The Indian economy is likely to grow at somewhere between 8.1% and 8.5% next year and “seems poised for propulsion”, the government’s Economic Survey for 2014-15 released on Friday said.
Faced with criticism that he was soft on Hindutva hardliners, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed that as the head of the government, he was obligated to ensure the primacy of the Constitution and rein in those making provocative communal statements.
Suspected Islamist militants hacked to death a prominent US blogger and injured his wife seriously here on Thursday night, days after he had received death threats for writing against religious fundamentalism.
Days after taking over the reins of Delhi, the AAP government on Friday announced constitution of Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC), a thinktank that is expected to implement the party’s 70-point agenda of governance.
The strike by resident doctors paralysed health services in many government-run hospitals in the city on Friday. Hindu Rao and GTB hospitals were the worst affected.
Standard Chartered Bank which saw a top-level rejig on Thursday with CEO Peter Sands and Asian head Jaspal Bindra stepping down, will be taking stock of its Indian operations at a board meeting in Delhi on March 23rd.
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