Saying that he felt blessed to be on holy land here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan for understanding and respecting India’s sentiments on the issue of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor.
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The spiritual head of Ajmer dargah today welcomed the decision of Supreme Court on Ayodhya case and appealed to people to maintain peace and harmony.
Settling a fractious issue that goes back more than a century, the Supreme Court in a historic verdict today backed the construction of a Ram temple by a trust at the disputed site in Ayodhya, and ruled that an alternative five-acre plot must be found for a mosque in the Hindu holy town.
India’s economy possesses strong fundamentals and will revive on account of various reform measures taken by the government, said industry players, after Moody’s Investors Service cut the country’s credit rating outlook to negative.
Presence of multiple regulators with disparate priorities is ‘hindering’ the growth of the all important corporate bond market (CBM) in India, a senior RBI official said. The need for a robust bond market has increased, thanks to the stressed balance-sheets of banks, M Rajeshwar Rao, an executive director at the central bank, said.
The elite Special Protection Group (SPG) cover given to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul and Priyanka will be withdrawn and the family will instead be provided Z-plus security by the CRPF, officials said today.
Today, being the third anniversary of demonetisation, 74 per cent people believe that the move has led to cashless society, according to a report. On 8 November, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to the nation that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes would cease to be a legal tender.
Union Minister and BJP leader Nitin Gadkari today said there was no deal between his party and the Shiv Sena over equal distribution of portfolios, including sharing the post of Chief Minister.
In a blow to India, Moody’s Investors Service has cut country’s credit rating outlook to negative – the first step towards a downgrade, saying the government has been partly ineffective in addressing economic weakness, leading to rising risks that growth will remain lower.