63rd Republic Day: The gallantry award winners

President Pratibha Patilon Thursday conferredawards of 368 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others as part ofthe 63rd Republic Day Celebrations.This includes......

Bihar polls in October-November: EC

The Election Commission has decided to hold the assembly elections in Bihar in the months of October and November.The commission issued a three-page note in this regard at the end of a marathon......

No big bang reforms, but Budget to boost growth

Image: Indian economy is a super giant. Photograph: Reuters     Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday announced a budget that put boosting growth before painful reforms, slowing the......

Slowing wholesale inflation: Is it time now for rate cut?

Fall in both WPI and CPI inflation to pressure RBI, say analysts Wholesale inflation dropped to a new multi-year low in October. Photograph: Rupak de Choudhuri/Reuters. Wholesale inflation dropped......

Job agency fined for failure to provide fit maid

A job consultancy firm has been ordered by a district consumer forum to pay Rs 5,000 as damages to one of its customers for failing to provide a young and healthy domestic maid and instead sending......

UTStarcom begins $22 mn deal probe

UTStarcom, the US-based leading wireless equipment and phone maker, has ordered an internal investigation "surrounding the circumstances of a $22 million contract it had signed with an Indian......