Public sector banks might perform better if they are freed from some of the constraints they operate under but such freedom typically requires distance from the government, says former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan.

 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, today, announced that the recruitment examination for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), which is conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), will be conducted in 13 languages other than English and Hindi. The government's Economic Survey was presented in Parliament on Thursday.

Mangaluru: All India Muslim Development Council has announced its plan to plant ten lakh saplings in Dakshina Kannada District to stress upon the need of green environment in the region following water scarcity problem the District faced during summer, earlier this year.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday appealed to the opposition, particularly the DMK, to put to rest the controversy over a tweet by Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi, saying she has deleted it and expressed deep regret.

 In yet another case of assault on a government official, Maharashtra Congress MLA Nitesh Rane and his supporters poured mud on a highway engineer.

At least 30 people, including four children, drowned and several others went missing as an overloaded wooden boat carrying 80 passengers capsized Wednesday in the Indus river in northwest Pakistan, police said.

The country's inflation rate has moved to a more stable and low level in the last five fiscals, and controlling price surge remains a key policy focus area of the government, the Economic Survey for 2018-19 said Thursday.

Bengaluru: JD(S) party on Thursday announced its new state president and Secretary, after party’s state President A H Vishwanath resigned from the post following party’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha Election.