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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

New Delhi, June 1: On his first day in office, Indian Army chief Gen Bikram Singh Friday sent out a strong message regarding difficulties facing the force, including sexual misconduct allegations during deployment in the UN Congo mission, and said nothing would be brushed under the carpet. Bikram Singh, who took over as the 27th Indian Army chief and the 25th Indian to hold the coveted position

New Delhi, June 1: India on Thursday said a new liberalised visa regime could not be worked out with Pakistan as some internal approvals were pending there. "Some internal approvals are pending there... Pakistan wants home ministers of both the countries to sign the pact," Home Secretary RK Singh told reporters. Singh held two-day talks with his Pakistani counterpart Khwaja Siddique Akbar in

New Delhi, June 1: Air India will turn to expat pilots sacked recently by Jet Airways to beef up its dwindling numbers in a last-ditch attempt to normalize operations devastated by a 24-day strike by pilots. "Air India seeks to operate a small international schedule from now on with the help of 200 pilots, for which it is looking to hire 50-60 expats sacked by Jet Airways recently," a senior