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Guwahati, November 16: An Indefinite curfew was clamped and the Army called out in Kokrajhar district on Thursday after miscreants gunned down a 50-year-old man at Telipara under the Gossaigaon police station. Another man was injured in a stabbing incident in Kokrajhar town, headquarters of the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD), under the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC). Assam Home

Mumbai, November 16: The condition of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray continues to remain stable. Late last night, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray said his father's health was improving and stable. "Balasaheb is responding to medical treatment," Uddhav had said. Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and other prominent persons from the field of

New Delhi, November 15: State-owned oil marketing companies today cut the price of petrol by 95 paise per litre (minus state levies), effective midnight, Indian Oil announced. The fuel will now cost Rs. 67.24 in Delhi, Rs. 73.53 in Mumbai, Rs. 70.57 in Chennai, Rs. 74.55 in Kolkata, Rs. 73.73 in Hyderabad and Rs. 74.22 in Bangalore. Petrol prices were last revised on October 27, when they were

New Delhi, November 15: Buyer of an old establishment cannot be asked to clear the existing electricity dues if he has applied for a fresh power connection, the Supreme Court has held. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi, however, said that if the new owner sought transfer of power connection to his name, he would have to clear the dues for the purpose. The court clarified the legal

New Delhi, November 15: Finance Minister P Chidambaram today expressed surprise over the arrest of a person who reportedly attempted to take some pictures of him near the Chennai airport on Tuesday and sought his immediate release. In a statement issued here today, Chidambaram said he was surprised and disappointed to learn that a person who reportedly attempted to take some pictures of him was

Mumbai, November 15: The ailing Shiv Sena supremo, Bal Thackeray’s health deteriorated on Wednesday night. Doctors from Lilavati Hospital were attending on him at his residence ‘Matoshree’ at Bandra here, while huge crowds of supporters gathered outside. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Raj Thackeray and his family and top party leaders rushed to ‘Matoshree’ as news spread of Mr. Thackeray’s

Chennai, November 14: Continuing the suspense over its stand on any Opposition-sponsored resolution in Parliament against FDI in retail, crucial UPA ally DMK on Wednesday said its decision would be taken keeping in mind the interest of small and medium traders. "Small and medium retail traders in Tamil Nadu are apprehensive that Foreign Direct Investment would greatly affect them. We would discuss

Kolhapur, Sangli, November 14: Sugarcane farmers' agitation in western Maharashtra has turned violent again. The farmers, who are demanding better prices for their produce, clashed with police in Kolhapur and Sangli districts of the state today. According to reports, they indulged in stone-pelting, torched a police jeep and damaged state-run buses after the cops resorted to lathicharge to disperse

New Delhi, November 14: Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived here on Tuesday after a gap of nearly four decades as part of New Delhi’s ongoing engagement with the democratic and multi-party polity in Nay Pyi Taw. Ms. Suu Kyi, who is visiting India on the invitation of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, will deliver the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture here on Wednesday. The pro

New Delhi, November 14: RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy on Tuesday denied giving a clean to BJP president Nitin Gadkari, facing charges of dubious business dealings, and said he “cared a little” whether Gadkari retains the key post in the party. “I have not given a clean chit to Gadkari. I cannot give a clean chit to any one whom I don’t know fully. I don’t know Gadkari at all. Never thought of Gadkari