'Like any great leader, Modi demands performance'

The deadline of March 31 has been postponed till the apex court delivers its final judgment. The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended indefinitely its March 31 deadline for linking bank accounts and mobile phone numbers with Aadhaar. It, however, said the government may continue to seek the 12-digit national biometric identifier number of beneficiaries for transfer of benefits of schemes funded from the consolidated fund of India. “We direct that the interim order passed on December 15, ...

Giant march of a farmer holding red flags and wearing a red cap, who arrived in Mumbai on Monday reached Azad Maidan. Farmers walked through the night so the students writing their board exams should not suffer. The Maha-March leads the Mumbai road to turn ...

Kasaragod: The electronic Point of Sale (e-PoS) machines aimed to bring transparency in Public Distribution System (PDS) will be installed in 33 ration shops in the district. Distribution of ration items through e-PoS will begin from Tuesday. It is being ...

White triumph caps golden century for United States IMAGE: Silver medalist Ayumu Hirano of Japan, gold medalist Shaun White of the United States and bronze medalist Scotty James of Australia pose during the victory ceremony for the snowboard men's halfpipe final on Wednesday. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Snowboarder Shaun White's halfpipe victory at the Pyeongchang Games on Wednesday earned the United States its landmark 100th Winter Games gold medal, prompting a series of ...

Seoul on Wednesday approved a $2.6 million budget to cover expenses for North Koreans visiting for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, officials said, after the Norths leader praised the Souths hospitality. The 2.86 billion won will cover transport, hotel, food ...

Posted by Equitymaster It has been a rocky week for global financial markets . World stock markets declined this week as a jump in global borrowing costs cooled the year's euphoric start in financial markets. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve held interest ...

On Thursday, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the last full budget of the Modi government. Arun Jaitley, who arrived in the Lok Sabha to present the general budget for the fiscal year 2018-19, was the center of attraction between journalists and ...

Washington : President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address to Congress Tuesday, outlining his vision for the next 12 months and highlighting the successes he claimed his administration had produced in its first year. Also read: Trump ...

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said the government has been able to contain inflation and fiscal deficit and will work to double the income of farmers by 2022. In his maiden address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament, the President said ...