Category: India News

Ready to face bypolls any time: TN CM

Coimbatore, Oct 27: Buoyed by the recent Madras High Court verdict upholding disqualification of the 18 MLAs,ruling AIADMK Saturday said it is ready to face the bypolls to the Tamil Nadu assembly any time, once the Election Commission announces the dates. Replying to a specific question on the […]

Indian authorities brace for worst air pollution season

NEW DELHI — With air quality reduced to “very severe” in the Indian capital region, authorities are bracing for a major Hindu festival featuring massive fireworks that threatens to cloak New Delhi with more toxic smog and dust. The government’s Central Pollution Control Board on Friday said New […]

RBI deputy governor calls for ‘effective independence’

MUMBAI – India’s central bank needs to be independent to improve the macroeconomic stability, and policies need to be rule-based, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Deputy Governor Viral Acharya said on Friday. “To secure greater financial and macroeconomic stability, these efforts need to be extended to effective […]

Hope CBI’s institutional integrity will be upheld: Kejriwal after SC order

New Delhi, Oct 26: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday welcomed the “intervention” by the Supreme Court in the turmoil at the CBI and hoped the institutional integrity of the investigating agency will be upheld. His reaction came after the Supreme Court asked the Central Vigilance Commission to complete […]

Rahul courts arrest, says PM can run but not hide from the truth

New Delhi, Oct 26: Congress president Rahul Gandhi courted arrest on Friday after staging a protest outside the CBI headquarters against the move to divest CBI Director Alok Verma of his powers, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi “stole” money from the country and can run but not hide from […]

India says China agrees to increase imports from country

NEW DELHI – India’s trade minister Suresh Prabhu said on Friday that China has agreed to increase its imports from the country. Prabhu said Chinese authorities will hold a meeting in November specifically with Indian exporters to address their concerns relating to market access and trade regulations. India’s […]

Doubling down: IndiGo airline to expand, defend turf despite loss

NEW DELHI – India’s largest domestic airline, IndiGo, will add 30 percent capacity this financial year to maintain dominance of the world’s fastest growing aviation market, although its parent company has just recorded its first quarterly loss since listing. The clear market leader with 189 planes and a […]

Indian authorities brace for worst air pollution season

NEW DELHI— With the air quality reduced to “very severe” in the Indian capital region, authorities are bracing for a major Hindu festival featuring massive fireworks that threatens to cloak New Delhi with more toxic smog and dust. The government’s Central Pollution Control Board on Friday said New […]

Delhi’s air quality deteriorates, slides towards ‘severe’

New Delhi, Oct 26: Air quality in the national capital deteriorated Friday, gradually inching towards the ‘severe’ category, as parts of the massive Bhalswa landfill site continued to smoulder. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recorded the overall Air Quality Index of Delhi at 358 this morning, which falls […]

Insight: AB InBev told Indian authorities about cartel, triggering anti-trust probe

NEW DELHI – An Indian anti-trust probe into beer price-fixing allegations was initiated after the world’s largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev told the authorities last year it had detected an industry cartel, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. AB InBev discovered the Indian operations it acquired as […]

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