Day: October 14, 2019

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

14 Pak migrants given Indian citizenship

9:23 pm October 14, 2019

Jaipur: Fourteen Pakistani migrants living in Rajasthan’s Jaipur district for past several years were on Monday given certificates of Indian citizenship. District collector Jagroop Singh Yadav said apart from 14 Pak migrants, who were given the citizenship certificates today, 42 others are also being considered for the grant of citizenship. A total of 108 Pak […]

Amit Shah holds colourful roadshow in Bengal's Kharagpur

New BJP president by December: Amit Shah

9:21 pm October 14, 2019

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah said on Monday that he will make way for a new leader to head the saffron party when its organisational elections are over by the end of this year. Shah, who is also the Union home minister, said a new party president is expected to take charge by December. […]

TN Dy CM, Stalin laud Abhijit Banerjee for winning Nobel Economics Prize

9:12 pm October 14, 2019

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and DMK President MK Stalin on Monday greeted Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee for winning the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize. The Kolkata-born Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo and another economist Michael Kremer jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” In a […]

Don't extend loan moratorium: HDFC Ltd Chairman Deepak Parekh urged RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

HDFC lowers lending rates by 10 bps to 8.25%

9:08 pm October 14, 2019

Mumbai: Mortgage major HDFC on Monday announced a 0.10 percentage points reduction in its floating rates, joining a growing list of lenders which are revising down their loan prices. The move, applicable for both new as well as existing borrowers, brings down its lending rate to 8.25 percent for the salaried borrowers to the lowest […]

Yes Bank sells 6.56% stake in Fortis Healthcare for Rs 645-cr

9:02 pm October 14, 2019

New Delhi: Private sector lender Yes Bank on Monday offloaded 6.56 per cent stake in leading hospital chain Fortis Healthcare for a little over Rs 645 crore through an open market transaction. After the sale, the lender now holds just 1,850 shares in the hospital chain, latest shareholding data available with the BSE showed. According […]