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New Delhi: The farmers have started harvesting the rabi onion crop in major producing states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and others amid hopes of high yield, government research body NHRDF said on Friday. "As of now crop condition is very good and harvesting has commenced in major growing states," a senior official with Nasik-based National Horticulture […]

New Delhi: Government Auditor CAG on Friday rapped the Defence Ministry for "persistent large savings" in budgetary allocations and their "surrendering", saying this indicated "poor planning" for procurement projects and "lack of an internal control system". In its latest report, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) also pulled up the Ministry for excess expenditure under […]

New Delhi: Pesky calls from telemarketers may continue to nag customers for some more time as the telecom regulator TRAI is likely to extend its March 21 deadline again. "We have not received the landline number series yet from the Department of Telecom (DoT). Unless that is given, it will be difficult for telemarketers to […]

New Delhi: Government auditor CAG has rapped five regulators, including Sebi, Irda and PNGRB, for keeping their surplus funds worth over Rs 2,142 crore collected through fee and penalty outside the government accounts. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report has pulled up Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), Insurance regulatory and […]

Allahabad: In a further setback to the dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the Allahabad High Court on Friday rejected their petitions against being summoned and proceedings being initiated against them in the case of murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. Two different benches of the court issued separate orders on the […]

Rourkela: Twenty teams from different parts of the state are participating in the 4th Veer Saheed Blatius Alexander Kujur memorial hockey tournament which began at Panposh ground here on Friday. Olympian Michael Kindo, Arjun Awardee inaugurated the tournament. In the opening match Koel Bank, Khariabahal defeated Jhirpani club 3-0. The winner was leading 1-0 in […]

Dubai: Bahrain’s stock exchange and a few bank branches reopened on Thursday, but business remained far from normal a day after soldiers and riot police overran an anti—government protest camp in the Gulf island kingdom. Shops and malls stayed shut in much of the capital, Manama. Soldiers, some backed by armoured personnel carriers and tanks, […]

New Delhi: Declining prices of potato and pulses pulled down food inflation marginally to three-and-half month`s low of 9.42 per cent on March 5 from 9.52 per cent in the previous week, a trend which the experts say is likely to continue in the coming weeks. "Now the main pressure will be from non-food items […]

New Delhi: The government has slashed the minimum export price (MEP) of onion for the third time this month to USD 275 per tonne from the earlier price of USD 350 per tonne. "MEP of onions other than Bangalore Rose Onions and Krishnapuram onions will be USD 275 per metric tonne FOB (freight-on-board)," the Directorate […]

Mumbai: Home, auto and corporate loans are likely to become expensive in the next fiscal following the RBI`s move to raise key policy rates by 25 basis points, bankers said on Thursday. "The rate hike is on expected lines and the direction which the policy gives is towards more hardening," Bank of Baroda Chairman and […]

Chennai: The death of former Telecom Minister A Raja`s key aide Sadiq Batcha was due to asphyxia and his body showed compression of the neck with hanging mark, a doctor who conducted the post-mortem said on Thursday. "We cannot say now whether it was suicide or murder.. the report will be ready in two weeks," […]

New Delhi: Nearly 5,000 Indians, out of a 25,000-strong community based in Japan, have already left that country in the aftermath of tsunami caused by a massive earthquake last week. "It is difficult to give the exact number of Indians who have left so far as they are leaving from various airports apart from Tokyo. […]

Chandigarh: Citing the example of Rajaram Mohan Roy, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Thursday called upon men to be equal partners in the empowerment of women and cautioned against the negative impact of social evils like female foeticide. "Today, there are fewer women in India than men and if this trend continues it would have […]

New Delhi: The judicial custody of former Telecom Minister A Raja and three other accused in the 2G spectrum case was on Thursday extended till March 31 by a Delhi court. Raja along with Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura, Raja`s former personal secretary R K Chandolia and Swan telecom promoter Shahid Balwa are lodged in the […]

Kochi: Former National Security Adviser M K Narayanan has denied that he had difference of opinion with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Pakistan against the backdrop of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Asked about Wikileaks revelations in this regard, Narayanan, who is now the Governor of West Bengal, told reporters here last night that he […]