Highlights of the two gold schemes approved at a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi: ...
Bihar will go for a five-phased election for its 243-member assembly between October 12 and November 5, with 6.68 crore people eligible to exercise their franchise, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. The counting of votes will take place on November 8....
India on Wednesday approved a new sovereign gold bond scheme, as also a monetisation scheme to incentivise people to park their gold assets in a paper format and earn interest, while seeking to productively use vast amounts of this idle metal in the economy....
India on Wednesday approved the much-awaited spectrum trading norms for telecom companies, so that this scarce resource can be put to optimal use, Communications and IT Minsiter Ravi Shankar Prasad said here. ...
The union cabinet on Wednesday approved an additional dearness allowance (DA) of six percent for central government employees from July 1. ...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said the state's first Global Investor Meet has exceeded the investment target of Rs.100,000 crore. ...
The Pakistani Army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on Wednesday on the line of control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu region. ...
The parliament's monsoon session will be prorogued, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday. ...
The global under-five mortality has fallen by 53 percent, from 91 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 43 in 2015, said a UNICEF report. ...
Seven Indians are reported to be missing after two boats carrying 20 Indians came under aerial bombardment in Yemen, the external affairs ministry said on Wednesday....
