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Vadodara, Nov 27: A US consulate official today said here that there was an increase of 43 per cent in the number of student visas granted by his country in India last year. US vice-consul, Mumbai, Jesse Walter gave a presentation on visa procedures, particularly B1 and B2 visas and F1 visas which are of interest to the students and the industry, at a meeting organised by a private firm here. A

Mumbai, Nov 27: Reliance Industries may be allowed to hike rates for its gas from April after it offered financial guarantees to the government to settle any claims against it over a shortfall in its gas output, the petroleum minister said. In June, India approved a move to higher, market-related rates for locally-produced gas from April 2014, but the finance ministry later said prices for

Chennai, Nov 27: At least six people, including one woman and two children, were killed in a country bomb explosion on Tuesday night in a house at Tirunelveli district. The police said that the blast occurred in a house in Tsunami colony in Idinthakarai village, which is five km from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. Preliminary inquiry revealed that those killed included a woman and three

Ghaziabad, Nov 26: Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were today sentenced to life term by a CBI court after they were convicted of killing their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj five-and-a-half years ago. 49-year-old Rajesh and Nupur(48) were spared the death penalty by Additional Session Judge Shyam Lal who rejected the CBI plea for maximum punishment after the premier probe agency

New Delhi, Nov 26: After Goa Police opposition, the Delhi High Court Tuesday turned down the anticipatory bail plea of Tarun Tejpal, the founder and editor-in-chief of Tehelka news magazine, in a case of sexually assaulting a junior journalist, and asked police to file a reply by Wednesday. Justice Sunita Gupta directed Goa Police to file a reply on Tejpal's anticipatory bail application by

New Delhi, Nov 26: Expressing dissatisfaction over the judgment of the special CBI court in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, the Talwar family and their lawyer said on Monday that they would appeal to a higher court. “We are not going to give up. It is extremely prejudiced. Minds are already made. If this is the way trials are conducted, then there is no need to have trials. Nobody wants to look at

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday initiated an inquiry into allegation against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal of being enrolled in voters’ list at two Assembly constituencies in Delhi and directed the poll officers to file a report within two days. “Even though we have not received any complaint, but taking cognisance of media reports have asked the District Election Officers

New Delhi, Nov 25: Congress today upped the ante against Narendra Modi over the snooping issue alleging a "reign of terror" in Gujarat where it claimed that 93000 unauthorised interceptions were made in just seven months. On a day social activists joined in by representatives of four political parties including Congress petitioned President Pranab Mukherjee over the issue, party spokesperson P C

New Delhi, Nov 25: The Talwar family expressed dissatisfaction over the judgment of the special CBI court Monday holding Rajesh and Nupur Talwar guilty of killing their only daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in 2008 and said they will appeal to a higher court. Rajesh Talwar's brother Dinesh Talwar said: "He and the family is not happy with the judgment. We believe it's a miscarriage of

New Delhi, Nov 26: Tehelka journalist who accused editor Tarun Tejpal of sexual assault resigned from the organization on Monday, according to Times Now. According to reports, the woman journalist in her resignation letter has said that the organization has failed her. Earlier today, Tarun Tejpal moved the Delhi high court seeking anticipatory bail in a sexual assault case lodged against him in