Mumbai (IANS) The Reserve Bank has introduced a new type of prepaid payment instrument (PPI) which could be used only for purchase of goods and services up to a limit of Rs 10,000 per month. “To give impetus to small value … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Chief Minister-designate of Jharkhand Hemant Soren will meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday to invite her for the swearing-in ceremony which is to be held on December 29. Hemant Soren is also scheduled to meet the top … read more
Bhubaneswar (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu will dedicate a LPG bottling plant in Odisha’s Balangir district on December 27, said an official on Sunday. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has set up the new state of the art LPG bottling … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Three-time Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, who is currently Union Minister for Tribal Affairs in the Modi government, on Monday said that the picture will be clearer after 15 rounds of counting in the Assembly polls in the … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Implying that India has not taken the required steps to turn into a manufacturing major, IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath on Friday said that the country needs a separate set of reforms to become a manufacturing and export … read more
Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand recorded around 71 per cent voting in the fifth and final phase of polling on Friday for 16 Assembly constituencies, an official said. According to election commission data, 70.83 per cent voting took place in the final phase … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Read about Indian kings from the hoary past to the present, delve into in a refreshing new take on Chanakya and finally immerse yourself in some unpublished stories of Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz. The IANS Bookshelf offers … read more
Ranchi (IANS) The fifth and final phase of polling began on Friday for 16 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand, an official said. The polling began at 7 a.m. for 16 assembly seats located in Santhal Pargana region of the state. There are … read more
Chandigarh (IANS) Punjab is expected to see a record production of cotton this year at 18.20 lakh bales against last year’s 12.23 lakh bales, state agriculture officials said on Thursday. With this, an average production per acre crossed the 10 quintals … read more
Kolkata (IANS) Throwing a challenge to Centre’s BJP-led NDA regime, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday called for a UN-controlled referendum across the country on the CAA and NRC and said the Modi government would have to resign if … read more