India

New Delhi, Dec 14: Oil minister M Veerappa Moily on Friday allayed fears of an oil shock by way of hefty increase in diesel and cooking gas prices but said fuel pricing and other reforms in the oil sector would continue irrespective of the Congress's drubbing in the recent assembly polls. A panel, under former Planning Commission member Kirit Parikh, has suggested raising prices of diesel by Rs 5

Mumbai, Dec 14: Seven persons were killed in a massive blaze that broke out in a high rise residential building in South Mumbai on Friday night, firebrigade officials said on Saturday. Six fire personnel, including two officers, were also injured while carrying out rescue and firefighting operations. The fire started on the 12th floor of the 26-storey Mont Blanc building in upscale Kemps Corner

New Delhi, Dec 13: Deploring the arrest of Deputy Consul General in New York, Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh today summoned US Ambassador Nancy Powell to convey India's "shock" over "absolutely unacceptable" treatment meted out to the senior Indian diplomat. Reacting strongly to Deputy Consul General Devyani Khobragade being arrested and handcuffed in public on visa fraud charges, the Foreign

Ralegan Siddhi, Dec 13: Differences between Team Anna and Aam Aadmi Party burst out in the open on Friday with Anna Hazare asking an AAPleader to keep away from his fasting site after he indulged in a spat with former Army chief Gen V K Singh. The public snub by Hazare, who has been on an indefinite fast pressing for passage of Jan Lokpal Bill, came when Gopal Rai, interrupted Singh's speech

New Delhi, Dec 13: The amended Lokpal, which delinks the setting up of Lokayuktas in the states and transfers the powers of sanction of prosecution against public servant to the ombudsman, was brought for consideration in Rajya Sabha today amid din. Tabling the amended bill, Minister of State for Personnel V Narayanasamy sought the cooperation of the House in its passage. However, the bill could

Jaipur, Dec 13: Vasundhara Raje, who led the Bharatiya Janata Party to a historic win in Rajasthan, will on Friday be sworn-in as the Chief Minister in Jaipur. Raje will take the oath of office inside the premises of Assembly building at a ceremony which will be attended by BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi, party president Rajnath Singh, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh

New Delhi, Dec 13: In much-needed relief, the Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad in the fodder scam case, in which he was convicted and sentenced to five years in jail. After the Patna High Court dismissed the former Bihar CM's plea, he moved the top court seeking bail till his appeal against conviction by a special CBI court was decided by the HC. A bench led by Chief

New Delhi, Dec 13: A suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba operative Mohammed Shahid has been arrested from Mewat in Haryana by Delhi Police which claimed to have busted a terror module planning to attack prominent market places in the national capital. "Shahid was arrested from Nuh in Mewat.His other associates are on the run," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said. The terror

Lucknow, Dec 12: In a setback to Uttar Pradesh government, the Allahabad High Court today held that it cannot withdraw prosecution in terror cases in which the accused have been booked under central acts without Centre's permission. The ruling was given by the high court's Lucknow bench of justices Devi Prasad Singh, Ajai Lamba and Ashok Pal Singh on questions raised by a two-judge division bench

New Delhi, Dec 12: With the Supreme Court order on gay sex creating a major uproar, the government on Thursday said it is considering all options to decriminalize homosexuality and filing a curative petition in the apex court could be one of them. "The government is considering all options to restore the (Delhi) high court verdict on (Section) 377 (of IPC). We must decriminalize adult consensual