Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday approved the transfer of record Rs 1.76 lakh crore dividend and surplus reserves to the government, boosting Prime Minister…

New Delhi: The government will soon consider a proposal of relaxing rules for complying with the mandatory 30 percent local sourcing norms by foreign single-brand retailers, official sources said….

New Delhi: The government is likely to come out with a clarification on applicability of the foreign direct investment policy on the digital media sector, official sources said. The…

New Delhi: A Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP on Thursday sought to know from the government if production of indigenous ‘Train-18’ has been stopped. Raising the issue during…

New Delhi: A contentious bill that makes instant triple talaq a criminal offence and provides for a jail term to a Muslim man for the crime, was moved…

Over 1,900 women officers, including eight fighter pilots, are serving in the Indian Air Force as on July 1, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. In a…

New Delhi: Over 960 terrorists and 413 security personnel have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir in the last five years, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan…

New Delhi: The government asserted on Monday that a bill to broaden the NIA’s investigating powers is part of its policy of zero-tolerance against terrorism and is in the…

New Delhi: There is a shortage of nearly 1,500 IAS officers in the country, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday. Officers in position as on January 1, 2019,…

New Delhi: The Centre has decided to appoint 40 private sector specialists at the posts of Deputy Secretary and Director, considered as crucial decision-making levels in the bureaucratic hierarchy,…

The government is committed to strategic disinvestment of national carrier Air India, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said Tuesday. Speaking at a session hosted by…

New Delhi: The Government on Tuesday introduced a bill in Lok Sabha that seeks to amend the Constitution to provide 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational…

New Delhi: The government has approved the launch of the National Nutrition Mission (NNM) to tackle the problems of under-nutrition, low birthweight and stunting, with a budget of…

Hyderabad: India has a wide network of different banks to meet the financial needs of people and hence the government has no intention to consider introducing Islamic banking,…

New Delhi: The Congress today alleged that the government was “avoiding” the Winter Session of Parliament in view of the Gujarat assembly elections and to evade facing the…

Mumbai: It is a “shame” that the country and the government is not celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi, senior Congress leader Palaniappan…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to “positively” file a report before it on the latest status of foreign nationals, including those from Pakistan, languishing…

New Delhi: Anti-militancy operations will be further intensified in Jammu and Kashmir with security forces being instructed to eliminate those who continue to indulge in violence in the…

New Delhi:  The civil aviation ministry has started the process of rationalising the block time of scheduled flights amid slot constraints at various airports. Block time generally refers…

Madurai (TN): Demonetisation only brought hardship for common man, DMK Working President M K Stalin said today leading the opposition charge against the NDA government’s note ban move…