Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday flagged off India’s fastest train, the “semi-bullet” Gatimaan Express, from Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in New Delhi. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony, Prabhu said that the launch is an important step for Indian Railways. Gatimaan will run between Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station and Agra Cantonment Station. The proper commercial […]
The Reserve Bank today cut the key interest rate by 0.25 per cent and introduced a host of measures to smoothen liquidity supply so that banks can lend to the productive sectors and indicated accommodative stance going ahead. Given weak private investment in the face of low capacity utilisation, a reduction in the policy rate […]
Today Petrol price was increased by Rs 2.19 a litre and diesel by 98 paise per litre. Petrol in Delhi will cost Rs 61.87 per litre from Tuesday mid-night as against Rs 59.68 currently, as per IOC Indian Oil Corporation. Likewise, a litre of diesel will have new price of Rs 49.31 compared with current […]
India’s batting star Virat Kohli was today named captain of the ICC World Twenty20 XI, which also featured veteran seamer Ashish Nehra. A select group of former cricketers and commentators picked up both the men’s and women’s teams for all conditions on the basis of the players’ performances in the World T20, which concluded here […]
King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Saudi Arabia’s initiative in bringing together 34 Muslim countries to form a powerful Islamic military coalition to combat the scourge of terrorism as the two leaders resolved to enhance counter- terror cooperation. In the talks at the at the Al-Yamamah Palace?here Sunday, the King […]
A day ahead of Reserve Bank meet, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday pitched for easier monetary policy, arguing that high interest rates can make the economy sluggish. “The government has stuck to fiscal deficit commitments and inflation has been under control. Therefore, I do hope that this movement will continue in order to make […]
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday took oath as the first woman chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Governor NN Vohra administered the oath of office to Mehbooba along with her council of ministers. Meanwhile, former deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh also took oath. Union parliamentary affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and […]
A massive leak of 11.5 million tax documents has exposed the secret offshore dealings of aides to Russian president Vladimir Putin, world leaders and celebrities including Barcelona forward Lionel Messi. An investigation into the documents by more than 100 media groups, described as one of the largest such probes in history, revealed the hidden offshore […]
Marlon Samuels of the West Indies was today fined 30 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during his side’s ICC World Tweny20 India 2016 final against England at Eden Gardens. Samuels was found to have breached Article 2.1.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct for […]
Today in Ahmedabad, Bollywood actor turned BJP MP from Ahmedabad Eest visited Auditorium on SG Highway. Paresh said plethora of private coaching class is like terrorism. While talking to media “Everyone knows that China and Pakistan are very close. Thus, it was very much expected from China. However, countries like the US, France, Russia […]
