Parliament logjam continues, no work for 18th day

Rajya Sabha was adjourned barely six minutes after the House met.    Ruckus prevailed in both Houses of Parliament on Monday as opposition parties and those from Tamil Nadu created......

Stalemate in Parliament continues for 15th day

IMAGE: Adjourning Rajya Sabha till Monday, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said past disruptions should not be cited to justify the “present wrong”. Photograph: PTI Photo Both......

No-confidence motion not taken up as protests wash out Lok Sabha

The notices for no-confidence motion against the government could not be taken up in the Lok Sabha on Monday due to noisy protests by several parties, which washed out the proceedings in both......

PNB scam, demand for special status for AP stall Parliament

Noisy protests disrupted the both houses of the Parliament on the first day of the second part of the budget session.    Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day after......

Interest rates on most small saving schemes hiked

The government on Friday raised interest rates on most post office saving schemes by up to 0.7 per cent for the April-June 2023 quarter in line with the firming of interest rates in the economy.......

Interest rate on PPF slashed to 6.4%, NSC's to 5.9%

The government on Wednesday cut interest rates on small savings schemes, including NSC and PPF, by up to 1.1 per cent for the first quarter of 2021-22 in line with falling fixed deposit rates of......

Bill against ponzi schemes gets Parliament nod

Parliament on Monday unanimously passed the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019, which seeks to put in place a mechanism by which poor depositors will get back their hard earned......

Interest on small savings hiked after years

After a gap of several years, the government has raised interest on small savings, including NSC and PPF, by up to 0.4 per cent for the October-December quarter, in line with rising deposit rates......

BCCI AGM approves 10 teams for 2022 IPL

Photograph: Kind Courtesy, IPL/Twitter The BCCI's governing body on Thursday ratified the entry of two new franchises in the IPL to make it a 10-team affair from 2022 and also decided to back the......

BCCI forms ad-hoc committees to run cricket in Bihar, Uttarakhand

IMAGE: Bihar cricketers protest outside BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya's residence in Kolkata. Photograph: PTI The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday formed an ad-hoc committee for......