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RBI policy: Raghuram Rajan holds rate bu...

RBI policy: Raghuram Rajan holds rate but sends out a strong message to ban...

For a change, there wasn’t any surprise in the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) first bi-monthly policy of fiscal year 2016. The status-quo in the repo rate and cash reserve ratio (CRR) were maintained at 7.5 percent and 4 percent, respectively. Repo rate is the rate at which banks get money form... read more »

‘Over 3000 Indian nationals rescued from...

‘Over 3000 Indian nationals rescued from Yemen’: S.U. Singh

Djibouti, Apr. 7 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs General (retired) S.R. Singh has stated that over 3,000 Indian nationals have been introduced again residence from strife-hit Yemen until now. “We try our greatest to evacuate as many individuals as potential and as quickly as... read more »

Beef ban in Maharshtra won’t exten...

Beef ban in Maharshtra won’t extend to goats, clarifies Advocate Gene...

Mumbai: A day after the Bombay High Court, while hearing a slew of petitions against the beef ban, asked the government to explain why the ban only extends to the slaughter of cows and bulls, attorney general Sunil Manohar has clarified that he never suggested extending the ban to include goats or... read more »

Delhi’s Most Wanted Gangster, Neer...

Delhi’s Most Wanted Gangster, Neeraj Bawana, Arrested

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s most wanted gangster Neeraj Bawana, who has dozens of cases of murder, attempt to murder and extortion against him, was arrested in the wee hours today by the Special Cell of Delhi Police. Police forces of several states were on the look out for him. Special Commissioner... read more »

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Congress responds to Narendra Modi’s attack: Highlights

Congress’ Ajay Maken responds to Narendra Modi’s attack on his party in Raipur on September 7. Here are the highlights: When Planning Commission released figures defining poverty, Modi... read more »

Nido Taniam’s autopsy report likely today

The autopsy report of Nido Taniam, the Arunachal Pradesh student who was beaten todeath last week, is expected today. The report is likely to throw... read more »

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Narendra Modi speaks at a Vijay Shankhnad rally in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Meerut, Uttar Pradesh –  Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party joined the Congress and the Samajwadi Party on Narendra Modi’s list of targets at... read more »

Delhi power prices hiked by upto 8% after threat of bla...

New Delhi –  Delhi will pay between 6 and 8 per cent more for power starting tomorrow. Earlier today, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal derided the... read more »

Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade’s claim of imm...

New York –  Devyani Khobragade, the Indian diplomat whose December arrest led to a major international dispute, holds no immunity from U.S. prosecution... read more »

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Sri Lanka to evacuate its nationals from South Sudan

Sri Lanka to evacuate its nationals from South Sudan

Colombo – Sri Lanka has decided to evacuate some 75 migrant workers from South Sudan and said no new workers will be deployed in the politically troubled country. “At the moment we are... read more »

Bobby Jindal plans to run for US presidency in 2016: Senator

Bobby Jindal plans to run for US presidency in 201...

Indian-American Louisiana Governor and the rising star of the Republican Party Bobby Jindal is planning to run for the 2016 U.S. presidential... read more »

Khobragade gets exemption from personal appearance in U...

Devyani's father Uttam Khobragade says diplomat rejected compromise offer

 India and the U.S. may be moving towards a resolution of the stand-off over senior diplomat Devyani Khobragade’s case with the envoy getting exemption from... read more »

Snowden denies wanting asylum in exchange for informati...

Snowden denies wanting asylum in exchange for information

Edward J Snowden, former contractor with the U.S. National Security Agency, says he will not accept asylum in any country in exchange for secrets, Brazilian... read more »

High treason case: Musharraf challenges judges appointm...

High treason case: Musharraf challenges judges appointment

Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Monday challenged the appointment of judges and a prosecutor to try him for high treason, just hours... read more »

Emami buys majority stake in Australian firm

Personal and healthcare FMCG company Emami, through its subsidiary Emami International FZE, has acquired controlling stake in Australia-based Fravin Pty Ltd. along with its three... read more »

India poised for 6.5% growth: Jaitley

The economy is set to clock a 6.5 per cent growth next year and then take off to reach 8-9 per cent in the years to come on the back of huge public support for reforms initiated by the... read more »

Oil prices rise after Saudi King’s death

Oil prices rose on the news of the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Thursday, but the king’s death is not expected to change the course of oil prices over the next several... read more »

Sensex, Nifty extend record-breaking spree on global cues

Extending gain for the seventh straight session, the BSE Sensex scaled another peak of 29,389.18 and the NSE Nifty breached the 8,800-mark for the first time in opening trade, driven by... read more »

Ordinance route no concern for investors: Jaitley

Terming the political opposition to ordinance route for reforms as ‘obstructionism’, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the foreign investors have no problems with these decisions and they were... read more »