India

When will economic slowdown end? World Bank predicts 2nd year of fall in growth

World Bank cut India's GDP growth estimate to 6% for the 2019-20 financial year against 6.9% it achieved in FY19 amid broad-based deceleration of different sectors in the earlier quarters of the year.

Oct 13, 2019

Protest in Bengaluru Over Dr G Parameshwara's PA, Ramesh's death

Congress workers protest in Bengaluru over G Parameshwara's PA's suicide

The Congress workers have claimed that the scrutiny by the IT department led to Ramesh taking the extreme step.

Oct 13, 2019

More than 5 lakh jobs expected to be lost due to slump in real estate industry

Several projects are stuck across the country and buyers are waiting for new developers to take interest and complete them.

Oct 13, 2019

IndiGo promoters' differences threaten services

Passenger traffic expected to grow in 2019, says Director General of DGCA

Arun Kumar said induction of aircraft in domestic airlines in the fourth quarter of 2019 would ease fares and usher in passenger traffic growth.

Oct 13, 2019

Earthquake measuring 4.5 strikes Rajasthan's Bikaner

No casualty or damage to property has been reported yet.

Oct 13, 2019

Inflation data, Q2 results may keep equities jittery

The growth has hit the 81-month low.

Oct 13, 2019

Human rights violation must be redefined in Indian context, says Amit Shah

Appreciating the NHRC's attempts to make Indians aware of violations, Shah said the meaning of human rights violation for the international community and the Indian society was different.

Oct 13, 2019

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat says happiest Muslims in world found in India

Bhagwat said that India was conceptually a Hindu nation, where people from other faiths had come to stay.

Oct 13, 2019

File photo of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers patrol over a footbridge near the Line of Control (LoC), a ceasefire line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, at Sabjiyan sector of Poonch district.

Pakistan violates ceasefire in J&K's Hiranagar, targets civilian areas

The ceasefire violations by Pakistan have increased after New Delhi's decision to abrogate the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir through Article 370.

Oct 13, 2019

Top politicians' names emerge in D-company deals, ED probes links

The ED officials are questioning two aides of late drug kingpin Iqbal Mirchi, on their links with politicians and builders.

Oct 13, 2019

The Eternals: Kit Harington teases his MCU character's similarity with his Game of Thrones role, Black Knight confirmed?

Kit Harington hints at his character also becoming the Black Knight in Marvel's The Eternals.

Oct 12, 2019

Raghuram Rajan's take on how worrying the economic situation is as growth slows

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan says that uncertainty over economic vision is causing deep distress in the economy whose growth forecast has been slashed multiple times this fisc.

Oct 12, 2019