No need to panic on price rise; states should take action: Finance minister

Finance minister Arun Jaitley The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | Jul 4, 2014, 12.41PM IST NEW DELHI: Blaming hoarders for the rise in food inflation, finance minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said there is "no panic...

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PM hints at increased private sector role in railways

KATRA: Ahead of the rail budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hinted at an increased role of the private sector in development of railways."We want the railway stations to have better facilities than airports. This is our dream and it is not...

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Ashok Chavan put in charge of election strategy for Marathwada region in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Congress on Friday gave the former chief minister Ashok Chavan the responsibility of drawing up assembly elections strategy for Marathwada region.Chavan, now the Lok Sabha MP from Nanded, will be assisted by ministers Madhukar Chavan,...

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CRPF jawan commits suicide in Shopian district of J&K

SRINAGAR: A CRPF jawan allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself inside his camp in Shopian district of Kashmir, police said on Friday.Constable Surender Kumar of 14 Battalion of CRPF shot himself with his service rifle on Thursday night inside...

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Court defers hearing in Muzaffarnagar riots case till July 16

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A local court has recorded the statement of a witness and deferred till July 16 the hearing in the Kawal killing case here.The complainant Arvind Kumar, deposed in court last evening and said that his son Gaurav and nephew Sachin were...

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Senator McCain meets PM, conveys desire to expand India-US strategic partnership

NEW DELHI: India and the US on Thursday expressed a desire to revitalize their relationship and expand their strategic partnership.US Senator John McCain met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and conveyed the keen desire in the US to work with him to revitalize...

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Somali lawmaker assassinated, al-Qaida-linked group claims responsibility

MOGADISHU: Somalia's al-Qaida-linked Shebab claimed responsibility for shooting dead a lawmaker and wounding another on Thursday, the latest in a surge of attacks in Mogadishu during Islam's holy month of Ramzan."This was a targeted assassination. We...

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Japan to issue multiple entry short-term stay visa to Indians

NEW DELHI: Starting today, Japan will issue multiple entry visas for short-term stay to Indians.This was announced by the Japanese embassy here today. The decision was taken following the announcement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when he visited here...

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West Bengal BJP submits memorandum to women's panel on Tapas Pal

KOLKATA: The BJP on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the West Bengal Women's Commission seeking its intervention for the arrest of actor-turned-MP Tapas Pal who was in the centre of a controversy for his discourteous and offensive statements on women.Party...

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Delhi Metro to install three more solar power plants

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is going to install three more roof-top solar power plants in its premises, as a continuation of its policy to encourage eco-friendly work practices and technologies.These three plants, with a joint power...

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Afghanistan hails India for easing visa policy

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan has welcomed the easing of visa regime by India for Afghan travellers and thanked the NarendraModi government for acting upon its repeated requests to further facilitate people-to-people contacts between the two countries under...

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Malaysia to return envoy wanted in sex case to New Zealand

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will send a diplomat back to New Zealand to face an attempted rape charge, the foreign ministry said Wednesday, as a diplomatic storm erupted over the case.Muhammad Rizalman Ismail, a former defence staff assistant at Malaysia's...

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Police fire shots to stop Buddhist mob in Myanmar

YANGON (Myanmar): Police fired warning shots to stop a Buddhist mob that damaged a mosque and tried to set fire to several Muslim-owned shops in Myanmar's second-largest city, authorities said on Wednesday.At least four people were injured Tuesday evening...

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P.K. Chandranandan, veteran communist leader dies in Kerala

ALAPPUZHA(KERALA): Veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist)leader P.K. Chandranandan died here Wednesday, his party said. He was 88.He was suffering from age related illness. His last rites would be performed here Thursday.Chandranandan had represented...

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Goa SIT questions miner about bribe-accused Congressmen

PANAJI: (IANS) A mine lease operator who last week accused a former Congress chief minister, his son and an ex-health minister of accepting crores of rupees from him for lobbying and sanctioning permissions for his lease, on Wednesday deposed before...

