Everything you need to know about Sector 6: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Sector 6: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Gurgaon, June 8 (IANS) Two new-born male infants were found dead in a pile of garbage here Saturday near IFFCO chowk of Delhi-Gurgaon expressway, said police.
New Delhi, June 6 (ANI): India's services sector in May grew at its fastest pace in three months, raising hopes of a recovery in a weak economy.
Mumbai, June 3 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India Monday extended the validity period of the in-principle approval it will give a promoter for setting up a bank from one year to 18 months.
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement to the media Monday on Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India:
London, May 17 (IANS) The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has that it will cut 1,400 jobs over the next two years as part of plans to restructure its retail head office operations in Britain, a media report said.
New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval to the Swedish retailer IKEA for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in single-brand retail.
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Wednesday announced $30 million equity investment in a hydropower project developed by Hyderabad-based NSL Group.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Social protection policies such as MGNREGS and the direct cash transfer scheme can play a key role in fighting child labour, a report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said Monday.
New Delhi, April 26 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) Meritorious Awards on Friday at the fourth Public Sector Day function held at Vigyan Bhavan here.
Guwahati, Apr. 23 (ANI): The Assam Rifles has been training its commandos in Tripura for counter insurgency operations in the northeast.
National Insurance Company Limited a fastest growing Public Sector Non-life Insurance Company has published job opportunity for the Assistants in various states.
Gurgaon, April 8 (IANS) A lecturer at the University Institute of Law and Management Studies (UILMS) here was arrested Monday for molesting and harassing a third year law student, police said.
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said his government would act decisively to boost India's economic growth and roll out more reforms such as liberalising the foreign direct investment (FDI) regime in the coming months.
New Delhi, Apr. 3 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will present the national awards to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and banks at a function at the Vigyan Bhavan here today.
Nairobi, March 28 (IANS) Kenya's tourism earnings dropped marginally to $1.12 billion in 2012 from the previous year when it recorded $1.14 billion, an official said.
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) A 22-year-old youth was killed and three others seriously injured early Saturday after a fire broke out inside a guesthouse here, an official said.
Panchkula (Haryana), March 22 (IANS) A CBI court here Friday sentenced two Gurgaon-based doctors to seven years' rigorous imprisonment each for their role in the Gurgaon kidney sale scam that made national headlines in February 2008.
Accra, March 12 (IANS) Ghana expects $581 million in petroleum revenues this year, an official said here.
Beijing, March 11 (IANS) The introduction of private capital in railway construction and operations will help break monopoly in the industry, a top official said Monday.
Ghaziabad, Mar 1 (IANS) The son of a police sub-inspector in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district was Friday booked for the rape of a woman, police said.
Gurgaon, Feb 28 (IANS) A fire broke out Thursday at a factory in the Manesar industrial township of Haryana near here. No one was injured in the incident, an official said.
New Delhi, Feb. 28 (ANI): Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Thursday welcomed the Budget for 2013-14 presented in Parliament, and said that Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has done a good job in the present circumstances.
Noida, Feb. 20 (ANI): The two-day nationwide strike called by eleven major trade unions today, turned violent in some parts of Noida, adjoining national capital.
New Delhi, Feb. 15 (ANI): The Indian Army returned the dead body of Pakistani soldier, who was killed in a firefight after he had crossed the Line of Control in the Nowshera sub-sector, with 'military respects' on Friday evening.
New Delhi, Jan 12 (ANI): The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne, on Saturday strongly made it clear that India will be forced to consider other options, if ceasefire violations continue from the Pakistan side.
Gurgaon, Jan 9 (IANS) A domestic help of a retired colonel decamped with jewellery worth Rs.20 lakh on her first day of work, police said Wednesday.
Gurgaon, Dec 30 (IANS) Protest marches were organised Sunday by Gurgaon residents and workers seeking death penalty for the attackers in the Delhi gang-rape.
IBPS CWE clerk evening session online exam held on 15th December 2012 has been cancelled. IBPS has decided to cancel the clerical exam for recruitment in Public Sector Banks due to some unforeseen circumstances.
