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New Delhi, Dec 12: After the Maldives, India’s economic interests are in deep waters in another neighbouring island nation, Sri Lanka. Notwithstanding the setback in its efforts to help the GMR Group in the Maldives, New Delhi has now taken up the cudgels for Indian carmakers and urged Colombo to roll back the recent steep hikes in import duty on automobiles. “The Indian High Commission in Colombo

New Delhi, December 11: The government will raise the cap on supply of subsidized cooking gas (LPG) to nine cylinders per household in a year from current restriction of six, oil minister M Veerappa Moilysaid. "I think it is likely to go up definitely from six (cylinders) to 9 (cylinders)," he told reporters here. The government had in September capped supply of subsidized LPG to six cylinders per

Mumbai, December 11: Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) has seized seven Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) aircraft for non-payment of airport dues, an official source said Tuesday. MIAL has already served two notices to Kingfisher demanding clearance of dues totalling Rs.53 crore. "Until the long-pending dues are cleared, we shall not let them fly these aircraft, which are in our control," an

New Delhi, December 11: The Wal-Mart lobbying issue rocked Parliament for the second day today, prompting government to declare that it had no hesitation in ordering a probe into reports that the retail giant had spent money to further its case in India. "We have no hesitation in having an inquiry to get to the facts of the matter. We will announce further steps in the House today," Parliamentary

Talaja (Saurashtra), December 11: Frail, simple and grounded — there is nothing about Dr. Kanu Kalsaria’s persona that would suggest that this man could challenge Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. But he did just that and won, leading an agitation. Now, Dr. Kalsaria, a surgeon, is seeking to extend his winning streak against Mr. Modi to the Assembly elections – and pose a serious challenge to

New Delhi, December 11: A week after convincing the SP and the BSP to support it during the FDI-in-retail vote, the UPA now has the job of getting the bitter rivals on the same page on the quota bill. BSP leader Mayawati on Monday warned of a tough posture after the SP succeeded in not letting the government table the bill that provides for quotas for the SCs/STs in promotions. “We will see for

New Delhi, December 10: The issue of FDI in retail came to haunt the government again in Parliament with a united opposition demanding an inquiry and reply from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on reports of Wal-Mart spending huge money to lobby for entry into the Indian market. Forcing two adjournments in the Rajya Sabha before lunch, members from BJP, CPM, CPI, SP, JD-U, Trinamool Congress, AGP and

Sydney, December 10: The Australian radio hosts who made a prank call to a London hospital treating Prince William's wife Kate tearfully told of their heartbreak on hearing that a nurse had been found dead. Mel Greig and Michael Christian from Sydney station 2Day FM have been in hiding and undergoing counselling since their hoax sparked global outrage following the apparent suicide of Jacintha

Ahmedabad, December 10: Campaigning for Gujarat elections has entered the fast lane as tomorrow is the last day for the parties to woo voters for the first phase of state Assembly polls to be held on December 13. Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be addressing two poll rallies today - in Siddhpur town of Patan district and near Dakor in Kheda district. Chief Minister Narendra Modi will address

Bhiwani/Bijnor, December 10: There has been public outrage after two diktats in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. While in Haryana, a college has banned girls from wearing jeans, in Uttar Pradesh, the Bijnor District Magistrate has asked girls not to wear black clothes at a Chief Minister event. A women's college in the Bhiwani district in Haryana has banned girls from turning out in jeans and tops. At