Jim Yong Kim re-appointed as World Bank President
Kim had been the only candidate in a process criticised by World Bank staff and campaigners as lacking in transparency and dominated by the United States. In a statement announcing the decision, the Bank's board offered a strong endorsement of Kim's record, including setting the goal of eliminati...
Nirmal Group raises Rs 500 cr from Altico Capital
RBL Bank has raised Rs 330 Cr from the UK-based development finance institution, CDC Group Plc (CDC), through Basel III compliant Tier II capital. The debt raised will strengthen the capital base of the bank, which in turn will support its businesses including SME lending, agribusiness financing ...
Jaitley confident of GST rollout in April
The government on Tuesday came out with the second set of draft Goods and Services Tax (GST) rules on refunds and return. As per the rules for refund, every registered taxable person will be required to furnish a monthly return in specified form called GSTR-3.All taxable people whose aggregate tu...
MNS workers protest at Karan Johar's office in Mumbai
AAP Minister Satyendra Jain summoned by IT department
The Income Tax department has issued summons to Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain, asking him to appear before it in connection with its tax evasion probe against certain Kolkata-based firms.Officials said Jain has been asked to appear before the Investigating Officer of the case here on Octob...
Is Gautam Gambhir set to replace KL Rahul in India’s squad against New Zealand?
After a gap of two years, Gautam Gambhir has returned to the senior national side after the left-hander replaced the injured opener KL Rahul in the Indian squad for the second Test against New Zealand, starting in Kolkata on Friday.Earlier, Gambhir made a flying visit to the National Cricket Acad...
MNS workers protest at Karan Johar's office in Mumbai
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) party workers today created huge ruckus outside the office of Karan Johar protesting against his stand on Pakistan artists and his film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil that stars Pakistan actor Fawad Khan. A day earlier, Shalini Thackeray of the MNS had said that it won't ...
Cong demands India declare Pakistan a terror state
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday extended support to India's stand to corner Pakistan over the latter's continuous policy of sponsoring terrorism while demanding the Narendra Modi government to convene a special Parliament session to discuss country's security situation. The grand old party also...
PSLV-C35 to inject eight satellites in different orbits
In its first multi-orbital launch, India's workhorse PSLV will tomorrow inject eight different satellites, including the country's weather satellite SCATSAT-1 and five from other nations, into two different orbits. The countdown for the launch of SCATSAT-1 for ocean and weather related studies al...
PM Narendra Modi to discuss Indus Water Treaty tomorrow
According to ANI sources, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti and senior officials will brief PM Modi on the Indus Water Treaty on Monday. PM will be discussing the pros and cons of taking action against Pakistan, and that reconsidering the details of Indus Water Treaty might be one of the ...
