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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaks in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Govt drafting central law to deal with chit fund schemes: Jaitley

Chit fund schemes attract investors by offering a meagre 1-1.5 pc interest rate higher than what is given by banks.

3 Aug 2017 5:00 PM IST

The Sensex opened higher before trading at 26,646.65 at 1100 hours, a loss of 51.17, or 0.19 per cent.

Bank, realty, metal stocks take Sensex down by 239 points

These interest-rate sensitive stocks slid down as RBI slashed repo rate by 25 bps to 6 per cent on Wednesday.

3 Aug 2017 4:50 PM IST

As per the first estimate released by the Agriculture Ministry, onion production is pegged at 197.13 lakh tonnes for 2016-17 crop year

Onions act pricey as wholesale rates surge to Rs 25/kg

Retail rates inched up in Delhi too, ruling in the range of Rs 30-35 per kg on Thursday.

3 Aug 2017 4:37 PM IST

Honda Twin priced at Rs 13.07 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).

Deliveries ff Honda Africa Twin started

The motorcycle was relaunched globally in 2016 after a gap of 12 years.

3 Aug 2017 4:35 PM IST

It is powered by a 102cc, air-cooled engine that develops 8.1PS of power and 8.6Nm of peak torque.

Bajaj introduces new CT100 and Platina variants

Bajaj Platina ES Alloy is priced at Rs 45,638 (all prices mentioned are ex-showroom Delhi).

3 Aug 2017 4:30 PM IST

The Union Minister for Road Transport Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari (Photo: PTI)

Govt launches probe into Rs 7.51 crore bribery in NHAI project

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari says media had reported bribery incidence.

3 Aug 2017 3:59 PM IST

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev

After Patanjali, Baba Ramdev brings to you 'swadeshi' clothes

The apparel brand will be made available across 250 exclusive retail outlets in 2018.

3 Aug 2017 3:46 PM IST

The policy aims to achieve USD 300 billion (over Rs 20 lakh crore) worth of textile exports by 2024-25 and create an additional 35 million jobs.

FDI in textiles doubled to $619 million in 2016-17

Textile exports during 2016-17 too rose to USD 36 billion from USD 23.9 billion in the previous financial year.

3 Aug 2017 3:19 PM IST

Indian Oil Corporation

IOC Q1 net profit dips 45 per cent on lower refining margins

IOC sold 20.736 million tonne fuel in the domestic market and 1.772 million tonne abroad during Q1 of 2017-18.

3 Aug 2017 2:38 PM IST

Until now, most long-distance trains used screw-coupling where two flat tops were attached to the end of a rod such that if the train stopped suddenly.

IRCTC allows you to book Tatkal tickets now and pay later

After booking the ticket, one will receive payment link via email and SMS and get up to 14 days to pay.

3 Aug 2017 2:36 PM IST

Fuels like kerosene, LPG are highly subsidised in India.

Kerosene subsidy will also go; price to rise 25 paise every fortnight

Govt has asked state-owned oil marketing companies to start implementing phase-out of kerosen subsidy.

3 Aug 2017 2:35 PM IST

On interrogation, it was found that Md. Arif got the gold biscuits from a passenger named Jafar, who had come from Dubai. (Photo: ANI)

Gold slumps on tepid demand, weak overseas trend

Gold is trading at Rs 29,430 per 10 gram at the bullion market on weak leads from global market.

3 Aug 2017 2:31 PM IST