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Tokyo, Aug 30: Japan and India both have much to gain from a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and more than a dozen Indian steel, energy and IT tycoons that begins on Saturday in the ancient capital of Kyoto. The two countries have complementary economies, given Japan's wealth and technological prowess and India's natural resources and drive to modernize its economy. So far, though, they have

New Delhi, Aug 29: Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanidhi Maran and six others, including four companies, were today chargesheeted by the CBI in a special court in the Aircel-Maxis deal case arising out of the investigation in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Besides the Maran brothers, the CBI has named Malaysian business tycoon T Ananda Krishnan, Ralph Marshall, a top

New Delhi, Aug 29: Minorities affairs minister Najma Heptullah who has created a huge political outcry after she was quoted as saying that she saw nothing wrong with the RSS theory that all Indians can be called Hindus, has now clarified to say that she meant 'Hindi' and not 'Hindu'. “Anything beyond the Hindu Kush mountains and on this side of the Sindh river is Hind. In Persian, they call it

New Delhi, Aug 29: After SpiceJet launched its festive season sale offering tickets at Rs 1,888, the newest entrant into the low-cost carrier space AirAsia India is offering promotional fares starting at Rs 600 on advance tickets booked until 31 August. On its website, the airline is offering the promotional fares on tickets booked till 31 August to fly between 26 October, 2014 and 24 October

New Delhi, Aug 29: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the probe into allegations of sexual harassment by a former Gwalior district judge against a sitting judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The composition of the committee, set up by the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, was objected to by the woman judge saying that it included a judge who had transferred her out of Gwalior. An

New Delhi, Aug 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday kicked off his government’s ambitious financial inclusion plan here, which on the first day itself handed out a bank account each to 1.5 crore poor households across the country along with an accident insurance of Rs 1,00,000 and a life cover of Rs 1,30,000. Launching what is billed as the largest ever banking programme so far, named “Jan

New Delhi, Aug 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched his government's mega scheme 'Jan Dhan Yojana', declaring that it was aimed at eradicating financial untouchability by providing bank accounts to the poor. On the inaugural day, a record 1.5 crore bank accounts were opened across the country, the largest such exercise on a single day possibly anywhere in the world. Unveiling the scheme

New Delhi, Aug 28: BJP today accused Haryana Janhit Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi, whose party today snapped their alliance, of acting as the B-team of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and announced that it will fight the Haryana Assembly elections on its own. BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain mocked Bishnoi's "delusion" of becoming the state's chief minister and derided him as "a general

New Delhi, Aug 28: Former telecommunication minister Dayanidhi Maran Thursday urged the Supreme Court to restrain the CBI from filing chargesheet against him in Aircel-Maxis deal as investigation into the case is yet to be completed. Maran has contended that under the law, the investigating agency could not file a chargesheet without completing the investigation. The apex court bench headed by

Chandigarh, Aug 28: The Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) is likely to formally the break its alliance with the BJP, which has reportedly been ignoring party chief Kuldeep Bishnoi post his defeat in the Lok Sabha polls. The last straw, HJC sources said, came two days ago when BJP president Amit Shah refused to meet Bishnoi in Delhi. Sources said that Shah kept Bishnoi waiting and later went to attend