Lucknow, Dec 11 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday announced that the state's Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. will develop and augment 27 transmission substations of voltages ranging from 132 KV to 400 KV across the state.
Gurgaon, Dec 2 (IANS) Ashis Roy, the marathon man of India, ran his 114th endurance race here Sunday.
Gurgaon, Nov 30 (IANS) Automobile major Land Rover Friday launched its fourth generation sport utility vehicle (SUV) Range Rover here, a company official said.
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) A 55?year?old man was killed when his car caught fire in the capital, police said Saturday.
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) It was a busy Diwali night for Delhi's fire fighters who received and attended 250 calls from across the capital till early Wednesday morning. There was no major incident, an official said.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (ANI): Canadian Sports Minister Bal Gosal called on his Indian counterpart Jitendra Singh here today and exchanged ideas on identifying areas of cooperation between the two countries.
Panchkula (Haryana), Nov 1 (IANS) Haryana Police Thursday began preliminary investigations following a complaint that senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka has received a threat call on his official landline phone.
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Describing India's security challenges as "diverse and serious", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday underlined the need for bolstering the country's capabilities to tackle new threats in areas of cyber and space and called for an integrated response and weaponry to deal with them.
New Delhi, Oct 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said there is a need to increase the country's capabilities in emerging areas like cyber and space, which can be the sources of new threats.
Shivshankar Menon, the National Security Advisor after releasing the JWG report "Engagement with Private Sector on Cyber Security", said that country needs to strengthen defense against all kinds of cyber attacks.
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) A 45-year-old man was stabbed to death by his friend after a heated argument over Rs.100 here, police said Friday. The incident was reported Thursday around 10.30 p.m. in west Delhi's Rohini area.
New Delhi, Oct 9 (ANI): Asserting that the nation appreciates the high standard of professionalism shown by citizen soldiers, Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Tuesday said the Territorial Army has a great responsibility in augmenting the regular Army, be it during times of war, or in war-like situation, or in the wake of natural calamities.
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The global defence and aerospace (A&D) industry recorded a one percent decrease in its revenues in the first half of 2012 on top of a 3.3 percent revenue decline in 2011, a study by consultancy firm Deloitte has concluded.
New Delhi, Oct.5 (ANI): Confederation of Indian Industry Director-General Chandrajit Banerjee has described the Union Cabinet's approvals for the Insurance Bill, Pensions Bill, and the revision of the Companies Bill and the Competition Bill as being of great significance, as it marks the continuation of the reforms thrust that began on 13th September.
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) On his first visit to Mumbai as the president, Pranab Mukherjee will Thursday inaugurate India Chem 2012, an international conference to promote the Indian chemical industry.
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) A 70-year-old retired Income Tax officer was found killed inside her residence here Wednesday, said police adding that robbery seems to be the reason behind the incident.
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) A 31-year-old woman was shot dead Tuesday by two men on a motorcycle while she was going to drop her four-year-old son to school in a rickshaw, police said.
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) To ease the burden on farmers specially in drought-hit areas, the cabinet Thursday decided to release Rs.10,901 crore to banks as interest subvention for crop loans up to Rs.300,000 to farmers in FY 2012-13.
New Delhi, Aug 31(IANS) Delays in implementing 16 hydro power projects by four state-run generators, including NHPC, resulted in cost overruns of more than Rs.14,700 crore, India's official auditor said Friday.
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Raghuram G Rajan, former IMF chief economist, took charge as chief economic adviser (CEA) in the finance ministry Wednesday.
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IANS) Banking activities in West Bengal came to a standstill as most union members joined the two-day nationwide strike from Wednesday to protest against the proposed Banking Sector Reform Bill.
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered $150 million loan for expansion of railway tracks and improving overall service.
Gurgaon, June 20 (IANS) A factory that supplied parts to passenger car maker Maruti Suzuki was gutted in a major fire here Wednesday morning, a fire official said. No one was injured in the incident.
