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Rajkot, June 11: Chief minister Narendra Modi came to Rajkot on Sunday, what is essentially his bete noire Keshubhai Patel's home turf, but chose to make no mention of the dissidents. Even as Sanjay Joshi's supporters were shouting slogans against him outside the venue of the Gujarat BJP's two-day executive meeting, he took aim at the UPA in Delhi. "Congress has little chance of survival," he told

New Delhi, June 11: Rich overseas entities, investing in Indian markets through 'participatory notes' (P-notes/PNs), are estimated to have pulled out over Rs 1 lakh crore (about USD 20 billion) in less than three months on fears of getting caught in the government's taxation net and its black money trail. As a result, the quantum of money invested through these PNs has hit its rock-bottom levels

Khargram, June 11: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said all the money kept by Indians abroad is not black money and noted that India has signed treaties with 37 countries to know the details of such illegal wealth. "Not all money kept abroad is black money ... It might have been deposited by businessmen or business houses. The process will take time to know the exact amount," he told a

New Delhi, Jun 11: The ongoing war of words between Team Anna and the government reached a new low on Sunday with one of the team members comparing the prime minister to the blind king in Mahabharata and a Union minister questioning the integrity of Anna Hazare’s followers. Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a key member of Team Anna, Kiran Bedi, on Sunday sought to

Guwahati, June 10: The presence of mind of two women pilots saved the lives of 48 passengers and the crew aboard a Guwahati-bound Air India plane Sunday after it was noticed that a front wheel of the aircraft missing as it came in to land here. "During a pre-landing check, the ATC discovered that one of the two front wheels were missing. The pilots were immediately informed and an emergency was

New Delhi, June 10: Law minister Salman Khurshid has hit out at Team Anna accusing them of getting personal and undemocratic in their fight against coruption. With Team Anna member Kiran Bedi attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh once again, Khurshid said there are many questions which the anti-corruption crusaders also need to answer. Hitting out at Team Anna, law minister said, "How come they

Rajkot, June 10: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the UPA govt and said that the Congress will be wiped out in the 2012 assembly elections. Modi said he was optimistic about winning the assembly elections due in the state. Addressing the state executive meeting, Narendra Modi also hinted at change at the Centre and said the people of the country were fed

Mumbai, June 10: The Reserve Bank, on Saturday, permitted NRIs to send remittances more frequently, a step to boost foreign currency inflows and check rupee fall. Resident Indians are now allowed to receive as many as 30 remittances from NRI friends and relatives during a year as against 12 earlier, according to a latest RBI circular.Analysts said that the RBI decision would help raise foreign

New Delhi/ Chennai, June 10: Setting the stage for fresh hostilities, the Prime Minister's office on Saturday aggressively dismissed corruption allegations levelled by Team Anna against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over coal block allegations for being devoid of evidence. Minister of state for PMO V Narayanasamy followed up a curt letter to Hazare with a fusillade against the Gandhian leader's

New Delhi/Mumbai, June 10: The HRD ministry's decision to hold an all-inclusive common engineering test appears to have split the Indian Institutes of Technology vertically. Indications are that IIT Delhi and Bombay could back IIT Kanpur in holding their own entrance test while Madras, Roorkee, Kharagpur and Guwahati will stand by the Centre's decision. If the current wave of resentment among