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Hyderabad, June 22: Attacking the previous government, Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said the hike in rail fares was “thrusted upon” by the UPA, but it was a “bitter medicine” that had to be swallowed in the interest of sound health of the economy. “The hike in fares is thrust upon us by UPA government. It is the result of the misplaced populism of the UPA’s 10-year misrule. The

Zurich, Jun 22: In a major boost to India's fight against black money, Switzerland has prepared a list of Indians suspected to have stashed un-taxed wealth in Swiss banks and the details are being shared with Indian government. The names of these Indian individuals and entities have come under scanner of the Swiss authorities during an ongoing exercise to identify real beneficiary owners of funds

New Delhi, Jun 22: The UPA government’s controversial move to order a probe into the snoopgate issue may get a quiet burial with the Union Home Ministry expected to move the Cabinet soon to abandon the plan. A note will be presented before the Union Cabinet to scrap the December 26, 2013, order to set up a judicial commission of inquiry to probe the charges of surveillance of a young woman in 2009

New Delhi, Jun 22: Amid protests over a sharp hike in fares and criticism of political parties, the government on Saturday strongly defended the increase in passenger fares, including for short-distance travel, arguing the revision was long overdue as the last hike took place around 11 years ago and a heavy subsidy burden was "unsustainable" in the wake of soaring costs. While passengers

New Delhi, Jun 21: Union Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari has said party patriarch L K Advani deserves to be the President of India, a post commensurate with his stature. Appearing on Rajat Sharma's show 'Aap ki Adalat' on 'India TV', the Union Road Transport Minister said it would not have been proper had he (Advani) been made the Lok Sabha Speaker as the party veteran has already

New Delhi, Jun 21: Defending the steep hike in rail fare and freight rates as a 'difficult but correct decision', finance minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the railways can survive only if users pay for availing of facilities. "The passenger services have been subsidized by the freight traffic. In recent years, even freight fares have come under pressure," he said in his first reaction to the

New Delhi, Jun 21: There was evidence that several hundreds of Indians were stranded in Najaf province of Iraq as their employer has refused to return their passports, Amnesty International said on Saturday. "With fighting between state forces and armed groups intensifying and affecting civilians across Iraq, the stranded Indian workers could be facing rising dangers," Amnesty International India

Mumbai, Jun 21: The Shiv Sena on Thursday anointed Uddhav Thackeray as the saffron combine's CM pick. The Sena president later told journalists he had to honour Shiv Sainiks' collective wish. "The CM issue can be decided by discussions (with the BJP). We are not in a hurry," Thackeray said, indicating, for the first time, that he didn't intend to toe the hard line on the issue. Senior BJP leader

Islamabad, Jun 21: As many as 54 people were injured, seven of them critically, after a powerful explosion occurred at a shrine in Pakistan here Friday night, a media report said. Fify-four people were injured in the blast. Thirty four were taken to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) hospital where four are in critical condition, Dawn News quoted. Nine are being treated in Benazir

Muzaffarnagar, Jun 21: Married for the compensation, these women were rejected when the state did not pay A lie floated by a junior Minister in the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has created serious trouble for many women among the riot-affected Muslim families in Muzaffarnagar. They have been thrown out by their husbands, who have accused them of hiding compensation money that they