New Delhi : In a strongly worded report a Parliamentary Standing Committee has slammed Indigo for manhandling of a passenger by its staff and says airlines serve awful food and do not efficiently man check-in counters. It also suggested to the Union government to fix...
Panaji : Goa as a tourism destination should become so expensive that low-budget Indian tourists are discouraged from coming to the coastal state, a minister said on Friday. Town and Country Planning Minister Vijai Sardesai also said Goa should re-orient its tourism...
New Delhi : All 650 branches of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) are expected to be launched by April 2018, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha said on Wednesday. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted licence to carry on payments bank activities on January 20, 2017...
New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth Rs 117.74 crore of three companies belonging to Indu Projects Ltd Managing Director Indukuri Syam Prasad Reddy for his alleged investments in a firm floated by YSR Congress Party President Y.S....
New Delhi : Delhi Metro cards will be valid in 250 select city buses from Monday in a project that will eventually seek to merge Metro and bus travel, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Wednesday. The move is part of a month-long trial to shift to a...
New Delhi : In order to make information on all government schemes and initiatives for women more easily accessible, the Ministry for Women Child and Development on Tuesday launched a new web platform - "Nari". The National Repository of Information for Women was...
New Delhi : Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that the Narendra Modi-government has not written off any corporate loans and such assumptions were just "misconceptions". "Let me clarify that neither the government nor the banks wrote off any loans,"...
Bengaluru : Karnataka will purchase 640 electric vehicles under the Central government's Fame India subsidised scheme, an official said on Monday. "We have received approval from the Department of Heavy Industries to purchase the electric vehicles under the National...
Hyderabad : Telangana became the first state in the country to supply free 24-hour electricity to the agriculture sector as the scheme came into effect from Monday. In a New Year gift, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government commenced round-the-clock supply to...
By Porisma P. Gogoi, New Delhi : Aside from the fact that a host of products like television sets, imported mobile phones and LED lamps are going to become expensive with a hike in their basic customs duty, industry stakeholders are hopeful that the government's move...