Economy - general
Railway Budget highlights
08 Jul 2014
Here are the highlights of the railway minister's Railway Budget speech being delivered in the Lok Sabha
Foreign investors pump $20 bn into India in January-June 2014
07 Jul 2014
The inflows are expected to surge if the budget to be presented in Parliament on 10 July turns out to be positive for foreign investors
Govt looking at innovative ways of tackling subsidy burden: oil minister
07 Jul 2014
The government is looking at new reform measures for containing fuel subsidy without giving consumers a price shock
Return of Iraq stranded gathers pace; 2,200 await evacuation
07 Jul 2014
About 2,200 Indians in a conflict-free zone in southern Iraq have expressed a desire to return home, and they will be in India in the next 36 to 48 hours
Nearly 30% of Indians lived in poverty in 2011-12: Rangarajan panel
07 Jul 2014
The Rangarajan Committee was set up to clear the ambiguity over the number of poor in the country
Oil ministry says no move to hike LPG, kerosene prices
05 Jul 2014
The ministry of petroleum and natural gas has refuted reports that it is planning to raise the price of kerosene and domestic LPG
Assocham seeks tax sops, infra status for port projects
05 Jul 2014
Assocham has sought tax incentives, market-linked tariff rates and grant of infrastructure status to the port industry in the upcoming budge
ISIS militants free all Indian nurses
04 Jul 2014
These nurses who are now with Indian consulate officials will be taken to the Erbil airport from where they will be flown back to India