This is part of the initiatives that the ministry is undertaking to use technology in order to make airport check-in seamless and formation of a no-fly list.
Amid tight security, 62.60 per cent of 56,18,267 voters exercised their franchise in 17 to decide the fate of 309 candidates.
The revenue department had sent notices to FIIs.
Corp tax arrears at over Rs 3.11 trillion as of Dec 2014.
Last year, Air India replaced veg and non-veg sandwiches with veg hot meals on flights
Observing that law and order was a state subject, the home minister said the Centre cannot remain silent on the issue.
This time Modi has no emotive message to take to the stump. Muscular nationalism doesn't work against the backdrop of China's successive inroads into Indian territory. Rising prices is a sore point that cuts across class and caste barriers; unprecedented levels of unemployment has the youth in a ferment. This has reduced the BJP campaign to a laundry list of recycled grievances and thinly veiled communal appeals, neither of which are working as well as they have in the past, argues Prem Panicker.
Banks have reduced their base rate or the minimum lending rate in the range of 0.1-0.5 per cent till April 15.
Indian fliers regularly face issues like lost baggage, refund on cancellation and harassment by staff at airports
As many as 433 borrowers have taken loans of over Rs 1,000 crore.
For the first time, Subramanian said, "the Economic Survey has embraced Big Data, and we mine this data to shed new light on the flow of goods and people within India."
Insurance penetration in India at 3.9%, below world average.
As per a PMO statement, Modi told the investors that "he believes in a fair, predictable and consistent tax system
Music composer Shankar Mahadevan said, "It is important that citizens speak up and take action. The fight against corruption will be a long journey. But I am confident that ipaidabribe.com and Maine Rishwat Di will achieve their lakshya."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who inducted 19 new ministers into his Cabinet on Tuesday has carried out major changes in the portfolios of his top ministers.
The Income Tax department has sent a detailed questionnaire to about 50 individuals and entities figuring in the list of those allegedly holding offshore assets in tax havens.
Air India's debt burden is estimated to be more than Rs 50,000 crore, besides huge accumulated losses.
Made from Jatropha crop, the fuel has been developed by the CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun.
Economists and investors want RBI to retain independence in setting rates
All the 27 public sector banks together have market share of about 70 per cent.
"We will not let this company go down and will not tolerate this casual talk to dismantle this company piece by piece and give it as doles to airlines of your choice," an open letter said.
Broadly speaking, the expansion of the Council of Ministers sent out three major political signals.
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The probe is expected to take about three months.
'We are making a transition from governance to campaign mode.' 'The speed of execution is picking up,' says Union Minister Jayant Sinha.
If all goes well, from December, drones can be used for purpose like mapping, surveying and photography, which till now was illegal due to absence of any guidelines.
The government also sought approval from Parliament for equity infusion worth Rs 2,345 crore into struggling Air India and another Rs 1,300 crore for Air India Asset Holding.
The government is mulling changes in the income tax laws to bring cryptocurrencies under the tax net, with some changes that could form part of the Budget next year, a top official said. Revenue secretary Tarun Bajaj said that in terms of income tax, some people are already paying capital gains tax on the income from cryptocurrency, and in respect of Goods and Services Tax (GST) also the law is "very clear" that the rate would be applicable as those in case of other services.
The comments come within days of the fiscal deficit for the first eight months of the fiscal touching nearly 99 per cent mark of the budget amount for the entire fiscal.
Gross NPAs of public and private sector banks stood at Rs 2.41 lakh crore and 26,571 crore respectively.
The government holds stakes ranging from 56% to 84% in 27 state-run banks.
There will be total of 51 seats going to polls spread across 7 states in the fifth phase.
During the day-long debate, the lines between science and religion often got blurred with many invoking religious texts and the contribution of 'rishi munis' to highlight India's tryst with the extra-terrestrial world.
As many as 20 Union ministers are expected to visit different parts of Gujarat between May 27 and June 12 to participate in the 'Vikas Parv' (development festival) organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party's state unit.
UDAN demonstrates that good policy-making can fulfill important public requirements without requiring budgetary support, says MoS for civil aviation Jayant Sinha.
Govt sees little Fed hike impact on 'fortressed' Indian markets.
Lead by example... that's the adage our netas followed on Thursday as several of them took to performing various asanas across the country to mark the country's fourth Yoga Day. Here's a look at some of them.
All civilian drone operations will be restricted only during day time and flying will be restricted within visual line of sight which usually would be 450 metres, the regulation says.
The conglomerate, which has received environmental clearance for the project, plans to invest around Rs 1,500 crore in it.
