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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top leaders of BJP Tuesday reviewed the political situation in the national capital amid indication that the ruling party at the centre was bracing for fresh elections rather than cobbling together a government with support from MLAs from other parties.

Party sources said besides Modi the meeting was attended by Home Minister Rajnath singh, Finance & Defence Minster Arun Jaitley, External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.

Mumbai: The power sector faces multiple challenges including high subsidy for state utilities and uncertainty over tariff compensation to power producers, Icra said today.

Besides, the Plant Load Factor at thermal plants declined to 65.6 percent in the 2013-14 fiscal from 69.9 percent in FY'13, primarily due to backing down of generation units due to low demand from discoms.

Washington: The US aviation authority today banned American carriers from flying to and from Israel for at least 24 hours following a militant rocket strike near Tel Aviv's main airport.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has told US airlines that they are prohibited from flying to or from Israel's Ben Gurion international airport for a period of up to 24 hours.

The FAA issued Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) in this regard in response to the rocket strike which landed about a mile from Ben Gurion Airport this morning.

Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan feels stardom is ephemeral and he would rather focus his energies on taking his charitable work forward.

"Stardom comes every three years and anyone can beat anyone in this. I think till the time fame is there work is there... Till the time work is there money is there and till that time `Being Human` is there," Salman said in an interview here.

"I am going to make it so difficult for actors; eventually my mission is to take `Being Human` to a different level and I am struggling very hard for it. I have never worked so hard in life ever," he said.

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party had pre-decided to have CAG audit of private discoms and its government later violated statutory and constitutional provisions to fulfill the poll promise, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL) Tuesday told the Delhi High Court.

"One particular party decided in its election manifesto that it will decrease power tariff and will conduct CAG audit of all three private discoms...

New Delhi: Several more new airlines are likely to fly in the Indian sky in the coming months with the government giving flying licence to four of the six companies which had sought permits for launching scheduled, private or charter air operations.