With lenders such as SBI, PNB, Union Bank of India and IDBI slashing benchmark lending rate, India Inc on Monday said the move will act as a "booster dose" for the economy and propel consumption as lending may pick up significantly.
Counter-puncher Somdev, at the age of 31, announced his retirement from tennis on Sunday, having represented India in the Davis Cup in 14 ties with 14 wins and 10 defeats in singles.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to be questioned on Monday over two separate corruption allegations, after the Prosecutor General`s Office asked the police to carry out an investigation.
Sixteen people, mostly medical workers, have been sentenced to upto five years in jail by a court in China for organ trafficking.
Myanmar`s government on Monday said it has detained several police officers over a video apparently showing Rohingya civilians being beaten, a rare admission that authorities may have carried out abuses against the Muslim minority.
Several women have raised arms against Taliban militants and Islamic State (IS) loyalists in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, officials said.
Rajapaksa last week has warned that the unity government headed by the President Maithripala Sirisena and Premier Wickremesinghe could be toppled in 2017
Though the deadline to deposit demonetised notes in bank branches ended on December 30, NRIs and Indian nationals abroad are still allowed by the Reserve Bank of India to deposit up to Rs 25,000 of the banned notes within the grace period.
An unprecedented crowd erupted in Lucknow on Monday to witness PM Narendra Modi's Parivartan Rally.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally shortly.
With the Samajwadi Party split, neither faction may get the `cycle` symbol ahead of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi said on Monday.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), gold for delivery in February traded higher by Rs 83, or 0.30 percent, to Rs 27,528 per 10 grams.
Sehwag and Morgan were engaged in several exchange of tweets directed at each other throughout the year.
A day after SBI slashed its rate offering steeply, country's fourth biggest private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank on Monday announced a cut of up to 0.45 percent in its lending rates.
Myanmar`s government on Monday said it has detained several police officers over a video apparently showing Rohingya civilians being beaten, a rare admission that authorities may have carried out abuses against the Muslim minority.
The annual pilgrimage, which starts and ends in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, is a must for all able-bodied Muslims who can afford it.
A suicide car bomb attack in a densely-populated neighbourhood of Baghdad Monday killed at least 17 people and left dozens wounded, police and hospital officials said.
Sixteen people, mostly medical workers, have been sentenced to upto five years in jail by a court in China for organ trafficking.
Amit Shah said the "chacha" and "bhatija" were squabbling while the development of the state had taken a backseat.
Two persons, including an elderly Mahadalit man, were allegedly hacked to death today by members of rival group in a village under Bhargama police station area in Bihar's Araria district, police said.
Goa Congress chief Luizinho Faleiro today claimed that the forthcoming Goa Assembly polls will mark the beginning of the electoral downfall of BJP in the country and resurgence of his party.
President Francois Hollande flew into Iraq on Monday and told French troops stationed there he was hoping for "a year of victory against terrorism".
Doning the avatar of a poet, Shami blew trolls apart in poetic fashion.
A plane carrying 35 diplomats expelled from the United States over Russia`s alleged meddling in the US presidential election arrived in Moscow early Monday, Russian state television reported.
The Lankans won the toss and opted to field first having introduced two changes in the squad.