Modi to meet Kamala Harris; Japanese, Australian PMs today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday is scheduled to have as many as eight meetings, including with Vice President Kamala Harris, on the first working day of his current United States trip.......

Nitin Patel gets finance after Shah intervenes; assumes charge

IMAGE: Nitin Patel takes charge as Gujarat's Deputy Chief Minister in Gandhinagar on Sunday. Photograph: ANI Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who was unhappy over not......

Modi's new ministers take charge a day after expansion

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and other ministers took charge of their respective offices on Thursday,......

Aiming to 'remove Modi', Mamata meets farmer leaders

In a move that may take her political battle against the Bharatiya Janata Party into the Hindi heartland, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday promised to rally......

Govt averts mini crisis, petrol pumps will accept card payments

Credit and debit cards will continue to be accepted at petrol pumps even after January 13 without customers having to pay transaction charges, the government said on Monday. Banks and oil companies......

Tax employees throw up their hands, feeling 'demotivated'

With the income-tax department facing a huge volume of black money cases post-demonetisation, two associations of its employees have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking adequate......

Indian economy to grow 3.4% this fiscal: OECD

Indian economy is expected to improve marginally in the current financial year with its GDP at market price projected to expand by 3.4 per cent from 3.3 per cent in the previous fiscal, think tank......

Chidambaram's third innings as FM goes for a toss

In many ways, Chidambaram has been grappling virtually alone with the economic emergency since he became finance minister for a third time 13 months ago. Late last month, with their doors shut to......

Arrest warrant against Bangladesh's cricket legend

IMAGE: Shakib Al Hasan hasn't returned to Bangladesh fearing threat to his life after deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country due to civil unrest last year.......