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New Delhi, June 3: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and social activist Anna Hazare will on Sunday sit in the capital on a day-long fast against corruption and black money stashed abroad. Sunday's protest at Jantar Mantar is also likely to see Ramdev announcing his strategy with regard to the 2014 General Elections. "The people are with us. They will leave their homes and face the hot weather to support us

New Delhi, June 3: Union Minister Vayalar Ravi disapproved of the petrol price hike on Saturday, and suggested a "bold may be taken to reduce the recent increase". The state-run oil companies have announced a reduction of Rs. 2 per litre in petrol prices on Saturday, which became effective from midnight, after increasing the price by Rs.7.50 per litre On May 23. Minister for Overseas Affairs Mr

Raipur, June 2: Six policemen and 19 prisoners were injured Saturday when a blast triggered by Maoists ripped through their vehicle in the insurgency-hit Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, police said. "All the 25 people seated in the vehicle sustained serious injuries but the condition of four policemen and 11 prisoners is critical," Additional Director General of Police (Maoist Operations) Ram Niwas

New Delhi, June 2: Petrol price will be cut by Rs 2 per litre with effect from midnight tonight. State-owned oil firms will reduce petrol price by Rs 1.68 per litre, excluding taxes. After including 20 per cent VAT, the cut in Delhi comes to Rs 2 per litre, industry sources said. Petrol after last week's steepest ever hike of Rs 7.54 a litre costs Rs 73.18 per litre in Delhi. After the reduction

New Delhi, June 2: Gold prices breached Rs 30,000 mark for the first time today on heavy buying by stockists and retailers amid strong overseas trend, triggered by global financial uncertainty which has increased the metal's appeal as a safe investment haven. Gold shot up by a hefty Rs 960 to touch a record high of Rs 30,300 per 10 grams in line with global rally where it jumped the most in ten

New Delhi, June 2: Bihar, which was synonymous with poverty, has emerged as the fastest growing state for the second year running, clocking a scorching 13.1% growth in 2011-12. Not just that, on the back of four years of double-digit growth, its economy is now bigger than that of Punjab—until recently the preferred destination of Bihari migrant workers. Among the top five states, Bihar is followed

New Delhi, June 2: The Congress on Friday made light of the proposed fast by Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare on Sunday and accused them of "vitiating" the atmosphere by putting out "half baked, out of reference stories". "Fasting is good for health in summers. You should eat less and drink more water in the hot months," Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury said on the proposed fast by the activists

New Delhi, June 2: It's summers in most parts of India and demand for power is at a peak of 2,17,000 megawatt (MW). But the power generation is much less at 1,99,877 MW and poor transmission and distribution is making it worse. Many cities like Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai are facing long power cuts and 40 per cent of the country does not get electricity at all. About 6 lakh villages do not have any

New Delhi, June 1: Manmohan Singh file pic Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be scrutinised for alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks between 2006 and 2009, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said here Friday. According to sources, the probe agency will 'scrutinise' two points -- misuse of allocation of coal blocks and misuse of coal blocks by private companies. "The

Ratnagiri, June 1: Expressing disappointment over the Centre not doing enough to eradicate corruption, anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare has said he has lost his faith in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "I had a strong belief in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but now I do not have faith in him," Hazare said. "We have to select persons having good character and send them to Parliament, then only the