Tag: RS
RBI Slashes Lending Rate By 35 Bps To 5.40%
The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday broke with convention by reducing its key lending rates by 35 basis points which is expected to make home and auto loans cheaper and rev-up the economy by unleashing consumption.....
Pakistan Appeals To UNSC On Kashmir, Shah Chairs Security Meet
Pakistan on Sunday upped the ante on Kashmir, with Prime Minister Imran Khan alleging use of "cluster bombs" by India on civilians along the LoC and appealing to the UN Security Council to intervene, while Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi raised the matter with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).....
Imran Dials Foreign Leaders; Special Parliament Session Called
Pakistani leaders, including the opposition, on Monday denounced India for scrapping special status for Jammu and Kashmir, while Prime Minister Imran Khan dialled foreign leaders such as Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during which he termed India's move illegal and one that would destroy regional peace and security.....
RS Passes Bill To Turn J&K Into UTs, Nod To Axe Art 370
In a big triumph for the government, the Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019 and adopted the resolution to scrap the Constitution's Article 370 paving way for bifurcation of the state into two Union territories (UTs) and allowing people from other states to buy land there.....
Sushma Swaraj Passes Away, Leaders Condole Death
Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj died at the AIIMS here on Tuesday night following cardiac arrest, hospital sources said. She was 67.....
Political Leaders, Public Gather To Bid Farewell To Sushma
Heavy security was in place at the Dayanand crematorium on Lodhi Road on Wednesday evening as top leaders including Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached for the last rites of former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, but apart from the VIPs, common people had also come to pay their final respects.....
Time For Pakistan To Accept Reality Of Kashmir: India
India on Friday said it is time for Pakistan to accept the reality of change in status of Jammu and Kashmir and stop interfering in what is entirely an internal matter of India, even as it urged Islamabad to review its unilateral decision to snap ties.....
India Cancels Samjhauta Link Express From Delhi To Atari
After Pakistan announced it was cancelling the Samjhauta Express, India on Sunday cancelled Samjhauta Link Express running between Delhi and Atari.....
Google Doodle Celebrates Vikram Sarabhai's 100th B'day
As Chandrayaan-2 cruises to reach the moon by August 20 and drop a lander called 'Vikram' on the Earth's sole satellite on September 7, Google on Monday celebrated the 100th birthday of Dr Vikram Sarabhai -- father of the Indian space programme -- with a Doodle.....
Let Differences Not Become Disputes: India Tells China
The future of Sino-Indian ties depends on mutual sensitivity to each other's core concerns and it's vital to "not let differences become disputes", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar conveyed this to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, here on Monday, as the two sides met for the first time after exchanges became a bit frosty over the changed status of Jammu and Kashmir.....