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) An eerie silence shrouded the Gupta household in north Delhi's Rohini where two sisters had locked themselves for the last over six years. Traumatised and frightened to face the world since their father's death, the sisters were "starving and smelling" when a medical emergency team rescued them from their home Saturday.
New Delhi, June 11 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will review the annual performance of banks and financial institutions relating to agriculture credit, micro, small and medium enterprises credit, housing loans, education loans, gross and net non performing assets along with slew of measures initiated by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance in the areas of improving productivity and efficiency in the Public Sector Banks here on Tuesday.
New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): In order to address the issue of major investment projects being delayed for a variety of reasons, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has approved the setting up of an Investment Tracking System to ensure speedy implementation.
Gurgaon, May 30 (IANS) A 25-year-old man committed suicide by jumping from the seventh floor of his office building here Wednesday, police said.
New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre, which completed its eighth year in power today, claimed that India is now second fastest growing large economy in the world with a GDP growth of 6.9 percent.
Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) A construction company employee was found dead in the posh Gomtinagar area early Monday with his face battered beyond recognition, police said.
Gandhinagar, May 8 (IANS) A man accused of murdering a doctor and her mother Tuesday escaped from police custody from a court here, police said.
Gurgaon, May 7 (IANS) A 28-year-old woman jumped to her death Monday from the sixth floor of an apartment building, police said.
Gurgaon, May 5 (IANS) NGO Suparna Ka Aangan did not have permission to run the orphanage where sexual abuse of several minor girls has come to light, an enquiry by a three-member team of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) revealed Saturday.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The National Advisory Council (NAC) has pulled up the central government for failing to formulate a social security package for India's 430-million informal sector workers even though the Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act (UWSSA) was passed three years ago.
Khartoum (Sudan), April 20 (Xinhua-ANI): Rebels in Sudan's troubled Blue Nile state said on Friday that they had killed 79 Sudanese soldiers in the latest battles on the border with South Sudan, where armed clashes have been taking place since last September.
New Delhi, Apr 13 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today called for public sector and the private sector to work together for a truly sustainable and inclusive nation.
New Delhi, Apr 12 (ANI): As directed by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, a review meeting of the Port Sector taken in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) examined the progress made in the implementation of PPP projects in major ports and the progress of dredging activities.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) A 25-year-old Shiv Sena candidate in Sunday's Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls was stabbed by two unidentified people Thursday, police said adding that he is out of danger.
Mumbai, April 7 (IANS) Nationalisation of banks was a path breaking step in deploying financial services for transformation of the economy, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday and added that India needs to develop an integrated banking delivery model to promote financial inclusion and economic growth.
Skardu (Pakistan), Apr.7 (ANI): An avalanche has reportedly buried about 135 Pakistani Army soldiers, including a colonel in the Gayari Sector near the Siachen Glacier.
Washington, April 6 (IANS) China's financial supervision has made significant progress but more efforts are needed to meet challenges ahead, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)'s eastern wing is eyeing to double its turnover in the next five years to Rs.54 billion, a top official of the power plant equipment major has said.
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to double the existing number of coins to 12 billion pieces to keep pace with their increasing demand.
Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday tabled his third consecutive budget for financial year 2012-13 in Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, primarily focusing on core issues and domestic problems including slowing.....
New Delhi, Mar 15 (ANI): The Economic Survey 2011-12 has underlined the fact that flow of agricultural credit has been impressive. The Indian banking system disbursed credit of Rs 4,46,779 crore to the agricultural sector as against a target of Rs 3,75,000 crore in 2010-11, thereby exceeding the target by around 19 per cent. The extension of credit has taken the total number of new farmers brought under the banking system to 127.26 lakhs.
New Delhi, Mar 15 (ANI): The Economic Survey 2011-12 has underlined the fact that flow of agricultural credit has been impressive. The Indian banking system disbursed credit of Rs 4,46,779 crore to the agricultural sector as against a target of Rs 3,75,000 crore in 2010-11, thereby exceeding the target by around 19 per cent. The extension of credit has taken the total number of new farmers brought under the banking system to 127.26 lakhs.
