The Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar (VAG) Metro, controlled by the Reliance Infra-led Mumbai Metro One Private Ltd (MMOPL), is all set to steel itself from the prying queries of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The consensus within the firm is that there is nothing in the Metro Railway (Operations and Maintenance) Act that compels MMOPL to be brought under the ambit of the RTI, despite it being designated the all-powerful Metro Railway Administrator.

The rupee recovered by 12 paise to trade at 11-month high of 58.40 against the US dollar in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on increased foreign capital inflows ahead of swearing-in of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India.

Besides, increased dollar selling by exporters, a higher opening in the domestic equity market and strengthening of euro against the American currency overseas also supported the rupee.

Power Finance Corporation (PFC), the state-owned electricity-sector lender, is likely to bail Reliance Infrastructure's Delhi power distribution companies (discoms) out of a payment crisis that is threatening to pull the plug on power supply in the national capital.

According to a source, the two discoms - BSES Yamuna Pvt Ltd (BYPL) and BSES Rajdhani Pvt Ltd (BRPL) - which need to clear dues of Rs 700 crore for power bought from NTPC, had approached PFC for a Rs 500-crore loan and a Rs 10,000-crore long-term debt.

When the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) Narendra Modi and his ministers take oath of office in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday, the ceremony to mark the occasion will not only be memorable but quite different from earlier swearing-in ceremonies.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has beaten Shah Rukh Khan in popularity on social networking website Facebook.

Salman, who is not so active socially but owns both Facebook and a Twitter page, has over 16 million fans on Facebook whereas Shah Rukh Khan has 8.7 million likes on his Facebook page.

Ace shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu came up with spectacular victories but the Indian women’s team still had to be satisfied with the bronze medal after it went down fighting 2-3 to five-time champions Japan in its maiden semifinals appearance in the Uber Cup in New Delhi.

At least seven people were killed when a lone gunman sprayed gunfire from a car in a drive-by shooting near a college campus in the California city of Santa Barbara, including the suspected shooter, authorities said on Saturday.

Seven more people were wounded in what the Santa Barbara County Sheriff described as a premeditated atrocity late on Friday in the town of Isla Vista near the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Six soldiers and a civilian were killed in three separate bombings in Pakistan, including twin blasts in the heavily guarded capital.

The blasts came a day after Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan said a new security policy had been prepared for the safety of big cities and the army will also be part of patrols to check rebel attacks.

Sonia Gandhi and Rahul will represent Congress at the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister on Monday.

The Congress President had congratulated Modi on May 20 hours after he was elected leader of BJP Parliamentary Party and the NDA, thereby setting the stage for him to become Prime Minister.

A group of lawyers allegedly assaulted the friend of a woman, who had filed a molestation complaint against an advocate, at the Tis Hazari court on Friday.

According to police, the 38-year-old woman, who hails from Nagaland, had lodged a police complaint claiming that a lawyer had molested and slapped her outside the Vishwavidyalaya Metro station in North Delhi on Thursday night.

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