Economic Survey Volume II forecasts 7.5% growth
AMN / NEW DELHI The Economic Survey Volume II for the year 2016-17 was tabled today in Parliament. It said achieving the high end of the 6.75-7.5 per cent growth…
M Venkaiah Naidu sworn in as Vice President of India
Our Correspondent / New Delhi Former Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu was sworn in as 13th Vice President of India today. He has been administered the oath of office by…
Delhi: Special court orders framing of graft, criminal charges against 11 former MPs
AMN A special court in Delhi has ordered the framing of graft and criminal conspiracy charges against 11 former MPs, who were charge-sheeted in the infamous 2005 cash-for-question scam for…
Parliament passes Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017
AMN / NEW DELHI Parliament has passed the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 with the Rajya Sabha approving it Friday . The Lok Sabha has already passed it. Replying to…
Turkey orders detention of 35 people, including journalists
Turkish authorities Thursday issued detention warrants against 35 people, including nine journalists, on suspicion of links to last July’s attempted military coup. According to the state-run Anadolu news agency the…
Can never tolerate North Korea provocations: Japan
WEB DESK The Japanese government said today it can never tolerate provocations from North Korea after the country’s military said it is finalising a plan to launch missiles towards Guam,…
Israel to build giant underground wall around Gaza Strip
Israel is pushing ahead with a project to build a giant underground wall around the Gaza Strip to block tunnels that could be used for attacks. The project comes after…
Unexploded bomb found at Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan
WEB DESK A suspected unexploded bomb has been found at the site of the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. The US is thought to have dropped the 89 cm-long device…
Slogans of making new India should be reverberated: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged people’s representatives and BJP workers to organize Sankalp Se Siddhi programme from 15th to 30th of this month across the country to make a…
Hamid Ansari’s farewell speech in Rajya Sabha
AMN / NEW DELHI In his farewell speech, Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari today said that a democracy could degenerate into a tyranny if free and frank criticism of government…