BJP to recast Bengal unit, invitee members including Bappi Lahiri to be droppedAccording to sources, RSS expressed grave concern over the violence in West Bengal, following which BJP started restructuring its organisat...
04 Apr, 2017, 12.07 PM IST
Jewellers may end month-old strike in 'next few days'After keeping their shutters down for almost six weeks, a large section of jewellers and bullion traders across the country reopened their ...
12 Apr, 2016, 05.55 PM IST
US President Barack Obama's love for Jhumpa Lahiri highlights desi successPresident Obama on Friday honoured Jhumpa Lahiri with the National Humanities Medal for her works of fiction at an elegant White House even...
14 Sep, 2015, 11.49 AM IST
Jhumpa Lahiri's novel among Obama's summer reading listJhumpa Lahiri's second novel 'The Lowland' is among the six books which are part of the summer reading list of US President Barack Obama.
14 Aug, 2015, 06.21 PM IST
Edible oil industry urges government to impose higher import tariffs on refined palm oilThe edible oil industry said that it faces an existential threat to the duty structure prevailing in India.
19 Jul, 2013, 04.45 PM IST
- Increase import duty on refined palmolein: Solvent Extractors Association
“For the industry to survive, there has to be the duty differential of at least 7.5%,” said Vijay Data, president, Solvent Extractors Assoc...
05 Feb, 2013, 04.55 AM IST
- Bappi sends notice to film producer for poking fun at him
Legal notices have been sent to the producers of the Ajay Devgn-starrer Toonpur Ka Superhero and producers of the Salman Khan-hosted TV sho...
27 Dec, 2010, 12.19 PM IST
- Bharat Coking Coal boss front-runner for CIL top job
The chairman and managing director of Bharat Coking Coal (BCCL), T K Lahiri, has emerged as the front-runner for the top job of Coal India ...
26 Nov, 2010, 05.42 AM IST
- Lahiri elected to UN committee against racial discrimination
Former career diplomat Dilip Lahiri has been elected to the UN's Committee for Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
18 Jan, 2008, 09.59 AM IST
- Virmani as chief economic adviser
Noted economist Arvind Virmani has been appointed as chief economic adviser to the finance minister.
14 Jul, 2007, 02.38 AM IST
- Tarapore panel gives no data to support banning PNs
Tarapore Committee's recommendations on banning fresh issue of participatory notes and phasing them out in a year have received flak from n...
06 Sep, 2006, 03.00 PM IST
- Reddy meets FM
The Reserve Bank of India governor, YV Reddy, met finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday.
05 Sep, 2006, 07.50 PM IST
- Govt to keep PN route wide open
Foreign portfolio investors who want to buy into Indian stocks through the PN route will not be disrupted.
04 Sep, 2006, 02.41 AM IST
- New PN norms to focus on transparency
The PN route for foreign investors is likely to stay open despite the Tarapore committee’s recommendations to the contrary.
04 Sep, 2006, 02.08 AM IST
- Foreign HNIs may not be allowed to use FII sub-a/c for India entry
HIGH networth individuals (HNIs) from abroad investing in Indian stock markets may have to face the prospect of being stopped in their trac...
05 Dec, 2005, 12.27 AM IST
- No pain, all gain in this revamp
The Lahiri committee recommendations - expected to serve as the blueprint for the oil sector's duty structure in Budget '05-06 - seeks to k...
15 Jan, 2005, 12.37 AM IST
- Proposal to ease FII investment limits fails to make headway
The proposal to liberalise investment limits for foreign institutional investors is stuck in the near term, as the government and the Reser...
10 Jan, 2005, 10.09 PM IST