22 July 2013

Powered by Deepika Kumari's gold and bronze medal performances on the concluding day, India finished fourth in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Medellin, Colombia.

22 July 2013

The Supreme Court on Monday removed all hurdles to implementation of Point of Sale Rules on tobacco and tobacco products.

22 July 2013

ABUJA: India and Nigeria have signed an agreement to locate sites for solar power plants in Niger state, the first of a series of power plant deals which would provide additional energy for African country's national grid.

22 July 2013

MUMBAI: In yet another step to contain the current account deficit, the Reserve Bank of Indiaon Monday imposed restrictions on gold imports by banks and other authorised agencies. 

21 July 2013

Two US fighter jets have dropped four unarmed bombs in Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park when a training exercise went wrong.

The two AV-8B Harrier jets launched from aircraft carrier USS Bonhomme Richard each jettisoned an inert bomb and an unarmed explosive bomb in the World Heritage-listed marine park off the coast of Queensland state on Tuesday, the US 7th Fleet said in a statement on Saturday.

24 July 2013

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: SpiceJet CEO Neil Mills, the closest India had to an outspoken airline boss, has resigned, the abrupt departure nearly a year-and-a-half before the end of his contract catching the industry by surprise and setting off a fresh round of speculation that an investment is at hand. 

20 July 2013

If you want to follow your favourite characters like Tenali Raman, Tintin or Rusty, or read about your favourite author, keeping a tab on what is new in the children literary scene is now a click away as Penguin Books India has launched a new website for young readers. 

19 July 2013

NEW DELHI: NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN), wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited, has entered into Power Purchase Agreement with Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) for supply of 300 MW Round the Clock (RTC) power for period of 3 years starting from March 1, 2014.

16 July 2013

KOLKATA: The Reserve Bank of India has imposed penalties on State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and 20 other lenders for violating requirements on customer identification, in probably the single biggest penalisation of the industry.

14 July 2013

China has cancelled the construction of a $6 billion nuclear procession plant in Guangdong province apparently due to public concerns over its safety.
The planned nuclear fuel processing project in south China's Guangdong Province has been cancelled, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Satur.

15 July 2013

India has overtaken the US as the top buyer of Nigerian crude oil, a top Indian diplomat here has said. Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria Mahesh Sachdev said recent statistics showed that India had been buying more of Nigeria's crude than the US over the last three months. 

12 July 20013

NEW DELHI: As a pre-poll gift to around eight lakh traders and tenants in Delhi, the Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared urban development ministry's proposal to repeal the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1995, which was never notified even after Parliament nod and assent from the President. The decision means the old Act of 1958 will be in force, which is tilted more towards tenants.

22 July 2013

NEW DELHI: The country has achieved a record pulses production of 18.45 million tonnes (MT) in the 2012-13 crop year ended June, while foodgrain output fell by 1.5 per cent to 255.36 MT due to drought in some states last year.

11 july 2013

NEW DELHI: A person, who is in jail or in police custody, cannot contest election to legislative bodies, the Supreme Court has held, bringing to an end an era of undertrial politicians fighting polls from behind bars. 

8 July 2013

Young women have finally been allowed to join India’s Border Security Force (BSF) as officers.

Four years after the BSF first inducted women constables to keep an eye on the Indo-Pak and Indo-Bangladesh borders, the home ministry has changed the rules to allow women officers to serve.