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Nagpur, Feb 18: Seven Maoists were killed in an encounter with Maharashtra police near Alitola village in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra on Tuesday. “The encounter took place near Alitola village on the border of Gondia district and Gadchiroli district around midnight. We have recovered seven bodies and operations are on in this area” Ravindra Kadam, the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of

Nagpur, Feb 17: Maharashtra irrigation scam whistle-blower and AAP nominee Anjali Damania today said she is determined to take on BJP heavyweight Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency here, in order to keep exposing his corrupt ways and alleged involvement in many more scams. "I was reluctant to fight a poll earlier because of my small kids but in the changing scenario, when AAP leader

New Delhi, Feb 17: Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily, who is in the eye of the storm over gas pricing issue, today hit out at Arvind Kejriwal, saying it is "better in the best interest of the democracy to talk less" of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader. The senior Congress leader, who was Law Minister when the Joint Committee for drafting the Lokpal Bill was constituted by the government at the

New Delhi, Feb 17: Tehelka founder-editor Tarun Tejpal was on Monday charged by Goa Police with rape, sexual harassment and outraging modesty of a woman journalist in a lift of a five-star hotel in the resort town in November last year. If proven guilty, Tejpal can be sentenced for more than seven years of imprisonment. Investigating officer Sunita Sawant has charged Tejpal under sections 354, 354

New Delhi, Feb 17: The government on Monday said the fiscal deficit for the current financial year will be contained at 4.6 per cent of GDP. “Let me begin with the good news. Fiscal deficit for 2013-14 will be contained at 4.6 per cent of GDP, well below the red line that I had drawn last year,” Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said in the interim budget presented in Parliament. The fiscal deficit

Surat, Feb 17: A UK-based historian described Indian freedom fighters -- Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad -- as "terrorists" during a lecture held here recently, sparking a controversy. Delivering a lecture on 'Nonviolent Resistance In India during 1915-1947', Warwick University's professor David Hardiman said, "Terrorist groups, who predate Mahatma Gandhi, were always there alongside Gandhi's

New Delhi, Feb 17: Finance Minister P Chidambaram will present the interim budget for 2014-15 in Parliament today. Along with the budget, the Finance Minister will present a vote-on-account to seek Parliament's sanction for spending till July. Also, unlike a regular budget, the interim one does not have any new proposal on the revenue side -- that is, no taxation measures are proposed and status

New Delhi, Feb 16: Air India, which is in the process of selling five Boeing 777 aircraft to Etihad and carrying out sale-leaseback of its Dreamliners, would use the proceeds to pay off aircraft loans and meet working capital needs, according to official sources. The sale of five Boeing 777-200 Long Range aircraft to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is estimated to fetch $336.5 million for the

New Delhi, Feb 16: Aam Aadmi Party Saturday demanded that the investigation of cases registered by Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) during its regime should not be hampered, especially the case in which industrialist Mukesh Ambani and Union Minister Veerappa Moily have been booked. "The biggest case is against Mukesh Ambani, Moily. The investigation of this case should not be hampered. We have also

New Delhi, Feb 16: Claiming to have supported the Arvind Kejriwal Government till the very end, the Congress on Saturday accused it of running away from responsibilities and not even making an effort to introduce the Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi Assembly. To expose the “doublespeak” of the Aam Aadmi Party Government, it has now also decided to “issue a charge sheet” against it. Delhi Pradesh