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No immediate increase in oil prices, says Ram Naik
NEW DELHI, APRIL 17. The Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ram Naik, today ruled out any immediate increase in the prices of petroleum products despite the surge in international crude oil prices. He said the national oil companies ...

This is not the time for polls in Gujarat: Naidu
HYDERABAD, APRIL 17.APRIL 17.The Telugu Desam Party sees the Gujarat Cabinet decision not to hold Assembly elections as a vindication of its stand. "We have been maintaining that this is no time to go in for the polls', the Chief Minister, N. ...

Shanta Kumar apologises
NEW DELHI, APRIL 17. THE Union Food Minister, Shanta Kumar, today offered an unconditional apology to the Bharatiya Janata Party president, Jana Krishnamurthi, for speaking "emotionally'' and publicly suggesting that the Gujarat Chief Minister, ...

Notification for Goa elections on May 6
NEW DELHI, APRIL 17.Elections to the 40-member Goa Assembly would be held on May 30, followed by by-elections for three vacancies in Lok Sabha and 12 in various State Legislative Assemblies on May 31. This was announced by the Election ...

A lesson or two for his teacher
NEW DELHI, APRIL.17.It was an evening with a difference. An evening when politicians of various hues came together to felicitate the former Prime Minister, Chandra Shekhar, on his 75th birthday and heard his anguish over the state of affairs in ...