It was the actions of domestic borrowers and not FIIs that made the rupee appreciate.
The monthly 'Mann ki Baat' radio broadcast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi this time will be special as he will be joined by US President Barack Obama.
The government's decision to invite applications for the post of director in three Indian Institutes of Management has drawn a strong reaction from IIM-Ahmedabad director Bakul Dholakia.
Bush said the US is in constant communications with the Pakistan government over the issue.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda on Tuesday smoothly sailed through a threat to his government by defeating an opposition sponsored no-confidence motion by 41-33 in the 81-member Assembly.
He is meeting stalwarts such as Google's Eric E Schmidt, Carlyle's David M Rubenstein, Cargill's David W MacLennan, MasterCard's Ajay Banga, and Pepsico's Indra Nooyi.
Tax Guru Anil Rego answers your personal income tax queries.
Beleaguered New York Governor Eliot Spitzer on Wednesday announced his resignation amid threats of impeachment after he was caught on tape arranging to meet a high-price prostitute. Spitzer, who became the first governor of New York to be forced from office in nearly a century, said his resignation would be effective Monday and that Lt Gov David A Paterson would be sworn in to replace him, the New York Times reported.
Posters had been put up outside colleges stating that on procurement of enrolment forms for Rs 500, press cards for freelance journalists for a 'yet to be published' magazine 'India TV News'.
The forms - 1, 2, 3 and 4 - can be used both for e-filing or manual filing of the black money assets by a declarant under the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS).
The government is contemplating action against private courier companies for bringing international post in the country illegally and delivering them as domestic post
The Indian Plywood Industries Research &Training Institute, Bangalore, invites applications for admission to its one-year, full-time Post-graduate Diploma Course in\nMechanical Wood Industries Technology.
Caparo India, part of the Caparo Group owned by Lord Swraj Paul, is keen on entering the aerospace sector in a big way, a top company official said in Chennai on Thursday.
Tina, 22, a graduate from Delhi's Lady Shri Ram College, topped the 2015 civil services exam securing 1,063 marks (52.49 per cent) out of a total of 2,025-comprising 1,750 of main and 275 of interview.
'Parents always remember what their child was last wearing, so it helps in both verifying what they say as well in identifying the child correctly even after many years have gone by,' says the head of a crack Delhi police team which has traced 54 missing children in the last one year.
'The much-awaited decision could be a welcome change at a time when the Indian armed forces are crying for self-reliance and the defence industry is looking forward to more indigenisation,' notes Nitin A Gokhale.
The Income Tax department on Tuesday issued an advisory asking taxpayers not to share their personal financial details over email or phone.
'Not only in Kashmir, but in the rest of the country.'
The mega campaign, to start on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, will be conducted just before the elections in three major Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states and also before the 2019 general elections.
Koirala is currently busy in hectic consultations with his party colleagues as well as top leaders of the major political parties to form a new Interim government inclusive of the Maoists.
'Many separatist organisations were active within the Indian states and that will be their act and we have nothing to do with such cases.'
Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday claimed the support of 43 legislators in the 82-member Jharkhand Assembly and asserted that the United Progressive Alliance will provide a stable government.
Halving global poverty and hunger is one of the key Millennium Development Goals.
Latest market reports say that soaring cost of chana is forcing manufacturers of besan to add cheaper white matar in chana flour to make besan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will now connect to people over radio, seeking suggestions and answering questions on issues concerning the common man.
The Income Tax department is set to overhaul its official website for better taxpayer interface and has invited suggestions from public in order to make the portal more user friendly.
The online tax payment feature will be extended to all credit cards directly through the website www.incom-etaxindia.gov.in
The apex court is expected to take up the application on May 8 along with the main case. A Bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and L S Panta had earlier stayed the implementation of the 27 per cent reservation benefits for OBCs.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the government will zero in on tax defaulters more rigorously using data intelligence from the "wealth of information" that his ministry has gathered through the Annual Information Report.
Anticipating pressure from the government, steel companies decided not to hike prices on Sunday, but are likely to raise them over the next few days in varying degrees.
Women take more time to pay off their student debts than men, figures based on British government projections for students who started university in 2006 show.
An Indian Biotech Company that is testing a novel anti-cancer drug on patients in Bangalore says it is not alarmed by the London trial where the use of a similar class of drug led to disastrous results.
Aimed at providing better access to travel information, the US State Department has made its business visa centre services available on the Internet.\n
The nine-second de-orbiting or retro-orbiting manoeuvre was executed at 3.42 am using the onboard propulsion system.
In yet another move in his battle with the health minister, AIIMS Director P Venugopal on Saturday shot off a letter to Registrar V P Gupta asking him to "report to a rural health centre".
To make the process of conferring Padma awards more transparent, the home ministry has issued a revised proforma for people who wish to apply for the prestigious civilian honours.
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