MPs need govt nod for accepting foreign hospitality: RS fresh guidelines

Members of Parliament should observe strict guidelines while accepting foreign hospitality during private visits abroad and obtain prior permission from the central government, according to fresh......

Bengal teen prevents her marriage by dialling childline

A timely phone call to Childline by a 15-year-old girl from a remote village in West Bengal's Purulia district helped the teenager prevent her marriage. Image only for representation. Photograph:......

Military Needs Soldiers, Not Contract Labour

While we seem to want soldiers on short-term engagement, warfare itself is getting more technical and needs skilled manpower.The world has seen the dismal performance of armies that rely on short......

'Good luck and goodbye': Sunil Jakhar quits Congress

“Good luck and goodbye Congress”, former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar said on Saturday as he announced his decision to quit the party which had last month removed him from all......

'Our objective is to keep improving Casa ratio'

'The Casa ratio is at 33.4 per cent, which has to keep improving. Right now, there is a bit of liquidity pressure in the market.' Bandhan Bank posted a 47 per cent jump in net profit in the first......

'Crypto is serious threat to financial stability'

'What is this cryptocurrency? Is it a product? Is it a financial product? Is it an asset?' Photograph: Kind courtesy The Digital Artist/Pixabay Shaktikanta Das, governor of Reserve Bank of India......

'The daily numbers give me confidence'

'This year in the first half we had profits of more than Rs 31,000 crore.' 'We have a plan to plough back a significant amount of profits this financial year.' 'We have seen this organic plough......

SBI Life to take over liabilities of Sahara India Life Insurance: Irdai

Regulator Irdai on Friday directed SBI Life Insurance Company to takeover the policy liabilities of around two lakh policies along with assets of Sahara India Life Insurance Co Ltd (SILIC) with......