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February 11, 2017 5:59 AM

Industrial production contracts 0.4% in December following demonetisation

Industrial production contracted to a four-month low of 0(point)4 per cent in December last year following demonetisation. It was 5.7 per cent in November. In December a year ago, the factory output measured in terms of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) had declined 0.9 per cent.<br/><br...

February 11, 2017 4:45 AM

Polling for first phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections to be held today

Polling for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections will be held today. Seventy three constituencies in 15 western districts of the state will go to polls in this phase. Key districts include Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Dadri, Meerut, Ghaziabad and Agra.<br/><br/>Voting will begi...

February 11, 2017 1:31 AM

India's Forex increase by USD 1.588 billion to USD 363.146 billion

India's foreign exchange reserves increased by 1(point)588 billion US Dollar to 363(point)146 billion US Dollar in the week ended 3rd February 2017. <br/><br/>A RBI press release has informed that foreign currency assets, a major part of the overall reserves increased by 914.7 milli...

February 10, 2017 10:14 PM

Govt sets up task force to monitor action taken against deviant shell companies

Government today set up a task force to monitor action taken against deviant shell companies by various agencies.Shell companies are those companies which do not conduct any operations and indulge in money laundering in India.The task force has been set-up under co-chairmanship of Revenue Secretary ...

February 10, 2017 9:13 PM

Delhi HC asks Centre to allow BSF jawan's wife to stay with him for 2 days

The Delhi High court today asked the Centre to allow the wife of the BSF jawan, who went public through the social media alleging poor quality food being served to soldiers, to meet and stay with him for two days at the base where he is posted at present. The direction by a division bench of Justice...

February 10, 2017 9:01 PM

Nitish Kumar calls for maximum unity among opposition ranks

Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) President Nitish Kumar has called for maximum unity among the opposition ranks. He said, opposition's voice should be respected. He was speaking at a book release function in New Delhi. <br/><br/>The book titled Fearless Opposition- Power and Accountab...

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