March 2, 2015
NEW DELHI – Investors who want to buy gold will soon have a new option. This was among a number of proposals announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Budget to reduce India's import of gold as well as put to work the vast amount of gold deposits held in the country.
March 2, 2015
NEW DELHI – Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party will meet on Wednesday for a decision that could presage the first big split in the party.
March 2, 2015
Hubballi: Firebrand BJP MP Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said Muslims are safer in India than anywhere else in the world and the majority community is liberal by nature.
Yogi Adityanath
March 1, 2015
North Korea on Monday fired missiles into the sea and vowed to carry out "merciless strikes" against the US and South Korea, as the allies launched annual large-scale joint military drills
March 1, 2015
Brief Scorecard: Pakistan 235 for 7 (Misbah 73, Wahab 54*, Chatara 3-35) beat Zimbabwe 215 (Taylor 50, Irfan 4-30, Wahab 4-45) by 20 runs
The force was with Pakistan at the Gabba and their fans knew it, Pakistan v Zimbabwe, World Cup 2015, Group B, Brisbane, March 1, 2015 © ICC
February 28, 2015
New Delhi: A comprehensive law to check the black money menace will be brought in the current session of Parliament that will provide for 10-year imprisonment for hiding foreign assets.
Disclosing this while presenting the Union Budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also said a host of other tough measures including dis-incentivizing of cash dealings in real estate and other transactions will be put in place.
February 28, 2015
Brief Scorecard: India 104 for 1 (Rohit 57*) beat UAE 102 (Anwar 35, Ashwin 4-25) by 9 wickets
India gave their fans at the WACA plenty of reason to cheer, India vs United Arab Emirates, World Cup 2015, Group B, Perth, February 28, 2015 © Getty Images
Budget 2015: Mr Jaitley, if you can cut corporate taxes, why not bring down personal taxes?
February 28, 2015
NEW DELHI – As far as goodies for the common man are concerned, there was nothing much in the budget presented by the finance minister Arun Jaitley today.
February 27, 2015
NEW DELHI – Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu did not hike passenger fares in his first Railway Budget, providing relief to millions of passengers, for whom railways continues to be the preferred mode of transport. However, freight charges were hiked for several commodities.
February 27, 2015
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 408 for 5 (De Villiers 162*, Amla 65, du Plessis 62, Rossouw 61, Holder 1-104) beat West Indies 151 (Holder 56, Tahir 5-45) by 257 runs