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New Delhi, Sep 3: Get set for skyhigh air fares from next month when the peak travel period kicks off with the festive season. Oil companies have hiked aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices by 7%, taking the prices of jet fuel — which is the single largest component of an airline's operating cost — to an all-time high. Now ATF per kilo-litre costs Rs 75,031 in Delhi; Rs 77,632.4 in Mumbai and is the

New Delhi, Sept 2: Opposing any move to shut petrol pumps during night, JD(U) today hit out at the UPA government, saying its reign is akin to that of medieval Indian ruler Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq, known for his impractical schemes. "It is like Tughlak's rule. We had heard about Tughlaq's style of functioning. Now we are witnessing the same," JD(U) president Sharad Yadav said outside Parliament while

Jodhpur, Sep 2: Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu has been remanded in 14-day judicial custody. He will be taken to the Jodhpur Central Jail. The case against Asaram Bapu, arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl at his ashram, is "very strong" and the investigation is moving in the right direction, Jodhpur Police on Monday said. "Our case is very strong and moving in the right

New Delhi, Sep 2: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has said that a BJP led by Narendra Modi would not come to power at the Centre since the Gujarat chief minister was not like former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Lalu Prasad said Vajpayee was liberal and he became PM "at a different time". "Now, the person Atalji disliked is being projected as the party's face," he said in an

New Delhi, Sep 2: Amidst a storm over proposal to shut petrol pumps during night to taper fuel demand, oil minister M Veerappa Moily on Monday said the government had not made any such proposal and the idea had come from public. "It is not our idea. It is an idea which is coming from public and others. No decision has been taken to keep petrol pumps dry during any part of the day," he told

New Delhi, Sep 2: Bolstering the Indian Air Force's capability to swiftly transport combat troops and equipment such as tanks to the front, Defence Minister A K Antony will on Monday formally induct its biggest 70-tonne C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft into service at the Hindon Air Base near Delhi. Mr Antony will formally induct the aircraft procured from the US under a deal expected to be over

New Delhi, Sep 1: Indian-American US Congressman Ami Bera has said that seeing a member of the community as the President of the United States in his life time will be the true legacy he can leave behind. The 48-year-old California-born Democratic lawmaker, the only Indian-American currently serving in Congress who made his first visit to India after being elected to the office, feels more ethnic

Bhopal/Indore, Sep 1: Controversial godman Asaram Bapu was arrested by the Jodhpur police, 20 minutes past midnight. The midnight swoop came hours after the Rajasthan police stopped his sermons late in the evening and whisked him away for interrogation. SP Indore (East) OP Tripathi confirmed to TOI that Asaram, who is accused of sexually abusing a minor in Jodhpur, was taken out of the ashram in a

New Delhi, Aug 31: India has asked all its citizens to leave Syria in view of escalating violence in the West Asian country. In a statement today, the Ministry of External Affairs said that the government is in touch with its mission in Damascus who are also in contact with approximately 25-30 Indian citizens living in Syria. "Previously, we had advised all Indian citizens in Syria to return to

New Delhi, Aug 31: The younger brother of December 16 gang-rape victim allegedly tried to attack the juvenile on Saturday who was awarded three-year sentence for the rape and murder of his sister by juvenile justice board (JJB) here. "When the judgment was being delivered by the JJB, presided over by principal magistrate Geetanjali Goel, the victim's younger brother tried to attack the minor," the