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New Delhi, Jan 30: Bowing to party pressure, the government today raised the quota of subsidised LPG to 12 cylinders per household in a year from nine at present and also put on hold paying users the subsidy into bank accounts using Aadhaar platform. Announcing the decision taken by the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily said raising the LPG quota will cost Rs 5

Bangalore, Jan 30: A senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader has held the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) responsible of the attack on the Kodagu district unit president of the BJP recently. Speaking during discussion on motion of thanks to the Governor's address at the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, former speaker K G Bopaiah also accused the police of failing to take action against the

Mangalore, Jan 30: The BJP has wrested control of the Mulki Town Panchayat by winning 11 of the 17 seats, on Wednesday. The election to the TP was held on Monday. With this, the BJP has come to power after a decade. The Congress had nine seats, BJP seven and the JD(S) one in the earlier council. The JD(S) and Independents failed to open their account in the TP. There are 17 wards in the Mulki TP

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30: Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader among other achievers was conferred with prestigious Gandhi Darshan award-2013 here on Wednesday for his efforts aimed at improving rural health facilities Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravishankar, who formally conferred the awards, hailed the Mangalore based young minister's style of working and commitment. Anti

Kasargod, Jan 30: Two persons sustained injuries after a retired Army officer allegedly shot them near the Valiyavila junction at Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday night. Jurisdictional Poojappura police said Lieutenant Colonel (Retd.) M. Brelvi was taken into custody. He allegedly fired his revolver at a crowd that had blocked him after his car hit a pedestrian. The two injured were identified as

New Delhi, Jan 30: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh formally launched the National Waqf Development Corporation Limited (NAWADCO), a new public sector enterprise, in the Capital on Tuesday morning. The enterprise, established on December 31 last, has an authorised share capital of Rs.500 crore to mobilise resources for developing Waqf properties in agreement with Shariah laws. Resources thus

New Delhi, Jan 30: The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to grant interim bail to Abdul Nasser Ma'adani, an accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case, on medical grounds, but directed the Karnataka government to provide him with medical treatment in a hospital till he undergoes an eye surgery. A Bench of Justices H.L. Gokhale and Kurian Joseph, in a brief order, said: “This application is

Bangalore, Jan30: With eyes firmly set on the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Janata Dal (S) intends to play the kingmaker. At the Yuva Chethana Samavesha at the Palace Grounds on Wednesday, the party leaders made a fervent appeal to voters: “Give us 15 MPs and the party will give you Deve Gowda as the prime minister.” “The BJP's prime ministerial candidate has been asking for 272

Bangalore, Jan 30: The Lokayukta sleuths on Wednesday searched the houses of two government officials in Dakshina Kannada and confiscated properties worth over Rs 1 crore which is disproportionate to their known sources of income Searches were conducted in 23 places in Dakshina Kannada Belgaum, Bellary, Bijapur, Hassan and Dharwad that included houses of Omprakash Hegde, first division assistant

Washington, Jan 30: Coalition politics would continue to dominate India's governance as no party is likely to get a clear majority in the 2014 general election, a senior US intelligence official said today. "Coalition politics will almost certainly dominate Indian governance. Since the 1984 national elections, no party has won a clear majority in the lower house of Parliament. "We judge that this