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Monthly News February 2015

Democracy can help counter extremism, Ob...

Democracy can help counter extremism, Obama tells summit

President Barack Obama has ended a three-day summit on tackling violent extremism, by rejecting as “an ugly lie” the notion that the West is at war with Islam. He also warned nations that failing to promote freedoms and address grievances only serves the interests of extremists. “When... read more »

Petroleum Ministry documents leak case: ...

Petroleum Ministry documents leak case: Delhi Police arrests two energy con...

New Delhi: In a development that caused reverberations in political as well as corporate circles, the Delhi Police on Friday arrested two energy consultants in connection with leaking of classified documents from the Petroleum Ministry. We have arrested Prayas Jain and Santanu Saikia in this... read more »

Reserve Bank warns banks against making ...

Reserve Bank warns banks against making “mockery” of its lendin...

The Reserve Bank of India is getting tougher on extending unlimited credit to the country’s banks to try to ensure they push interest rate cuts through the financial system and to stop them from making what one official called a “mockery” of its operations. India’s... read more »

Jitan Ram Manjhi resigns as Bihar CM, al...

Jitan Ram Manjhi resigns as Bihar CM, alleges he and his MLAs got death thr...

Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi resigned on Friday ahead of a crucial trust vote in the assembly in which he was expected to face a certain defeat. Manjhi met governor Keshari Nath Tripathi  an hour before the start of assembly proceedings and tendered his resignation. Later addressing a... read more »

World Cup 2015: MS Dhoni seeks Ravi Shastri’s advice to curtail slump with bat

An overwhelming win over Pakistan may have brought a lot of cheer to the Indiancricket team after an indifferent Australian Summer, but there are a few grey areas that are yet to be... read more »

We batted well, disappointed with fielding: Skipper Chigumbura

Although pleased with the batting efforts of his team, Zimbabwean captain Elton Chigumbura Thursday said he was disappointed with his team’s fielding after they beat United Arab Emirates... read more »

World Cup: South Africa use Kirsten and Hussey experience to plot India’s downfall

The Indian cricket team sweated out at the nets today ahead of its Sunday’s World Cup clash against South Africa, who are drawing on the deep insight of Gary Kirsten, India’s... read more »

Titan Company intimates on availability of credit for gold purchases

Titan Company announced that the Company will be able to avail credit from domestic nominated banks for gold purchases without restrictions. This will also result in the Company getting... read more »

SpiceJet’s new ‘one stop sale’: Now, tickets up...

Just days after its Valentine’s Day sale, budget carrier SpiceJet today announced a fresh sale in which tickets were available for as low as Rs 2,999 and included routes that had a single... read more »