India’s Mars mission hits a century
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No change in petrol, diesel prices
Delhi, Jan 2 There will be no change in the prices of petrol and diesel despite an indication earlier Thursday that these would be reduced....
Excise raised on petrol, diesel as crude oil slumps to $53
raised the basic excise duty on petrol and diesel for the third time in quick succession, even as the expected price reduction on fuels failed...
Bankers meet Friday for sector reform, PM to attend Saturday
Jan 2 Top bankers, insurers, financial sector regulators and finance ministry officials will meet here from Friday for a two-day "retreat" to discuss p......
Bhattacharya to take Coal India charge Jan 5
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DoNER minister to discuss development with northeast CMs
Singh will Friday meet the governors and the chief ministers of all eight northeastern states here to brainstorm on a roadmap for the development of...
Ansari, Modi, Rajnath greet Mukherjee on New Year’s Day
Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday called on President Pranab Mukherjee and greeted him on New Year's......
Brazilian president to be sworn in for second term
Dilma Rousseff will be sworn in for a second four-year term Thursday in the capital city of Brasilia. Rousseff is set to ride in an...
UNRWA gets new deputy commissioner-general
General Ban Ki-moon has named Sandra Mitchell of the US as the new deputy commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palest......
Myanmar committed to hold free, fair elections: President
U Thein Sein, in his New Year message Thursday, has reiterated the country's pledge to hold free and fair general elections in 2015. He called...
Russia plans to increase borrowings from reserve fund
would ask for permission to increase borrowings from the reserve fund in 2015, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said. "We will submit the request to the......
Gold, silver import tariff values slashed
slashed import tariff value for gold to $392 per 10 grams and for silver to $519 per kg, an official statement said. The tariff value...
Excise duty withdrawal detrimental to demand: Assocham
central government did not extend the excise duty concessions provided to the automobile and consumer durables sector in 2015, India Inc. Wednesday sai......
Government decides to unblock four websites out of 32
Delhi, Jan 01 The government has decided to unblock four websites after they said they will not allow pasting of jihadi propaganda and also work...
Cold wave intensifies in Kashmir
across Jammu and Kashmir continued their free fall Thursday as the prevailing cold wave conditions intensified in the Valley. A weather official told t......
Goa hikes VAT on petrol to 10 percent
hiked the value added tax (VAT) on petrol to ten percent, which would push petrol prices by Rs.5 and more. The hike will come into...
Pilgrims offer Rs.832 crore to Tirumala temple in 2014
temple, India's richest shrine located on the Tirumala hills in Tirupati, earned Rs.832 crore as 'hundi' collection or offerings by pilgrims during 201......
2014 was India’s year of ‘breakthrough diplomacy’: Sushma
Delhi, Jan 01 The government has placed special significance on India's foreign policy and diplomatic outreach, making 2014 a year of "breakthrough dip......
Give ‘appropriate’ response to firing: Rajnath tells BSF
Rajnath Singh asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to give "suitable and appropriate" reply to any unprovoked firing by Pakistan on the international......
Shailesh Nayak given additional charge of secretary, DoS
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