Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Wednesday blamed 'bad governance' of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for the spiralling prices of essential items.
'History tells us that whenever the Congress is in power, prices go up,' Gadkari said at a party convention here.
The BJP chief
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Gandhinagar, March 31 (IANS) The Gujarat government has written to the central government seeking its intervention to free the eight cargo vessels with over 150 Indians on board hijacked by Somalian pirates.
The state cabinet spokesman and Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas said here Wednesday that he had written a letter
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New York, March 31 (DPA) Microsoft and Ford are to collaborate on the development of an electric car that will use Microsoft technology to streamline the battery-charging process, the companies announced Wednesday at the opening of the New York International Auto Show.
Ford said it will use Microsoft's Hohm electric-car charging
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Washington, March 31 (DPA) President Barack Obama Wednesday backed new drilling for oil and natural gas off parts of the US coastline as a short-term, but necessary, solution to the country's massive energy needs.
The move was viewed as an effort to placate some conservative Republicans, who have long called for
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Hyderabad, March 31 (IANS) The situation in riot-hit parts of Hyderabad remained peaceful Wednesday and the police decided to relax curfew for two hours on Thursday in some areas.
No untoward incident was reported from any of the curfew-bound or other areas of the city since Wednesday night.
Police Commissioner A.K. Khan
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New Delhi, Mar 31 (IANS) Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Oscar winner A.R. Rahman and Bollywood actor Aamir Khan were among those conferred with the prestigious Padma awards here Wednesday by President Pratibha Patil.
In a grand ceremony, the Padma Vibhushan - the second highest civilian award - was bestowed upon
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New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) A 22-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by three auto rickshaw drivers in Sarai Kale Khan area of southeast Delhi Tuesday night, police said Wednesday.
'The victim, a resident of Yamuna Vihar in northeast Delhi, had taken an auto from Civil Lines to her home. There were
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Manama (Bahrain), March 31 (DPA) An early warning aircraft stationed on board the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower crashed into the waters of the Gulf Wednesday, according to a statement from the US Navy 5th Fleet Command.
'An E-2C Hawkeye from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121 stationed aboard
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Mumbai, March 31 (IANS) The bullet-proof jacket worn by slain ATS chief Hemant Karkare returned to haunt the Maharashtra government Wednesday when the opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party slammed it for purchasing sub-standard jackets.
Senior Sena leader Ramdas Kadam, who raised the issue in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Wednesday evening, alleged
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Ghaziabad, March 31 (IANS) Four labourers were killed and another critically injured when a truck ran over them in Ghaziabad, police said Wednesday.
A truck was coming at high speed from Mohan Nagar side and going towards Meerut. Some people were waiting at the Meerut Road T-point for a bus around
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