The Govt may take over 6 more months before it start using the New Rupee Symbol - ` - in official documents, including the currency note.More
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Heavy rains lashed parts of Haryana and Punjab since last night leading to a sharp fall in mercury.
Chandigarh was also hit by heavy rains since last evening flooding low-lying areas. Office-goers were the worst hit as heavy showers continued this morning.
While the maximum here yesterday had dropped to 30 degrees Celsius, the minimum today came down to 19.4 deg C, the MET said here. Read the rest of this entry »
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The ministerial panel on fuels under finance minister Pranab Mukherjee deferred a decision on either allowing oilmarketing companies to set pump prices in tune with international trend or simply raise petrol and diesel prices to reduce losses of state-run companies, ostensibly because key members could not attend the meeting on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
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A ministerial panel may on Monday decide on raising petrol and diesel prices by up to Rs 3.50 a litre and domestic LPG rates by Rs 25-50 per cylinder, besides considering raising kerosene prices marginally. Read the rest of this entry »
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Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines on Monday cancelled their flights to the UK and other parts of Europe in the wake of huge clouds of volcanic ash emanating from Iceland. Air India and Jet would, however, operate their flights to the US and Canada by taking a diversion, sources in these airlines said. Read the rest of this entry »
Shashi Tharoor was asked to resign as the Congress did not want to face an embarrassment in Parliament trying to defend a weak case. Moreover, the Congress core group felt that the govt had nothing to do with the IPL. Read the rest of this entry »
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the verdict in the Jessica Lall murder case. Prime accused Manu Sharma had challenged his conviction and life sentence awarded by the Delhi High Court.
The apex court also upheld the conviction of two other accused in the case Vikas Yadav and Amarjeet Singh Gill for destruction of evidence. Read the rest of this entry »
Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi was questioned for as long as eight hours over the financial dealings and share holding patterns of the cricketing body as Income Tax officials left his Worli-based office early on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Under fire for his alleged involvement in the Kochi franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL), minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor will give a statement on the issue in the Lok Sabha on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
