Mumbai, June 14: A special "star labelling" indicating fuel efficiency will be compulsory for all passenger cars from April 1, 2013, a top official from the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) said. "All passenger cars will have to be labelled for their fuel efficiency from April 1, 2013," BEE Director General Ajay Mathur told reporters. In November last, BEE, under the Ministry of Power released a
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New Delhi, June 14: No Prime Minister has ever gone on to become the President of the Indian Republic. But the record may have to be rewritten, and the country may also have a new Prime Minister, if the Congress’ two powerful partners in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) have their way. Dropping a bombshell, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party patriarch
Baghdad, June 13: Coordinated car bombs in four Iraqi cities targeting Shiite pilgrims killed at least 56 people and wounded dozens more early on Wednesday in Iraq's latest wave of sectarian-fuelled violence, officials said. The death toll was expected to rise in the attacks, which included car bombs that tore into Shiite religious processions at four different locations across Baghdad. It was the
London, June 13: Policies that promote gender equality, safeguards against violence and exploitation and access to healthcare make Canada the best place to be a woman among the world's biggest economies, a global poll of experts showed on Wednesday. Infanticide, child marriage and slavery make India the worst, the same poll concluded. Germany, Britain, Australia and France rounded out the top five
New Delhi, June 13: In a setback for the Union government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay Andhra Pradesh high court order quashing 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in central educational institutions, including in IITs this year. The SC said the government's decision to implement 4.5% sub quota from January this year did not prima facie appear to be supported by constitutional
Hyderabad, June 13: In the city of Nizams that has metamorphosed into a bustling metropolis, this mosque was possibly in the making. Tucked away in a quiet corner of Banjara Hills, a mosque is playing the part of the Pied Piper for the English-speaking believers in the city, offering them an air-conditioned hall to offer namaz and delivering sermons in English even as the devout read the Quran
New Delhi, June 13: If the government accepts oil minister S Jaipal Reddy's proposal, the price of small diesel cars could soon rise by Rs 1.7 lakh while medium-to-large guzzlers could become costlier by Rs 2.55 lakh a piece. The proposal to impose additional excise duty on diesel cars is bound to trigger protests from automakers, who have seen sales growing at the slowest pace in seven months in
New Delhi, June 13: It is the last lap in the race for the President. Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee is expected to meet UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday. Mamata and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav hold the key to the Rashtrapati Bhawan and for now both seem to have given the green signal to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Mulayam's residence was the first stop
Vadodara, June 13: The Gujarat government has recruited 26,000 persons into the police force in various cadres and also provided over 2.5 lakh jobs in the last seven years. In all, three lakh people were employed in different Government jobs since 2005 and the entire recruitment process was "transparent", Chief Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. "Earlier, there used to be a lot of complaints
New Delhi, June 12: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday opposed the plea of the five accused in RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case to transfer the case to Bhopal under section 177 of CrPC before the special CBI court. Accused Zaheda Parvez, her accomplice Saba Farooqui, history-sheeter Saquib 'Danger,' shooters Irfaan Ali and Tabish Khan were produced before the judge Dr Shubhra