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SBI chief is more right than Raghuram Ra...

SBI chief is more right than Raghuram Rajan on the threat from payment bank...

Are payment banks a threat to regular banks or are they allies in the business of financial inclusion? At an economic conclave yesterday (20 August), the Reserve Bank governor and the State Bank chairman disagreed on the issue. While Raghuram Rajan said payment banks could be allies to regular... read more »

Tata Communications Shares Jump 4% on Bu...

Tata Communications Shares Jump 4% on Buzz of Sale of Data Centre Business

Tata Communications shares advanced nearly 4 per cent to hit intraday high of Rs. 418 in a weak market after The Economic Times reported that Google and e-commerce giant Amazon are in talks with Tata Group to buy Tata Communications’ data centre business. The Economic Times report says that... read more »

No more hunting for LPG dealers; you can...

No more hunting for LPG dealers; you can soon apply for connection online

New Delhi: Getting an LPG connection will be hassle free as you will soon be able to book your new LPG connection online. As per a Times of India report, state-run fuel companies will launch a web-based booking system for LPG connections. The initiative is a part of PM Modi’s ‘Digital... read more »

SpiceJet to launch Chennai – Kolka...

SpiceJet to launch Chennai – Kolkata – Agartala flight

The Chennai-Kolkata- Agartala flight will depart daily at 2.50pm. SpiceJet will be the first airline to offer a connecting flight on the route. The service will also add a frequency on Chennai-Kolkata route which now has only one daily flight. The new flights are a part of SpiceJet’s... read more »

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Sensex closes 50 points down; oil and ! gas stocks down

Sensex hits new record high of 21483

The BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty soared to hit new all-time high of 21,483.74 and 6,415.25 points, respectively, on sustained fund inflows after the BJP’s spectacular performance in the Assembly... read more »

Rupee down 40 paise

Rupee surges to 4-month high

Extending its rising streak for the fourth straight day, the rupee appreciated by 51 paise to trade at nearly four-month high of 60.90 against the... read more »

Obama pushes for extension of unemployment benefits

Obama pushes for extension of unemployment benefits

Washington – President Barack Obama Saturday urged lawmakers to extend unemployment benefits for millions of unemployed Americans before Christmas to... read more »

Gold priceslost by Rs 285 to Rs 30,500 per ten gram

Gold futures rebound from two-month low, Rs. 28,770 per 10 gram

Extending losses for the second straight day, gold prices on Saturday lost another Rs 285 to Rs 30,500 per ten gram in the national capital on sustained... read more »

WTO clinches first trade deal at Bali meeting

WTO clinches first trade deal at Bali meeting

Nusa Dua (Indonesia) – The World Trade Organisation’s 159 member countries approved a deal Saturday to liberalise international trade norms that... read more »

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Devyani Khobragade row: arrest same sex companions of US diplomats in India, says Yashwant Sinha

BJP Leader Yashwant Sinha Agrees to Bail, Will Leave Jail Soon

Hazaribagh – Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha will be released this evening from jail in Jharkhand, the result of his agreeing to pay bail, a move he had resisted for several days. Mr Sinha,... read more »

LK Advani to Meet Yashwant Sinha in Jharkhand Jail

Hazaribagh – BJP veteran LK Advani will today meet party leader Yashwant Sinha, who has been in a Jharkhand jail for 15 days. Mr Sinha will... read more »

Charge sheet filed against Bhatkal, aide

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Monday filed the second supplementary charge sheet in the July 13, 2011 triple blasts in the city. The 542-page... read more »

SSC Results 2014 : Maharashtra state board of secondary...

Maharashtra state board of secondary and higher secondary education SSC candidates willing to get their Maharashtra Class 10th (Class X) results 2014 don’t... read more »

Uttarakhand floods: 17 more skeletal remains found in K...

Kedarnath – Ahead of the first anniversary of horrendous flash floods which claimed thousands of lives in Uttarakhand, authorities recovered 17 more... read more »

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Woman puts home on fire trying to kill spider with lighter

A woman in Hutchinson, Kansas, is charged with arson after police say she set her home on fire during an attempt to kill a spider, the Hutchinson News reports. 34-year-old Ginny Griffith reportedly... read more »

Al Qaeda breakaway group declares Islamic state st...

BAGHDAD—The Al Qaeda breakaway group that has seized much of northern Syria and huge tracks of neighbouring Iraq formally declared the creation of... read more »

30 migrants found dead as refugee boats arrive in Italy

The deaths of 30 boat migrants sparked anger and frustration in Italy on Monday, as critics accused the government of failing to deal with an immigration... read more »

Oscar Pistorius trial: Blade runner not mentally ill du...

South African track star Oscar Pistorius was not suffering from a mental condition that would have impaired his ability to distinguish between right and wrong... read more »

French Minister Fabius to push Rafale deal

After SAARC leaders, the Chinese Foreign Minister and the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, the government will host its first high-level Western visitor as... read more »

UP Police to deal with dissent, claims BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party, referring to the Barabanki incident, where a woman was allegedly set ablaze by two policemen, claimed that the Uttar Pradesh police have found a new way to deal... read more »

Parrikar likely to meet protesters demanding OROP

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is expected to meet protesters who are demanding implementation of the One Rank One Pension (OROP) here today, a television channel has... read more »

Turkish Airlines flight makes emergency landing at IGI airport

A Turkish Airlines flight, with 148 people on board, has made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. According to reports, the flight, which was plying... read more »

SC issues notice to political parties on petition that they be brought under RTI

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to political parties on a petition filed demanding all that parties be brought under the Right to Information Act. “Today the Supreme... read more »

Textile Minister Santosh Gangwar lays foundation for apparel ...

Textile Minister Santosh Gangwar today laid the foundation stone for an apparel and garment making centre in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram. “The centre will be the beginning of setting up an... read more »