Paris, The rouble fell about 1% to 38.72 per dollar, the weakest it has been since the currency was restructured in 1998. Last week, the US and Europe introduced further sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine. Former finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Tuesday sanctions would have aRead More

New Delhi, The BJP was Tuesday dealt a major blow in the Assembly by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat, which it had swept in the Lok Sabha polls four months ago, as it lost 13 of the 23 seats held by it. Considered yet another test of popularity ofRead More

New Delhi, Diesel prices, for the first time in over 5 years, should have been cut by 35 paise on falling global rates but oil companies have decided to hold on to the rates pending a government decision on deregulation. Under-recovery or the difference between retail price and its importedRead More

New Delhi, The government is planning a CBI enquiry into the functioning of an NGO which took aid in the name of disabled which but was allegedly involved in malpractice, Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot said on Tuesday. “There is an NGO in Uttar Pradesh which took aide inRead More

New Delhi, A Delhi BJP delegation Tuesday met Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and urged him to ensure that e-rickshaws are allowed to ply in Delhi soon. Gadkari had Monday said the ministry had put up a draft notification concerning the plying of e-rickshaws in the national capitalRead More

New Delhi, Veteran BJP leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani, who was sidelined totally in the NDA government and the BJP, finally bagged a post in Parliament. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday appointed L K Advani as the Chairman of the Lok Sabha Committee onRead More

Dehradun,  Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti Tuesday said the reverses suffered by the party in assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat should not be linked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity. “Local factors must have been responsible for the party’s performance in seats where it did not doRead More

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea against an extradition order by Catholic priest Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, who was accused of molesting a child in the US in 2004. Justice Pratibha Rani rejected the plea, saying it was “premature” as the Centre has not taken any decisionRead More

Ho Chi Minh City, India and Vietnam have agreed to work for securing the sea lanes in their international waters to safeguard maritime security in the face of threats posed by terrorists and transnational crimes. Both the countries discussed at length these issues during the delegation level talks headed byRead More

Guwahati, The Centre aims to complete 34 various ongoing projects of Indian Railways in the northeast over the next 5-6 years that will entail an additional investment of around Rs 35,000 crore. “My focus is to complete the ongoing projects and not to announce any new one. We have 34Read More