The November 2016 demonetisation impacted economic activity in the country in the immediate aftermath, affecting the GDP numbers for that fiscal, while the measure's impact had dissipated by the summer of the following year, according to a study published by the US think-tank National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). ...
Haryana's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday won the posts of mayor in all five municipal corporations in the state. Results of the municipal elections, held on Sunday, were declared on Wednesday....
In another swoop in the ongoing probe into the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, the CBI on Thursday raided and arrested eight officials of the bank and directors of two private companies, an official said....
Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) MP and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter K. Kavitha on Wednesday said TRS is working to form a federal front for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections that would not have either Congress or BJP in it....
Releasing a strategy document for New India 2022 as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said Indian growth model must be laced with social consciousness....
President's rule will be imposed in Jammu and Kashmir from Wednesday midnight with President Ram Nath Kovind signing a proclamation to give effect to the recommendation of the state Governor Satya Pal Malik. ...
On Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's demand for loan waivers for farmers, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said farm loan waivers are just a palliative and not a long-term solution for the farming community....
Expectations of a marginal hike in US interest rates, along with lower crude oil prices and healthy inflows of foreign funds, lifted the key equity indices for the seventh consecutive day on Wednesday. ...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said the mob violence in Bulandshahr on December 3 -- which left two including a police Inspector dead -- was a "well-hatched political conspiracy"....
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Wednesday categorically said that the ruling NDA will fight the 2019 Lok Sabha elections under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "No question of leadership change... The NDA and the BJP will contest the 2019 elections under the leadership of Modiji... We shall win with a h...
