India had benefit of low oil prices since 2014, yet taxes on petrol, diesel raised: Sitaram Yechury
NEW DELHI: Hitting out at the government over rising fuel prices, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday said that despite the benefit of low oil prices internationally since 2014, taxes on petrol and diesel were raised. Petrol price was hiked by 18 paise a litre on October 6 and 14 paise on Sunday, according […]
India plans to sell BPCL, Concor, Air India by March 2020: Report
NEW DELHI: India aims to sell two or three state-owned firms to local or foreign firms to raise up to Rs 60, 000 ($8.5 billion) by March 2020, a senior Finance Ministry official said on Monday. The government planned to sell Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd, logistics firm Container Corp of India Ltd and debt-laden Air […]
Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa’s wife under I-T dept scanner for tax evasion
NEW DELHI: Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa’s wife Novel Singhal Lavasa has come under the scanner of the Income Tax Department on charges of alleged tax evasion, official sources said on Monday. Lavasa’s wife has been issued a notice by the department to explain certain details in her IT Returns (ITR) with regard to holding directorship […]
Jewar airport: 47 farmers arrested during protest demanding increased compensation for land
NEW DELHI: Forty-seven farmers were arrested on Monday in Greater Noida after they held a protest in Jewar demanding increased compensation for their land acquired for an upcoming airport, officials said. When the farmers proceeded to lay siege at the Jewar toll plaza, they were arrested as the demonstration could have disrupted traffic movement, the […]
Narendra Modi cheers for Donald Trump saying ‘Abki Baar Trump Sarkar’
HOUSTON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cheered for Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election bid at the ‘Howdy, Modi’ event here, saying ‘Abki Baar, Trump Sarkar”, as the US president joined him at the mega gathering of over 50,000 Indian-Americans. At the event, Modi and Trump clasped hands as they took the stage to a mix […]
US Democratic leader Steny Hoyer praises Nehru’s vision of secularism at ‘Howdy, Modi’
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday said he is glad that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reminded of the contributions of Jawaharlal Nehru by an American Democratic leader at the ‘Howdy Modi’ event in Houston. US House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, while welcoming Prime Minister Modi at the event on Sunday, had invoked Mahatma […]
Experience more relevant than what you learnt 35-40 years ago: RBI governor
NEW DELHI: Shaktikanta Das has played down many jokes and spoofs about his history background soon after his surprise appointment as the 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India last December after the “protest” resignation of Urjit Patel. Academic qualification of the head of the central bank is not relevant, but what matters is […]
Time for a decisive battle against terrorism, says Narendra Modi in Houston
HOUSTON: Time for a decisive battle against terrorism has come, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as he defended revoking Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. Addressing over 50,000 Indian-Americans at the ‘Howdy, Modi’ event in Houston, he said India has given farewell to Article 370, which allowed terrorism and separatism to rear its head […]
Border security vital to both US and India: Donald Trump says in presence of Narendra Modi
US President Donald Trump on Sunday vowed to protect innocent civilians from the threat of radical Islamic terrorism and said border security is vital to both America and India as he emphasised on bolstering further the Indo-US security relationship. Addressing a record crowd of 50,000 Indian-Americans at the ‘Howdy, Modi’ event at the packed NRG […]
Narendra Modi calls Donald Trump special person who left lasting impact everywhere
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday introduced US President Donald Trump to the Indian-Americans at the mega ‘Howdy, Modi’ event here as a very “special person” who has left a deep and lasting impact everywhere. Addressing over 50,000 Indian-Americans at the NRG stadium, Modi said it was honour and privilege for him to welcome Trump […]
Amit Shah proposes multipurpose card, says next census in 2021 will be done digitally
NEW DELHI: India’s Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday mooted the idea of a multipurpose identity card for citizens with all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, driving licence and bank accounts. Shah also said the Census 2021 data will be collected through mobile app. The Home Minister said there should also be a system that when […]
Reliance Capital’s default rating puts $13 billion debt of Anil Ambani group at risk
NEW DELHI: Reliance Capital Ltd.’s downgrade to default grade at Care Ratings Ltd. places the debt of embattled tycoon Anil Ambani’s conglomerate at risk, reigniting India’s credit scare. Mumbai-based Care cut Reliance Capital’s bonds by eight notches to D from BB, citing a delay in coupon payments on several of the lender’s non-convertible debentures, the […]
Indian Air Force ‘accepts’ Rafale, formal hand-over on Dussehra
NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) received the first multi-role combat aircraft Rafale from its manufacturer Dassault Aviation in France on Thursday, defence sources said on Friday. The jet will be formally handed over to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for induction into the IAF when he visits France on the occasion of Dussehra on […]
Arvind Kejriwal to attend C40 Summit in Denmark next month
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will attend the C40 Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, next month and speak on his government’s experience in lowering pollution, including the Odd-Even scheme, and other issues, an official statement stated. According to the statement, invited as the leader of one of the world’s largest metropolises, the CM will […]
HCL chairman Shiv Nadar to be chief guest at RSS Vijayadashmi event
NEW DELHI: HCL founder-chairman and Padma Bhushan awardee Shiv Nadar will be the chief guest at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Vijayadashmi function to be held at its Nagpur headquarters on October 8, a functionary of the organisation said on Sunday. The function, an annual affair, is keenly watched by political observers as the speech by […]
Petronet signs MoU with US natural gas firm Tellurian in PM Narendra Modi’s presence
NEW DELHI: US natural gas company Tellurian Inc. and Petronet LNG Limited (PLL) of India have signed an MoU, wherein Petronet and its affiliates intend to negotiate the purchase of up to five million tonnes per annum (5 mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Driftwood, concurrent with its equity investment, which remains subject to […]