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New Delhi, Feb 8: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its monetary policy announcement on Wednesday kept key interest rates at hold, but its observations on Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rates (MCLR) may bring cheers to Pre-April 2016 home loan borrowers. The home loan rates of the Pre-April 2016 have not been revised by banks in line with market rates. These home loan borrowers, who were

London, Feb 7: Britain's Prince Charles has launched a new 10-million-dollar Development Impact Bond (DIB) to help improve education for over 200,000 children in India. The DIB, the largest bond of its type in South Asia, is the latest fundraising initiative by the British Asian Trust (BAT), set up by the royal 10 years ago to fight poverty in South Asia. "We are launching a 10-million-dollar

Self-proclaimed savior of Hindutva and BJP MP Vinay Katiyar on Wednesday said that Muslims should not even be living in India and asked them to go to Pakistan or Bangladesh. Katiyar, who founded the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) youth wing, Bajrang Dal, further said a bill should be introduced in Parliament that frames a punishment for those "who do not respect Vande Mataram, (and) those who

Self-proclaimed savior of Hindutva and BJP MP Vinay Katiyar on Wednesday said that Muslims should not even be living in India and asked them to go to Pakistan or Bangladesh. Katiyar, who founded the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) youth wing, Bajrang Dal, further said a bill should be introduced in Parliament that frames a punishment for those "who do not respect Vande Mataram, (and) those who

New Delhi, Feb 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on the Congress saying while it still wanted an "old India" marked by Emergency, scams and violence against Sikhs, while his party wanted to create a 'New India'. He also sought the opposition's cooperation in the passage of the OBC Bill and the triple talaq bill, besides holding a constructive discussion on holding

New Delhi, Feb 7: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to answer the country on questions posed to him on the Rafale deal, farmers and jobs instead of making allegations in Parliament. He seems to have forgotten that he is the prime minister not an opposition leader, Gandhi told reporters after Modi's reply in the Lok Sabha to the motion of thanks on the

Cape Canaveral, Feb 7: The world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, blasted off today on its highly anticipated maiden test flight, carrying CEO Elon Musk's cherry red Tesla roadster to an orbit near Mars. Screams and cheers erupted at Cape Canaveral, Florida as the massive rocket fired its 27 engines and rumbled into the blue sky over the same NASA launchpad that served as a base for

Jodhpur, Feb 7: In a major relief to filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who has been facing opposition from the Rajput community for his period film "Padmaavat", the Rajasthan High Court today quashed an FIR against him and two lead actors of the film, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh. Justice Sandeep Mehta, while ordering to quash the FIR against the three, said the film depicted the glory of

Hyderabad, Feb 6: Rahul Gandhi has emerged as "more than a match" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the aspiration of the party and youth is to see him as the country's PM, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily said here. Asked about media reports suggesting that senior leaders like NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, both of whom were earlier in the Congress

New Delhi, Feb 6: A policeman was killed today and another injured as militants staged a daring attack outside a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital to free a Pakistani terrorist from police custody, police said. The Pakistani terrorist, who was brought to the SMHS hospital for treatment, managed to escape with the assailants, a police official said. The ultras opened firing on the