After rescuing a woman passenger, who was being harassed by people in reserved compartment, railway minister Suresh Prabhu is again in news for helping a family travelling with a wheel-chair patient. This was another quick respon
While nudging the banks once again to hurry up with the full transmission of its cut in repo rate (since January) to borrowers, the reserve bank of India did not change policy rates today. The central bank
India and France on Monday launched an international alliance seeking to mobilise more than a trillion dollars by 2030 and deliver clean, solar energy to some of the planet`s poorest. The International Solar Alliance will hold its f
Prime minister Narendra Modi was a busy person on Monday at the COP 21 summit in Paris. He addressed the conference, launched the International Solar Alliance with French president Francois Hollande, spoke at the Innovation Summit with other world
Higher manufacturing output pushed India`s GDP growth to 7.4 per cent in the September quarter as compared to 7 per cent between April and June 2015. Analysts said GDP growth in Q2 was in line with estimates; a Reuters poll had estimated GDP to ex
Telecom regulator RS Sharma has slammed mobile phone operators for "insulting" their subscribers by saying that many will deliberately drop calls to claim compensation. The chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Amid high drama, BJP MLA Vijender Gupta, who is leader of opposition in Delhi Assembly, was today marshalled out of the House which saw continued uproar over his party legislator O P Sharma`s alleged derogatory remarks against ruling AAP MLA Alka
While fighting battle on many fronts, Nestle India has resumed production of Maggi noodles at all five facilities in India. Nestle manufacturers Maggi noodles at its plants in Nanjangud (Karnataka), Moga (Punjab) Bicholim (Goa) and Tahliwal and Pa
Maharashtra government will soon have single agency for infrastructure projects being undertaken by cities and towns in the state. It will function on the lines of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), which takes care of Mumba
While the Centre is working on a countrywide de-radicalisation programme, Maharashtra is readying its own framework on awareness programme and thwart growth of terror. The state government is in the final stages of roll
About 150 leaders will be in Paris today for the first day of the talks and give much-needed political momentum into the tortuous negotiations on climate change.The summit kicks off nearly a fortnight of talks intended to end two decades of
Bureaucrats are favourite punching bags for politicians and Haryana seems to be outdoing other states. A day after she had a public spat with a minister an IPS officer has been shunted out in Haryana. The Haryana government today transferred Fateh
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should resign as he had come to power on the promise of providing a strong and independent anti-corruption watchdog but has failed. This was the pronouncement made by Swaraj Abhiyaan leader and former law minis
Prabhu`s handle @RailMinIndia, at 6.59 pm while she was passing through Shegaon railway station on Thursday."@RailMinIndia plz plz help in train no 18030. One male passenger harassing me at Shegaon. I am in train and terrified," she twee
The 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) will be held from November 30 to December 11 this year in Paris where governments of more than190 countries will meet to clinch a possible global agreement on climate change which aims to red
A day after Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh met prime minister Narendra Modi on pending bills in the parliament, especially the goods and services tax bill, the Congress party has gone into a huddle. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturda
Telecom service provider Vodafone, which is fighting a battle over tax dues, today moved the Delhi high court challenging TRAI`s interconnect usage charges regulations, 2015 by which it has fixed termination charges for wireline to wireless as zer
The cotton industry will get its “white gold” tag soon in Maharashtra. The state government is formulating a special policy to integrate six distressed districts of Vidarbha known for cotton crop. The policy intends to address pr
In what could possibly thaw the ice between the Centre and Opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday evening met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the Goods and Services Tax Bill. The meet
In a mellowed tone that reflected the reality of current political situation, prime minister Narendra Modi today said that consensus was a democracy’s greatest strength and cooperation empowered it, not majority and minority vote .
