Modi also announced Rs 2 lakh aid to the kin of those who died in the deluge.
Gearing up to roll out the ambitious odd-even scheme, Delhi government on Thursday said an additional fleet of 6,000 buses will be deployed to enhance public transport.
The DoT estimates that it will receive Rs 29,524 cr in revenue from the telecom industry in FY18, which is 38% less than the Budget revenue target of Rs 47,300 cr for FY18
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the important numbers after the second week of IPL 2020.
The founder of the California-based Tri-Valley University, who destroyed the academic careers of several hundred Indian students in the United States, has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for running a sham university that served as a front for an immigration scam.
'It was immoral to cut the trees at Aarey, says Delhi law student Rishav Ranjan.
The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd started hacking trees from Friday night to make way for a car shed, hours after the Bombay high court dismissed four petitions filed by NGOs and activists challenging the decision to allow felling of trees in the prime green lung of the city.
Environment ministry has given its go-ahead to POSCO's planned steel plant in the country, but has asked it to spend on "social commitments", a company spokesman said, raising the project's cost by $600 million to $12.6 billion.
According to a report by New World Wealth, the bulk of London's second home buyers come from the rest of the UK and Europe and a substantial number also came from China, India, Russia and West Asia.
There have been several complaints about the bookings.
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New age diagnostic tools come in handy for BharatBenz to predict repair needs and breakdown in advance.
The Knight Riders have outplayed Rajasthan both in the home and away games this season.
Grandmaster and former Asian champion S P Sethuraman has knocked out former FIDE champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in a big first round upset at the Chess World Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Bigger companies are signing equity JVs with global investors.
The 47-year-old former World champion is taking some time off before he gets down to tournament play in St. Louis, United States, where the focus would be on Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov, who is making a surprise return to the game.
Price of ladies finger shot up staggering 236% at Vashi wholesale market last month.
There were heightened expectations from Budget 2017 after the impact of note ban on different sections but most remain unfulfilled.
The incumbent operators faced the onslaught of free offers and cheaper rates from Jio.
'The judicial procedure was influenced which led to no convictions in the anti-Sikh riots of 1984'
Phase III of assembly polls in 62 constituencies of West Bengal on Thursday witnessed a series of clashes between political rivals during which bombs were exploded but the violence failed to deter the electors who came out in large numbers, recording a 79.22 per cent voter turnout.
The Labour Ministry has relaxed investment norms for retirement fund manager EPFO, but refrained from allowing the body to invest a part of its huge corpus of around Rs 5 lakh crore in equity markets.
A week after lenders invoked more of pledged shares, they did so again.
IDBI Trusteeship Services, in its capacity as the lenders' trustee to Kingfisher Airlines, has invoked a little over 4.93 mn shares worth Rs 1,300 crore.
Olympic medallist Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal entered the semi-finals of the Indonesia Masters' tournament after a straight-game win over Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand.
The Street expects lower earnings from RIL's shale business to be offset by the sharp uptick in refining margins and the gradual improvement in petrochemical earnings.
Ice? Volcano? Or Alien life? The discovery of two bright spots on Ceres -- the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that happens to be the largest body in that asteroid belt -- has baffled scientists and space enthusiasts.
Even as demonetisation continued to be the hot topic in Parliament, forcing adjournments in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, other topics too were discussed in Parliament. Here are the other issues that were discussed.
India captain Virat Kohli's stoic batting helped India eke out a draw on the fifth and final day in the opening Test against England in Rajkot on Sunday. But it was his English counterpart Alastair Cook, who stole the show and the records on the day!
The bank saw loans worth Rs 7,000 crore (Rs 70 billion) slipping into NPAs during the March quarter, taking the gross NPA ratio to 5.82 per cent.
Health Minister J P Nadda asked for all details in the matter and promised that all necessary action would be taken.
The two new Pixel phones are finally available in India.
Senior Colonel Liu Degang said the Arjun tank is "very good" and suits Indian conditions.
Rajneesh Gupta picks the overseas stars at Monday's IPL Players auction.
As you swipe your credit/debit card with carefree abandon at merchant outlets, banks are losing money to the tune of Rs 3,800 crore annaully, says Soumya Kanti Ghosh
The Republican has alleged that the actions of his Democrat rival during her tenure as the US Secretary of State constitutes all of the elements of a criminal enterprise.
Retirement fund body EPFO on Monday is likely to retain 8.5 per cent interest on PF deposits for its over 5 crore subscribers in 2013-14.
The trial court declined the plea of Kumar's lawyer that he be sent to high-security Tihar Jail.
