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Congress workers shouting slogans in front of RBI office during a protest against the Central Government over FRDI Bill, in Kolkata. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Govt likely to withdraw FRDI Bill in current Parliament session

The bill, introduced in the the lower house on August 11, 2017, has a 'bail-in' clause.

18 July 2018 7:54 PM IST

Philippines national carrier Philippines Airlines has appointed Bird Travels as its general sales agent.

Domestic air passenger traffic grows 18.36 pc at 113.25 lakh in June

The passenger load factor in June has shown a declining trend compared to the previous month.

18 July 2018 7:40 PM IST

Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday inaugurated Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana here on Sunday.

Govt offers incentives to state-owned oil and gas firms

Pradhan said the government also decided to give tax exemption on capital spending on oil and gas blocks given before...

18 July 2018 6:44 PM IST

The Income Tax Department has detected undisclosed income of over Rs 10,000 crore in fiscal 2017-18, thus recording a 20 per cent surge over the previous fiscal.

Logistics firm founded by 13-year-old boy targets Rs 100 crore revenue

He sold the idea to a banker and convinced him to quit the job and join him as the chief executive.

18 July 2018 5:53 PM IST

The price of petrol in Delhi climbed to Rs 75.71 per litre from Rs 75.55 and diesel to Rs 67.50 a litre from Rs 67.38.

PIL on daily fuel price change: HC asks Centre to treat it as...

The petitioner wanted the present mechanism of daily fixation of fuel prices to be held unconstitutional.

18 July 2018 5:28 PM IST

In the beta form, users can generate their Virtual ID and use it to update address in Aadhaar online for the time being, according to UIDAI which announced the Virtual ID concept earlier this year to address privacy concerns.

Treat virtual ID, UID token as Aadhaar number: UIDAI to agencies

Virtual ID system and UID token are different forms of Aadhaar number, and those should be deemed as the 12-digit...

18 July 2018 4:00 PM IST

Representational image of farmers cutting and gathering the sugarcane stems while harvesting.

Govt hikes sugarcane price by Rs 20 per quintal to Rs 275

Sugar production in India is estimated to reach a record 32.25 million tonnes in the current 2017-18.

18 July 2018 3:42 PM IST

Gazprom supplied the 3.4 trillion British thermal unit (TBtu) of cargo from Nigeria. The LNG cargo was received by Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. (Photo: AFP)

Renegotiated Gazprom LNG deal to save India up to Rs 9,500 cr: Pradhan

GAIL renegotiated the terms of the 20-year deal to import 2.5 million tonnes a year of LNG.

18 July 2018 2:31 PM IST

Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha

No proposal before TRAI to amend interconnection usage charges

Telecom operators levy interconnection charges on incoming calls from the network of the other operator.

18 July 2018 2:02 PM IST

Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday inaugurated Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana here on Sunday.

Dharmendra Pradhan lays foundation stone for NSTI in Odisha

The institute shall be equipped with state of the art facility to impart skill development courses.

18 July 2018 1:17 PM IST

Shivraj Singh Chouhan addresses the media in Bhopal.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan flags off Start-Up Yatra to promote innovations

Chouhan said that the government will make every effort in order to fulfil the dreams of the youths.

18 July 2018 1:06 PM IST

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Policy on Biofuels which allows doping of ethanol produced from damaged foodgrains, rotten potatoes, corn and sugar beet with petrol to cut oil imports by Rs 4,000 crore this year alone.

Fuel rates remain unchanged for second day in row

The petrol prices in other metro cities are - Rs 79.51 in Kolkata, Rs 84.22 in Mumbai and Rs 79.76 in Chennai.

18 July 2018 11:47 AM IST