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New Delhi, September 21: The government on Thursday evening braved intense political opposition and a nationwide bandh to notify the rules for allowing foreign retailers such as Walmart and Carrefour to set up stores in India. The government also notified the relaxed conditions for single-brand retail as well as the norms for allowing 49% investment by foreign airlines in Indian carriers and

New Delhi, September 20: Showing resolve for reforms, the government on Thursday notified its decision to allow global retail giants like Wal-Mart to open stores in India, on a day several political parties called Bharat bandh to protest against the policy. With this notification, multinational retailers can invest up to 51 per cent to open stores in 10 states and UTs which, till date, have agreed

New Delhi, September 20: he Left and the Right were on the same page today with its leaders sharing stage to protest the UPA government’s decision to allow FDI in retail and hike in diesel price with both alleging that these were taken to “please” US President Barack Obama and other western nations. While Left leaders A B Bardhan and Sitaram Yechury shared the stage with BJP’s Murli Manohar Joshi

New Delhi, September 20: The bandh called by NDA, Left parties and SP to protest against diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and cap on subsidized LPG on Thursday evoked mixed response as protestors disrupted road and rail traffic in parts of UP, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha but it had little impact in Mumbai. In Delhi, most of the markets remained closed and vehicular movement was

Patna, September 20: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad has said there are 14 to 15 aspirants for the post of prime minister and he himself is one of them. "I am also one of the aspirants for the PM's post along with Nitish Kumar," Lalu Prasad told the media here. Lalu Prasad said that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was expressing his desire to be the prime minister to be in the news.

New Delhi, September 20: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh and Left leaders Prakash Karat and A B Bardhan on Thursday courted arrest in New Delhi during the nation-wide bandh against FDI in retail and diesel price hike. After holding a joint demonstration at Jantar Mantar, the leaders of SP, four Left parties, JD(S), TDP and BJD marched to Parliament Street Police Station along with supporters

New Delhi, September 20: Arvind Kejriwal today described Anna Hazare's decision to snap ties with the pro-politics group in the anti-corruption movement as "shocking and unbelievable" and said the veteran activist's principles will be the foundation of their party. "We respect Anna Hazare, he is our guru and father. Yesterday's developments came as a complete surprise. It was shocking

New Delhi, September 20: Samajwadi Party on Wednesday indicated its support to the UPA government, saying that doing so was necessary to ward off the prospect of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi taking over as prime minister. Spelling out his party's stance, senior SP leader Ramgopal Yadav criticized Congress on a number of counts, but said the SP will have to come to UPA's assistance because

Ahmedabad, September 20: Decrying Narendra Modi for using Swami Vivekananda as his political mascot and challenging his knowledge on Hindu philosophy, suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has written yet another letter to the chief minister. Bhatt, a known Modi baiter had accused him of instructing state machinery to allow Hindus to vent out their anger against the minority community and earlier

New Delhi, September 20: Facing fire, not just from allies and Opposition, but also the aam admi over its big ticket reforms, UPA-II is desperately looking for a makeover. The government has now sanctioned Rs 100 crore to advertisements on television, radio and in print. Even as the government's fate hangs in the balance, it is trying all possible ways to reach out to the aad aadmi with