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Not surprised by petrol/diesel prices hike: Nitish Kumar

PATNA: Senior JD(U) leader and former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today said he was not surprised at rise in prices of petrol and diesel besides, soaring rates of food items under Narendra Modi government which could not deliver on tall promises...

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Two elephants crushed to death by speeding train in Jalpaiguri

JALPAIGURI: Two male elephants were crushed to death by a speeding train at a level crossing in Alipurduar in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday.The incident happened when the two wild elephants from nearby forest were crossing the track near...

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Two teenage brothers fall from moving train in Maharashtra, one dead

NAVI MUMBAI: In a fatal mishap on the harbour line, two teenage brothers travelling in a Panvel-CST bound train while standing at the footboard lost balance and fell off the moving train between Kharghar and CBD.While one youth died on the spot, his...

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Rangarajan panel submits report on poverty to Planning Commission

NEW DELHI: Former PMEAC chief C Rangarajan has submitted the report on Tendulkar Committee methodology for estimating poverty to planning minister Rao Inderjit Singh."I met minister of state for planning rao Inderjit Singh yesterday in Delhi and submitted...

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Bomb hidden in truck kills at least 15 in embattled Nigerian city

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: A truck exploded in a huge fireball killing at least 15 people on Tuesday in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the latest attack in the area repeatedly hit by Boko Haram Islamists.The bomb rocked Maiduguri's busiest roundabout...

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Singapore foreign minister arrives today to engage with Modi govt

NEW DELHI: Singapore foreign minister K Shanmugam, who arrives here on Monday, will be the first leader from the Asian power to establish contact with the Modi government. He joins a power-packed group, including French foreign minister Laurent Fabius...

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Man shot dead in Thailand mosque attack: Police

BANGKOK: Gunmen opened fire at a mosque in insurgency-hit southern Thailand Monday, killing one man and injuring another a day after Muslims began observing the holy month of Ramzan, police said.The pre-dawn attack by suspected militants in Pattani province...

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India, China release first encyclopedia of cultural contacts

BEIJING: India and China on Monday released the first encyclopedia on their age-old cultural contacts, tracing back their history to over 2,000 years, starting from the visit of Chinese scholar Huen Tsang to India in the 7th century to bring Buddhist...

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China to reopen embassy in Somalia closed in 1991

BEIJING: China is reopening its embassy in Somalia some 23 years after evacuating its diplomats as the East African nation plunged into civil war.Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Monday the decision came after Somalia established its first...

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BJP workers protest against SP govt in Lucknow, clash with police

LUCKNOW: Activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, youth wing of BJP, clashed with police on Monday during their protest over law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh.The protesters gathered in front of state assembly while it was in session and tried...

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Error in piloting led to C-130J Hercules crash: IAF sources

NEW DELHI:Error in piloting is understood to have been found as the reason behind the crash of Air Force's C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in March in which five service personnel, including four officers, were killed near Gwalior.The court of inquiry...

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Prime Minister Modi lands in Chennai en route to Sriharikota

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35 injured as roof of factory collapses in UP's Barabanki

BARABANKI: At least 35 workers were trapped and injured when shuttering of a roof under construction of a factory collapsed in Kursi road area here.The incident occurred last night when the shuttering of the roof of Shri Sai Food Production Company collapsed,...

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India must firewall all strategic establishments: Arun Shourie

KOLKATA: Stressing that India is lagging behind in defending itself in cyber warfare, senior BJP leader and former union minister Arun Shourie on Sunday said India must firewall all its strategic establishments."The sad part is that the government's...

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Modi lands in Chennai en route to Sriharikota, Jayalalithaa meets him

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu governor K Rosaiah, chief minister J Jayalalithaa and others met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Chennai airport on Sunday.Modi landed in Chennai while he was going to Sriharikota to witness the launch of Isro's PSLV C-23 rocket...

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