GDP up 5.7% to 10-quarter high
Beating expectations, India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at 5.7 per cent during April-June, the highest in 10 quarters. Though it came on a low statistical base of 4.7 per cent during April-June 2013, the pick-up signals that the economy is recovering, spurred by a revival in the... read more »
Records tumble as Sensex, Nifty hit at new highs on inflows
Riding high on capital inflows, the benchmark Sensex on Thursday rose 77.96 points to end at new peak of 26,638.11 and logged the seventh straight month of gains in August as investors cheered steps taken by the Modi government to bring the back the economy on high growth path. Gains were seen in... read more »
UBI files caveat in SC against Kingfisher
State-owned United Bank of India (UBI) has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court against Kingfisher Airlines (KFA). “We filed the caveat today against KFA,” Executive Director of UBI D. Narang told The Hindu. The development comes a day after the Division Bench of the High Court dismissed a KFA... read more »
Porn sites ‘hydra-headed’: Supreme Court
Concerned over the increasing number of pornographic websites, the Supreme Court on Friday said these sites were “hydra-headed,” and that “if you block one, 10 others will pop up in other countries.” The court was hearing the Centre’s take on a PIL filed by advocate Kamlesh Vashwani... read more »
Tamil Nadu introduces bill to provide legal protection to dhoti, violators to face one-yea...
CHENNAI: In what could provide a legal protection to the dhoti, the traditional attire in Tamil Nadu, chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday introduced a bill in the state assembly,... read more »
Congress facing coup from within: Arun Jaitley on Rahul’s attack
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s uncharacteristic display of aggression in Lok Sabha on Wednesday over no debate on rising communal violence in the country evoked a... read more »
Man arrested on suspicion of making bomb hoax after passenger plane lands at Manchester ai...
A man has been arrested on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat after a passenger plane landed Tuesday with a military fighter escort at Britain’s Manchester Airport. There were 269... read more »
Afghan attack: Killed general was true hero, says US
The US military has paid tribute to Maj Gen Harold Greene, shot dead by an Afghan soldier in an insider attack on Tuesday, as a “true hero”. Gen Greene, the most senior US... read more »
U.S. Backs Sunni Plan to Fight Islamic State Jihadists in Iraq
BAGHDAD—The U.S. is holding talks with Sunni Muslim officials in Iraq who have requested help in organizing grass-roots fighting forces to counter an extremist militant group seizing territory... read more »
