Growth Woes: RBI administers 5th rate cut; maintains accommodative stance

Mumbai (IANS) Sticking to "accommodative stance", the Reserve Bank on Friday reduced its key lending rates to boost consumption and reverse the slowdown that has plagued India's economic growth.

Taking the note of the continued…

PMC scam: ED files PMLA case, raids at 6 places in Mumbai

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money laundering case in the Rs 4,355 crore Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank fraud matter, sources in the agency said on Friday. The sleuths of the federal financial investigation…

Ceasefire violations by Pak in J&K at a 5-yr-high in 2019

New Delhi (IANS) Ceasefire violations by Pakistan from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a five-year high within the first nine months of the current year, defence sources said here.

According to the data collated…

Mahatma's ashes stolen, photo defaced in MP's Rewa

Bhopal (IANS) As India celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, unidentified miscreants stole a portion of his ashes kept at Bapu Bhawan in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa, police said on Thursday.

The miscreants also…

PM praises Reliance, Tata Group for cleanliness drive

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised Reliance Foundation and Tata Group for their recent cleanliness drives and contribution to the 'Swachh Bharat' mission.

Reliance Foundation had tweeted…

Expect Kashmir among top states by 2029: Shah

New Delhi (IANS) Flagging off the second semi-high speed indigenous Vande Bharat train from the national capital to Katra in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced that Kashmir would be in the "list of most developed…

Bangladesh PM Hasina in India, several deals to be inked

New Delhi/Dhaka (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit on Thursday that will see her hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which several bilateral agreements are set to be inked.

Chidambaram plea: Not accustomed to jail food, lost 4 kgs

New Delhi (IANS) Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram,74, in his bail plea filed before the Supreme Court has said that his health is deteriorating and he has lost 4 kgs as he is not accustomed to the food that is being provided inside…

Deep-rooted Turkey-Pakistan nuclear links behind Erdogan's anti-India stance?

New Delhi (IANS) Is there a highly secretive N-connection to the burgeoning relations between Pakistan and Turkey, besides of religion, that is making Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan so sharp in his comments against India?

Erdogan has…

Raghubar launches no plastic at home campaign

Ranchi: Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that it was due to the participation of the people that the government was able to fulfill the dreams of Mahatma Gandhi. Addressing a program organised at Sarna Toli Hatma as part of Swachhata Hi Sewa campaign…