The scandal revolves around accusations that money was demanded from top athletes to 'bury' medical tests showing drug use
Citing the complaint, the Bharatiya Janata Party said in New Delhi asked Gandhi to come clean on the matter.
US President Barack Obama on Sunday affirmed his commitment to enhancing India's 'voice and vote' in global financial institutions like IMF.
This Budget signals a shift from a hand-out to a hand-up economy.
British Prime Minister Theresa May will be in India tomorrow, but Cyrus Mistry will no longer head the Indo-UK CEO forum.
Poor predictability, credibility and effectiveness of fiscal performance have been key reasons for successive governments failing to deliver on their promises.
This Budget plans for an increase to 10.3% of GDP from 9.9%.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has recommended up 62 per cent reduction in base price of premium 2G spectrum and up to 37 per cent in case of radiowaves freed from the cancellation of 122 licences, compared to the amount fixed for previous auction.
Mumbai is observing the sixth anniversary of the dastardly attacks that shook the city
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It would be fair to say that markets are coming to the end of a down-cycle and are at the cusp of the next up-cycle.
The finance ministry and several agencies under it such as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which are investigating the affairs of Sahara India Parivar, are worried about its exposure to National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) products.
The president of a top Honduras football club and two family members were charged by US authorities on Wednesday with engineering a decade-long scheme to launder drug trafficking and foreign bribery proceeds through US accounts.
Predatory pricing petitions against Ola, Uber were filed from across cities.
App-based taxi aggregator Ola is in talks to raise fresh funding of up to $400 million.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had came out with a host of proposals last month.
Likely to be merged with Union Budget from FY18
The Economic Survey called for improving business environment.
The Congress unit described Ramesh's suicide an outcome of "targeted harassment" of their rank and cadre to keep them away from the party.
'We are looking at the Budget with the hope that it will address all issues even at the cost of exceeding the fiscal deficit target.'
Terrorism and Afghanistan were the focus points of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's talks with Uzbek President Islam Karimov on his first visit to Central Asia.
'We need to take steps towards ease of doing business.'
What is required from government is intellectual framework.
Several changes have been carried out in the existing rules or Civil Aviation Requirements, including one which clearly states that a passenger airline 'shall not enter into an agreement with a foreign investing institution or a foreign airline, which may give such foreign investing institution or foreign airlines or others on behalf of them, the right to control the management of the domestic operator.'
'We cannot ignore the role of public institutions in driving development... I don't see much focus on institutional renewal.'
'None other but the invincible chariot led by Modi and Shah could have taken up the challenge and won,' says Tarun Vijay.
The abolition of wealth tax is again a welcome step.
China will prioritise the development of a floating nuclear power platform in the coming five years.
'Both reflect prejudice and short-sightedness peculiar to Mr Modi's way of thinking.'
KCR will continue as caretaker chief minister until the new government is formed.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday slammed "unregulated" players in the financial market saying their activities have adversely impacted large number of consumers.
Qualcomm has agreed to pay a hefty fine of $995 million.
The development comes in the wake of a high-level panel formed to address issues impeding mega projects in the steel sector, reviewing the stalled projects this month.
'Providing funds and autonomy to a few institutions that may not have the intent to excel must not become a case of trying to feed those who are not hungry and starving those who are famished,' says Jitendra Kumar Das, Director, FORE School of Management, New Delhi.
She, however, preferred not to use the word 'Rohingya' and said 'we have urged that the situation be handled with restraint, keeping in mind the welfare of the population'.
Maruti Suzukisaid it was trying to offer more factory-fitted CNG cars to address environmental concerns
Centre meets target of 18,000 villages but household metering remains a challenge
Though they have more than one legal option to recover dues, till NSEL has funds, little can be done.
The Budget sets out a comprehensive vision.
The draft favoured up to 49 per cent foreign equity in inventory model in the case of 100 per cent made in India products sold through Indian management-controlled platforms with resident Indian founders/promoters.
Sinha, who is steering Sebi efforts to tackle the ponzi menace, said that in regions like West Bengal and North East -- where penetration of banking services is low -- have seen a larger number of people getting trapped in illegal money pooling schemes that promise high returns.
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