Authorities have suspended civil construction works in Delhi and Haryana as part of emergency measures to improve air quality.
Highly-placed sources in the government say that none of the senior ministers had any inkling of Patel's resignation
Social activists, small traders and farmers organised protests in various cities across India, seeking restriction on foreign players' participation in the retail sector.
In its new avatar as the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), it will directly be responsible for 'the welfare of traders and their employees'.
Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Thursday without any business in respect to two sitting and six former members who died recently.
CM Manohar Lal Khattar made the announcement after meeting the family members of Pradyuman.
Amit Trivedi, the 29-year old composer tells Patcy N more about composing for Aamir and his forthcoming movie Dev D.
Saisuresh Sivaswamy tells us that it is the the passive connivance we see in the film that enables its grim denouement.
The Delhi High Court has issued noticed to AIIMS, Medical Council of India and the Centre on a petition filed by the doctors.
This summer, infact the first half of this year has been quite dry with hardly any hits.
Ekta Kapoor tells all in Koffee With Karan.
Vinod Nayar has decided to join forces with Vishnu Khandelwal, who filed a complaint against the couple.
While the new norms are part of the draft policy's guidelines to fight counterfeit and fake products on platforms, they might end up helping brands and e-commerce firms sign exclusive sale deals.
Bank provides for Rs 7,178 crore, or 50 pf of the total amount of the Rs 14,356 crore scam, in the fourth quarter of 2017-18. The remaining amount will be covered in the three quarters of the current fiscal year.
Going ahead with its festive sales as per schedule, companies such as Flipkart, Jabong, and Myntra are having week-long Valentines' Day sales, offering discounts of as much as 80 per cent. Amazon India is also offering discounts of almost 40 per cent.
Among others, L K Advani, Venkaiah Naidu, P L Khandelwal Khandelwal and Pramod Mahajan are attending the daylong meeting.
According to CAIT, e-commerce policy should take within its ambit not only foreign players but also domestic ones.
Shops and markets in Delhi opened on Thursday after a three-day trade bandh against sealing of commercial establishments.
The decision to go on strike comes as the Supreme Court-ordered sealing drive against trading activities in residential areas is set to resume from November 1.
Mahipal, who has worked with actresses like Madhubala and Meena Kumari, established himself as a hero in the mythological genre.
Chetana's Ramprasad Khandelwal Institute of Management & Research invites applications for a three-year part time Master's degree in marketing management.
While participation of start-ups in the space sector has largely been minimal so far, their involvement will be key towards building India's very own aerospace companies such as Maxar, Elon Musk's SpaceX and Rocket Labs, according to experts.
N Sundaresha Subramanian digs deeper into what Catalyst, an Indo-US project, brings to the payments ecosystem.
Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan appealed to people to boycott products from China and also directed officials of his ministry not to procure any Chinese products for day-to-day office use while his ministerial colleague Ramdas Athawale said all restaurants and hotels that sell Chinese food in India should be closed down.
In electing Kumar to receive the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award, the board of trustees recognises his unfaltering commitment to a professional, ethical journalism of the highest standards; his moral courage in standing up for truth, integrity, and independence; and his principled belief that it is in giving full and respectful voice to the voiceless, in speaking truth bravely yet soberly to power, that journalism fulfills its noblest aims to advance democracy, the award citation said.
A look at the red carpet pictures.
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Traders were up in arms, fearing huge job loss if Walmart was to enter.
Only BoB is making noise about customers and customer service
Presenting celebrity showstoppers who scorched the ramp at the Pune Fashion Week 2016.
Given the controversy over Uttar Pradesh's population control moves, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP MLAs in UP have.
Dhanteras' buying seemed to have been sparked by the belief that prices would remain firm
After a gap of about five years, a public sector bank (PSB) has decided to rope in a cricketer to boost its brand.
The trader's association, CAIT, which has called for a 3-day nationwide strike from Wednesday, has decided to present a petition to President APJ Abdul Kalam opposing the service tax levied on traders and the proposed value added tax from April 1, 20
Chetana's Ramprasad Khandelwal Institute of Management & Research announces admissions for its three-year part-time Master's degree in Marketing Management.
However, in recent times, the clout that trader bodies such as CAIT and other organisations like Swadeshi Jagran Manch and Laghu Udyog Bharati has is steadily increasing. Earlier this year, trader bodies were able to convince the government not to extend the deadline for implementation of the new norms in FDI policy on e-commerce.
'You can't consume clean air if you won't pay for it just because it's a 30-day problem,' says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
