Prime Minister: News

24 Dec 2016

Delhi High Court

The city with a character- Delhi!

Keeping with the Prime Minister's call to a digital India, Delhi Metro has decided to make its 10 stations go completely cashless and transact with the help of e-wallet.

14 Dec 2016

India

Sino-Indian trade volumes to exceed $65 billion in 2016

Bilateral trade between India and China are estimated to cross $65 billion for this year, reports said, citing a Chinese diplomat.

13 Dec 2016

India

PM Modi's clandestine demonetization operation

While the demonetization move takes its toll in the nation, reports stated that the Prime Minister's closely guarded secret was entrusted to a trusted official in the finance ministry, Hasmukh Adhia.

13 Dec 2016

India

Demonetization set to ease retail inflation to below 4%

Market experts and economists are expecting the country to clock retail inflation lesser than 4% after the demonetization move impacted the availability and supply of money.

12 Dec 2016

India

Excise duty, service tax collections hampered by demonetization

With the demonetization effect settling into the economy, the nation's excise duty and service tax collections scripted slow growth last month, according to reports.

07 Dec 2016

Tamil Nadu

82 year old Cho Ramaswamy passed away

Veteran journalist, satirical political commentator, actor and dramatist Cho Ramaswamy passed away on Wednesday morning following a cardiac arrest.

06 Dec 2016

India

The suspicious deaths of India's nuclear scientists

Since 2008, 70 scientists and engineers with various establishments and research centres of the Department of Atomic energy have died due to unnatural causes.

05 Dec 2016

New Zealand

John Key, New Zealand PM to resign

New Zealand's Prime Minister, John Key, in an unexpected announcement said that he would be resigning from the Prime Minister's position

02 Dec 2016

Delhi Police

Delhi: The vibrant city continues to chug along

Thanks to the Delhi Police, 2 lakh school children will now be safer on the internet and on the streets.

29 Nov 2016

India

Modi asks BJP members to submit bank details

PM Modi directed all BJP MPs and MLAs to submit details of their bank accounts so that suspicious transactions post November 8 can be tracked.

22 Nov 2016

India

Monetary Policy Committee to rely on demonetization for rates?

After the sudden announcement of withdrawing nearly 85% of the economy's currency in circulation, industry experts predict that lesser cash availability might trigger a rate cut in the upcoming policy meet.

01 Nov 2016

India

Rural Indians spend more on alcohol over health

According to a report revealing consumption patterns of rural India, average expenditure of rural India on alcohol and tobacco exceeds healthcare by 3 times.

28 Oct 2016

Narendra Modi

Bullet train to hit Indian tracks soon!

The Indian Railways is all set to move swiftly and ensure faster train travels as the construction work on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed corridor is going to begin soon.

23 Oct 2016

India

Uttar Pradesh - Where a prisoner dies every 26 hours

In response to activist Naresh Paras's RTI query, Uttar Pradesh Prison Department said over 2,062 prisoners dies in the state during Jan'10-Feb'16.

10 Oct 2016

India

PM Modi's Vijaya Dashami celebrations after surgical strikes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted Vijaya Dashami's celebrations on the backdrop of India's military surgical strikes across the LoC.

12 Sep 2016

India

Rajnath Singh to visit Hungary in outreach initiative

India's Home Minister is scheduled to visit Hungary as part of an outreach initiative that the government has adopted to help strengthen bilateral ties.

31 Aug 2016

Bihar

Bihar worst performer on implementation of Aadhaar linkage

According to officials in the Prime Minister's Office, linkage of welfare schemes with Aadhaar was failing miserably in Bihar.

22 Aug 2016

India

Congress witnesses internal tussles and disputes

Many of Congress' leaders and their statements have sparked an internal conflict, resulting in disputes over what the party stands for.

17 Aug 2016

South China Sea

Malaysian oil tanker 'Vier Harmoni' hijacked

On Tuesday, the Malaysian Maritime officials said that a Malaysian oil tanker, Vier Harmoni, carrying 900,000 litres of diesel had been hijacked and taken to Indonesian waters.

15 Aug 2016

India

India's economic scenario: 2007 - 2016

The start of the decade saw a lacklustre economy because of the global financial crisis.