Economy - general
GST roll-out seen feasible by April 2016
20 Sep 2014
China to invest $20 bn in India in 5 years
18 Sep 2014
India and China today signed 12 agreements, including those on audio visual co-production, railway construction, work plan for drug administration and peaceful use of outer space
OECD sees India’s GDP growing at 5.7% in 2014
16 Sep 2014
The Paris-based organisation has projected a moderate expansion in most major advanced and emerging economies and weaker growth in the euro area
US includes India among 22 illegal drugs hotbeds
16 Sep 2014
Govt moves to wind up major loss-making PSUs like Air India
16 Sep 2014
Union government officials are meeting today to discuss proposals to shut down some loss-making state-owned companies, risking a conflict with powerful trade unions
Free diesel prices, reform bank appointment system: RBI chief Rajan
15 Sep 2014
The governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan, today urged the government to speed up the deregulation of diesel prices
Stone-throwing mars J&K flood relief efforts; Jammu feels neglected
13 Sep 2014
The Army had to fire in the air to disperse stone-throwers in Srinagar, as miscreants tried to hamper the rescue and relief operations in the Lal Chowk area of J&K’s summer capital
Industrial production growth hits a low of 0.5% in July
12 Sep 2014
While production fell across sectors, manufacturing growth turned negative at - 1.0 per cent in July 2014 against the 1.8 per cent growth reported in the previous month
Kashmir floods continue to abate, but over 4 lakh still stranded
11 Sep 2014
Rescue teams have evacuated another 2,000 stranded people today, while hectic efforts are on to restore snapped telecom links which had hampered rescue work
Amid J&K floods, UK house to discuss human rights situation
10 Sep 2014
A debate scheduled in the UK parliament on the human rights situation in Jammu & Kashmir has caused a stir among Indian groups in Britain, who fear it could be used as an India-bashing opportunity.