Inflation shot over 8 per cent before the year 2007-08 ended, with government on Friday releasing final figures of rate of price rise for the week ending March 15 that puts it at 8.02 per cent against the provisional 6.68
Sebi had barred Ritesh Polyester and its promoters -- Ritesh Exports, Surendra Kumar Agarwal and his wife Roop Rekha Agarwal and their minor sons Ritesh and Deepak -- from operating in the capital market for a period of 10 years
The Karnataka high court has given the green signal for the launch of the new Bengaluru International Airport. The order came at 6.30 p.m. on Friday, barely a few hours before the first flight is to touch down at the
The national air-carrier was working on these issues and was confident of attaining 100 per cent e-ticketing before the International Air Transport Association deadline of May 31, the official said. Earlier in the day, Travel Agents Association of India President
Responding to pressures within government, the farm debt waiver and relief scheme has been enhanced to Rs 71,680 crore from the earlier Rs 60,314 crore, even as its coverage was widened to include 7 million more marginal and small farmers,
The Supreme Court has ruled that public sector insurance companies cannot refuse to provide medical cover policies to those suffering from pre-existing diseases and said such an action was arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional.
After a series of protests and court cases, Bangalore, the IT capital of India, finally got a full-fledged international airport at Devanhalli, 31 km away from the city. The first flight flew to Singapore.
When asked if it would not be good for farmers as they would be rid of an anti-farmer government, CPI general secretary A B Bardhan said that the farmers would continue to die as there would be nobody to save
In stark contrast with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recommendation that only Unified Access Service Licence (UASL) licence-holders should participate in 3G auctions, Communications Minister A Raja today suggested that foreign telecom companies, too, would be permitted to
Manipal Education, India's leading education group, in association with Whistling Woods International, an initiative of the well-known and acclaimed film maker, Subhash Ghai, is introducing a two year MBA degree in Media and Entertainment, for the first time in India.In
The surface-to-surface Ballistic Missile Prithvi-II was successfully launched from ITR, Chandipur, Balasore off Orissa coast at 10:26 this morning. Prithvi - II has achieved a range of 350 Kms with a flight duration of 483 seconds reaching a peak altitude
Guardian Lifecare, the country's second largest retail pharmacy chain, plans to go into an expansion mode. The company intends to open 150 new stores across the country. Guardian is all set to raise funds worth Rs 100 crore for the
The Bhopal-based Som Distilleries and Breweries, manufacturer of the Hunter beer, has acquired a 50-acre prime plot in Gwalior for Rs 266 crore from the Madhya Pradesh government. The company will develop a retail mall, a theme mall and two
Khaleeji Commercial Bank, one of Bahrain's leading Islamic banks, has announced that it has raised $163.5 million of equity from investors across GCC for Danat India Investment Company that will invest in a real estate development project in the vicinity
India's second-largest developer, the Mumbai-based Lokhandwala Infrastructure has made its way to Dubai as Lokhandwala Builders International where it builds, wheels and deals some of the city's most sought after real estate.Dubai's booming real estate industry has attracted investors from
Ace tennis player Leander Paes today joined hands with real estate developer Omaxe Ltd to design and manage fitness centers in latter's five townships in North India.'Leander Sports', the company promoted by Paes, today signed a memorandum of understanding to
The delay in opening of malls, closure of retail complexes and surging property rentals, among others, have prompted Trent, the Tata Group's retail company, to opt for the franchise route to open its Westside chain of department stores in tier
But now it seems unlikely that the bill, that has been pending for many years, will be passed by this government. After two Cabinet meetings and a group of ministers discussing the issue of whether the Prime Minister should be
Mohammad Iqbal alias Abdur Rehman, wanted for his role in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast and the 2006 Varanasi blasts, was picked up by a Delhi Police special cell team minutes after he got down from a train from Howrah
Not only was the fund meant for relief and aid during calamities used for trivial ventures like cricket matches, documents from an RTI application show that the sanctions were given despite strong objections from state bureaucrats. Huge amount of money
