The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo will hold a two-day meeting in New Delhi from Sunday to review the outcome of the assembly elections in four states and a union territory, a party leader said here. “The two-day politburo meeting of the CPI-M would be held on Sunday and Monday in New Delhi and […]
E-commerce major Flipkart on Thursday announced it would pay Rs.1.5 lakh each to an unspecified number of campus hires, in a damage control move after deferring their appointment by six months. A few hundred pass-outs from top Indian institutions, including IITs and IIMs, were supposed to join the company in June after successfully clearing multiple […]
Seventeen of the 19 ministers sworn in in Kerala have criminal cases against them, including three with serious criminal charges, an analysis of their poll affidavits by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) shows. The newly formed cabinet of the Left Democratic Front has only two ‘young’ ministers, aged between 40 and 50 years. Fifteen […]
The Narendra Modi government is keeping its options open on a second term for Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan, as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was non-committal on whether he had made up his mind. In response to a question whether a decision had been taken, the finance minister just shrugged his shoulders. He […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in the two years in office his government has made policy changes to curb corruption and opened up more of the economy to foreign investment while filling gaps in rural infrastructure. “I have actually undertaken the maximum reforms,” Modi said in an interview to the Wall Street Journal on […]
Six troopers were killed when an Assam Rifles convoy was ambushed on Sunday in Manipur’s Chandel district by insurgents of the Corcom, the apex body of six proscribed underground organisations, officials said. The attackers also snatched four AK-47 assault rifles, an INSAS rifle, a light machine gun and ammunition, before fleeing the spot. The defence […]
Key Indian equity indices opened higher on Monday morning following global cues. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 168.82 points or 0.67 percent higher during the morning session. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 51.45 points or 0.66 percent higher at 7,801.15 points. The Sensex of the […]
Pinarayi Vijayan would be sworn-in as Kerala’s 22nd chief minister on May 25, in the state capital . The CPI-M led Left Democratic Front (LDF) won the polls on Thursday by winning 91 seats in the 140 member Kerala Assembly. The date was confirmed by Vijayan on Saturday meeting veteran party colleague V.S.Achuthanandan along with […]
AIADMK general secretary and Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday met Governor K. Rosaiah and formally staked claim to form the next government in the state. She will be sworn in as chief minister for a second term at noon on May 23 at the Madras University Centenary Auditorium here. An official statement issued by […]
Breaking his silence on being an integral part of the Make in India initiative, Apple CEO Tim Cook discussed at length with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the possibilities of manufacturing and retailing Apple devices in the country as the two met here on a sweltering hot Saturday. Cook not only shared Apple’s future plans for […]