New Delhi - 01 Dec 2011: Traders across the country have downed their shutters to join the protest against government's decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail. The impact of the strike has been visible in several cities. In some cities, shopkeepers took out marches demanding a r

New Delhi - 01 Dec 2011 (PTI): With global crude rates coming down, petrol price has been cut by Rs 0.78 per litre, the second reduction in two weeks. The reduction, which will be effective from midnight tonight, was lower than the anticipated cut of Re 1 per litre because of drop in rupee and firmi

Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad has decided to provide coaching to the Muslim aspirants for the UPSC examinations for civil services. The University's civil services coaching academy is offering coaching for minorities, especially for Muslim women for the admission into

New Delhi: It was a sea of humanity which descended on the Ramlila Maidan as the two-day Social Justice Conference, organized by the Popular Front of India, concluded with a mammoth Public meeting here on Sunday. The venue was overflowing with tens of thousands of Popular Front activists from al

New Delhi - 27 Nov 2011 (PTI): Under attack from the Opposition and UPA allyTrinamool Congresson allowing global retail chains in the Indian market, the government on Sunday launched a campaign to sell advantages ofFDI in multi-brandretail.In a full page advertisement in newspapers, the commerce and

New Delhi: The National Conference organized by Popular front of India is started in Ramlila Maidan today. Popular Front of India chairman EM Abdulrahiman hosted the flag in presence of thousands of participants. The Maidain has stood testimony to several historic events since Independence. This soc

Spelling fresh trouble for former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, Lok Ayukta police today filed an FIR against him, Housing Minister V Somanna and two others, alleging irregularities in denotification of land. "An FIR has been filed against Yeddyurappa and Somanna, mainly under the prov

New Delhi - 25 Nov 2011 (IANS): A year-and-a-half after the tragic Air India crash, Mangalore Airport has earned the tag of being among the most unsafe airports in the country.The government said that it had identified 11 airports which posed a safety risk to flight operations in the country. The sa

New Delhi - 24 Nov 2011: Agriculture ministerSharad Pawarwas today slapped by a youth at a public function claiming he was angry with corruption andprice rise.71-year-old Pawar, who went to a literary function at a public auditorium onParliament Street, was slapped byHarvinder Singh, a transporter i

Pune - 24 Nov 2011: Additional sessions judge SD Darne on Tuesday sentenced Bangalore serial blast suspect,Maulana Hussain Shabbir Meheruddin Gangavali(32), of Bhatkal village in Karnataka, to five years rigorous imprisonment for the seizure of 250counterfeit currency notesof Rs 100 denomination fro

Ahmedabad - 22 Nov 2011:A Special Investigation Team today told the Gujarat High Court that the Ishrat Jahan encounter of 2004 was fake. The High Court ordered FIR to be filed against guilty police officers and men responsible for the killing. For further investigation and indentifying the guilty, t

New Delhi - 19 Nov 2011: Alarm bells are ringing in aviation ministry with Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher indicating to government that it is looking at curtailing 200 flights from its daily winter schedule of 418 domestic flights. Realising that such a drastic reduction in capacity in the peak se

New Delhi - 19 Nov 2011: The CBI on Saturday registered a fresh case regarding allocation of additional spectrum during BJP leader - the late Pramod Mahajan's tenure as telecom minister in connection with the2G scam. The CBI is carrying out searches at theVodafoneoffice in Mumbai,Airteloffice in Gur

Mumbai - 19 Nov 2011: Therupeedropped to a two-and-half year low of 51.34 against the US dollar on Friday after the Bombay Stock ExchangeSensexclosed 90 points down at 16371 after pulling back from the day's low of 16165. Both the rupee and sensex witnessed their worst weeks in this quarter. The key

Vice President Hamid Ansari has come out in favour of a media regulation framework, agreeing with Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju that self-regulation has failed. "Collective self-regulation has yet to succeed in substantive measure because it is neither universal nor enforceable. In

Mumbai - 17 Nov 2011: Finally on Wednesday six Malegaon blast 2006 accused were released by the Arthur Road Jail authorities after completing long formalities which took nearly 11 days. A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on 5th November had granted bail to the nin

Lucknow - 16 Nov 2011: Chief MinisterMayawatiwho has been trying hard in recent months to fend off allegations of corruption and misgovernance in the poll bound state has tried turning the tables on her political rivals especially the Congress by getting her cabinet to propose the division of Uttar

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi - 16 Nov 2011 (IANS): India Tuesday succeeded with a very high level of accuracy in its first test of a new-generationAgni-IVstrategic nuclear-capable missile with a 3,500-km range from a defence base in Odisha, an official said. "The missile, which has the capability to hit ta