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RBI Mulls Allowing Banks to Purchase Infra Bonds to Improve Bond Market Liquidity

The RBI could consider allowing banks to also purchase infrastructure bonds, in a bid to increase the liquidity in the bond market.

Jan 16, 2015

Marans Exit SpiceJet, Transfer Ownership to Ajay Singh

SpiceJet's Maran Brothers have agreed to transfer ownership and control of the beleaguered budget airlines to its original founder Ajay Singh and his partners

Jan 15, 2015

BJP lauds PM's initiative to launch 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme', Congress SP call it 'useless'

New Delhi, Jan 15 (ANI): BJP on Thursday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative to launch 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme' to improve the child sex ratio (CSR) on January 22. The issue of decline in CSR is complex and multi-dimensional and the scheme will address the issue within the broad framework of survival, protection and education of girl children. Meanwhile, Congress leader Manish Tewari and Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal said that these campaigns are useless unless not practiced in day to day life. The leaders quoted PM's other programmes like 'Make in India', 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' etc. to show how all such initiative failed on the ground.

Jan 15, 2015

Goa CM Says Sports Minister Ignorant; Homosexuality is 'Natural Gift'

Nakshatra Bagwe, known for his contribution to LGBTQ community, demanded Goa minister Ramesh Tawadkar resignation.

Jan 13, 2015

'If you bribe officials, I will kill you', Telangana CM KCR tells people

While public get death warning for paying bribes, officials demanding bribes will merely face action.

Jan 12, 2015

Arun Jaitley adopts village under 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana' in Gujarat

Vadodara, Jan 11 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley adopted a village in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat on Sunday as part of 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana'. The 'adopt-a-village' scheme aims to provide rural India with access to basic amenities and opportunities. On Sunday, while adopting Karnali village in Vadodara city, Jaitley interacted with the villagers and offered his prayers at village's ancient 'Kuber Bhandari' temple, which is visited by large number of devotees everyday. Reportedly, Jaitley is to adopt three more villages.

Jan 11, 2015

Golden Globes 2015 Presenters Revealed: Jennifer Aniston, Meryl Streep Included

The who's who of Hollywood will be seen presenting the awards to the winners at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday.

Jan 11, 2015

Nyoko Databank for Sony PS4 Revealed at CES 2015; What's it All About?

A cheaper alternative if you want more space..

Jan 9, 2015

Gold Imports Fall to 39 Tonnes in Dec; Exporters Seek Duty Drawbacks in Budget 2015

Post scrapping the 80:20 gold import/export scheme, gold import for December 2014 sharply to 39 tonnes.

Jan 8, 2015

Sony PS4 Boasts of More than 18 Million Worldwide Sales to Date

For Sony, it's big numbers to start the year with.

Jan 6, 2015

Dholera, Gujrat To Kick-Off India's Ambitious Smart Cities Infra Project, Japanese Investment at $4.5bn

The 2,700 km DMIC project is finally taking shape, with the Japanese helping with technology, consultancy services and funding

Jan 5, 2015

PM Narendra Modi launches National Programme for LED bulb distribution

New Delhi, Jan 05 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday described the LED bulb as a 'Prakash Path - way to light' as he launched a scheme for LED bulb distribution under the domestic efficient lighting programme in Delhi and a national programme for LED-based home and street lighting. Prime Minister Modi also symbolically replaced one bulb in South Block, with an LED bulb. Replacement of all bulbs in South Block with LED bulbs will enable savings of 7,000 units of energy each month. The prime minister called for making energy conservation through the spread of LED bulbs, a people's movement.

Jan 5, 2015

Government Plans Massive Public Investment to Boost Economy

The Narendra Modi government's growth strategy for fiscal 2015-16 is three-pronged – increase in public investment, easing fiscal roadmap and higher revenue generation from oil, spectrum and disinvestment.

Jan 3, 2015

Bezbaruah Committee report: Home Ministry acts on slew of measures

New Delhi, Jan 02 (ANI): The Home Ministry on Friday announced that it was working to implement the recommendations of the Bezbaruah Committee, which was constituted to look into the concerns of people from the north-east. As per the committee's recommendations, Delhi police will appoint 20 police personnel from each north-east state and police exchange programs will also be initiated. He said the people from the north east will also get compensation and financial assistance under the Delhi Victim Compensation Scheme, 2011. The Bezbaruah Committee was formed in the aftermath of the shocking killing of 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania in a Delhi market.

Jan 2, 2015

Wish to take govt's 'ABCD culture' to 'ROAD' which leads to success: Narendra Modi

New Delhi, Dec 30 (ANI): In a bid to doing away with bureaucratic hurdles and red tape from the system, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that there was a need to transform from the existing culture of "ABCD', that is, Avoid, Bypass, Confuse, Delay" to a culture of "ROAD, that is, Responsibility, Ownership, Accountability, Discipline" of success. He further reiterated his call for making a globally recognized 'Brand India' with a hashtag 'Zero Defect, Zero Effect'. He advocated for such produce which has no defect and also no adverse effect in the environment. PM Modi also stressed on the fact that the growth should be balanced across the country. He also maintained that there should be maximum movement of Men, Money, Machinery, Materials and Minerals across the country.

Dec 30, 2014

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