India's domestic air passenger traffic rose by 14.91 per cent during last month to 90.45 lakh, official data showed on Thursday. ....

India has made a quarter-million-dollar contribution to the UN programme for helping countries to hold elections and develop their electoral systems. ....

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss the role of world business to promote Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ....

The threat by petroleum dealers to shut down pumps on Sundays will be dealt with according to measures necessary to maintain supplies of essential commodities, the Centre said on Wednesday. ....

Fuel bunks in seven states and Puducherry will be shut every Sunday starting May 14, it was announced on Tuesday, to protest the public sector oil companies' failure to hike dealer margins. ....

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya defaulted on Rs 8,191 crore he had borrowed from a consortium of 17 public sector banks, which have so far recovered Rs 155 crore through auction of his seized properties. ....

Falling for the fourth straight session on Tuesday the market continued its southward journey with the Sensex losing 94 points to close at 29,319. weighed by weakness in global peers after unexpected UK election announcement. Investors were also worried after prediction of monsoon at lower band of normal monsoon and on higher probability of El Nino. ....

As the government aims big to promote and make digital transactions easier with BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) app, a new survey on Tuesday claimed that only 35.7 per cent people in rural India are aware of BHIM that has over 10 million user base in the country. ....

Liquor baron and loan defaulter Vijay Mallya has been granted bail by the Westminster Magistrates’ Court, three hours after he was arrested in London, according to sources. ....

Citizens of India are eligible to visit Russia's far east without visas, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said. ....