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New Delhi, May 16: If inflation has broken the back of the aam aadmi, the biggest contributor to the pain in the UPA's term is food prices. Government data on wholesale price index (WPI) shows that there has been a 63% increase in the price of all commodities between April 2004, a month before UPA took charge, and April 2012, the latest period for which data is available. But when it comes to food

Lucknow, May 16: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said that financial irregularities were all-pervasive during the five-year tenure of Mayawati and affected practically every segment of the society. Yadav said that over Rs 40,000 crore were misappropriated in schemes ranging from eco parks to the NRHM. The government would soon set up a commission to bring the probes into

New Delhi, May 16: Things have got tougher for the former Secretary of the Department of Space and former ISRO Chairman, G. Madhavan Nair, with the Comptroller and Auditor-General also finding fault with the way the Space Department, under his stewardship, went about the deal between ISRO's Antrix Corporation and the Bangalore-based private firm, Devas Multimedia. Calling the Antrix-Devas

New Delhi, May 15: In the face of US sanctions on Iran, India has decided to reduce crude oil imports from the gulf nation by 11.1 percent to 15.5 million tonnes during the 2012-13 fiscal, Parliament was informed Tuesday. "The target fixed for import of crude oil from Iran for the year 2012-13 is approximately 15.5 million tonnes," Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas R.P.N. Singh told

New Delhi, May 15: After taking oath as Rajya Sabha member, celebrated yesteryear actor Rekha spent a few hours in the House today. She took her oath today as a member of the Rajya Sabha. She had been nominated by the government along with cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and entrepreneur activist Anu Aga. Clad in a golden-brown sari, Rekha, who is 57, was surrounded by other MPs when she arrived in

New Delhi, May 15: Former telecommunications minister A. Raja was Tuesday granted bail in the 2G spectrum allocation case. He is the last of the 14 individuals charged in the case still in prison. The bail was granted by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge O.P. Saini. Raja has been in the capital's Tihar jail since February last year. Raja's counsel told reporters that the judge

New Delhi, May 15: Former telecommunications minister A. Raja was Tuesday granted bail in the 2G spectrum allocation case. He is the last of the 14 individuals charged in the case still in prison. The bail was granted by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge O.P. Saini. Raja has been in the capital's Tihar jail since February last year. Raja's counsel told reporters that the judge

New Delhi, May 15: Debt-ridden Air India has decided to raise about Rs 5,000 crore over 10 years by monetizing its assets. The airline is also going to issue government-backed non-convertible debentures for Rs 7,400 crore for part repayment of working capital loans. The airline, that is battling a pilot strike at present, approved these decisions at a board meeting on Monday. "AI is looking for

New Delhi, May 15: A Delhi court on Tuesday is likely to pronounce its verdict on the bail plea of former Telecom Minister A Raja, who was arrested on February 2 last year and is facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Special CBI Judge OP Saini had on May 11 reserved his order on Raja's bail plea for Tuesday after hearing arguments from the CBI and counsel for the DMK MP. Raja has sought

Ahmedabad, May 14: Chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team R.K. Raghavan, was highly critical of the petition filed in the Supreme Court by Zakia Jafri levelling sweeping charges against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 62 officials and leaders for their alleged involvement in the 2002 communal riots. Agreeing with his inquiry officer, A. K. Malhotra, who found