After attacking the Jet-Etihad deal, Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy today trained his guns on the AirAsia proposal to set up an Indian carrier, saying the FIPB clearance to it was "not legally valid".

Rupee depreciation may be bad news for the Indian economy, but not so for the non-resident Indians (NRIs) scouting for  property back home. Cashing in on the opportunity to buy residential units cheaper by up to 20%, NRIs are queueing up big time.

The need for cost savings and stress on the safety and security of jet set executives  is driving multi national companies (MNCs) to consolidate their travel planning requirements with one or two companies globally, Peter Muller, chief operating

Maharashtra's food and drugs administration minister will hear, on Thusday, an appeal filed by Johnson & Johnson against state Food & Drugs Administration's (FDA) move to cancel the company's licence in April.

Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has released a draft policy on inspection, verification, monitoring and overall procedure relating to grant of forest clearance and identification forests.

The change will be effected on para 18.2 of IPR relating to operational guidelines on exemption of entry tax.

India has threatened US that the draft new visa bill aimed at streamlining H-1B and L-1 working visas that is presently lying with their senate should not be passed in its current format as it is against World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.

A new Tamil Nadu Transmission System Improvement Project with a Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) loan of Rs 3,410 crore (607.40 billion yen) to be implemented this year, said the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who met the

At a time when port projects have taken a hit due to tariff regulations, shipping ministry is planning to come out with the new tariff guidelines for the major port operators within the next one month.

At a time when unprecedented rain has resulted in havoc in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, the World Bank today came out with a report which states that another 2 to 4 degree celsius in the world average temperature may impact India’s rain

The Rs 55,000 crore disinvestment programme is facing a stiff test as the government is racing against time to meet the minimum public shareholding (MPS) norms for the public sector units (PSUs).

The US immigration bill, which is awaiting passage by the Senate, will reduce the American budgetary deficit by $175 billion in 10 years, an independent Congressional report has said.

Paddy field image via Shutterstock Early rain is considered good for paddy. However, in North India, heavy and unusually early rains have raised a red flag for the crop.

Trilochan Mohapatra, director of Central Rice Research Institute, in an interview with Komal Amit Gera, talks about how government agencies should rise to the occasion to help farmers facing untimely and excess rains.

  A bipartisan group of more than 170 US lawmakers joined with a coalition of US business groups on Tuesday to demand increased US pressure on India to change policies that they said threaten American exports, jobs and innovation.

India's economic minders, from the prime minister downwards, have all expressed the hope that the country will be able to get back to eight per cent-plus economic growth.

Large number of traditional cotton growers in Vidarbha region may shift to soya this Kharif season as croping pattern was set to change after the onset of monsoons, according to agriculture experts.

At least 102 people were killed in the flash floods triggered by incessant rains in Uttarakhand, while the toll in the calamity is likely to rise manifold as 500 people are still reported to be missing.

Reports that the government is planning to spend over Rs 20 crore to create a separate wing of the Press Information Bureau to drive its social media initiative has come as a rude shock to its current officers. Officially, most of them declined comment.

In an apparent move to avoid stoking a fresh controversy as BJP comes to terms with a bitter separation from JD(U), Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has declined an invitation to visit Ayodhya, his office said today.