New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) State-run oil marketers Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp and Hindustan Petroleum Corp on Wednesday signed an agreement to build India’s biggest oil refinery at a cost of $30 billion….
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a PIL by NGO Common Cause challenging appointment of Rakesh Asthana as the Central Bureau of Investigation’s interim Director, on grounds it was…
Islamabad, Dec 7 (IANS) A Pakistani plane on a domestic flight with 47 people on board on Wednesday crashed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the media reported. The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane was flying from…
Islamabad, Dec 7 (IANS) A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 47 people on board on Wednesday crashed near Havelian in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, the media reported.
Lucknow, Dec 7 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday announced that his government will give Rs 2 lakh to the kin of each of those residents of the state who have died…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Backing the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decision to keep the key lending rate unchanged at 6.25 per cent, RBI Governor Urjit Patel on Wednesday said that a cut was not…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The NIA on Wednesday registered a case with regard to the November 29 terror attack on an army base in Nagrota in Jammu and Kashmir, in which seven Indian soldiers,…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday was adjourned for the day without conducting any meaningful business amid chaos and logjam over demonetisation. The house had already witnessed two quick adjournments before…
Imphal, Dec 7 (IANS) Two persons, including a policeman, have been arrested in Manipur on charges of destroying an ATM here after failing to get cash, police said on Wednesday. Hemchandra Oinam, who is from…
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) DNA samples of three victims of medico Santosh Gulabrao Pol and his accomplice nurse Jyoti Mandre have matched with those of their relatives, officials said here on Wednesday. Well-known criminal lawyer…
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept its key lending rates unchanged and lowered the country’s growth forecast citing global and local uncertainties. The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC),…
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) Indian equity markets slumped on Wednesday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to keep its key lending rates unchanged in its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy of 2016-17. Besides, investors’…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Lok Sabha members on Wednesday urged Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to declare December 12 a holiday as December 13 is a holiday on account of Prophet Muhammad’s birthday and December 10…
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) With growing concerns over the circulation of new notes with the public post-demonetisation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday clarified that 19.1 billion pieces of new currency have been…
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel avoided answering a question that if all the scrapped notes in circulation came back as deposits, this would mean no black money existed in…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Consumer electronics accessories player Bingo Technologies on Wednesday launched a waterproof smart band that is compatible with all devices featuring Android and iOS through Bluetooth 4.0 and below. Keeping a…
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) The RBI on Wednesday discontinued the incremental CRR of 100 per cent, aimed at absorbing the surplus liquidity with banks post-demonetisation, from the fortnight beginning December 10. “It has been decided…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Even a day to the month after high denomination notes were banned, no respite was in sight for cash-strapped people on Wednesday. They could be seen arguing with a guard…
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) Promising Karnataka batsman Manish Pandey was on Wednesday named as a replacement for injured Ajinkya Rahane, who was ruled out of the remainder of the cricket Test rubber against England. Rahane…
Islamabad, Dec 7 (IANS) Pakistan has rejected a consignment of 10,000 bales of Indian cotton worth $3.3 million, the media reported on Wednesday. The shipment of ginned cotton at Karachi Port was rejected by the…