The fourth consecutive rate cut is expected to lower equated monthly instalments (EMIs) for home and auto buyers, and borrowing cost for corporate.
More than 750 constituencies spread across four states and one union territory will go to the polls on Tuesday
Union minister Nitin Gadkari will head a committee which will reach out to social and volunteer organisations while his Cabinet colleague Sushma Swaraj will head a group that will produce literature for the polls.
The rate of interest will be effective from April 1, 2015.
Several families in Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur and Nayagarh have named their newborn daughters as Titli because they were born either before the very severe cyclone's arrival in the coast or after it made landfall.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday came out strongly in defence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Arun Shourie's attack on his government and said he was a "fair weather friend" and could be having a "grouse" over not getting positions.
India-born Gururaj Deshpande, chairman of Tejas Networks, A123 and Akshaya Patra, has been appointed co-chairman of United States President Barack Obama's National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He will support Obama's innovation strategy by helping develop policies that foster entrepreneurship, create jobs and drive economic growth.
The tussle between the AAP government and the Centre escalated on Tuesday with the cancellation of appointment of nine advisors to Delhi ministers following the Union home ministry's directions which said these posts were "not sanctioned".
Fundraisers held in New York, San Francisco and Atlanta for India-based non-government organisation Akshaya Patra that strives for wholesome school kitchens is expected to raise a whopping Rs 5 crore in charities this year. Arthur J Pais reports
Ajit Pal Singh tells us how and why he fell in love with Gujarati food.
The 24-year-old from Tripura, who had finished fourth in vault event in the 2016 Rio Olympics, scored 14.150 to win gold. She had topped the qualification also with a score of 13.400.
Bharat and Vibha Singh from a village in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district had written a letter to the PM asking him to suggest a name for their daughter.
In the video, Nath is purportedly heard saying that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the BJP have only one message for the voters -- a vote for Narendra Modi means a vote for Hindus -- and "agar Musalman ko vote deni hai, to Congress ko vote do (vote for the Congress if you want to vote for Muslims)."
The portfolios to the new ministers are likely to be announced soon.
Shah said the revocation of the special status has paved the way for development in Jammu and Kashmir and it will be a "final nail in the coffin of terrorism".
On joining the party, the former SP leader belittled actor-politician Jaya Bachchan as someone "who used to dance in films".
He said the nationalist forces were "on the verge of taking over the country", which is why the Gujarat elections could make a difference.
"The RSS is trying to change the nature of India. Other parties haven't tried to capture India's institutions," he said.
Aruna Budda Reddy today created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to win an individual medal at the Gymnastics World Cup as she clinched a bronze in the women's vault event in Melbourne.
The famous pilgrimage centre of Saibaba temple in Shirdi, one of the richest temples in Maharashtra, has ornaments and jewellery worth over Rs 32 crore (Rs 320 million) and investments running into Rs 427,17,02,929 (Rs 420.17 crore), according to official documents.
Credit card offers - discounts, reward points and cashback - could range across shopping, phone bill payments, dining and entertainment.
Fashion student from NIFT, Nijhum Patra, tells us how she pulled off the sailor girl look at the LFW.
A combination of farm loan debt waivers by state governments and the implementation of the pay commission award could entail some fiscal slippages and pose a risk to inflation
Akshaya Patra, the largest non-governmental organisation of its kind in the world whose motto is 'No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger', runs on subsidies by state governments and donations generated by thousands in India and America.
'The BJP certainly has an edge as the BJP has gone ahead of the Congress in pleasing the trading community.'
The US investors, mainly the Indian diaspora, were keen to invest in sectors like information technology, green energy, education and hospitality. Investments to the tune of Rs 6000 crore are likely to flow to Orissa from US.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had announced his party would waive farm loans within 10 of coming to power in the state.
US President Bill Clinton made an impassioned plea to them to continue their work in making the innovative technology create a better world.
Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot said the manifesto was prepared after taking opinions through multiple platforms such as social media.
Kisan Vikas Patra or KVP is one of the many fixed income financial products offered by the Indian Post Office department. It is a fixed income instrument that offers to double the investment in 8.7 years. InvestmentYogi looks at its prominent features.
The Centre has to bear the maximum burden of borrowing NSSF loans to the tune of Rs 1 lakh crore.
BJD managed to retain 112 seats securing another term for Patnaik in the CM chair.
A police officer and a Maoist were killed and two others injured in a gunfight between the security forces and the ultras at Sarenga in Bankura district, the police said on Thursday.A group of armed Maoists shot at and injured local Communist Party of India - Maoist leader Tarashankar Patra late on Wednesday night. On getting the information, police and joint forces rushed to the spot, and a gun-battle ensued.
'They call us Punjabis as nashedi (drug addicts). So I also asked him with a smile, 'aaj aap kaunsa kar ke aaye hain (what did you take today). He failed to realise my gesture but only saw me smiling,' Akali leader and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur said.
Suspended Indian Police Service officer Amitabh Thakur on Monday sought time to meet Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav after submitting details of his immovable assets as directed by the state government.
However, the posters were reportedly put without sanction by a Congress worker and Gandhi loyalist.
In a letter to the Business School community on Wednesday, Nohria said he will step down from the position of dean of the Harvard Business School (HBS) on June 30, 2020, after a decade in the role.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is on a three-day visit to Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
RBI governor Das flags growth slowdown, deputy raises alarm on inflation
He will highlight the pain suffered by public due to demonetisation.
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