The 8-member team headed by Manjit Singh GK, president, DSGMC, met Eileen O' Connor, deputy assistant secretary.
Between April and September 2014, the central govt released Rs 13,618 cr to states, against Rs 24,676 cr in the same period last year.
Heading a 45-member delegation, Musharraf will fly straight to Ajmer on April 16 for offering prayers at the Ajmer Sharif dargah before he begins his official part of the visit.
The rise in commuters was also despite the state-run Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority filing a petition against MMOPL on fare fixation.
Indian office real estate supply is expected to cross 100 million sq ft in a year to cater huge IT and IT-enabled services requirements.
China's second woman astronaut Wang Yaping, who is currently orbiting the earth in an experimental space lab, has become the country's first space teacher as she delivered a lecture to over 60 million Chinese students about various aspects life in space.
Daksh eServices is the fastest growing business process outsourcing services provider in India, was adjudged the most satisfying employer in the BPO sector.
Watson used to take flak for his inability to convert half centuries to centuries but recently his problem has been progressing from scores in the 20s and 30s.
It was an evening to remember for the people residing in 'Mecca of Indian Football' as a riot of colours lit the Salt Lake skyline with much awaited Indian Super League (ISL) doing everything possible to strike the right chord with the football aficionado.
Samsung also unveiled its slimmest Galaxy handset.
Shahid Afridi struck a 45-ball century, equalling the second fastest of all time, in the fifth one-day international against India on Friday.
India on Wednesday said the $4.16 billion Iran-India gas pipeline passing through Pakistan will have to be considered as a part of wider economic and trade cooperation between New Delhi and Islamabad.
India may ink an agreement with Iran in June this year on the import of natural gas through a $4.5 billion pipeline transiting through Pakistan.
Dhirubhai Ambani lived in a one-room chawl in Mumbai with his wife and children and went on to establish the Reliance Group.
'You can ascribe any ideology to him, and it will be equally right - or equally wrong.' 'Even though the comrades on the Left will never admit it, he seems as much Stalinist as capitalist.'
While the black money declarations may go up further once all the online and manual filings of undisclosed assets filed at the end of the four-month window on September 30 are compiled, the government will get this fiscal nearly Rs 14,700 crore or half of the total taxes due.
Half-way through the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League, the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament has witnessed some top quality catches. Rediff.com takes a look at some memorable ones.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday promised more funds for social schemes like Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and mid-day cooked meal for school students and other programmes of the HRD ministry.
Markets end in the red, midcaps in focus
Seeking a "decisive shift" in the Centre's stance vis-a-vis Sri Lanka on the arrest of Tamil Nadu fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to secure the release of 33 fishermen, arrested by the island nation's navy, and ensure a lasting solution to the issue.
The company will launch Google Android One phones priced at Rs 6,000-7,000 by September-end.
Half-way through the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League, the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament has witnessed some top quality catches. Rediff.com takes a look at some memorable ones.
Indiabulls Financial Services has fixed the price of a $45 million Global Depository issue which is expected to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
Stephanie Willett, a 45-year-old scientist for the Environmental Protection Agency, was eating a candy bar while riding the escalator into the Metro Centre junction in Washington, DC.
Despite the draw the Indian ace maintained his lead atop Group A in the Sparkassen chess tournament.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday favoured a memorandum of understanding between the entertainment industries of Pakistan and India.
Putting together a play about the Father of the Nation is no easy task. But when that play is a musical, the challenges increase.
Godrej Consumer Products has recorded a 45 per cent jump in net profit to Rs 26.02 crore (Rs 260 billion) for the third quarter ended December 31, 2004 as compared to Rs 17.94 crore (Rs 179 billion) for the quarter ended December 31, 2003.
Sensex ends lower; govt schemes in focus.
In a clear move to protect consumers from hardening global oil prices, the government will announce by June 15 a new pricing policy for petrol, diesel and LPG that may include lower duties and targeted subsidies.
With a year to go before the World Cup, the big challenge left for organisers is to make the tournament a festival for fans from around the globe.
In a clear indication that the tussle between senior leader L K Advani and Narendra Modi is far from over, the patriarch's close aide Sudheendra Kulkarni has written an article dubbing the Gujarat chief Minister as an "autocrat" who cares "two hoots" for the party.
India and Britain have decided to give a fresh impetus to increase bilateral trade which crossed over 5 billion pounds last year.
Details of seat-sharing will be worked out between AIADMK and the BJP's state unit, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa and BJP president Venkaiah Naidu told reporters after a 45-minute meeting in Chennai.
