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June 6:The smaller cousin to the Q5 and Q7, the Q3 comes in two variants—both 2.0 TDI engines—at an entry price Rs 26.71 lakh. The higher version will set you back by Rs 32.10 lakh. The Q3’s primary competition will be the BMW X1, and it will also look to give the Toyota Fortuner, the Hyundai Santa Fe and the Chevrolet Captiva a run for their money. "The launch of the Audi Q3 is in line with our

New Delhi, June 6: The Planning Commission has issued a statement in an attempt to explain why it spent 35 lakh rupees on renovating two toilets in its office. "It is unfortunate that what is routine maintenance and upgradation is being projected as wasteful expenditure... The impression is being created that this has been spent on two toilets. That is totally false because these can be used by 10

New Delhi, Jun 6: Virtually shutting the doors on the striking Air India pilots, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today said the sacked cockpit crew could return only if they applied afresh when the ailing national carrier advertised for inducting more of them. "As far as we are concerned, the pilot's strike is over. If the (striking) pilots don't accept Dharmadhikari report which is part of the

New Delhi, June 6: Faced with acute financial crunch, railways has hiked the parcel and luggage tariff rates by about 20%-25% on all goods and baggage to generate resources. After hike in freight tariff rates just before the rail budget two months ago, the move is seen as railway management's effort to generate funds to wriggle the state-run transporter out of fiscal mess without annoying its

Mumbai, June 6: Even as first-time buyers are exhausting their savings to buy a home, realty rates in India are going through the roof. Property prices increased by 12%, propelling India to third position among 53 countries where prices have appreciated in the past year. The global house price index survey by property consultants Knight Frank shows that Brazil recorded the strongest annual growth

New Delhi, June 6: Barely 24 hours after the Congress Working Committee expressed its concern over the dismal economy hurting the UPA's electoral prospects, the Centre swung into action on Tuesday. The Union cabinet will take up the pension Bill and recapitalization of regional rural banks on Thursday, while civil aviation minister Ajit Singh has been deputed to bring Trinamool Congress chief and

New Delhi, June 6: There has been a major embarrassment for the Congress. A day after the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi hit out at the civil society for targeting the Prime Minister, key UPA ally Sharad Pawar met Baba Ramdev and expressed support for his fight against black money. "He (Baba Ramdev) has taken up the issue of black money. Till the money stashed

Trichy, June 5: In a bid to prevent female foeticide, the Trichy district medical and rural health services department on Monday introduced the windows version of the web-based software to keep track of ultrasound scan centres in Trichy district. District collector Jayashree Muralidharan unveiled the software, the first-of-its-kind initiative in the state to integrate and network all the 224

Ahmedabad, Jun 5: In signs of growing dissent within the BJP, hoardings supporting party leader Sanjay Joshi have came up at various places in the city, targeting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the state elections scheduled in December this year. The hoardings and posters with Joshi's pictures say, "Chote man se koi bada nahi hota, tute man se koi bada nahi hota (nobody becomes big

New Delhi, Jun 5: South-west monsoon, the key to the agriculture driven trillion-dollar Indian economy, today brought showers to Kerala bringing much-needed relief to farmers. "Monsoon has reached Kerala," a top India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. Kerala usually receives monsoon showers by June 1, but scientists said there was no need to paint a gloomy picture as the progress of