Piyush Goyal

Congress leader Jitin Prasada joins BJP

2:25 pm June 9, 2021

New Delhi: Congress leader Jitin Prasada joined the BJP on Wednesday, in a shot in the arm for the saffron party as it prepares for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled for early next year. He joined the BJP in presence of Union minister Piyush Goyal and its chief spokesperson Anil Baluni. The 47-year-old Prasada, […]

Flipkart expands benefits for sellers under 'Growth Capital' programme

Flipkart restructured biz model to exercise control over inventory, retail prices, alleges CAIT

10:50 pm May 20, 2021

New Delhi: Traders’ body CAIT on Thursday urged the government to investigate the ”blatant” violation of FDI and taxation rules by e-commerce major Flipkart, alleging that the Walmart-owned firm had ”creatively” restructured its business model to exercise control over inventory and retail prices. Flipkart was violating FDI policy ”by creatively structuring its marketplace business model and creating a […]

Jaishankar-Raab bilateral talks focus on 2030 Roadmap to India-UK FTA, COVID-19 cooperation

11:53 pm May 6, 2021

London: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held bilateral discussions with his UK counterpart, Dominic Raab, which focussed on both sides implementing the ‘2030 Roadmap’ of the India-UK Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) to pave the way for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as well as deeper cooperation on tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. Jaishankar, who […]

Dinesh Trivedi did good work as rail minister but was cut off by Mamata Banerjee: Goyal

11:55 pm March 10, 2021

New Delhi: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said former TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi tried to do good work during his stint as railway minister, but his efforts were thwarted by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trivedi served as railway minister from 2011 to 2012. Talking to reporters, Goyal said Trivedi must have gauged the defeat of Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the upcoming West Bengal assembly […]

Goyal, Shiv Sena members spar in LS over stalled work of bullet train, Metro project

11:14 pm March 10, 2021

New Delhi: BJP and Shiv Sena sparred in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, accusing each other of non-cooperation over important infrastructure initiatives like the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train and Mumbai Metro project in Maharashtra. While Railway Minister Piyush Goyal charged the Uddhav Thackeray-led Mahavikas Aghadi government of stalling the bullet train project, the Shiv Sena accused the Centre of not cooperating with the state dispensation over the Metro car […]

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