News: The transport ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) have signed a motor vehicles agreement in a bid to boost trade and sub-regional connectivity among the four nations. The BBIN pact will also set the stage for a new connectivity paradigm in India’s north-east, which is looking for ...

News: Maharashtra cabinet has amended a provision of the Criminal Procedure Code to prevent filing of an FIR against a ‘public representative’ without the sanction of a competent authority. With the amendments to the CrPC (156) (3) and 190 provisions, police won’t be able to file an FIR against an MLA ...

News: NHIDCL, a government company mandated to fast-track road projects in tough terrain, including border areas, is set to award projects worth Rs 1.3 lakh crore over the next five years. The National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) will also be laying out 1,500 km of highways in various ...

News: India Post, which has started issuing personalised debit cards to its savings account holders, is planning to issue 5 lakh new debit cards over the next two months. The Department of Posts (DoP) started issuing the cards from last year and so far, it has reached close to 10,000. ...

News: In order to grant Indian nationality to nearly two lakh refugees from neighboring countries, the NDA government has given citizenship to around 4,300 Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan and Afghanistan. The citizenship to these refugees have been given at the initiative of Home Minister Raj Nath Singh, following BJP’s declared policy ...

News: Nearly 300 deals worth USD 55 billion have been signed at the 3rd China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, capital of the southwestern Yunnan Province. The signed contracts included 255 domestic investment projects with a value of 300 billion yuan (USD 49 billion) and 44 foreign investment and trade deals ...

News: The toy train service between ‘Queen of Hills’ Darjeeling and New Jalpaiguri is resumed today after a gap of nearly 5 years. The toy train service was suspended on September 11, 2010, after a landslide destroyed about 600 mt of road and tracks running parallel to it at Tindharia. ...

News: The government has launched an insurance pool to the tune of Rs 1,500 crore which is mandatory under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage(CLND) Act n a bid to offset financial burden of foreign nuclear suppliers. Clauses in the CLND Act, which give the operator the Right to Recourse and ...

News: The country’s industrial output grew 4.1 per cent in April, compared with 2.5 per cent in March, which is a  good news for the government’s ‘Make in India’ programme and a good start to financial year 2015-16. In April, the rate of manufacturing growth rose to 5.1 per cent, against ...

News:  Mercedes Benz has decided to manufacture the GLA entry SUV in India, the first market after Germany. German automaker Mercedes-Benz plans to increase the number of cars it makes in India, hoping to trim retail prices to help grab a bigger share of a luxury car market where competition ...