India

New Delhi, Nov 5: A penalty of over Rs. 83 lakh was imposed on violators on a single day on Sunday by the teams deployed to monitor implementation of measures to combat pollution in the Delhi NCR under the Clean Air Campaign, The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said. The highest number of complaints were related to illegal construction and demolition activities. An aggressive ten-day-long

Raipur, Nov 5: Latching on to the remark of Congress leader Raj Babbar on the Naxal movement in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, BJP chief Amit Shah Sunday asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi to make clear his party's stand on Naxalism. Mr Shah also claimed that Mr Babbar had described Naxalism as a "revolution". Addressing a public meeting in Ambagarh Chowki town in Rajnandgaon district, Mr Shah said,

New Delhi, Nov 4: With the Ram Mandir movement gathering momentum, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said no Hindu text condones the use of violence to get one's way and scriptures say people should build Ram in their hearts. "In fact, if anything, there is a scripture that says build Ram in your heart. And if Ram is built in our heart it should little matter where else he is or he is not

New Delhi, Nov 4: Petrol price has been cut by over Rs 4 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.33 in the last 18 days on softer international rates, a pace faster than the spike in prices witnessed in the two-month period beginning mid-August. Petrol price Sunday was cut by 21 paise a litre and diesel by 17 paise, according to a price notification issued by state-owned fuel retailers. In Delhi, petrol now

Pathanamthitta, Nov 4: In an attempt to avoid violence and unrest in Sabarimala temple, which is slated to open for a special religious ceremony on November 5, the state administration has deployed scores of police personnel in Pamba and surrounding areas. Speaking to media, Inspector General Ashok Yadav said that around 1500 police personnel have been deployed from Pamba to Sannidhanam

New Delhi, Nov 4: With global crude prices remaining elevated, the rupee is likely to be under pressure, and may touch the 76 levels against the US currency over the next three months, says a report. The domestic currency has already crossed the 74 mark owing to continued strengthening of the dollar, lack of foreign flows and higher crude oil prices. The unit lost over 15 percent since the

Kolkata, Nov 4: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said there will be both pre-poll and post-poll alliances between the Congress and other opposition parties, but party president Rahul Gandhi "may not be" the prime ministerial face. The coming Lok Sabha electionis important in that it will deny the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a second term in power, the Congress MP said. He said the decision

Chandigarh, Nov 4: Some students at a government girls’ school in Punjab's Fazilka district were allegedly stripped by teachers to check which one of them was wearing a sanitary pad, after one was found discarded in the school toilet. A video clip showed some girls crying and complaining that teachers stripped them on the premises of their school in Kundal village three days back. Two teachers

New Delhi, Nov 4: Indefinite hunger strike by Sant Gopal Das--a disciple of late Prof G D Agrawal (Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand)-, for clean and richly flow in entire course of the Ganga continued in Haridwar on the 134th day on Sunday. The young saint-on fast since June 24, in support of the Ganga crusade launched by late IIT professor turned saint-, was yet again on Saturday shifted from AIIMS

Kottayam, Nov 4: Several Hindu outfits in Kerala agitating against the entry of women of menstrual age into the famous Sabarimala Temple have urged media outlets not to depute women journalists to cover the issue as the Lord Ayyappa temple is set to open Monday for a special puja. The 'appeal' was issued by Sabarimala Karma Samiti, a joint platform of right-wing outfits, including the Vishva Hindu