Presenting his fourth Railway Budget in succession, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Monday said that the Indian Railways had registered a profit of Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) for the fiscal year 2006-07.
'We have instructed all our officials to take complaints of water shortage seriously and attend to it immediately.'
Traders said fall in demand from jewellers and retailers due to end of festive season and a weak global trend where gold retreated from a six-week high as investors expected the Federal Reserve to end its bond-buying programme this week, eroding safe-haven demand, mainly pulled down precious metal prices here.
Gujarat pacer Hitesh Majumdar took 5 for 65 to force Bengal concede a three-run lead in the first innings.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Budget today.
Shares of jewellery makers on Monday fell sharply by up to 20 per cent following dip in global prices of gold.
South Africa lost both openers but were still 230 runs ahead of Bangladesh at the close on the third day of the first Test when bad light stopped play on Saturday.
North Zone took a first innings lead of 155 runs after skittling Central Zone out for 288 on the penultimate day of the Duleep Trophy match.
Till the 35th over we were pretty good, yes we gave a little bit of runs in the end, so may be that could be the difference, reckons Jasprit Bumrah.
This is the first time the US Congress has honoured a foreign university in this manner.
Unemployment rate for men is the highest in Lucknow among major cities.
NSE Nifty ended at 4,147, down 24 points.
In the eye of storm over his $22.7 billion takeover bid for Arcelor, NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal faced fresh charges of "excessive pricing" policy over the sale of steel to the local industry in South Africa.
The currency lost six paise on sustained dollar demand from importers.
Coach Trevor Bayliss thinks England left some "scars" on the Australia team during the second Ashes Test and can still enjoy success Down Under despite being 2-0 down with three matches to play.
There have been three attacks on Wednesday by suicide bombers and gunmen.
The world's largest cruise ship Harmony of the Seas, is all set for its maiden voyage.
The number of houses destroyed in quake-hit Nepal is over 160,000
Steel giant Arcelor has said it would be ready to receive a written proposal from Mittal Steel about an unspecified "industrial project" related to the steel industry, a media report said on Saturday.
Factbox on the second Test match between Australia and England, which starts on Saturday:
West Indies' surprise victory means that they can now qualify for the final on August 9 if they beat India on Sunday.
Hyundai on Monday launched a new version of its premium sedan Elantra priced between Rs 14.13 lakh and Rs 17.94 lakh.
The Sensex finally closed with a loss of 182 points (0.94%) at 19,080. The Nifty lost 35 points to close at 5,742.
'Sixty percent IITians are in India, many heading great institutions in the private and public sectors,' says Professor M G K Menon.
He also claimed that corrupt persons and officials had joined hands with the government during the previous regime when Akhilesh was the chief minister and the same thing was happening in the present dispensation.
The Indian left-arm spinner claimed five wickets in each innings for Lancashire in the Frizzle County Championship match against Essex.
Jammu and Kashmir made it to the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy despite suffering a two-wicket defeat at the hands of Haryana in their final Group C match in Jammu on Saturday. In the quarter-finals to be played from February 20 to 24, Saurashtra will be up against Andhra, Karnataka will face Jammu and Kashmir, Bengal will take on Odisha and Gujarat will square off against Goa.
India's Arjun Atwal missed a five-foot birdie putt at the last to miss out on a playoff spot
The hosts are 30 runs short of victory against Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy match.
Donald Trump has won the Electoral College vote to secure his election as the US' 45th president, easily staving off a long-shot bid by opponents to turn Republican electors against him.
Bell and Collingwood steered England to 121 for two at the end of day four.
Replying to Maharashtra's first innings of 350, Bengal recovered after the loss of four wickets for 63 runs to score 378 in the Ranji Trophy match.
Rajneesh Gupta brings you all the numbers from the first 35 games in IPL-12.
The most serious recommendations to change the financial year came in the years preceded by deficient rainfall. The Jha committee was formed after droughts in 1979-80 and 1982-83, reports Rishika Pardikar/IndiaSpend.
Construction major Larsen & Toubro invested $160.80 million in its wholly owned unit in the United Arab Emirates for business in financial services.
India earned their second gold medal at the 17th Asian Games after the men's compound archery team bagged the yellow metal by getting the better of South Korea, in Incheon on Saturday.
