The Arvind Kejriwal government has invited Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali to perform in the national capital after his concert in Mumbai was cancelled due to Shiv Sena protests, saying "music has no boundaries". Delhi Culture Minister Kapil
Following announcements by writer Nayantara Sehgal and poet Ashok Vajpeyi to return their Sahitya Akademi awards, the literary body`s president said authors should "adopt a different way to protest" and not politicise the autonomous body
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of chairman and managing director (CMD) at state-owned Power Finance Corp. Ltd (PFC). The company’s current head M.K. Goel will retire in September next year
NHPC Ltd. has extended the deadline for bids to construct civil works of the powerhouse complex of the 2,000-MW Subansiri Lower hydroelectric project on the Subansiri River in India`s Arunachal Pradesh State. Bids now are due for October 21.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has paid a final equity dividend of 31% for fiscal 2014-15. In value terms, the total dividend paid for fiscal 2014-15 amounts to Rs.284 Crore, which is 58% of the paid-up capital (including an interim divid
The global roadshows at four locations to attract investments for its big-ticket stake sale in the country’s largest power producer NTPC and BEL began on Monday (Oct 5). The campaign that may fetch around Rs 6,600 crore to the exchequer, wil
As per budget announcement and to fulfill promise made under the Andhra Pradesh re-organization Act 2014, the union cabinet chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi today gave its approval for setting up of All India Institutes of Medical Sci
Telangana legislator and All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi faces arrest over an inflammatory speech at an election rally in Bihar. An FIR against Akbaruddin was registered on Monday at Kochadha
"The Elementary Forms of Religious Life" is an important text by French sociologist Émile Durkheim -- at least for those who live in today`s India, when rationality is so much cowed (pun intended) down by the bigots of different h
India is home to about 2,00,000 refugees, mostly religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. But the country is yet to have a national policy on asylum seekers, creating an awkward situation for Sikhs and Hindus who seek shelte
Writer Nayantara Sahgal, who is also the niece of former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, has returned the Sahitya Akademi Award on Tuesday protesting the Dadri lynching. She said that “people were being killed for not agreeing with the ruling id
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has promised a rational tax rate for individuals and bringing down of corporate tax to 25 per cent flat in four years beginning next fiscal along with removal of exemptions except those that encourage individual savin
“India is Asia`s Silicon Valley,” declared German chancellor Angela Merkel in Bengaluru today. Addressing an Indo-German summit hosted by Indian IT association Nasscom in association with Fraunhofer called ‘Digitizing Tomorrow To
Yoga guru Ramdev has said a devil resides inside Lalu Prasad Yadav and that is making him to support eating of beef. Baba Ramdev slammed the RJD chief for his saying that Hindus also eat beef. Baba Ramdev said that ugly politics is
Prime minister Narendra Modi and German chancellor Angela Merkel are in India`s IT capital today (Tuesday) and will attend two major events in the city. The German chancellor, who is on a three-day visit to India, arrived in Bengaluru on Monday ev
Tenon group, a security and facility management company, has undertaken renovation project of a school in Jhajjhar, Haryana, as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme. The newly renovated building of Jhajjhar&rs
The market closed near its one-month high. The domestic market rallied for the fourth consecutive day on Monday, taking positive cues from other Asian and European markets. The mood across Dalal Street was buoyant throughout the day, as weak US jo
India and Germany inked 18 memorandum of understanding (MoUs) for cooperation in various fields including higher education, civil aviation, railways and food safety and signed an agreement, first of its kind, to fast-track business approvals. This
In a dividend payment that is fifth highest among all the public sector undertakings, NTPC Limited has paid a total dividend of Rs. 2,061.37 crore for the financial year 2014-15. This amounts to 25% of its paid-up capital. This is the 22st consecu
The Airports Authority of India (AAI), a miniratna (category-I) public Sector Enterprise entered in to an agreement with NIIT on 29.09.2015 to impart MS Office and computer fundamental training to its employees. The agreement was si
