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Bangalore Auto Fare Hike: A Tough Time For Drivers

It seemed as if the recent hike in autorickshaw fares in Bangalore urban district would have worked out to benefit autorickshaw drivers, but it remains just a delusion!

Mar 21, 2012

Additional Foodgrain Godowns To Be Created In 19 States

The government is planning to construct foodgrain storage capacity of 151 lakh tons in 19 states, said Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution K.V. Thomas informed the Parliament Tuesday.

Mar 20, 2012

New UP Minister Seeks Report On Mayawati's Dream Projects

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati is likely to land in a fresh trouble as the PWD Minister and senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav has sought a report on all her "dream projects."

Mar 20, 2012

Embarrassment for BJP: UPA Wins NCTC Battle in Rajya Sabha Too

The amenments by BJP on the Nation Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) was defeated in Rajya Sabha as the majority of members ruled in favour of UPA government.

Mar 20, 2012

Pune BPO Girl's Rape and Murder Case: Two Sentenced to Death

Cab driver Purshottam Borate (30) and his friend Pradeep Kokade (24), who were found guilty in the rape and murder of a BPO employee in Pune, were sentenced to death by a city court Tuesday.

Mar 20, 2012

Yeddyurappa Refuses to Meet BJP Leaders in Delhi

In the latest development to the ongoing political crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the central leadership has summoned B.S. Yeddyurappa for talks but the former chief minister has refused to meet the party leaders in Delhi.

Mar 20, 2012

15 Killed as Train Hits Jeep in UP

Fifteen persons were killed and two others injured when the Mathura-Kasganj Express train hit a jeep carrying 17 passengers at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday.

Mar 20, 2012

Karnataka On The Verge of Political Turmoil; Yeddyurappa's Deadline Ends

The 48-hour deadline set by former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa ended Tuesday, but the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not giving in to his demands.

Mar 20, 2012

Mukul Roy Is India's New Railway Minister

Trinamool Congress MP and former Minister of State for Shipping Mukul Roy took oath as the new Railway Minister at the Rashtrapati Bhawan Tuesday.

Mar 20, 2012

War Crimes: India in Favor of U.S.-led Resolution Against Sri Lanka

After keeping silence all this while, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in the Parliament Monday that the government was intending to vote in favor of the U.S.-led resolution against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

Mar 19, 2012

NCTC Row: UPA Defeats BJP, Left in Lok Sabha

The amendments moved by the Opposition parties on the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) were defeated in the Lok Sabha Monday.

Mar 19, 2012

Karnataka Govt. Crisis: Yeddyurappa's Fresh Bid to Dethrone CM Gowda

In a fresh bid to get back the power of state leadership, BJP leader and ousted Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has dashed off an ultimatum yet again to the party high command, demanding to reinstate him as Karnataka CM.

Mar 19, 2012

Railway Budget Row Ends, PM Accepts Dinesh Trivedi's Resignation

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accepted Dinesh Trivedi's resignation as Railway Minister.

Mar 19, 2012

Dinesh Trivedi Resigns; Mukul Roy to be New Railway Minister

Union Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, who was adamant not to step down till his party chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked him in writing, has resigned on Sunday evening after speaking to her.

Mar 19, 2012