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New Delhi, November 1: Domestic LPG consumers buying beyond their limit will now have to shell out more for the fuel as oil marketing companies have hiked the price of a non-subsidised cylinder by Rs. 26.50 to Rs. 922 on firming international rates. In September, the government restricted the supply of subsidised domestic LPG cylinders to six per household in a year. Any requirement above this

New Delhi, November 1: Under pressure from UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, the Manmohan Singh government Thursday withdrew the controversial amendments aimed at diluting the Right to Information (RTI) Act. "The cabinet decided to withdraw the amendments to the RTI Act," a government source told IANS after a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The campaign against the amendments

Shimla, November 1: Slamming Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for calling union minister Shashi Tharoor's wife a "50-crore girlfriend", Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Thursday asked Modi about his marital status. "Why is Modi silent about his wife's name? If you can visit You Tube and search Narendra Modi's wife, you will find the name Yashoda Ben as his wife," Singh told reporters

New Delhi, November 1: The price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG), which consumers buy beyond the cheaper quota of six cylinders, was today hiked by Rs 26.50 to Rs 922 per unit on firming international rates. The 14.2-kg cooking gas cylinder that consumers buy beyond their entitled six bottles at subsidised rates, will now cost Rs 922, up from Rs 895.50 in Delhi, according to Indian Oil Corp

Ralegan Siddhi, November 1: Veteran activist Anna Hazare Thursday said India Against Corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal may never want to be wealthy, but he is not above being lured by power. "There is a feeling of sacrifice in him (Kejriwal), he does not think about his family as much as he thinks about the country and society. He does not have greed for money, but now after going to politics

New Delhi, November 1: Cable television in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata switched over from analogue to digital mode at midnight on October 31, with about 4.5 lakh subscribers who have not yet installed a set-top box waking up to a television blackout on November 1. However, over 1.5 lakh tardy subscribers in Chennai can breathe easy for a few more days, with the Madras High Court granting a further

Banikhet (Dalhousie), November 1: Fearing backlash inHP polls on his government's FDI policy that has received widespread criticism from the Opposition parties, AICC general secretaryRahul Gandhi batted for the new reform while craftily comparing it to "the IT revolution his father had introduced in the late 80s". "My father Rajiv Gandhi ji brought computers.... Look what happened after that? More

New Delhi, November 1: Berating Narendra Modi for his remarks against her, Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, on Wednesday asked him to show women respect and not to “stoop” to low levels. Ms. Pushkar said she was not expecting an apology from the Gujarat Chief Minister, who had over the last 10 years chosen not to express regret for the 2002 post-Godhra riots. “I have nothing

Chennai, October 31: Cyclone Nilam crossed the Tamil Nadu coast on Wednesday evening between Mamallapuram and Kalpakkam with strong winds battering the area, said an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Speaking to IANS, the official said: “The cyclone started crossing the coast around 4.45 p.m. and it would take around one or two hours to cross the coast.” According to him, the

Thiruvananthapuram, October 31: Setting aside political differences, women organisations in Kerala have condemned the alleged misbehaviour by a Congress worker towards Union Minister Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar at the airport here. The incident occurred on Monday when Congress workers in the city gathered at the airport to accord a rousing reception to Tharoor, who had arrived along with