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New Delhi, September 7: Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy today ruled out an immediate hike in fuel prices, saying there is no such plan. Mr Reddy spoke to the media at an Indian Oil event in New Delhi. Sources have informed NDTV that the hike in all fuel prices has been deferred by a week. "It is my duty as a minister to bring out the facts in front of the Cabinet Committee of Political affairs…don’t

New Delhi, September 7: A hike of Rs 5 per litre in petrol price is likely to be announced in the next 24 to 48 hours. According to official sources, the Oil Ministry may allow the oil manufacturing companies to announce the hike. According to Oil Ministry sources, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Finance Ministry are on board for the price hike. Sources also said that though the Cabinet

New Delhi, September 6: Samajwadi Party and Shiv Sena on Thursday thwarted an attempt in the Rajya Sabha to take up for passage the contentious Bill providing for quota in promotion for SCs and STs in government jobs. The Constitution Amendment Bill, which was introduced in the House on Wednesday amid commotion and scuffle between members of SP and BSP in the House, could not be taken up even as

New Delhi, September 6: Cyber-space has become another tool in the hands of terrorists who post "motivated rumours" in social networking sites thereby creating a new challenge to the security forces in the country, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said here today. "There is increasing evidence of resort taken by terrorists to the cyber-space domain. The recent incident in Bengaluru in

New Delhi, September 6: The Washington Post has denied it has offered an apology for an article which described Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh as "a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat presiding over a deeply corrupt government".India bureau chief of Washington Post, Simon Denyer said that he stands by the article."Absolutely not, there has been no apology, and I stand by the article, and the

New Delhi, Sept 6: Air India’s long wait for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is finally over, with the first of these long-haul planes set to arrive here on Saturday, sources said today. The national carrier, which had placed orders for 27 of these aircraft six years ago, would get its first Dreamliner on Saturday, which is to be followed by the delivery of two more within the next few weeks. However

New Delhi, September 6: The fracas over coal block allocations continued for the twelfth day in Parliament today as BJP members vociferously demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon after opposition triggered ruckus on the issue. Members of the DMK AIADMK, CPI and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) were in the Well raising the

Bangalore, September 6: There is massive outrage over a remark by Karnataka High Court judge says it is all right if a husband beats his wife provided he looks after him. Over 500 people have signed an online petition requesting the Chief Justice of India, SH Kapadia, to intervene and take action against Justice K Bhaktavatsala. A page has also been set up on Facebook by the name 'Remove Justice

New Delhi, September 6: The Oil Ministry has moved a Cabinet note seeking immediate hike in diesel, cooking gas and kerosene prices and limiting supply of subsidised LPG cylinders to 4-6 per household in a year. The Cabinet committee is likely to consider the hike at the first occasion it meets after the current monsoon session of Parliament ends on Friday, a top Oil Ministry official said on

New Delhi, September 5: Against the backdrop of opposition by Samajwadi Party and disruption of proceedings by BJP over coalgate issue, Government today appealed to all political parties to get a bill providing for reservation to SCs and STs in promotions in government jobs passed in Rajya Sabha today.Parliamentary Affair Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said he wanted BJP not to disrupt the