Fed says rate hike next month hinges on market volatility

Last Updated: Saturday, August 29, 2015, 03:36

The US Federal Reserve on Friday left the door open to a September interest rate hike even while several central bank officials acknowledged that turmoil in financial markets, if prolonged, could delay monetary policy tightening.

Delhi govt flags off mobile vans with onions to ease prices

Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2015, 22:17

In a bid to provide onions at subsidised rates, Delhi Development Minister Gopal Rai on Friday flagged-off mobile vans from Azadpur Mandi to different parts of the city for the vegetable to be sold at "model price".

Middle class woes to continue, wholesale onion price shoots up to Rs 57 per kg

Last Updated: Saturday, August 22, 2015, 13:32

In the price-sensitive Delhi market and some other parts of the country, retail onion price has shot up to Rs 80 per kg.

Onion price rises to Rs 54 per kg at Lasalgaon

Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015, 15:39

Onion prices at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra -- Asia's biggest wholesale market for onions -- today touched Rs 54 per kg, the highest so far this year, due to tight supply of the crop.

MMTC floats tender for import of 10,000 tonnes onion

Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015, 14:25

State-run MMTC has invited bids from global suppliers for import of 10,000 tonnes onion from countries like Pakistan, Egypt, China and Afghanistan to boost domestic supply and check price rise.

Middle-class budget goes haywire, onion prices shoot up by Rs 30 in 10 days

Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015, 11:43

Onion prices are hardening due to the fall in production and sluggish supply of stored onions, which are meant for meeting demand during July-September.

Punjab gets onions from Afghan to check prices

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 17:25

With onion prices going through the roof, traders from Punjab have started importing the crop from Afghanistan through the Attari-Wagah land route.

NITI Aayog offers 30% hike over PlanComm pay to attract talent

Last Updated: Sunday, August 16, 2015, 12:10

NITI Aayog has replaced the decades-old Planning Commission and is being seen as one of the most ambitious projects of the Modi government to overhaul governance and policymaking practices in the country.

Gold price snaps 7-week descending trend, revisits Rs 25,000-level

Last Updated: Saturday, August 15, 2015, 17:44

Gold staged a resounding comeback from its multi-year low during the holiday-shortened trading week as jewellery traders and retailers ramped up demand ahead of the peak festival season.