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United Nations, September 25: India has said unauthorised intervention in the internal affairs of any nation during conflict situations should be avoided, stressing that peaceful settlement of disputes is key in maintaining global security and promoting rule of law. “We strongly believe in the peaceful handling of any conflict situation in accordance with the applicable legal principles by

New Delhi, September 25: The CBI on Monday informed the Supreme Court about the involvement of a "foreign hand" to tarnish Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's image and reputation by accusing him of abducting a fictitious woman. The agency also claimed that a petition in the Allahabad high court by one Kishore Samrite making baseless allegations against the Congress leader was "funded"

New Delhi, September 24: The CBI has decided to expand its probe into coalgate bringing under its scanner all coal block allocations made since 1993 including the six-eyar NDA rule after a reference in this regard was received from the CVC today. Last week, Coal Minister Shri Prakash Jaiswal wrote to Central Vigilance Commission seeking a CBI probe into all the coal blocks allocated since 1993

New Delhi, September 24: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today held parleys with some union ministers and senior party leaders amid indications of a Cabinet reshuffle. Those who met Gandhi at her official residence at 10- Janpath included Road and Transport Minister C P Joshi, who has been given additional charge of Railways after resignation of Trinamool Congress ministers including Mukul Roy

New Delhi, September 24: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said that mobile phone subscribers will not have to pay roaming charges from next year. “From next year… Our secretary has told you that it will be free from next year,” Mr. Sibal said here in response to a query on the timing of removing roaming charges as proposed in the National Telecom Policy 2012. The Minister was speaking to the

Mumbai, September 24: Consumers may get some relief as oil marketing companies (OMCs) plan to revise petrol prices downward due to falling international crude oil prices and a strengthening rupee. The Indian basket of crude oil fell to $106.74 on September 20 from $116 five days earlier, according to data published by the oil ministry. The rupee, which hit a four-month-high of 53.47 on September

Madhubani, September 24: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar faced the wrath of the people at a rally, when a group of para teachers (contractual teachers) staged a protest by showing their slippers to Mr Kumar. The agitating teachers were demanding parity in salaries and allowances with regular teachers. The incident happened in Madhubani during the Chief Minister's ongoing Adhikar yatra (Rights

New Delhi, September 24: After the big-bang reforms, law minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday indicated government's keenness to push bills on food security and land acquisition, insisting that even Mamata Banerjee will not be able to oppose them. He maintained that "the bills drive a deft political balance between populism and reforms". "The draft (food security) bill is being given the final

New Delhi, September 24: The government is readying a package to boost real estate activity by easing lending and provisioning norms for banks as part of a strategy to prop up the sector that provides significant employment in the country after developers expressed their inability to cut prices to increase demand. The steps follow an interaction that finance minister P Chidambaram had with public

Bhopal, September 23: Even as the BJP has strongly opposed the Centre's decision to hike diesel prices and allow FDI in retail, senior party leader and former Union minister Arun Shourie has justified the move saying it was the need of the hour. "Increasing diesel prices was the need of the hour," Shourie, who had come here to participate in a seminar, told reporters here last evening. A lot of