At a two-day bi-annual meeting between the Pakistan Rangers and Border Security Force on issues related to border management, the two sides agreed that peace be maintained along the Line of Control and the international border in Jammu and Kashmir.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has asked the Indian Air Force to focus on safety and conservation of available resources as he interacted with top commanders in New Delhi just days after India decided to buy 36 Rafale jets.
Costlier vegetables slowly pushed retail inflation, which had remained well within the Reserve Bank's comfortable level of 4 per cent during most part of 2019, peaked to more than three-year high of 5.54 per cent in November.
The Supreme Court wanted to know what could be the motive of the Andhra Pradesh police in helping its Gujarat counterparts to carry out the encounter killings of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kauser Bi and another person.
Amidst calls for his head after the recent Ashes loss, Australia skipper Ricky Ponting today said he would not mind sharing the captaincy, with his deputy Michael Clarke being made in-charge of the shorter versions of the game.
Reports said in the retaliatory action by the Indian Army, one Pakistani post Twiven1 has been been destroyed.
While about 33 per cent of the employers who froze salaries plan to defreeze them within the next six months, an increase from 17 per cent two months ago. Moreover, a majority of employers (52 per cent) are now more concerned about retaining their top performers and critical-skill employees than they were before the economic crisis hit.
The exit of the big movers has meant more opportunities for local players such as Nambiar Finance, which is just one of the 1,465 non-deposit-taking NBFCs registered with the Mumbai office of the Reserve Bank of India.
Indian acquisitions have dropped to $27.3 billion in 2009.
Banks may reduce their interest rates.
Singapore retains the title of the world's most expensive city.
Andy Murray once again fills the prime time viewing slot on Centre Court late on Saturday, while five-time women's champion Venus Williams will have revenge on her mind against Carla Suarez Navarro.
The 6-member Monetary Policy Committee, headed by Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel, in its fifth bi-monthly review, kept the repo rate unchanged at 6 per cent and reverse repo at 5.75 per cent.
The country's top private sector entity posted a full- year net profit of Rs 15,898 crore.
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Rupali Ganguly chats with her fans.
About a fortnight after launching his party Praja Rajyam, Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi would be embarking on his maiden mass contact programme towards the month-end, amid criticism that he lacks clarity about his political agenda.A plan for the actor's tour of the 23 districts in Andhra Pradesh has almost been finalised, party spokesperson P Mithra said in Hyderabad.
Under pressure following serious losses, the LTTE has asked India to "stop providing military assistance" to the Sri Lankan government and vowed to take back it de facto political headquarters Kilinochchi.
The letter comes days after the government made it clear that the empowered Group of Ministers approved price of $4.2 per mmBtu for RIL's KG basin gas.
Investors will maintain a cautious stance.
2017 has also seen a sharp increase in ceasefire violations at the LoC by Pakistan.
The chief of the National Security Guards had recently warned that India could be struck by terrorists using biological weapons and with the help of women affiliates of the Al-Qaeda.
The encouraging growth figure from China comes at a time when majority of the advanced economies are expected to contract in the wake of the global financial turmoil. China, the world's fastest growing economy, expanded at a rate of 6.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2009.
Releasing its recommendations for BWA spectrum allocation on Friday, Trai has suggested that the auction should be done in blocks of 5 MHz each and any bidder can bid for one or two or three blocks. A company can bid up to a maximum to 15 Mhz in block of 5 Mhz. The bidder has to specify before the auction, the number of blocks he desires to bid for.
On a journey to recreate history, and to script a new one, British aviator Tracey Curtis Taylor, on a stopover in Delhi on her way to Australia to relive a flight made 85 years ago, said her mission is to inspire young girls to strive to achieve their dreams.
India's exports and imports have together dipped for the first time in seven years, signalling weakening of domestic and external demand in the backdrop of global economic crisis. Government officials said the sale of Indian goods in overseas markets was likely to see a dip in February as well.
Slowdown in industrial production notwithstanding, a marginal increase in inflation raised the clamour for another round of rate cut by the Reserve Bank on April 4 to boost economic activity.
A bi-partisan group of some of the most influential US Senators has called on the Sri Lankan government to expeditiously alleviate the suffering of thousands of Tamil refugees and return them to their homes by the end of the year.
Essar Steel is likely to join the race for Brazilian miner and steelmaker CSN's Nacionale Minerios (Namisa), a fully integrated iron ore company. Sources close to the development said Goldman Sachs has approached Essar with the acquisition proposal and the company was considering it.
Reserve Bank Deputy Governor S S Mundra on Friday said that he expects banks to cut interest rates
The economic slowdown has taken its toll on consumer confidence. India has fallen from the top to third in the latest round of the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Survey and now ranks behind Indonesia and Denmark. It is the largest bi-annual study of its kind and is carried out on more than 25,000 Internet users in 50 countries.
World number one Rafael Nadal overcame stubborn early resistance from defending champion Novak Djokovic to claim a record fourth Rome Masters title with a 7-6, 6-2 win on Sunday. The result also meant Djokovic would surrender the number three spot in the world rankings to Andy Murray on May 11 even though the 21-year-old Scot lost his opening match in Rome to Argentine qualifier Juan Monaco.
For Team India, the added incentive to win the Mumbai Test against Sri Lanka, commencing Wednesday, is the top spot in the ICC Test rankings.
"The main risk stems from the uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the south west monsoon in view of the rising probability of an El Nio event around July-August, and its implications for food inflation," RBI said, as it kept the status quo on key interest rate for the third time in a row.
Hit by plunging sales, Microsoft saw its profit plunge to a little below $3 billion for the third quarter ended March 31, 2009. The software major posted a six per cent fall in revenue at $13.65 billion, the first of its kind since the company went public 23 years ago. In the year-ago period, Microsoft's revenue stood at $14.45 billion, the firm said.
One incident should not be used to generalise the health of all cooperative banks, says RBI governor Shaktikanta Das.
The latest updates from the Telugu film industry.
Warning that terrorists are "likely" to use nuclear or biological weapons in the next five years if urgent action is not taken, an official US commission has said Pakistan is the weakest link in world security.
According to the estimates prepared by CASBAA, India will require about $12-15 billion investments to upgrade its analogue cable set to digital. At present, India's digital cable reach is less than 20%. Currently, there are about 71 million cable homes in the country out of a total of about 130 million television homes. But only about 6% cable homes are digital. With only 3% broadband penetration, India ranks very low in comparison to countries like Brazil, China & Thailand.
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