Some new EU cars, including Mercedes, BMW and Peugeot vehicles, were using around 50 percent more fuel than manufacturers claimed.
Javadekar, along with Piyush Goyal and Dharmendra Pradhan, is among the few ministers who have party as well as ministerial responsibilities.
The coming elections seem a tough battleground for the BJP in the wake of anti-incumbency, Patidar and Dalit agitations and implementation of the GST.
The Centre said the reports of the governor mention that law and order situation has been deteriorating every passing day and there was 'total collapse' of the law and order machinery.
As the United States and China joust for supremacy, India might remain on the sidelines with its limited resources.
The White House has warned lawmakers that tightening sanctions on Iran could push the US on a "march to war" and derail a diplomatic push to limit Tehran's nuclear programme.
The court also directed the state not to take any coercive action till pendency of petitions or three months against traders who have been found in possession or transportation of beef.
Amidst a raging controversy over remarks on smoking by a Bharatiya Janata Party MP who is a 'beedi' baron, another Member of Parliament from the party Ram Prasad Sarmah on Friday waded into the row, claiming there is no clear proof yet linking cigarette puffing and cancer while wondering whether tobacco contains "herbal medicine"
Report points out corporate vulnerability indicators remain elevated.
Move to shift powers from RBI without discussions baffles many
Opposing any external military intervention in Syria, India today said all parties to the conflict should join an inclusive political dialogue to find a comprehensive political solution to the crisis.
"I believe that I should have also been listed as an accused by the CBI," says Hazaari Lal, one of the thousand karsewaks, who pulled down the mosque on December 6 1992, a day that shook India.
The better performing states throw up more employment opportunities including at unskilled levels.
A new Section prohibits banks to lend money to smaller subsidiaries companies despite Corporate Guarantee from the parent.
'By equating slaughter with cruelty, you are paving the way for all other animal slaughter to be stopped in the future.'
On the lines of the Sachar Committee for Muslims, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set up a panel to assess the status of Scheduled Tribes, to ensure their progress in socio-economic, health and education fields.
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The Right to Information should not be limited to right to know but it should empower every citizen to question those in power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday.
The RBI holds its next policy meeting in early June.
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The former prime minister also criticised the current government for 'messing up' the economy.
The strategies that the gurus adopted to build their successful business empires over the past two decades could hardly be adopted by businesses that openly claim to be businesses, points out Somasekhar Sundaresan.
If the WTO talks in Bali fail, it will adversely impact India.
The Modi government's array of economic policy has been impressive.
The finance minister said the economy had been slowing.
Labour sector needs bigger reform than the PM revealed.
It is doubtful that our political masters are even aware of the features of the Model Law.
A neutral Budget for media and entertainment sector.
At least three industry bodies have alleged counterfeits remain widespread on Alibaba's sites
'Manjhi will be Kumar's biggest competitor inthe days to come'
On her 101st birth anniversary, November 19, four letters that reveal a different side to inarguably India's toughest prime minister.
In putting the country's economy back on the rails, it is best that Narendra Modi and Arun Jaitley draw on grass-roots feedback and their own practical sense and native wisdom without allowing themselves to be sucked into the quicksand of economic punditry, says B S Raghavan.
US-based leading online newspaper Huffington Post is planning to launch an India edition by May this year and negotiations are currently underway to finalise a local partner for this venture.
Although the RBI is not statutorily independent from the government, Rajan, like previous RBI Governors, has long valued his independence.
While demonetisation will benefit the organised sector, the government has to find a way to channel the upcoming revenue buoyancy towards job creation to balance out job losses in the informal sector, says Akash Prakash.
The Supreme Court had rejected the company's plea for a patent on cancer drug Glivec in April.
The government has given up plans to reconvene a parliament session to secure approval for a common goods and services tax.
The Narendra Modi government's alacrity in promoting ease of tax administration, a critical component in the ease of doing business index, has set in motion several incremental policy and administrative reforms, says Mukesh Butani.
'If jobs do not happen, the demographic dividend we have will become a demographic disaster.'
