Wednesday was the first day of booking railway tickets four months in advance and there was a huge rush at counters. But the record seems to have been set by IRCTC website with 13.45 lakh tickets booked on a single day. The online rush was s
Despite being in toppers list of economic powers of the world, India has been ranked 119 out of 130 countries on an index of business resilience of nations based on economic, risk quality and supply chain factors. The country has in fact dropped s
Chew tobacco but shun beef. If utterances of senior ministers are to be believed, this is the message of the Narendra Modi government. Union home minister Rajnath Singh has gone a step further and promised to impose punitive prices of beef on Bang
Enforcement directorate ordered attachment of the properties of former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi Maran and wife Kaveri Kalanithi valued at Rs 724 crore on Wednesday. The ED is conducting an investig
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked the Reserve Bank India to prepare 20-year roadmap for financial inclusion while focusing on the success of the prime minister’s jan dhan yojan, which has Rs 14,000 crore deposits. The jan dhan y
As Kashmir recovers from another wave of floods and deaths with the help of Indian army jawans, militants killed two security personnel in Tangmarg area of north Kashmir`s Baramulla district on Thursday. Acting on a tip off about th
While State Bank of India is going to extend the banking hours at all its branches in Maharashtra on April 4 (Saturday is normally half day) after three days of holidays, premier private sector bank ICICI Bank is keeping half of its 4,000 branches
If he thought that he could breathe easy under the new regime, he felt it wrong. And if the public had hoped to see change in the way governments function, this case is an example that they (governments) don’t. Haryana’s
Six months after the central government first issued the notification on September 29, 2014, banning the use of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the ban is finally about to be made effective from April. PET bottles carrying suspensions and liquid
Nigeria, which just on Tuesday saw a peaceful presidential election, is angry with an Indian minister. What has Nigeria got to do with a minister in India? Well, in a remark that has been offensive in many ways, union ministe
A naval ship on anti-piracy mission has come handy to rescue Indians stranded in war-torn Yemen. INS Sumitra was diverted from its anti-piracy mission in Gulf of Aden to rescue nearly 400 Indians in the port city of Aden. The ship i
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Dilip Gandhi has made a loaded statement that no Indian studies link tobacco to cancer. The MP in his capacity as chairman of the Lok Sabha’s committee of subordinate legislations should have had his facts ver
India enters new financial year with a bit of bad news on economic front. Latest figures show that the core-sector output grew at 1.4%, the slowest pace in 16 months, in February and that the direct tax collection target is going missed.
After facing the ire of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) over reporting timings as it issued show cause notice to late comers, the Indian Commercial Pilots` Association has written a letter to the DGCA requesting a clarification on the
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the summons issued by the special CBI court to former prime minister Manmohan Singh in a coal scam case. The special CBI court had summoned Singh along with five others. Singh has been accused o
Oil marketing companies have cut petrol prices by 49 paise per litre and diesel will be cheaper by Rs 1.21 a litre even as crude prices in the international market continue to react to Iran nuclear talks. The reduction follows two rounds o
After the most stunning election victory in memory, Arvind Kejriwal may seem to be most powerful chief minister in the country. Actually, he has less power than all the rest of the CMs. That is because of the special status of the capital. Kejriwa
The dispute over Cauvery river water has taken many twists and turns over the years. The last week’s bandh in Tamil Nadu against the Karnataka government’s decision to construct a dam across the Cauvery river at Mekedatu is being seen
The intention is good but the compliance seems to be skewed and defeats the purpose. In February 2014, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had issued a directive asking companies listed on stock exchanges to have at leas
The letter war on land acquisition law has taken an ugly turn with transport minister Nitin Gadkari accusing Congress president Sonia Gandhi of misleading the country. Responding to her rebuttal, Gadkari in a fresh letter addressed to the Congress
