Day: November 20, 2018

Salary can’t be withheld for not linking bank account with Aadhaar: HC

Mumbai :  The Bombay High Court on Monday questioned the Centre’s decision of withholding the salary of a port trust employee since 2016 on the grounds that he had not linked his salary account with his Aadhaar. A division bench of justices A S Oka and S K Shinde […]

Jet Airways shares slump 7%

New Delhi : Shares of Jet Airways slumped 7 per cent Monday after Tata Sons said no concrete “proposal” had been made by the group so far for acquiring the beleaguered carrier. The stock dropped 6.88 per cent to settle at Rs 323 on BSE. During the day, it […]

Indonesia keen to buy sugar from India; seeks duty cut

New Delhi :  Indonesia is interested in buying sugar from India but wants latter to cut import duty on refined palm oil and the sweetener substantially to 45 per cent and 5 per cent, respectively, according to sources. An Indian delegation is scheduled to visit Indonesia this week to […]

Sensex rallies over 300 pts ahead of RBI board meet outcome

Mumbai : The BSE benchmark Sensex rallied over 300 points Monday to end at over a six-week high of 35,774.88 as investors widened their portfolios ahead of the RBI’s board meet outcome amid foreign fund inflows. Also, positive cues from other Asian markets and a firm opening in European […]

Rupee strengthens 29 paise to 71.38 against US dollar

Mumbai :  Continuing its rising spree for the sixth straight day, the rupee appreciated by another 29 paise to trade at nearly three-month high of 71.38 against the dollar in opening trade Tuesday on persistent foreign fund inflows. Besides, the dollar’s weakness against some currencies overseas also supported the […]

Sensex drops over 100 points on global selloff, profit-booking

Mumbai :  The benchmark BSE Sensex fell over 100 points in early session Tuesday, breaking its three-day winning run as metal, IT, realty and banking stocks retreated, tracking sell-off in the global market. The 30-share index dropped 104.41 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 35,670.47 points in opening trade. […]

Ex-Bihar minister Manju Verma surrenders before court

Begusarai (Bihar) :  Former Bihar minister Manju Verma, who had been evading arrest in an Arms Act case lodged in the course of investigations in the Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal, surrendered before a court here Tuesday. Verma reached the court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Prabhat Trivedi in […]

Loans disbursed to 14 crore people, that too without

guarantee, under the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at poll rally in Madhya Pradesh.  PTI  20/11/2018

My government aiming to double farmers’ income

by 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at poll rally in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh. PTI  20/11/2018

My dream to provide ‘pucca’ house to everyone in

the country by 2022; so far provided keys of such houses to 1.25 crore people: Modi at poll rally in Madhya Pradesh. PTI  20/11/2018

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