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s economy grew at its weakest pace in more than two years in the quarter that ended in September, revealing the heavy toll that stubborn inflation, rising interest rates and crisis-hit global capital markets are having on Asia’s third-biggest economy. Gross domestic product growth fell to 6.9 percent in the second  [ Read More ]

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister said Wednesday he rejected a personal plea from the Afghan president to reconsider Islamabad’s decision to boycott an upcoming international conference on Afghanistan over NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani troops. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s comments showed how the weekend attack not only poisoned ties between Pakistan  [ Read More ]

Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt enters the ‘Bigg Boss 5′ house tonight and says he has decided to offer porn star Sunny Leone, who is also participating in the reality show, the lead role in his movie ‘Jism 2′. “I am not casting her for her body, but I see that loneliness and heartbroken soul that  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  The government has agreed to put Rs. 6,750 crore in Air India over the 10 years as part of the restructuring package. The consortium of banks, led by the State Bank of India (SBI), has accepted the restructuring package, sources told NDTV. The decision was taken in a meeting convened by the bank  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  Six months after she was arrested, Kanimozhi, the Rajya Sabha MP whose father heads the DMK, has been granted bail. She was not present in the Delhi High Court today which agreed to her request to leave jail. Kanimozhi was instead at the trial court headed by Judge OP Saini who is handling  [ Read More ]

Lucknow:  The BSP on Monday expelled former Family Welfare Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, who was removed from the Cabinet in the wake of the killing of two Chief Medical Officers and the NRHM scam. Kushwaha was once considered a close confidant of Chief Minister Mayawati. Accusing Kushwaha, who is also facing Lokayukta probe and had  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  Team Anna came out in support of Kiran Bedi today. In a press conference in New Delhi, key Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal  said, ” The case of misappropriation of funds against Kiran Bedi is totally false.’ Mr Kejriwal alleged that the cases against Ms Bedi were ‘politically motivated’ and Team Anna members  [ Read More ]