Economy - general

‘Bharat Bandh’ proves effective only in Kerala, Karnataka

02 Sep 2016

India eases residency, visa norms for major foreign investors

01 Sep 2016

Factory output hits 13-month high as inflation, input costs ease

01 Sep 2016

India's GDP grows at 7.1% in Q1 of FY17, the slowest in 5 quarters

01 Sep 2016

At 7.1 per cent growth in India’s GDP for the April-June 2016-17 quarter falls from 7.9 per cent in the preceding three months and is the slowest in five quarters

Justice Dhingra report finds irregularities in Robert Vadra's land deals

31 Aug 2016

Mamata wins again as SC quashes Singur land acquisition

31 Aug 2016

The Supreme Court directed Bengal government to return the land in 12 weeks and also held that farmers who got compensation are not liable to return it because they were deprived of their livelihood for the last ten years

Mamata wins again as SC quashes Singur land acquisition

31 Aug 2016

States ask industry to pass on GST benefits to consumers

31 Aug 2016

A revenue neutral low-tax regime while saving industry of the burden of several state and central levies should benefit the consumer as well

Government to issue 5th tranche of Sovereign Gold Bonds on 1 September

30 Aug 2016

Maharashtra to tap corporates’ CSR spend to transform 1,000 villages

27 Aug 2016

NIA probing money trail of Kashmir violence

20 Aug 2016

NIA probing money trail of Kashmir violence

20 Aug 2016

Moody’s keeps India’s growth forecast pegged at 7.5%

18 Aug 2016

While the outlook for India remains unchanged and China’s has been revised slightly upwards for 2016, Moody’s warns of uncertainty due to policy changes following the US presidential election

Wholesale price inflation zooms to a 23-month high of 3.55% in July

17 Aug 2016

Govt’s focus is on deliverance, says PM Narendra Modi

16 Aug 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day address, his government's mission is to "reform, perform and transform", while staying away from poulism

Indian multinationals top Transparency’s emerging market ranking

13 Aug 2016

Railway Budget to be merged with Union Budget from next year

13 Aug 2016

The government has decided to end the practice of having a separate Railway budget that was started in 1924, agreeing with a call by the NITI Ayog that it should be merged with the general budget as it had lost its relevance

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi meets PM, Sushma

13 Aug 2016

The three-day India visit of Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi comes amid somewhat strained ties over China blocking India’s membership of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group and a border ‘transgression’ by Chinese troops

India’s trade deficit narrows to $7.75 bn in July

13 Aug 2016

The narrower deficit has been facilitated by a near halving of gold imports to $1.08 billion and a 28-per cent fall in the value of oil imports to $6.82 billion in July this year

India’s industrial production grows at 2.1% in June

12 Aug 2016

India's consumer price inflation accelerates to 6.07% in July

12 Aug 2016

UN to issue stamp to honour M S Subbulakshmi, celebrate India’s Independence Day

12 Aug 2016

Subbulakshmi will now get a follower in A R Rahman who will enthral UN diplomats at a special concert at the UN General Assembly on 15 August, becoming the second Indian to perform at the iconic UN hall