Number of defunct firms up 35% this fiscal

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 21, 2015, 15:53

There were 1.4 lakh companies lying dormant till July 16 as compared to 1.21 lakh at the end March, he added.

Rajya Sabha panel adopts report on GST; Congress files dissent

Last Updated: Monday, July 20, 2015, 19:58

A Rajya Sabha Select Committee Monday adopted a report endorsing majority provisions of the GST Bill after the Centre agreed to compensate states for revenue loss for 5 years even as Congress filed a dissent note.

12 lakh power employees, engineers threaten to go on strike

Last Updated: Monday, July 20, 2015, 16:15

Around 12 lakh power employees and engineers across the country will go on one-day strike on the day Electricity (Amendment) Bill is presented in Parliament during the Monsoon session beginning Tuesday.

Parl panel readies report on GST, govt gives in on major demand

Last Updated: Sunday, July 19, 2015, 19:12

The report will be considered by the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha Monday when it is expected to be adopted for presentation in Parliament which convenes on Tuesday.

ECB, Eurogroup give Greece breathing space after Athens vote

Last Updated: Thursday, July 16, 2015, 23:31

Eurozone ministers approved the launch of Greece bailout talks and the ECB boosted its cash lifeline to the crisis-hit country Thursday after lawmakers in Athens grudgingly passed a tough reform package demanded by creditors.

Greek parliament vote satisfies bailout deal terms: EU

Last Updated: Thursday, July 16, 2015, 17:36

"The authorities have legally implemented the first set of four measures agreed at the eurosummit in a timely and overall satisfactory manner," spokeswoman Annika Breidthardt told reporters.

Eurozone leaders agree tough Greek bailout deal

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2015, 00:30

After gruelling 17-hour talks during which the future of European integration hung in the balance, leftist Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accepted terms set by his distrustful partners.

Several eurozone parliaments to vote on new Greek debt deal

Last Updated: Monday, July 13, 2015, 21:45

Even if Greece and its European partners finally reached a deal on a third aid programme in gruelling weekend talks, it must still be approved by eight different national parliaments.

Bill for converting 101 rivers into waterways in next session

Last Updated: Sunday, July 5, 2015, 11:35

Keen on promoting water transport, the government will introduce a bill in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament that seeks to convert 101 rivers across the country into waterways.

Traders against proposed GST; say it is more complex

Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2015, 20:50

With the government hopeful of passing Constitutional amendment bill on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the forthcoming Parliament session, traders are opposed to it, saying that in the current form, it is more complex and needs to be simplified.

China parliament ratifies BRICS Bank agreement

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 14:06

China`s largely rubber-stamp parliament ratified an agreement with the world`s largest emerging nations on Wednesday to create a new development bank, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Anti-austerity protesters rally at Greek parliament

Last Updated: Monday, June 29, 2015, 00:19

Several hundred anti-austerity protesters, chanting slogans against the European Union and IMF, rallied near parliament in Athens on Sunday as a deepening crisis forced Greece`s leftist government to announce capital controls on the banking system.