India

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

Brussels, Mar 23: The European Commission on Friday expressed relief over the end of a diplomatic stand-off between India and Italy over marines issue. The commission took note of the decision of the Italian authorities to send back to India the two marines, Massimilian Latorre and Salvatore Girone, but "we have no details of the arrangement", a spokesman said. The commission hopes that the

New Delhi, Mar 22: The Rajya Sabha witnessed rowdy scenes Friday before it went on a recess as agitating members from the DMK and AIADMK turned violent, breaking the chairperson's mike. The upper house met at 2.30 p.m. after two adjournments. Members from DMK and AIADMK, who were protesting over the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils, trooped near the chairperson's podium. Contending that the anti-Sri