The Ministry of Civil Aviation will seek a complete roll-back of service tax imposed on domestic air travel in the Budget, a Central Government Minister said. "We will request for a complete roll-back of service
Hitting out at the government, BJP on Wednesday said it has scored a "double century" on price rise and questioned the "silence" of Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the "burning issue". Even the allies of
A naval aerobatic plane, flying in a formation during an airshow, on Wedneday crashed into a three- storeyed residential building in Hyderabad, killing two pilots and injuring seven persons on the ground. The Kiran MK-II
The hike in petrol and diesel rates united the entire opposition in Parliament forcing adjournment of both Houses till 2 pm.It was trouble from the word go in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha which saw
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said that the government would talk to its allies on the issue of fuel price hike but gave enough hints that a rollback would be difficult.Party sources said that
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has said painter Maqbool Fida Husain will have to apologize and destroy his objectionable paintings if he wants to return to India. Writing in his editorial in Saamna, the mouthpiece
It was a festive Holi evening in the heart of Guwahati.On the streets of Fancy Bazar, the city's main commercial area, a special programme of popular music and dance was in full swing. A few
In an hour-long meeting held on Tuesday evening, All India Congress Committee general secretary Janardan Dwivedi reportedly warned Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor that his various controversial statements were proving to be
Tension prevailed in parts of Mangalore while calm prevailed in Shimoga town on Wednesday which witnessed violent protests over an article purportedly written by Bangladeshi writer Tasleema Nasreen. Unidentified persons had thrown a petrol bomb
Delhi Police has initiated the process to invoke provisions of MCOCA against a 39-year-old self-styled Godman who was arrested for allegedly running a multi-crore sex racket in the national capital. Shiv Murat Dwivedi (39) alias
In their biggest breakthrough against the Maoists so far, the West Bengal Police have arrested Venkateshwar Reddy, a top leader in the Maoist hierarchy.Believed to be the right hand of Maoist leader Kishenji, he was
When it comes to some hard-hitting repartees and sound advice, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee does not spare even his own daughter, of course in a language puntuated by fatherly affection and remarks in lighter vein.
India on Tuesday expressed regret that Pakistan government is allowing LeT chief Hafiz Saeed to make "provocative and insidious" speeches and pressed for probing his role behind the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai. "Based on
With allies ruling out rocking the UPA coalition on the issue of fuel price hike, the Congress and the government on Tuesday breathed easy even as opposition parties appeared determined to corner the government in
Lakhs of students on Wednesday appeared for the CBSE Class X and XII examinations at over 5,300 centres across the country. Around 6.99 lakh candidates took their Class XII examination for physics while a number
Around half-a-dozen shops and houses were set ablaze when members of two communities clashed during 'Barawafat' procession taken out to mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad, police said in Bareilly on Tuesday."Though no casualty
The two men found guilty of murdering a gay man and his friend in 2004 have been sentenced to life in jail by a Delhi court.Pushkin Chandra, 38, an employee with the United Nations Development
Mumbai: Jet Airways on Tuesday announced special Première base fares, passing on unprecedented savings ranging from 37%-78% to commuters traveling on some of the airline's busiest domestic sectors, between March 3, and March 15. These
Tata Motors said on Tuesday in Geneva it would bring an electric version of the Nano, the world's cheapest car, to Europe within three years, starting with Britain and Scandinavia.Tata has said it would begin
India on Tuesday said it would get in touch with the Bangladesh government to ascertain the identity of the person, who has reportedly claimed to be involved in IC-814 hijack in 1999. Reacting to reports
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