Santiniketan (West Bengal), May 25 (IANS) Lauding the Visva-Bharati University for its rural construction programme in the neighbouring areas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged the institution to bring 100 villages into its ambit…
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) India Cements on Friday reported a rise of 2.88 per cent in its standalone net profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2018. In a regulatory filing to the BSE, the…
Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) Punjab Environment Minister Om Prakash Soni on Thursday suspended two engineers of the Environment Department for laxity after discharge of molasses into the Beas river from a sugar factory in Gurdaspur…
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) State-run IDBI Bank on Friday posted a loss of Rs 5,662.76 crore for the fourth quarter ending March, its numbers being pulled down further by its deteriorating bad loans. IDBI had…
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Consulting and IT major Tech Mahindra on Friday reported a rise of 107.82 per cent in its consolidated net profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2018. According to the company,…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Automobile majors Toyota and Suzuki on Friday said they would commence discussion on possible joint vehicle production. According to a joint statement, the automobile giants “agreed to start discussing new…
Panaji, May 25 (IANS) Beef traders in Goa on Friday accused cow vigilante groups of trying to disrupt supply of beef in Goa by pressurising authorities to crack down on legitimate slaughter of cattle imported…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) designed to give citizens in the European Union (EU) more rights to control their personal information also applies to an Indian entity if it…
Santiniketan (West Bengal), May 25 (IANS) India and Bangladesh have scripted the golden chapter of their relations over the past few years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Friday. “During the past few years,…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) State-run Power Finance Corp (PFC) on Friday posted a net profit of Rs 935.6 crore for the fourth quarter ending in March on the back of improved interest income and…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Union Environment Ministry had given clearance to the controversial Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi after getting a go-ahead from the state pollution control board, an official said on…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) may face a blackout as power plants in the region do not have reserve coal for “more than one day”, Delhi Power Minister…
Ranchi, May 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid foundation stones for projects worth over Rs 27,000 crore in Jharkhand, including the Sindri urea plant. The Sindri urea plant in Dhanbad district of…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Indian e-commerce retail logistics industry would grow 36 per cent in the next five years, a report said here on Friday. “The e-commerce retail logistics market is valued at…
Washington, May 25 (IANS) The controversy surrounding the $50 million donation from not-for-profit Tata Trusts to the Harvard Business School in 2010 has now reached the American shores with a leading Conservative website questioning the…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) With petrol and diesel rates rising daily, the Central government on Friday advocated bringing transport fuel under the GST to curb the price hike. While Road Transport and Highways Minister…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday told the Delhi High Court that accused in 2G spectrum allocation case are trying to delay the proceedings on the pretext of…
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) The Indian equity markets rose for the second consecutive day on Friday as a fall in global crude oil prices along with strengthened rupee enhanced investors’ risk-taking appetite. However, geopolitical uncertainties…
Thane (Maharashtra), May 25 (IANS) A former Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, his wife and a close relative have been sentenced to jail in a case pertaining to disproportionate assets, a CBI officer said here…
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Private lender ICICI Bank on Friday said that Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has sought responses from the company and its MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar on alleged non-compliance…