The clearance of the coal mines bill by both houses of parliament has certainly given a boost to coal sector reforms. Coal mining is now open to private companies engaged in power, iron and steel, and cement sectors. They can now mine coal for the
India imported 80,000 tonnes of Australian wheat recently, the biggest in the last five years due to unseasonal rains, and it may to resort to more imports as country’s wheat output in 2015 likely to fall again. "There`s
Sounding impatient, Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday made a harsh comment on the banks reluctance to lower consumer interest rates. Rajan`s harsh comments reflect the increasing impatience of the RBI with banks, who
Telangana Police gunned down five terror accused as they tried to escape the police custody in Warangal on Tuesday. The accused tried to escape while being taken from Warangal to Hyderabad for a court hearing. The incident occurred
The Reserve Bank of India in its first monetary policy statement for the new financial year 2015-16 has not changed both the repo rate and the cash reserve ratio (CRR) due to increased food prices after unseasonable rains in the country.
A three-judge bench of justices A R Dave, J Chelameswar and Madan B Lokur, which had reserved its judgement on the National Judicial Appointment Commission act (NJAC) and constitutional amendment of Article 124 A, has referred the matter to a five
A week past the deadline to have at least one woman director, 180 listed companies including 32 public sector undertakings (PSUs) and public sector banks (PSBs) are still non-compliant. These include maharatna companies like Steel Authority of Ind
Somebody has goofed up and somebody will pay for it. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday was forced to say that his government would send a fresh request to the centre for a probe by the CBI. Earlier in the day the Centr
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday launched the first Scorpene submarine at Mumbai’sthe Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL). An MDL official said "after undergoing trial test run at sea to check technical glitches, if any, the sub will
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley has termed tax notices sent to around 100 overseas funds as as legitimate tax demand and not tax terrorism. Jaitley said taxes need to be paid where the demand was right, while wrongful demand would go into liti
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the National Air Quality Index, to monitor pollution levels in 10 major cities and inaugurated the two-day conference of state environment ministers in New Delhi. The index will provid
This year the spring has come with a mixed bag for Kashmir – freak weather, non-seasonal snowfall, and a nascent government that has barely survived a collapse followed by sneak attacks by terrorists in border towns. Amid this
Two SIMI activists, who had escaped from Khandwa jail in MP in 2013 along with four other activists, died on Saturday morning in an encounter in Telangana. However, Telangana home minister says the killed assailants are interstate gang members and
The war of words in Aam Aadmi Party is refusing to ebb down. AAP leader Prashant Bhushan has written a letter to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal that accuses him of turning AAP a "high command-oriented" party and betraying trust of
Signaling the rethink over the tobacco panel that suggested cessation of pictorial warning on tobacco products, prime minister Narendra Modi has asked health minister JP Nadda to appoint a high-level committee to study the issue and submit a repor
The negotiations for finding a permanent solution for public stockpiling for food security in developing countries by July 31 are underway in the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO) with frenzy and vehemence typical of such a fractious iss
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday signed an order to facilitate re-promulgation of the land acquisition ordinance, two days before the expiry of earlier ordinance. The Union Cabinet on Tuesday night had decided to recommend re-pr
Goa Minister Francisco Pacheco, who is also leader of Goa Vikas Party, resigned on Friday after chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar made a remark that it was embarrassing to have a convicted in his cabinet. Pacheco was booked in
The BJP is deploying over 15 lakh party workers, who would be trained to reach out to people and spread the message of good work being done by the Modi government. Another mass contact programme being planned is to dispel myths and propaganda on l
By 2050, India will have the largest Muslim population in the world. Predicting the future of religions of the world, Pew Research Centre has revealed that in 35 years from now, Christians will remain the largest religious group, but Islam will gr
