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Jaipur, Mar 14: The government is working towards making the country self-sufficient for its petroleum needs by 2030, Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily said today. "We are working with a programme that by 2020, 50 per cent of import of petroleum should be stopped and 75 per cent imports should be stopped by 2025. By 2030, the country must become self sufficient in petroleum," he said after

New Delhi, Mar 14: Petrol price may be reduced by about Re 1 per litre while diesel price may be hiked by 40-50 paisa a litre from March 15/16. While petrol prices are being cut in step with falling international oil rates, diesel rate increase would be in line with the January decision to raise prices in small dozes every month till all of the Rs 11 per litre losses are eliminated. Sources said

New Delhi, Mar 14: The Supreme Court Thursday restrained Italian ambassador Daniele Mancini from leaving the country till March 18 without its permission. The apex court bench, headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, while restraining the Italian ambassador from leaving the country, issued notice to the Italian government, its ambassador, and the two marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen

Srinagar, Mar 14: Jammu and Kashmir government has asked state Director General of Police Ashok Prasad to conduct a detailed inquiry into the suicide attack on a CRPF camp and killing of a youth in alleged firing by security forces yesterday. "The DGP, who is camping in Srinagar, will be making a detailed inquiry into the happenings," an official spokesman said after a high-level meeting chaired

New Delhi, Mar 13: Over 10,000 complaints have been received against Jet Airways with regard to refunds, lost baggage, misbehaviour by airline staff among others in the last three years, the Parliament was informed today. Between March 2010 and December last year, 10,004 complaints were received against Jet Airways, followed by 6,496 against IndiGo, Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil

New Delhi, Mar 13: Taking a tough stand, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday accused Italy of violating "every rule of diplomatic discourse" and asked it to send back the two naval guards undergoing trial for killing Indian fishermen, failing which there will be consequences on bilateral ties. Responding to the issue raised by the Opposition in both houses of Parliament, Singh noted that

Srinagar, Mar 13: In the first suicide attack in Kashmir in three years, militants today stormed a CRPF camp in Bemina area of the city, killing five jawans and injuring seven others. The two militants, who carried out the attack, were also killed. "Five jawans have been martyred and seven have been injured," a senior police officer told reporters at the spot. He said it was not clear whether

New Delhi, Mar 13: Buoyed by the triumph in Karnataka civic polls, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has come up with a blueprint for ticket distribution and a publicity campaign to blunt opposition charges on UPA's corruption and failure to check price rise before the coming Assembly elections. Gandhi is holding a meeting with Congress Karnataka unit president G Parameshwar and Legislative

New Delhi, Mar 12: As Italy's refusal to send back its two marines triggered an uproar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the issue will be taken up with that country so that the accused soldiers could be brought back to face trial for alleged murder of two Indian fishermen here. Left MPs, who met the Prime Minister, said Singh told them that Italy's decision was "unacceptable". However

New Delhi, Mar 12: A bill which seeks to make punishment for crime against women more stringent was today referred to a Group of Ministers for further consultations after differences erupted in the meeting of the Union Cabinet on certain provisions, including lowering the age of consensual sex to 16 years. Sources said the hour-long special Cabinet meeting convened to clear the bill could not