Former RBI governor Bimal Jalan will chair a panel, which will decide on the ideal level of reserves for the central bank and how much can be transferred to the government. RBI said the decision to appoint Jalan, who headed the central bank during the former NDA regime, was taken in...

With Delhi's air quality remaining 'severe' from last few days, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the 'odd-even' car rationing scheme may be reintroduced if the need arises. Delhi is facing its worst pollution crisis since Diwali last month. "If the need arises, we will soon implement...

After four hours of debate in the Lok Sabha and a walkout by opposition parties the revised Triple Talaq Bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha. The bill essentially criminalizes the practice of Muslim men instantly divorcing their wives by uttering “Talaq” thrice. It provides for...

Sikh protesters demanded the renaming of Rajiv Chowk, previously known as Connaught Place, after revolutionary leader Shaheed Bhagat Singh, and defaced a "Rajiv Chowk" signboard. Raising slogans against former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the protesters garlanded the signboard with shoes...

PM Modi inaugurated India’s longest rail-road bridge Bogibeel in a northeastern state as part of efforts to boost defences on its sensitive border with China. This project has taken nearly two decades and $800 million to complete. The bridge, near the city of Dibrugarh, will enable...