Berlin, Mar 9 (ANI): Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai on Friday inaugurated the Indian Pavilion, Berlin Tourism Fair.
Gurgaon, Jan 6 (ANI): The Gurgaon police remained a mute spectator to the molestation of a woman on the New Year's eve between Sahara and Metropolitan malls in Gurgaon, according to the report of the fact finding team set up by Youth 4 Democracy (Y4D), an organization committed to fighting for peoples' rights.
Islamabad, Nov 21 (ANI): Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani and his accuser, Mansoor Ijaz, have been continuing with their internet war on the memo scandal.
New Delhi, Nov 2 (ANI): India and Poland on Wednesday agreed to enhance the bilateral cooperation in the films Sector.
New Delhi, Oct 31 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today formally launched the Central Government's e-payment system.
New Delhi, Oct 13 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today approved the policy for acquisition of raw material assets abroad by profit making Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs).
New Delhi, Oct 11 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will present the Prime Minister's Shram Awards for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 at the Vigyan Bhawan here on Thursday.
Jalandhar (Punjab), Oct.6 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) personnel ha reported the successful seizure of 27 kilograms of heroin and foreign currency worth Rs.1, 98, 500.
New Delhi, Sep 26 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid today met United Kingdom's Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Harry Clarke to further strengthen co-operation between both countries in the field of law.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (ANI): Britain's Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Lord David Howell, on Wednesday emphasized the need for moving away from coal to natural gas to achieve reduction in greenhouse emissions.
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today approved further modification of the 'Revised Relief Package of Assistance for the Animal Husbandry Sector for Tsunami affected areas' of Andaman and Nicobar islands.
New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet with the Chief Executive Officers of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) and financial institutions here tomorrow to review their annual performance.
New Delhi, June 17(ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has stressed on the need to sustain and pursue the efforts currently underway to reform the international and national policy regimes for better managing the forces of globalization.
Manila, Apr. 19 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide up to 150 million dollars in credit guarantees to help India scale up its use of solar power as a major renewable energy source.
Islamabad, Mar 15(ANI): Over 805 projects of the current year's development programme for Pakistan have come to a complete halt due to a 40 per cent financial cut imposed by the federal government.
New Delhi, Mar 7 (ANI): Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel will hold the first ever ministerial level interactive session with a cross-section of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) here on March 9.
Islamabad, Mar 2(ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani have strongly condemned the assassination of the Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti.
New Delhi, Feb 28 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today announced various incentives for micro, small and medium enterprises while presenting this year's union budget.
Kolkata, Jan 10 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said the resilience shown by the Indian economy during the global crisis reflects a maturing of the economic management of the country and the growing competitiveness of enterprise.
New Delhi, Dec 15 (ANI): Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Vilasrao Deshmukh on Wednesday stressed the need for continued adherence to good corporate governance practices and increased sensitivity to social obligations.
New Delhi, Dec 14 (ANI): Union Minister for Steel Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday said that India is expected to become the second largest steel producing nation by 2012.
New Delhi, Nov 2 (ANI): Union Textiles Minister Dayanadhi Maran on Tuesday said India has the potential to increase its textile share in the world trade from the current level of 4.5 percent to eight percent to reach 80 billion dollars by 2020.
New York, Oct 7 (ANI): India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has called global investors to participate in the India's growth, saying the country is poised to expand its growth by nine per cent.
New Delhi, Sep 14 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that the Central Government is committed to give 'Public Sector Enterprises' the necessary flexibility and autonomy to operate effectively in a competitive environment.
New Delhi, Aug.28 (ANI): Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday appreciated the monetary help contributed to Prime Minister's Relief Fund by the Indo Tibetan Border Police for Leh flash flood victims.
New Delhi, Aug 8 (ANI): On third day of the Rescue and Relief Operation in Leh, about 1,000 Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel provided food and drinking water to over 4000 affected persons.
New Delhi, April 27 (ANI): An amount of rupees 322.65 crore has been outstanding against user Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)/Other organisations towards cost of deployment of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), as on March 31, 2010, the Government stated on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha.
