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Mumbai, Mar 27: Actor and MP Jaya Prada along with expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh known for his film contacts, met Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayan at Raj Bhavan here on Tuesday, with a request seeking pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt who has been asked to complete his five-year sentence by the Supreme Court in a case of possessing banned fire arms. After the meeting, Amar Singh made

New Delhi, Mar 26: One of the accused in the Delhi gang-rape has sought a tutor to prepare for an interview with the Indian Air Force (IAF), his counsel said here Tuesday. Accused Vinay Sharma's counsel moved an application before the fast-track court hearing his case seeking that a "tutor be provided to Vinay to help him prepare" for his interview for C grade category of the IAF and that "he will

New Delhi, Mar 27: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh dubbed the experiment of "two power centres" in UPA as a failure and said Rahul Gandhi should not repeat Sonia Gandhi's decision to nominate a leader as prime minister. "Personally, I feel this model hasn't worked very well. Because, I personally feel there should not be two power centres and I think whoever is the PM must have the authority to

Chennai, Mar 26: As protests in support of the Sri Lankan Tamils continued, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said IPL matches would be permitted in the state only if there were no Sri Lankan players, umpires, officials or support staff in these matches. "In view of the popular antipathy and anger in Tamil Nadu against the actions of the Government of Sri Lanka, the Government of Tamil

New Delhi, Mar 26: A 62-year-old Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) leader was shot dead by unidentified assailants inside his south Delhi farmhouse on Tuesday morning. The deceased, Deepak Bhardwaj, had contested 2009 Lok Sabha elections from west Delhi constituency and was termed the richest contestant in the 15th LS elections with assets around Rs 614 crore. He lived with his family at Lajwanti

New Delhi, Mar 25: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's indefinite fast urging people not to pay "inflated" power and water bills entered the third day but crowds kept away even as he defended the low turnout saying the real work is to reach out to people and not large numbers at the protest venue. Kejriwal said he was in good shape and there is no concern about his health. "Crowd is not needed at the

Chennai, Mar 25: After quitting the UPA coalition on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, DMK on Monday demanded that India should boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting scheduled to be held in Colombo in November this year. “While Commonwealth Secretariat should not convene the meeting at Colombo, but if it happens, India should boycott the meeting in order to reflect the sentiments of

New Delhi, Mar 25: The government will give additional cash subsidy of Rs 25,000 crore to state-owned oil marketing companies to make up for the losses suffered by them on selling fuel at subsidised rates. The amount is over and above finance ministry’s cash outgo of Rs 55,000 crore, this fiscal year. Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae said the additional cash is likely to be available next month

New Delhi, Mar 24: Passengers have been spared an immediate hike in rail fares, but a sustained spike in diesel price may prompt railways make travel more expensive over the next six months. "There is a policy now and the fuel adjustment component (FAC) is linked with energy and fuel prices and calculated accordingly ... We insulated passenger segment from the FAC in April as we did not feel it

New Delhi, Mar 22: Air India Express has been asked by the Delhi State Consumer Commission to pay Rs 88,000 to a passenger for failing to provide him with an alternative after his flight to Dubai was cancelled. The state commission held the airline liable for the damages, saying that it has to realise the inconvenience a passenger suffers on cancellation of the flight and it is their duty to