Finance Minister P Chidambaram today presented the interim budget for 2013-14, in which he managed to contain the fiscal deficit for the current financial year at 4.6 percent, much lower than the targeted 4.8 percent. The current account deficit for ...

Finance minister P Chidambaram's interim budget was along the expected lines for the market. The minister contained the fiscal deficit below the target and current account deficit also came in as per the estimates. The growth figure for the current f...

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed party workers through video-conference, others like BJP chief J P Nadda unfurled the party flag at their residence

The ICC T20 World Cup is slated to be held in Australia in October-November this year

Kohli, the current India skipper, also admitted the "magical" atmosphere will be missing if the cricket season currently stalled by the Covid-19 pandemic resumes in empty stadiums.

The 40 meets will be held in N 24-Parganas to guage people''s mood

A total of 560 complaints have so far been filed with West Bengal police by duped investors, the report stated.

Accused in a 2012 case of attacking the District Magistrate''s bungalow in Murshidabad, Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury applied for an anticipatory bail Tuesday at a local court here.

In view of the spiralling prices of onion, the West Bengal government has made arrangements to sell the cooking staple at Rs 36 per kg.

The state government will give Rs 4,200 as compensation to the families affected by the floods last week.

Kolkata police Thursday seized 206 turtles, belonging to an endangered species, from a bus depot at Sinthi in North Kolkata.

Yuva Cong rally: Commission to file report after depositions of CM, Buddha.

A truck can carry up to 10 tonnes of potato.

The appreciation rate of the 17-cottah (around 700 sq ft per cottah) land in Short Street has been phenomenal.

She said she had told the Finance Commission, Finance Minister and the Prime Minister on several occasions that this should be stopped.

Assembly: TMC chief says she needs time to clean muck left by LF''s 35 years of rule

The Bharatiya Janata Party has offered a Lok Sabha ticket to former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly to contest next year's general elections.

The heritage property was restored at a cost of more than Rs 10 crore to its original glory in 2010.

Apart from several other issues, the decision of the ruling party to form a war crimes tribunal in 2009 is one of the reasons behind the existing turmoil.

On Dec 8, a group of alleged TMC goons barged into the FB office at Cinematolla and beat several leaders.

The post fell vacant when Banerjee retired in 2009.

The seven-feet long sculpture, weighing several tonnes, allegedly fell and broke into two halves during shifting.

The party leaders say that by introducing online registration, they are targeting the youths.

The village for the first time celebrated Durga Puja here in the village last year.

The cell would be formally set up after January 26, as the membership drive is going on, Bhattacharjee said.

The Economic Survey 2013 says that foreign exchange reserves were steady at $295.6 billion at December 2012 end. Fiscal deficit may be at 5.3%, possible that Chidambadarm may bring it down to 5.2%, committed to controlling fiscal deficit. Food ...

Indian banks have set up over 40,000 ultra-small branches across the country to drive financial inclusion in un-banked and under-banked centres, according to the Economic Survey for 2012-13.

India witnessed a peak power shortage of 9% during the five years ending 2012 when over 50,000 MW new generation capacity was created, Economic Survey said today.

Indian companies raised a total of Rs 2.81 lakh crore in fresh capital from equity and debt markets in the April-December period of 2012.

Government today said 2012 has been a bad year for FDI due to global economic slowdown and steps were being taken to increase its inflow.

Delays in environment clearances needs to be addressed on a fast-track basis for achieving coal production target of 795 MT during the current five year plan (2012-17), the Economic Survey said today.

Cargo traffic at ports during the six-month period ended September 2012 grew by just 1.8% to 455.8 million tonne due to decline in shipments handled at major ports, Economic Survey said today.

India has lost about 10% share of the global BPO market in the last five years to destinations like China, the Philippines and Brazil, raising concerns for the $20-billion Indian BPO industry.

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The country's telecom sector has seen sharp decline in foreign investor interest with FDI plummeting by 96 per cent to USD 70.46 million in April to November 2012 period, the Economic Survey today said.

The cover itself shows that the main author of Economic Survey, 2012-13 is different from the one who penned pre-budget documents for the previous three years

India not only ranks first in the world in milk production, its per capita milk availability at 290 grams daily is marginally higher than the global average

After slipping into the league of least-growing states in agriculture, Punjab has made a turnaround in the last two years....

With the help of technology and a Taiwanese variety of seed, Punjab''s maiden attempt at commercial cultivation of papaya is bearing fruit.

To take the markets to farmers who now have to reach out to the buyers themselves as one of its key targets

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will now prepare a list of do''s and don''ts for farmers.

India needs to prepare itself in advance as acute foodgrain scarcity is likely by 2020.

SKUAST experts teach basics of organic farming to more than 200 farmers, encourage them to take it up on a larger scale

To explore markets elsewhere in the country and abroad for its saffron, basmati rice and rajmash among various other agricultural produce, the Jammu-Kashmir government is adopting organic farming in a systematic manner

Madhya Pradesh government says it is set to clock a 10 per cent farm growth this time thanks to both state and Central schemes, steps like bonus over and above the MSP, and its agriculture becoming resilient to the vagaries of nature

State accounts for nearly 40% of total area under certified organic farming in India.

Fighting odds of floods, small landholdings and depleting agricultural land, state plans to introduce high-yielding, submergence-tolerant paddy varieties, double-cropping

The Centre has sanctioned a special irrigation scheme worth Rs 3,250 crore aimed to meet a new micro-irrigation target of 1,43,500 hectares in the Vidarbha region still coping with reports of farmer suicides