India

Chennai, Mar 25: After quitting the UPA coalition on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, DMK on Monday demanded that India should boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting scheduled to be held in Colombo in November this year. “While Commonwealth Secretariat should not convene the meeting at Colombo, but if it happens, India should boycott the meeting in order to reflect the sentiments of

New Delhi, Mar 25: The government will give additional cash subsidy of Rs 25,000 crore to state-owned oil marketing companies to make up for the losses suffered by them on selling fuel at subsidised rates. The amount is over and above finance ministry’s cash outgo of Rs 55,000 crore, this fiscal year. Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae said the additional cash is likely to be available next month

New Delhi, Mar 24: Passengers have been spared an immediate hike in rail fares, but a sustained spike in diesel price may prompt railways make travel more expensive over the next six months. "There is a policy now and the fuel adjustment component (FAC) is linked with energy and fuel prices and calculated accordingly ... We insulated passenger segment from the FAC in April as we did not feel it

New Delhi, Mar 22: Air India Express has been asked by the Delhi State Consumer Commission to pay Rs 88,000 to a passenger for failing to provide him with an alternative after his flight to Dubai was cancelled. The state commission held the airline liable for the damages, saying that it has to realise the inconvenience a passenger suffers on cancellation of the flight and it is their duty to

Brussels, Mar 23: The European Commission on Friday expressed relief over the end of a diplomatic stand-off between India and Italy over marines issue. The commission took note of the decision of the Italian authorities to send back to India the two marines, Massimilian Latorre and Salvatore Girone, but "we have no details of the arrangement", a spokesman said. The commission hopes that the

New Delhi, Mar 22: The Rajya Sabha witnessed rowdy scenes Friday before it went on a recess as agitating members from the DMK and AIADMK turned violent, breaking the chairperson's mike. The upper house met at 2.30 p.m. after two adjournments. Members from DMK and AIADMK, who were protesting over the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils, trooped near the chairperson's podium. Contending that the anti-Sri

New Delhi, Mar 22: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday welcomed Italy’s decision to send back its two marines to face trial in India, saying the integrity and dignity of Indian judicial process has been upheld. “I am happy that the integrity and dignity of the Indian judicial process has been upheld,” Dr. Singh told the media in the Parliament House complex hours after Italy reversed its

New Delhi, Mar 22: Following the upholding of the sentencing of film star Sanjay Dutt to five years imprisonment by the Supreme Court in 1993 Mumbai blasts case, Press Council of India chief Justice Markandey Katju has appealed to Maharashtra Governor K Sankarnarayanan to pardon the actor. In a statement issued here, Katju sought pardon for Dutt under Article 161 of the Constitution saying that he

New Delhi, Mar 22: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today said that diplomacy is at work resulting in Italy's decision to send back two marines charged in the fishermen killing case and parried questions on Italian media reports that Congress President Sonia Gandhi influenced that government's decision. Welcoming Italy's decision to send back two marines, the minister said the decision

New Delhi, Mar 21: First democratically elected President of Egypt Dr. Mohammad Morsi, on his maiden visit to India as state head, called on Ameer (National President) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umri on Tuesday. While meeting India President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh besides other political leaders, Dr. Morsi also invited heads of some Muslim