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Tokyo, Sep 1: Japan today announced doubling of its private and public investment in India to about USD 34 billion over the next five years even as the two countries decided to elevate their ties to a Special Strategic Global Partnership but failed to conclude a civil nuclear deal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe during their summit talks also reaffirmed the

Kyoto, Sep 1: With India and Japan now talking of a new chapter in their global and strategic ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today begins the second leg of his five-day Japan visit - to convince the country to 'make in India and invest in India'. According to the Nikkei business daily, Japan aims to double its direct investment in India in five years from around $2 billion last year. India and

Nagpur, Aug 31: Nationalist Congress Party general secretary Tariq Anwar has accused the BJP-led government at the centre of fanning communal passions in the country just to polarize voters on basis of religion before elections in five states. "But the voters are seeing through this game plan of the BJP and have shown in recent by-elections in Bihar that they would prefer secularism to communalism

New Delhi, Aug 31: In a third such reduction in a month, petrol prices were reduced by Rs 1.51 per litre from midnight on Sunday while diesel prices were increased by 50 paise per litre excluding value added tax (VAT) . The cut in petrol price will be more after the local taxes or VAT is added to the base price. VAT varies from state to state. Consequently, in Delhi, the petrol prices will be cut

New Delhi, Aug 30: Taking credit for the uptick in domestic economy, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said the 5.7 per cent growth in the first quarter vindicates UPA government's projection that revival would take place in the beginning of 2014-15 as a result of measures taken in the previous fiscal. "The GDP data for the first quarter of 2014-15 was released yesterday and the Congress

Kyoto, Aug 30: Varanasi, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi represents in the Lok Sabha, will be developed into a 'smart city' by using the experience of Kyoto, the 'smart city' of Japan, under a pact signed here on Saturday. A partner city MoU was signed by Indian ambassador Deepa Wadhwa and Kyoto mayor Daisaka Kadokawa at a ceremony witnessed by Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. The

New Delhi, Aug 30: Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was today slapped with a fine of Rs three lakh by a court here for failing to appear before it in a defamation case filed by her against BJP leader Vijender Gupta. It the second time she has been fined in the case. The court had earlier also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on Dikshit for her non-appearance. The fine amount was deposited by

Lucknow, Aug 30: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is one of the few politicians in the country to perpetually wear a smile. Be it the loss in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls when he was chief minister or the failure of the party to make a comeback at the centre in 2009, the 63-year-old former physics lecturer does not let politics affect his disposition. The last few days, however, seem to have

Kolkata, Aug 30: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said she was not at all worried about the BJP gaining foothold in West Bengal, claiming that a new leadership which believes in riots has come up in the saffron party sidelining veteran leaders like L K Advani and M M Joshi "Now a new regime has come in the BJP which believes in riots and not in politics. They have sidelined veteran

Lucknow, Aug 30: For 10 years, 29-year-old Ram Pal was a practicing Christian, but three days ago he converted and become a Hindu. The change in faith, however, has not tangibly altered his life as the struggle to make ends meet and the worry about the future of his children continue unabated. Despite converting to Christianity in 2001, seven Valmiki families in Asroi village were not accorded