For loans above Rs 75 lakh, the bank will continue to charge between 10. 5 per cent and 11.25 per cent.

Prior to that, the BJP parliamentary party will officially declare Modi as the leader of the parliamentary party at its meeting today afternoon. MPs of other NDA partners will then join the meeting to give their assent to Modi as their leader.

“At present, an investment of approximately €100 million is in the decision process for new models and for further localisation of parts and components,” Volkswagen India president and managing director Mahesh Kodumudi told PTI. While he did not share the timeline for the investment, he said “further large investments will accompany decisions for further new models for the Indian and export markets”.

The cash-and-stock deal, approved unanimously by both boards, will see AT&T purchase DirecTV for $95 per share, for a total equity value of $48.5 billion and a total transaction value of $67.1 billion, including DirecTV’s net debt.

Effective from May 21, the minimum recharge value for the DMRC smart cards will be upped to Rs 200 from Rs 100, DMRC said. “Also, the minimum recharge value for a new card will be increased to Rs 100 from Rs 50. So, a new smart card will cost Rs 150 instead of Rs 100 (Rs 50 will be refundable security deposit),” a DMRC spokesperson said.

The 65-foot-tall new species of titanosaur, 130 feet in length and weighing 77 tonnes, is much heavier than the previous record holder Argentinosaurus, palaeontologists said.

Police Superintendent Aderenle Shinaba said the car exploded on Sunday night before the bomber reached his target of the busy restaurants and bars lining Gold Coast Street, indicating the casualties could have been much higher. It was unclear if the bomber was among them.

The UPA government failed to implement the new pricing regime based on Rangarajan formula as the Election Commission played spoilsport. Had the decision been implemented, the gas price would have nearly doubled from $4.2 per mBtu now to $8.4/mmBtu.

The law, signed November 19 shortly before former mayor Michael Bloomberg finished his second term, had a six-month waiting period before it came into effect, but its impact can already be clearly felt.