31 August 2013

Their World Cup berth all but secured, a confident India would look to book a direct ticket to next year’s mega-event by winning the ongoing ninth Asia Cup hockey tournament when they clash with defending champions South Korea, in Ipoh on Sunday.

31 August 2013

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft said that a battle to shed light on secret US government requests for internet user data would play out in court after failed peace talks.

31 August 2013

NEW DELHI: Delhi's average per capita income, at more than Rs 2 lakh per year in 2012-13, is the highest in India, a official report said Saturday.

31 August 2013

NEW DELHI: Economists and consultants are not upbeat over the revival of the Indian economy in the near future. Economic growth in April-June would have been lower than 4.4%, but for the government spending, credit rating agency Crisil said. But, given the present economic condition, government spending can not be sustained in the coming quarters. Despite good monsoon, Crisil said, "We now see downside to our GDP growth forecast of 5.5% for 2013-14." 

31 August 2013

NEW DELHI: A Supreme Court-appointed panel has cleared the way for construction of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor passing through Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai.

31 August 2013

NEW DELHI: The Public Enterprises Selection Board on Friday recommended Dinesh K Sarraf as the next head of the country's most valuable company, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). The government headhunter's decision signals support for the ONGC Videsh MD's aggressive stance on overseas acquisitions and preference for a person with a clean image to steer a company with $6-7 billion annual expenditure.

31 August 2013

NEW DELHI: The new Companies Bill has received President's assent, that will make it into a law replacing the nearly six-decade old regulations that govern corporates in the country.

30 August 2013 

NEW DELHI The Government on Friday approved three projects worth Rs 200 crore under the Electronic Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) scheme.

30 August 2013

MUMBAI The Reserve Bank today permitted premature encashment of 8 per cent Savings (Taxable) Bonds for individual investors who are 60 years and above.

30 August 2013

NEW DELHI: The government today approved denotification of six special economic zones (SEZs) and considered a total of four new proposals worth Rs 6,451 crore but cleared only two of them. 

30 August 2013

BANGALORE: India's first exclusive defence satellite GSAT-7 was successfully launched by European space consortium Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana on Friday, giving a major push to the country's maritime security.

30 August 2013

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank's move to open a forex swap window to meet dollar requirements of three public sector oil marketing companies has helped shore up the rupee and reduced volatility in the currency market, industry body Assocham said today. 

30 August 2013

NEW DELHI: Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, a judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, was today appointed as the next Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

30 August 2013

KOCHI: Federal Bank has launched FedBook , an electronic version of the traditional passbook. Customers can freely download and install the application on their smart devices. FedBook can be carried in one's mobile or tab and it helps customers to view all transactions in their multiple bank accounts online and offline for 24 hours.

29 August 2013

Bharti Airtel on Thursday said that alongwith SoftBank Mobile, it has successfully conducted field trials of a technology that provides cost-efficient 3G phone services using a communications satellite as a transmission line. The field trial was conducted in actual environment in Kenya.