New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s son Karti on Wednesday refused to appear before the CBI in an alleged graft case, seeking withdrawal of the summons issued to him till the Supreme Court decides his petition challenging the probe agency’s notice.

The CBI is investigating how Kart

Hyderabad: Over 50,000 employees of the state-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) will cast their votes tomorrow in the election for identification of recognised trade union in the public sector undertaking.

The election assumes significance as it has gained political colour with charges and counter-

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its policy rate steady at a near seven-year low of 6.00 percent on Wednesday despite a sharp slowdown in economic growth, after a surge in inflation that threatened the central bank’s target.

But policymakers surprised investors by taking steps to release more liq

New Delhi: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today said a country of India’s size cannot afford the “adventure” of having multiple taxes and there is “inevitably some dislocation” when people move into a new system such as the GST.

The Housing and Urban Affairs Minister said the &ldqu

Stockholm: Three researchers based in the U.S., U.K. and Switzerland won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developments in electron microscopy.

The 9-million-kronor ($1.1 million) prize is shared by Jacques Dubochet of the University of Lausanne, Joachim Frank at New York’s Columbia University an

New Delhi: Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday his ministry has asked for a 5 percent cut in additional state levy, a day after the federal government cut factory gate tax on petrol and diesel to protect retail consumers from high global crude oil prices.

The finance ministry had earlier ruled out lo

Mumbai: Seen as a strict father to a dyslexic child in “Taare Zameen Par”, actor Vipin Sharma is set to make his directorial debut with a web series titled – “Akki, Vikki Te Nikki”.

The web series “Akki, Vikki Te Nikki” deals with life of three strugglers.

The sh

New Delhi: BJP chief Amit Shah today said the Modi government’s decision to reduce petrol and diesel prices by Rs 2 shows its priority to giving relief to the common man and farmers at a time when oil price is rising globally.

The government had yesterday cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litr

Washington: President Donald Trump is reckoning with the aftermath of a deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas when he visits the city today.

Trump heads to the city days after a gunman on the 32nd floor of a Vegas Strip casino and hotel opened fire on people at an outdoor country music festival below.

The Su

New Delhi: Lashing out at the critics of his economic policies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said Indian economy was on firm footing and that he will never jeopardise the country’s future for the present gains.

In an over hour long speech, punctuated with sharp comments and comparisons with track recor