The Reserve Bank today left lending rates unchanged citing risks to inflation due to spurt in farm loan waivers by states but raised lending capacity of banks to support economic growth. The government has been pressing for a cut in interest rates to increase private investment and had sought a meeting with the members of the Monetary Policy Committee, but ...

Veteran actor Anupam Kher, who will be seen playing the role of Dr Manmohan Singh in the film based on the book The Accidental Prime Minister, has shared the first poster of the flick. The movie is being directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte. Anupam took to micro-blogging site Twitter to share the poster. He tweeted, “To reinvent yourself as an ...

Days after a malware called “Judy” hit over 36.5 million Android-based phones, Google has now increased the bounty for finding a bug in the Android operating system to as much as $200,000, a media report has said. According to cyber security firm Check Point, dozens of malicious apps were downloaded between 4.5 million to 18.5 million times from the Play ...

A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two drivers and a conductor in a private bus in Omalur on Monday night. She later managed to raise an alarm, alerting villagers, who rescued her and handed over the accused to the police. The police said the girl left home at 11.30 a.m. after an argument with her parents in the city. ...

The Uttarakhand Lokayukta Bill 2017 will be passed in the budget session beginning on July 8, keeping in line with the promise made by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s vision document during the assembly polls. “The Lokayukta bill will be passed in the budget session and the process of appointment of the Lokpal will start afterwards,” said finance and parliamentary affairs ...

Bhubaneswar: A student today allegedly attempted self-immolation in front of the CBSE’s regional office here protesting alleged discrepancies in XII results published by the Board. The student, who has been detained by the police before he could lit the match stick, said he attempted the drastic step over the alleged discrepancies in CBSE class 12 results and “inordinate delay” in ...

Extending solidarity with the doctors of Indian Medical Association (IMA), who have given a call to organise ‘Chalo Delhi’, the IMA Karimnagar chapter has decided to observe pen-down strike from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 6 in the district. As part of the agitation, the doctors would abstain from treating patients from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Besides, ...

Amarnath Yatra -2017 from 29th June to 7th August this year The process of registration of pilgrims for Amarnathji Yatra 2017 has commenced from all the Bank Branches from March 01, 2017 onwards. Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board chaired by the Governor, Jammu and Kashmir has issued following procedure for registration of yatris through bank:- 1. The registration and issue of ...

In relief to people sizzling under sweltering heat sweeping Uttrarakhand for the past many days, heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm is likely to lash parts of Uttarakhand over the next few days. The meteorological centre on Monday warned of heavy rainfall at isolated places in Pithoragarh, Nainital, Rudraprayag and Chamoli districts during the next 48 hours starting Tuesday afternoon or ...

Eight people have drowned in Ganga in Haridwar during the Ganga Dussehra celebrations that took place in the holy city on Sunday. While the bodies of two people – a 12-year-old from Mathura and a teenager from Delhi – have been recovered by jal police, a search is on to trace the other bodies. Twelve-year-old Mohit’s body was recovered by ...