New Delhi: Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari Tuesday favoured giving a majority 51 per cent stake to foreign partners in joint ventures for building tunnels and detailed project reports to improve work quality. Gadkari said providing a majority stake to a foreign partner...
New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday questioned the ICICI Bank's assertion that it had not paid any salary or granted ESOPs to SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Buch after her retirement and asked that if the amount paid to her was her "retiral benefit", why was it non-uniform...
New Delhi: World Bank Tuesday raised the growth forecast for the Indian economy to 7 per cent for the current fiscal year on the back of recovery in agri sector and rural demand. World Bank had in June projected India to grow at 6.6 per...
New Delhi: ICICI Bank Monday said it has not paid any salary or granted ESOPs to SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch after her retirement on October 31, 2013, as alleged by the Congress. Earlier in the day, the Congress alleged that Buch, who joined SEBI...
New Delhi: The government Monday cleared a proposal of Kaynes Semicon to set up a Rs 3,307-crore semiconductor unit in Sanand, Gujarat, that will have the capacity to churn out 6.3 million chips a day. Addressing reporters after the Union Cabinet meeting, IT Minister Ashwini...
New Delhi: Centre Monday announced seven big programmes for the holistic growth of the agriculture and allied sectors with a total outlay of nearly Rs 14,000 crore, as it aims to improve farmers' income. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved seven...
New Delhi: The Congress Monday levelled fresh conflict of interest allegations against SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Buch and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come clean as the head of the appointments committee of the cabinet on her appointment. At a press conference, the Congress alleged...
Bhubaneswar: Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida has called upon industries in the state to prioritise the employment of women, emphasizing the importance of gender equality in the workforce. Speaking as the chief guest at the valedictory function of 'Resurgent Odisha 2024,' a global trade show...
New Delhi: Movement in the stock market this week will largely be driven by global trends, macroeconomic data announcements and trading activity of foreign investors, analysts said. Equity benchmark indices, which are on a dream run for the past several days, will also track trading...
New Delhi: Gross GST collections in August grew 10 per cent to about Rs 1.75 lakh crore, reflecting higher domestic consumption. As per the government data released Sunday, gross GST revenues from domestic transactions grew 9.2 per cent to about Rs 1.25 lakh crore. Revenues...
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