India
Four days after promulgation of partial prohibition in Bihar on April one, the Nitish Kumar government today decided to impose a total ban on alcohol in towns and cities. The decision to ban sale and consumption of India Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) in municipal and town council areas with immediate effect was taken at a […]
Today strike of jewelers of India enters into 36th Day in protest against excise duty imposition in Budget 2016-17. There is a comprehensive protest by jewelers in parts of Gujarat and elsewhere. Jewellers will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow in Delhi.
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 […]
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 […]
Today India’s National ailines Air India’s crew members will have Khadi made uniforms on flights. The Khadi and Village industries Commission (KVIC) has made an agreement with Air India on this. As per the agreement, Khadi silk saree, Khadi trousers, Khadi shirts and jackets will be provided to the crew members. Other essentials provided to […]
Days after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ remarks, a top functionary of the organisation has said that ‘Vande Mataram’ is the real national anthem as opposed to the ‘Constitutionally-mandated’ Jana Gana Mana. “Jana Gana Mana is today our national anthem. It has to be respected. There is no reason why it should […]
Protesters shouted slogans outside the Pathankot airbase on Tuesday as a five-member team from Pakistan, which includes an official of its Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI, headed in bulletproof SUVs to the base to investigate a terror attack in which seven military personnel were killed in January. Protests erupted near the Pathankot airbase on Tuesday morning […]
Aiming to meet the April 3 deadline set by Jats, the Haryana Cabinet today passed a Bill to provide reservation to the community in government jobs and education, paving the way for tabling of the proposed legislation in the Assembly before March 31. The draft Bill on reservation to Jats and four other castes — […]
