West Bengal Assembly Election Phase 1 2026: Suvendu Adhikari, Dilip Ghosh & Humayun Kabir among key candidates across constituenciesWest Bengal Phase 1 Elections 2026: Polling for the first phase of West Bengal Assembly elections commences on Thursday, April 23. This sig...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.15 PM IST
Assam BJP sending as many as 50 leaders including ministers to campaign for West Bengal pollsWest Bengal polls: The list is a combination of Members of Parliament (MPs), and Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), who have been ...
14 Apr, 2026, 08.35 PM IST
Radicals step up attacks against Hindu community in BangladeshHindu minorities in Bangladesh are reportedly facing targeted violence. The Rights & Risks Analysis Group states that houses and temples ar...
31 Jan, 2026, 03.12 PM IST
Ex-Congress leader Pijush Kanti Biswas and five others from Tripura join Trinamool CongressThe TMC in a statement announced that Biswas, who was Assistant Solicitor General of India and former President of the Tripura High Court B...
07 Dec, 2022, 08.50 PM IST
Tripura to use nanotech for building rain-proof rural roads"Since the entire Northeast receives heavy rainfall, the state has adopted nanotechnology to develop its rural connectivity. Under this tec...
28 Jul, 2022, 01.00 PM IST
View: What to expect from Shaktikanta Das' second stint at RBI's helmDuring Das' first tenure, policy rates dropped to their lowest in history. The unconventional monetary policies ushered in by RBI are now w...
12 Nov, 2021, 11.18 PM IST
Will the RBI transfer Rs 1 lakh crore to the government?The Bimal Jalan Committee’s recommendations on the central bank’s economic capital framework are likely to be submitted soon.
27 Jun, 2019, 11.21 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman discusses macro situation, budget planningThis was Sitharaman’s first such meeting after she took charge as the finance minister.
20 Jun, 2019, 06.38 AM IST
Use of RBI's excess reserves not to hurt India's rating: BofA-MLThey opined the high non-performing loans in the system do not require additional capital to be kept aside by the Reserve Bank.
11 Jun, 2019, 07.50 PM IST
RBI expects government to move on fiscal consolidationIt can be noted that the government has had to rework fiscal targets especially during the latter part of the first five years as growth se...
06 Jun, 2019, 06.35 PM IST
Jalan Panel bats for lowering of RBI reservesThe panel’s recommendations will balance the issue of growth and monetary function.
07 May, 2019, 02.49 PM IST
FinComm to meet RBI Governor, bank officials during Mumbai visit on May 8-9The commission, chaired by N K Singh, will discuss issues concerning macro-economics, financial stability and cost of borrowing of the Cent...
06 May, 2019, 06.03 PM IST
Former RBI Governor says low CPI gives room to support India economyJalan said RBI should decide how much it can do to facilitate credit flow and investment in the economy, given global risks and elections a...
14 Mar, 2019, 11.46 AM IST
Define clearly physical and battle casualty: CIC to governmentAfter the concept of war injury, pension was introduced in 1972 for all war injured personnel who were invalidated or who died in any war-l...
06 Mar, 2018, 08.59 AM IST
10 names shortlisted for Sebi chief's postThe search-cumselection panel headed by the cabinet secretary met December 2 to whittle down the list from more than 40 applications that h...
16 Dec, 2016, 12.08 AM IST
Shaktikanta Das appointed Economic Affairs Secretary; Hasmukh Adhia is new Revenue SecretarySenior IAS officer Shaktikanta Das was today appointed as the new Economic Affairs Secretary, while Hasmukh Adhia will replace him as Reven...
29 Aug, 2015, 04.09 AM IST
- Potato farmers struck by distress sale
While poor yield and debt have cost many a farmers their lives in the country hit by inflation, potato growers in West Bengal are bearing t...
13 Apr, 2008, 12.51 PM IST