SAI Governing Body approves infrastructure upgrade at centres across India
The BJP's surprise announcement of a caste census in the next census has sparked political debate, particularly in Bihar where the issue of backward empowerment holds significant electoral weight. The move is seen as a strategic maneuver by the ruling party to counter opposition efforts to mobilize support among disadvantaged sections of society. The decision is also viewed as a recognition of the growing influence of OBC politics in India.
The bullet-riddled bodies of the cops were seen lying inside a police van near the Kali Mata temple in Rehembal area of Udhampur around 6.30 am, the officials said.
The privatisation programme of the public sector State Trading Corporation has been put on the backburner, its CMD Aravind Pandalai said on Tuesday.
India on Saturday said the state-run State Trading Corporation, which is among the 125 Indian companies alleged to have paid kickbacks to the Saddam Hussain government
A meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group may be held next week to discuss the draft shareholders and share-purchase agreements for divestment of the State Trading Corporation.
Sources at the SAI, Guwahati said the matter is being dealt with the "highest priority due to the highly sensitive nature" of the issue. They, however, refused to reveal further details.
There are always attempts from across the border to push in more terrorists before the onset of winter and closure of tracks due to heavy snowfall, but the security forces are alert and would foil any infiltration bids, Border Security Force Director General Nitin Agrawal said in Srinagar Thursday.
The controversy over wheat imports is refusing to die down. In yet another questionable move, the State Trading Corporation of India on Thursday
Social media giant Meta Platforms and Bharti Airtel on Monday announced a collaboration to jointly invest in telecom infrastructure to cater to the rising demand of high speed data and digital services in India. The announcement comes on the back of telecom operators' demand to share revenue with service providers to build networks. "Airtel and Meta will jointly invest in global connectivity infrastructure and CPaaS (communications platform as a service) based new-age digital solutions to support the emerging requirements of customers and enterprises in India," the statement said.
Hyundai Mobile, a unit of South Korean conglomerate Hyundai Corp, has entered into a strategic partnership with State Trading Corporation for selling mobile phones in India under which the PSU will give an import funding assistance of Rs 200 crore (R
In an effort to rein in inflation, the State Trading Corporation is likely to float a tender to import up to 2 million tonnes of wheat this month.
Iran has complained of irregular shipments
Employees of the State Trading Corporation will be given the right to seek voluntary retirement conditional on the privatisation of the company under a 'one of a kind' proposal accepted by divestment ministry.\n\n\n\n
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has been quizzed and his statement recorded by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with alleged kickbacks made to him and State Trading Corporation employees by some private companies.
This year, Coal India plans to gauge the domestic market through a tie-up with MMTC and State Trading Corporation.
Earlier this month, market regulator Sebi had given go- ahead to the disinvestment department's proposal to give preference in share allotment to those PSUs located in states in which Neyveli's generating units were located.
The Australian actress suffered a head injury while acting in a play.
Dipam is conducting the selection of merchant bankers and legal advisors, and planning roadshows.
To prevent sugar prices from becoming a tool in the hands of opposition parties in the parliamentary elections, the government has allowed government agencies like MMTC, STC, NAFED and PEC to import one million tonne of white sugar duty-free. The export obligation on raw sugar imports under open general licence scheme has also been removed.
Govt seems to bullish to meet its disinvestment target in current fiscal.
Portfolio returns, say analysts at Morgan Stanley, are more likely to be driven by bottom-up stock-picking rather than top-down macro forces.
MMTC Ltd, the largest of the three companies, is seeking approval for the merger from its 2,000-odd employees this week, and State Trading Corporation and PEC will launch a similar exercise next month.
The Indian government is on a wheat buying mission. Officials said India will buy a record amount of the commodity to increase stockpiles even as the world price of wheat has skyrocketed.
Saudi Telecom Co, Saudi Arabia's state-run operator, has entered the Indian market by buying 25 per cent equity in Malaysia's Maxis that owns a controlling stake in Chennai-based mobile operator Aircel.
Sandeep Singh 's brace from penalty-corners gave Airlines a 2-0 victory over Punjab and Sing Bank in the final
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
The markets opened weak in line with its Asian peers
Praise came from one Arun toanother when the new Commerce and Industry Minister Arun Jaitley said that Divestment Minister Arun Shourie was doing exceedingly well.
The list mostly contains PSUs which were up for sale in the last fiscal.
The divergence shows lack of financial depth in the Indian stock markets.
The broader NSE Nifty too dived by 101.65 points, or 0.97 per cent, to close at 10,350.15.
The four officials were asked questions related to the UPA government's '20:80' gold import scheme, which was cleared by Chidambaram on May 13, 2014, barely three days before the counting of votes of the general election
Against FY17 target of Rs 56,500 cr, Centre plans to fetch around Rs 6,400 cr in the first half.
The broader markets also ended lower in line with the benchmark indices
'We referred the case to the attorney general.' 'I told Mukul Rohatgi, "mujhe aap ka honest opinion chahiye".' 'He too said those were different offers.' Trai could not have stopped Reliance even if the Jio offers had been the same, Trai chief Ram Sewak Sharma tells Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
'By not letting bankrupt banks fail, we have discouraged ordinary folk from taking precautions while choosing their bank or at least when they hear bad news about their bank,'says S Muralidharan, former MD, BNP Paribas.
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