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Mumbai, Feb 19: In a measure to attract more Indian businessmen and students, British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday announced a same-day visa service for investors and no limit on the number of students from the country. “We have the biggest visa operations anywhere in the world right here in India. I announce that we are going to introduce for businesses a ‘same-day visa’ service to

Bangalore, Feb 19: Bangaloreans on Monday came a step closer to having piped gas connections at their houses, with the State-owned Gas Authority of India Limited (Gail) formally commissioning the 1,000-km Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline project. The first volume of gas arrived at Bidadi from the recently operationalised liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Dabhol in Maharashtra. Bangalore may be

New Delhi, Feb 18: Let parliament decide whether the body of Afzal Guru, executed for the 2001 attack on the Indian parliament, should be taken to Jammu and Kashmir as demanded by his family, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Monday. "Let the parliament discuss whether the body should be brought back or not," he said. Afzal Guru, 43, was hanged inside Delhi's Tihar Jail on Feb 9 morning for

Mumbai, Feb 18: British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday he wanted his country's companies to help India develop new cities and districts along a 1,000 km (600 mile) corridor between Mumbai and Bangalore, generating investment projects worth up to $25 billion. Kicking off a three-day visit to India with the largest trade delegation taken abroad by a British prime minister, Cameron said

Bengaluru, Feb 18: Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily today ruled out a roll back in the Rs 1.50 a litre hike in petrol and 45 paisa per litre increase in diesel rates saying only a small raise has been passed on to consumers. "No, No," was he refrain when asked if the government will consider rolling back last week's increase. "Our country imports 73-75 per cent of oil. We need to pay Rs 7 lakh crore

New Delhi, Feb 18: The Supreme Court today stayed till further orders the execution of death sentence of four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, who were awarded capital punishment in 2004 for a landmine blast in Karnataka that left 22 police personnel dead. The bench posted the matter for Wednesday. "In the meantime, the execution of death sentence of four convicts shall remain stayed," a

New Delhi, Feb 18: Corporate rivalry in the Telecom sector is behind the recording of the audio tape which purportedly contained the voice of sacked CBI prosecutor A K Singh and Managing Director of Unitech Sanjay Chandra, an accused in the 2G case, official sources said tonight. The sources also said that a forensic examination of the CD purportedly carrying conversation between Singh and Chandra

New Delhi, Feb 17: Arriving here within days of exposure of the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP helicopters scam involving Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland, UK Prime Minister David Cameron is likely to be pressed for more information in this regard during his meetings with the leadership on Tuesday. The visit also comes in the wake of India taking steps to scrap the contract after Italian investigators

Bangalore, Feb 17: A new private complaint has been filed in the Special Lokayukta Court alleging illegal denotification of land by former chief minister B?S?Yeddyurappa. The complainant Hunsur K Chandrashekar, who is the Founder President of Praja Kranthi party, stated that Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) had obtained 6 acres and 18 guntas of land in Halagevaderahalli in Rajarajeshwarinagar

Bangalore, Feb 16: A minor fire broke out this morning at Chinnaswamy stadium where the Indian cricket team began their three-day training camp ahead of their Test series against Australia but the incident did not disrupt the practice session of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men. The fire broke out at the Members Stand when a white cloth placed as a temporary sightscreen caught fire as a