India

Ghaziabad, September 16: At least six persons were killed and 12 injured, including two critically, in violence and arson during a protest against alleged desecration of Qur’an in Dasna on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Amir (16), Wahid (18), Hyatt (35), Luqman (13), Wasim (18) and Asif (18). Uttar Pradesh government ordered an inquiry into the incident and announced a compensation

New Delhi, September 16: Days after the steepest diesel price hike, oil companies today raised premium or branded petrol and diesel rates by Rs. 6.36 and Rs.19.55 per litre, respectively. The government, on Thursday, had raised diesel price by Rs. 5.63 per litre and allowed the oil companies to price premium or branded petrol and diesel at market prices. Subsequently, the premium or branded petrol

New Delhi, September 15: After unleashing big bang reforms measures in the last two days, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it will take "courage and some risks" to break the policy logjam and strongly favoured higher FDI and FII flows. Justifying the diesel price hike as an important step in the right direction, he said, rational energy pricing was critical and "our energy prices are out

New Delhi, September 15: When 26-year-old Abdul Salam from Dubai was arrested at Mumbai airport last month with 156 gold chains concealed in his shoes, he was trying to land an irresistible windfall. Gold prices are rising faster in India than overseas. And this has brought back a profit opportunity, legal, not-quite-legal and illegal. Gold arbitrage is promising punters as much as 12% annual

Chennai, September 15: Eighty-six people were arrested on Friday after a group of several hundred Muslim protesters threw stones and smashed windows at the US consulate in the Indian city of Chennai, police said. "They smashed the window panes, surveillance camera and tried to scale over the compound wall, but we dispersed them while exercising restraint," a senior police officer said on condition

New Delhi, September 14: Cabinet today decided to operationalise 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail but left it to the state governments to allow setting up of such stores. The Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cleared the decision at a meeting this evening, a Union minister, who asked not to be identified, said here. For single-brand retail, the Cabinet decided that any firm

New Delhi, September 14: Coal blocks that are deallocated by the government after review of their status should be given to the upcoming power projects to meet the capacity addition target of 85,000 MW in the 12th Five Year Plan, Power Minister Veerappa Moily said on Friday. “Yes, definitely. We are going to seek that (the de-allocated coal blocks),” Mr Moily told reporters here after releasing a

Valsad, September 14: Amid growing speculation of a Narendra Modi versus Rahul Gandhi electoral battle in 2014, the Gujarat chief minister indirectly challenged Rahul to come and campaign in the state. "Now Congress says Rahul is not coming to Gujarat. Why? People of the state and I want to know the reason. Does he think Gujarat is so bad that he won't tour the state?" Modi said, addressing a

New Delhi, September 14: Indians eager to buy an Apple iPhone 5 will have to wait a little. Apple is expected to bring the latest edition of its bestselling smartphone in India by December 2012. Though the Cupertino-based tech giant has adopted an aggressive launch schedule for the iPhone 5, the India launch may happen three months from the unveiling as compared to a month-and-a-half for the

New Delhi, September 14: The government has finally bitten the bullet on fuel price hike raising the price of diesel by Rs 5 per litre and limiting the usage of LPG to six cylinders per household. Sources say the Sonia Gandhi-led Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs was against it, but were finally convinced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to end policy paralysis and bring in big ticket reforms