With the second quarter GDP slipping to a six-year low of 4.5 per cent and expected to remain muted, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday cut GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 5 per cent. In its October monetary policy, the RBI had estimated the GDP to grow at 6.1 ...
A gang rape victim was set ablaze in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district on Thursday allegedly by the same group of accused, who had attacked her in nine months back. The minor rape survivor was admitted to a trauma centre in Lucknow with over 80 per cent burns....
Following a day-long massive protest against non-payment of salaries for several months to hundreds of Delhi University teachers, Ministry of Human Resource Development officials will now meet the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) on Thursday evening to resolve the issue....
Even as the voting in the Karnataka bye-elections was underway, several voters took to the social media in assailing the defected candidates. A picture of the disqualified and defected MLAs standing in a single file is making rounds on Twitter....
Portfolios of Maharashtra ministers in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government will be distributed soon, said a top source. "It will take two-to-three days more and we hope that the alliance will finally decide. We accept that portolios should have been distributed but sometime it ...
A voter turnout of 17.60 per cent was recorded till 11 a.m. in the 15 Assembly seats in Karnataka in the second round of polling, the Election Commission said on Thursday. Constituency-wise voting percentage at 11 a.m. was 23.10 in Athani, 21.34 in ...
The state secretariat meeting of the CPI-M, scheduled for Friday, is going to be crucial as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will discuss the possible changes to be made in the party and state cabinet. In the secretariat meeting, it is expected that present state secretary ...
A day after the Supreme Court granted bail to former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, the Rajya Sabha member reached Parliament and expressed his concern that voices are being "suppressed" by the government. "I am worried. Our voices are being suppressed," Chidambaram said while speaking...
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday expressed his annoyance when he drove to the state assembly for a pre-announced visit, but found the gate meant for his entry locked. After standing for some time before the locked gates that is customarily opened ...
The Assam government is launching anti-depredation squads across 15 major man-elephant conflict districts in order to mitigate the problem and to ensure safety. The squads will be formally launched on Thursday evening, the state's Environment and Forest Minister Parimal Shuklabaidya said here....
