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Coal imports drop for first time in 15 months

India's coal imports fell 11 percent to 19.3 million tonnes in July from a year earlier - the sharpest and the first drop in more than a year - as local supplies rose and money losing power generators held up purchases, commodities trader mjunction said.…

Congress must allow house to function: Jaitley

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said there were "various important issues to be discussed in parliament", and the Congress must allow the house to function."When more and more parties want to discuss issues (concerning the country), the Congress should also…

Did not help Lalit Modi to get travel documents: Sushma Swaraj

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said she never helped former IPL chief Lalit Modi in getting travel documents from the British authorities.The minister told the Rajya Sabha the she has been waiting since last two weeks to make her stand…

Sonia rejects Govt offer, insists on resignations

New Delhi: A combative Sonia Gandhi today rejected government's offer of Prime Minister's intervention on Lalitgate and Vyapam issues in Parliament to break the impasse, insisting that those responsible for "gross wrongdoings" should first resign.Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress President said he…

India hangs man convicted of funding 1993 Mumbai bombing

Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the only death row convict in India's deadliest terror attack, the 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people, was hanged early Thursday after the country's president rejected a last-minute mercy plea, several newspapers and TV stations reported. There was no immediate…

People's President Kalam laid to rest

Rameswaram: Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was laid to rest on Thursday here with full military honours in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other leaders.The People's President's body, draped in the Indian tricolour was brought to the burial site at…

Shaken investors to stay away from gold as confidence shatters

London: Investors seeking alternative assets are moving on from gold, whose failure to perform when its price was expected to rise and recent volatility were demonstrated by Monday's price plunge.While the market's bedrock of jewellery buyers and central banks has largely stayed intact, the…

When Tharoor speaks on Modi, headline-writers struggle

The media has always found it difficult to report on Shashi Tharoor. His high educational qualifications, long years of experience in the international diplomatic scene and flair for speaking means he has made criticising the opposition into a fine art.He can sometimes be what…

Sumitra Mahajan to hold all party meeting ahead of Monsoon Session

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will be holding an 'all party meeting' of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament today.On Sunday, top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) met at the Prime Minister's official 7 Race…

Modi's cancelled trip costs taxpayers Rs 17 crores

Varanasi: As rains led to the cancellation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to his parliamentary constituency on Thursday, for the second time in the past one month, a staggering Rs.17 crore of the tax payer's money also has gone down the drain.If local…

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