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New Delhi, Jun 2: The BJP has taken a dig at the Congress over demands of elevation for its vice president Rahul Gandhi as the party president, and said the country will move further towards Congress-free India if this happens. “Though it’s an internal matter of the Congress, but if such a decision is taken, the country will move ahead in the direction of a Congress-free India,” Bharatiya Janata

New Delhi, Jun 2: Consumers will feel the pinch further with oil companies on Wednesday steeply hiking the price of non-subsidised LPG and aviation turbine fuel. The hike comes a day after petrol and diesel prices were revised. In addition to these, the introduction of a 0.5% Krishi Kalyan Cess on Wednesday would make eating out, phone bills, internet, movies, healthcare and banking transactions

Los Angeles, Jun 1: Two men died today in a murder- suicide at the University of California's Los Angeles campus, prompting a lockdown and a massive security deployment at the sprawling facility. Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck said both victims were found with gunshot wounds in an office on campus. At least three shots were fired and a gun was found at the scene. "At about 10:00 this

Chandigarh, June 1: As speculation raged over the issue, Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh today said that time is right for Rahul Gandhi to take over from his mother as Congress President and favoured Priyanka's entry into active politics. "Sonia Gandhi is a brilliant leader. I have said that she has been working (as Congress President) for the last 20 years. If she feels that time has

New Delhi, June 1: In late 2014, the knives were out for RBI governor Raghuram Rajan. Finance ministry officials were frustrated by his reluctance to cut interest rates to stimulate growth, and moves were afoot to ease him out of the job. Some were airing their reservations about Rajan's hawkish stance in the media. Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a meeting of senior finance ministry staff

New Delhi, Jun 1: Over 50,000 Muslim women and men have signed a petition spearheaded by Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) seeking a ban on triple talaq. The women have sought support to abolish the “heinous” practice, which they have termed as “un-Quranic” The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) wrote to the National Commission for Women and sought its support to make the practice that

New Delhi, Jun 1: Your restaurant and telephone bills or airline tickets will become costly from June 1, with imposition of Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) of 0.5% on all taxable services. The KKC will apply to all taxable services and central value added tax credit will be available to service providers on the cess paid on input services, said a government official. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his

New Delhi, May 31: B S Bassi, who had a controversial tenure as Delhi Police Commissioner with frequent run-ins with the AAP government, was today appointed a member of UPSC, a Constitutional post, with a five year tenure. The Government cleared the name of 60-year-old Bassi as member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which conducts the civil services examination to select IAS and IPS

Raebareli (UP), May 31: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today hit back at the government on the charges against her son-in-law Robert Vadra saying it's a part of a conspiracy of levelling false allegations in its bid for a "Congress- free" India." She dared the government to order an impartial probe if there is something in which she said the truth will come out. On a visit to her Parliamentary

Lucknow, May 31: About 2,000 Dalit cops whose promotion — granted during BSP's rule—was cancelled by the current Samajwadi Party government would be reinstated a move that will have political implications ahead of the 2017 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. During her tenure as UP CM, Mayawati had introduced a 'quota in promotion' scheme which was struck down by the Allahabad HC in 2011 but the