The country’s annual wholesale price inflation expanded in November to an eight-month high. The hike was driven by faster price rise of food and fuel products. According to the government data that released on Thursday annual wholesale price inflation in …
Read More »Winter Session of Parliament: Govt convenes all-party meet tomorrow
NEW DELHI: The government has convened an all-party meeting tomorrow, ahead of the winter session of Parliament where the opposition is likely to raise the issue of a delay in calling the session. The parliamentary affairs ministry has sent out …
Read More »Indian troops can either withdraw or get killed: Chinese media ups the ante on Doklam
NEW DELHI:There seems to be no ease in tensions between India and China over the military standoff in Doklam. “Time for a second lesson for forgetful India,” declares an article written by John Gong, a professor at the University of …
Read More »Demonetization: SC notice to Centre on plea of Pune cooperative bank
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today sought a response of the Centre and the RBI on a plea of Pune district central cooperative bank seeking a direction to accept from it over Rs 22.25 crore in demonetised notes. A bench …
Read More »SC sentences Justice Karnan six months imprisonment, he alleged this was done because he is a Dalit
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held the Calcutta High Court judge Justice CS Karnan guilty in the contempt of court case against him, and sentenced him to six months in prison. The top court said that its order …
Read More »From escaping India to getting ‘bailed out’ in London: A timeline of Vijay Mallya’s case
Mumbai: Embattled Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya, who has been declared a proclaimed offender, was today arrested in London by Scotland Yard on India’s request for his extradition on fraud charges. However, three hours after his arrest, various TV channels stated …
Read More »Why are Muslims in Assam still seen as outsiders?
GUWAHATI,M REYAZ: At a panel discussion on Assam’s Char (river islands) inhabitants last month at the Jamia Millia Islamia, professor Sanjoy Hazarika, director of the Centre of Northeast Studies and Policy Research, made an interesting observation. He noted that till …
Read More »Bank deposits score big over equities, MFs in investment: SEBI survey
MUMBAI: More than 95 per cent Indian households prefer to park their money in bank deposits, while less than 10 per cent opt for investing in mutual funds or stocks, a new SEBI survey showed on Wednesday. The survey, conducted …
Read More »Attacks on Africans | ‘Painful and surprising’: Sushma Swaraj reacts to African envoys’ ‘Xenophobic’ remark
A day after the African envoys’ termed the recent attacks on African students as ‘xenophobic’ and ‘racial’, External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said it cannot be called racist before probe is completed. Denouncing attacks on African nationals …
Read More »Supreme Court all but set to end BCCI’s game today
NEW DELHI, CHANDER SHEKHAR LUTHRA: Monday could be the day the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Anurag Thakur would not like to remember. Whether the order from the three-member Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice …
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