100-Word Insight

TNI Bureau: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut the reserve ration (CRR) by 0.25 per cent, but kept the interest rates unchanged at 8 per cent. The cut in CRR is likely to allow the banks to bring down the lending rates and improve…

TNI Bureau: The Union Cabinet cleared the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail and civil aviation sectors. The move could change the condition of retail market in India during inflation, according to the government. The clearance of…

TNI Bureau: Amidst the growing pressure from the opposition BJP over the coal blocks allocation scam, the Supreme Court slapped the UPA government issuing a notice over the alleged irregularities in the allocation. The coal ministry…

TNI Bureau: Homemakers may soon get monthly salary from their husbands for performing the household tasks as the government is considering over a proposal that will make it mandatory for men to pay a certain percentage of their income to…

TNI Bureau: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has challenged the Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to come and campaign in Gujarat. The attitude shows that he is confident enough about his developmental works that will help him…

TNI Bureau: Decision for fuel price hike might be ‘unavoidable’ for the government, but what the middle class people will do? Either they will look for alternate option or go for protest. The possibility for the black marketing will also…

TNI Bureau: The trouble for common citizens began after the government hiked the diesel prices by Rs 5 per litre. Adding to that the cap of only six subsidized LPG cylinders per household per annum is another reason for people to think of…

TNI Bureau: The Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have arrested Mehrajuddin Dand, a terror suspect involved in Kandahar plane hijack and several terror activities. He had allegedly provided logistics for plane hijacking of IC-814 in 1999.…

TNI Bureau: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav hinted at the possible formation of third front, which will play a key role in the upcoming elections 2014. He appealed all the smaller parties to unite together to take on the UPA and…

TNI Bureau: Seems like, the foreign media is also playing a key role to spread anti-Congress feeling among the people. After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was criticised by the Washington Post, which described him as a ‘tragic figure’, now…