PM Modi inaugurates historic Indo-Nepal petro pipeline

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the Motihari-Amlekhganj (Nepal) petroleum pipe line through video conferencing. It is the first ever cross border petroleum pipeline in South Asia.

Modi called the project…

Shah-led GoM to take call on Air India reserve price, debt

New Delhi (IANS) Going whole hog to sell Air India this time after the Modi 1.0 government's failed bid, the group of ministers (GoM) led by Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to decide the reserve price of the national carrier and dealing…

Murder charge dropped in Tabrez Ansari lynching case

Ranchi (IANS) The mob lynching case of Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand has taken a new turn as the final post-mortem report has now indicated cardiac arrest as the reason for his death with murder charges dropped against the accused.

According to…

PM to launch farmers' pension scheme in Ranchi on Sept 12

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch three national level and two state level schemes from here on September 12.

"The Prime Minister will launch three national…

Shah rules out change in Article 371 on Assam visit

Guwahati (IANS) Dismissing apprehensions after abrogation of Article 370, Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Sunday assured the people of northeast that there would be no change in the Article 371 as it was a "special" provision.

Reverse Gear: August auto sales slump 23.55%

New Delhi (IANS) The slump in domestic automobile sector continued unabated in August as the overall sectoral off-take plunged 23.55 per cent.

The industry which is suffering from high GST rate and lack of adequate liquidity…

India, Pakistan to fight it out on J&K at UNHRC

New Delh (IANS) After failing to garner support on Jammu and Kashmir from countries individually, Pakistan is now preparing to rake up the issue at the forum of United Nations, mainly with the agenda of internationalizing the matter.

SBI reduces MCLR, fixed deposit rates

Mumbai (IANS) The State Bank of India (SBI) here on Monday announced reduction in the marginal cost of lending rate (MCLR), the fifth in FY20, for loans across tenors.

The country's largest bank will reduce interest rates…

Railways mulls privatising train services in coming years

New Delhi (IANS) Railway Board Chairman V.K. Yadav on Monday said the national transporter will offer more trains to private players in the coming years. He said on private basis, the first Tejas Express train operated by the Indian Railway Catering…

Trouble for Kamal Nath as MHA to reopen 1984 riot cases

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has cleared a proposal to reopen the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Delhi's Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Monday.

"A…