NEW DELHI: State-run fuel retailers may make a dash for raising petrol price steeply after Parliament goes into recess on March 30 even as oil minister S Jaipal Reddy on Friday ruled out deregulation of diesel prices.

New Delh: A Bill seeking to give a woman a share in her husband’s property was approved by the Union Cabinet today.

New Delhi: The hike in rail passenger fares for second class suburban and non-suburban, Sleeper, AC Chair Car and AC 3-tier was today rolled back with the new Railway Minister Mukul Roy dubbing it as a “huge drain” on the pocket of masses.

New Delhi: A day of violence in Kashmir as a car bomb blast occurred on the national Highway in Bijbhera in Anantnag district on Thursday. Several people are reported to be injured.

KANDHAMAL / BHUBANESWAR: With no headway in talks between the Orissa government and the Maoists even on Wednesday, rebel leader Sabyasachi Panda climbed down saying he was willing to release one Italian hostage if the government conceded at least two of his demands: release of five people including his wife Subhashree Panda and action against policemen responsible for torturing those arrested as Maoists in their custody.

New Delhi: High drama was today witnessed in the Supreme Court when a lawyer was forcibly evicted from a court room by the security as he refused to stop arguing even after his PIL seeking removal of Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal was dismissed.

Bhubaneswar, Mar 21: The Maoists today offered to release one of the two Italians held captive by them if two of their demands, including release of some rebels, were met, as the Odisha government asked its mediators to contact their counterparts chosen by the captors.

New Delhi: In significant upsets, the Congress today wrested a Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka and an Assembly seat in Gujarat in two BJP strongholds after 15 years but it was routed in Andhra Pradesh due to the Telangana factor.

Jaipur, Mar 22: Under fire for his comments that government schools are breeding ground for Naxalism, spritual Guru Sri Sri Ravishankar on Wednesday moved into a damage-control act saying he never made a generalization and “great talents have emerged from these schools”.

Haridwar: Joining hands, social activist Anna Hazare and Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Tuesday announced they would jointly fight for a strong Lokpal Bill and to bring back black money stashed in foreign banks.