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7 things to avoid when you’re drun...

7 things to avoid when you’re drunk

Drunk driving: This one is extremely serious. Not only are you risking your own life, but also that of others in the car and those who are out on the road or in other vehicles. Make sure that you either take a cab back home or have a sober friend, who can take over the task. It’s not macho to... read more »

Gold steady at Rs 27,000 on scattered bu...

Gold steady at Rs 27,000 on scattered buying; silver recovers

Gold prices on Wednesday held steady at Rs 27,000 per ten gram at the bullion market in the national capital on scattered buying by retailers. However, silver recovered by Rs 150 to Rs 36,500 per kg on increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Traders said scattered buying by... read more »

Modi to visit Varanasi tomorrow for R...

Modi to visit Varanasi tomorrow for ‘Good Governance Day’

To mark the ‘Good Governance Day’ tomorrow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi where he will attend a number of programmes on the occasion of the birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He will visit Assi Ghat to inspect the... read more »

Delhi CM Mr. Kejriwal skips defamation case, court allows exemption plea
BJP lacks leadership in Delhi: Arvind Ke...

BJP lacks leadership in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on hit back at the BJP over lack of leadership and agenda in Delhi and said people are rejecting its ‘bhagoda’ (deserter) agenda. “In Delhi too, BJP going down. No agenda, no leadership, no direction. People rejecting its ‘bhagoda’... read more »

Obama: Air strikes on Iraq dam ‘to protect US interests’

US air strikes in support of Iraqi forces’ efforts to retake the country’s largest dam are aimed at protecting US interests there, President Obama says. The failure of Mosul dam... read more »

For Chinese, Pope Seems Worlds Away in South Korea

BEIJING — Pu Ge sat on a green bench outside Beijing’s oldest Catholic cathedral and stared at the ornate gray edifice, contemplating God and his shepherd. She said she had thought that... read more »

BEST’s power monopoly ends, Tata enters Mumbai

MUMBAI: BEST’s power monopoly finally came to an end on Friday. Tata Power Company (TPC) has now been granted a distribution licence in Mumbai for the next 25 years, and it will now... read more »

Forex reserves fall $643 mn

The country’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $643.3 million for the week ended August 8 to $319.35 billion, shows Reserve Bank of India data released on Friday. Foreign currency... read more »

Delivery, infrastructure key for Jan Dhan Yojana success

The success of the Jan Dhan Yojana announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi would depend on how fast financial service providers improve their delivery, financial sector executives said. The scheme... read more »