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New Delhi, Jun 17: The government today said it was in touch with the Indian nurses stranded in violence-hit Tikrit town in Iraq and assured every possible help to Indian citizens in the trouble-torn country. Following a request by the Indian government, a team of International Red Crescent contacted around 46 nurses in Tikrit and reported back to the Indian authorities about their well being

New Delhi, Jun 17: India is committed to easing bottlenecks that have caused inflation to spike, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, blaming energy costs and "speculative hoarding" for a rise in wholesale prices that contributed to an investor selloff on Monday. The rupee sank below 60 rupees to the dollar and government bonds had their biggest single-day fall in a month on Monday as higher-than

New Delhi, Jun 17: Claiming that bad days are here, Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was creating an alibi by blaming the UPA for leaving behind a poor economy because he did not want to fulfill his election promises. The party said "good days might have come for Modi and BJP but bad days have begun for the countrymen". Two days after Modi urged people to be prepared for harsh

New Delhi, Jun 16: Airport tariff regulator AERA has fixed Rs 1,368 and Rs 342 per international and domestic passenger as user development fee (UDF) and other charges for Bangalore's Kempegowda airport but the airlines have opposed the ''over 100 per cent'' hike in tariff. In a latest order, the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) also fixed charges for aircraft landing, parking

New Delhi, Jun 16: The Supreme Court today refused to give an urgent hearing on a plea for restraining N Srinivasan from taking up the post of the chairman of ICC executive board. A bench headed by Justice Vikramajit Sen said that there is no urgency for hearing the case and it will be taken up after the vacation. The court was hearing an application filed by Cricket Association of Bihar, alleging

Pune, Jun 15: A total of 157 passengers on board Air India's flight AI 853 from Delhi to Pune had a narrow escape when two rear tyres of the aircraft burst while landing at Pune's Lohegaon airport around 9.30pm on Saturday. Airport director Manoj K Gangal confirmed the incident. "The aircraft landed with two tyre bursts in the rear, but fortunately there was no further damage." Gangal said the

New Delhi, June 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dedicated India’s largest warship INS Vikramaditya to the nation and pitched for making the country self-reliant in manufacturing defence equipment, shedding dependence on imports. In his first outing after taking charge as Prime Minister, he addressed the naval personnel onboard the ship off the Goa coast, calling the addition of the

New Delhi, Jun 14: Congress may take legal recourse if its Lok Sabha leader Maliikarjun Kharge is not made the Leader of the Opposition. While there have been reports on why Congress cannot stake a claim to the post, party spokesman Shakeel Ahmad maintained, "the law guarantees it," to the party and the Speaker did not have discretion on who can be Leader of the Opposition. The party also denied

New Delhi, Jun 14: The highest decision making body in telecom department, Telecom Commission on Friday gave its in-principle approval to full mobile number portability which will allow a mobile subscriber to retain his number even if he moves from one state to another. Now reference will be send to Trai for additional information and clarification. Last year in September, TRAI in its

New Delhi, Jun 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has replied to the letter written by Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif last week, thanking Mr. Sharif for the sari he had gifted to his mother and saying that he looked forward to engaging Pakistan “in an atmosphere free from confrontation and violence in order to chart a new course in our bilateral relations.” In the letter dated June 11, Mr. Modi