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New Delhi, Jan 14: Refuting allegations of interference by an RBI union, the finance ministry today said the government fully respects independence and autonomy of the Reserve Bank of India. "Consultations between the government and RBI are undertaken on various matters of public importance wherever such consultation is mandated by law or has evolved as a practice. Consultations mandated by law or

New Delhi, Jan 14: The BJP on Friday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of Uttar Pradesh against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi following his claims of seeing party’s symbol in the photos of gods and saints. BJP delegation led by former MLC Shayam Nandan Singh alleged that Rahul has violated the Model Code of Conduct by "co-relating the Congress election symbol with religious

New Delhi, Jan 14: In a strongly worded letter addressed to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel, the United Forum of Reserve Bank Officers and Employees has alleged that post the government's demonetisation move, the image of the Central bank has been dented beyond repair. "Commenting on the "mismanagement" since November 8 when demonetisation was announced and the criticism from

New Delhi, Jan 14: Asserting that equal opportunity brings equal responsibility, Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday said it's up to women to decide if they they are willing to join men in a frontline combat role without separate and additional facilities. He mentioned that when out on tanks, the men cook and sleep under the tank. Noting that women are present in combat arms of the army

New Delhi, Jan 13: With a number of security personnel, including one from the army, raising grievances through social media, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat today asked his men to directly communicate to him through the "suggestion cum grievance" boxes that will be set up across the formations. His remarks came a day after an army jawan posted a video on social media criticising the use of soldiers as

Chennai, Jan 13: In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Jallikattu issue, DMK today charged that he had time to meet actors and others but not the AIADMK MPs who wanted to discuss about holding the banned bulltaming sport in Tamil Nadu during Pongal. DMK working president and Opposition Leader MK Stalin, who pressed the Centre to immediately promulgate an ordinance to hold

Bengaluru, Jan 13: Infosys reported a better-than-expected net profit of Rs 3,708 crore in the December quarter, sending its shares 3 per cent higher in early trade today. However, Infosys shares later gave up most of the early gains after the outsourcer tweaked its guidance for the full year. For the calendar year 2016 (January-December), Infosys's revenues crossed $10 billion, CEO Vishal Sikka

Mumbai, Jan 13: Low-cost carrier SpiceJet which around couple of years back was on verge of grounding its operations due to financial problems, plans to order 90-100 airplane, including at least 50 new Boeing 737 Max. The order possibly includes a renegotiated order for 42 Boeing 737 Max plane it made in 2014. At the current price list, the deal is expected to be over Rs 55,000 crore. The airline

Mumbai, Jan 12: Over two months after the unceremonious sacking of Cyrus Mistry, USD 103-billion Tata Group today named TCS chief N Chandrasekaran as the new Executive Chairman of Tata Sons that saw a lot of bad blood recently in the country's most bitter boardroom battle. Popularly known as 'Chandra', the 54-year-old will take charge at the helm of Tata Sons, the main holding company of the salt

New Delhi, Jan 12: Sahara group chief Subrata Roy could be in for serious trouble again, with the Supreme Court today toughening its stand and refusing to extend time beyond February 6 for him to deposit Rs 600 crore, saying he would have to go to jail in case of a default. "This court has given so much indulgence to you. This is the worst. If you don't pay the amount, you will have to go back to