The ban on listing and other roadblocks on ownership have tainted the Jalan Committee report.
Iran has accelerated its nuclear programme and currently possesses sufficient supply of uranium to make three nuclear devices, a United Nations nuclear watchdog report claimed.
Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia vacates his post on November 30 and Expenditure Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha, the second seniormost bureaucrat in the finance ministry, retires on January 31, the day before Jaitley presents the 2019-20 interim budget.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D Subbarao on Thursday said while the central bank was deeply conscious of the continuing liquidity crunch, the scale of government spending was not enough to ease the situation.
Blaming high cash balance with the Government for aggravating liquidity strain in the system, the Reserve Bank on Thursday asked it to loosen purse strings for easing the situation. "On Wednesday, the government cash balance stood at Rs 92,000 crore (Rs 920 billion).
A total of 211 companies issued 763 offers to the students in the first phase which is the highest number of placement among any IITs across the country in this year.
Kumar will hold responsibility for strategy at the group level.
"I think bankers have expressed some concern that they should not be held liable for actions that are taken in the full spirit of what is needed," Raghuram Rajan said.
The principal challenge for Rajan's successor is to work with the Bank Board Bureau and the finance ministry to complete these processes of banking reform.
Authorities have suspended civil construction works in Delhi and Haryana as part of emergency measures to improve air quality.
Over 1.43 lakh intending pilgrims have registered themselves for this year's Amarnath Yatra beginning from July 2.
Rajan said there was full understanding between him and the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on setting up of the PDMA
Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said the bank would use all its instruments to manage liquidity in the system following increased FII inflow.
'Four weeks have passed after the scam was exposed, yet no big guy has been arrested.' 'This gives the impression that he wants to be soft on the biggies.'
Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has set his sights on a coaching career after agreeing to take charge of a top domestic team.
The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, on Friday decided to revert to its old fee structure of Rs 125,000 per annum, but also resolved to offer "need-based scholarships" to students from families with a weak financial position.
A curative petition is the last and final judicial remedy available to a person convicted by courts of law.
Maulana Kalbe Sadiq was told explicitly that it would be possible for him to enter the club premises only if he changed into a shirt-pant or a suit. The organisers' pleas fell on deaf ears and Maluana Sadiq had no choice but to leave the club, much to the embarrassment of the arrangers.
The Art of Living founder said that he was involved as a mediator in the RamTemple dispute of his own will and would visit Ayodhya on November 16 to meet all stakeholders.
IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
The number of recoveries also surged with 2,48,189 patients cured so far, while there were 1,78,014 active cases, according to the updated official figures at 8 am.
The notification formalities were completed on Thursday night, a crucial step in paving way for the implementation of international civil nuclear cooperation, Department of Atomic Energy sources said.
The driver of the lorry apparently lost control after the tyre burst and jumped the median and collided with the oncoming passenger bus, police said. The driver Hemaraj, a native of Ernakulam, has been arrested.
The first batch comprising 1,160 Amarnath yatris was on Friday flagged off by the state tourism minister from Jammu base camp to the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas.
Justice V Gopala Gowda's name has been considered positively by the Trinamul Congress as well as the Left.
A section of the media on Thursday reported, quoting an unnamed EC official, that it may not allow RBI to go ahead with the plan before the polls and that they need more clarity from the Mint Road on certain aspects.
The reason, he said, was the external environment was weak.
The Panama verdict will decide how Pakistan handles its leadership problems.
The Aam Aadmi Party government's first 100 days in power in Delhi have been a mixed bag
The NPA of the public sector banks rose to 6.03% as of June 2015.
Here are the key decisions announced by the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday.
Ex-cricketer and former Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Chetan Chauhan's appointment as the chairman of the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology, has triggered a row with intense debate raging on social media on the government's 'bizarre selection'.
Last month, the bank was placed under Prompt Corrective Action due to high level of bad loans, lack of sufficient capital to manage risks and negative return on assets for two consecutive years.
'This is not Ahmedabad Gymkhana but people's house'
P Chidambaram said that the fiscal deficit target for 2013-14 will be met and the current account deficit will be contained below $40 billion.
The best available recourse to keep the defence sector healthy, is to source most of our requirement within the country so that procurement outlays under both the Revenue and Capital heads flow within the country, recommends says Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
'We feel there is definitely something murky in the system.' 'Will anyone believe that Nirav Modi will go to a branch and bribe a low-level officer?' 'Just look at the people with whom he had moved around.'
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