Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) India Power Corp Ltd (IPCL), a consortium comprising Srei Infrastructure Finance and Bhaskar Silicon, was Friday selected for picking up a controlling 57.17 percent stake in power utility ...

Amritsar, Nov 20 (IANS) This is one "success" that has left the customs department in Amritsar sector embarrassed. Over 14 months after they seized fake currency from a woman coming from Pakistan, ...

Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) India Power Corp Ltd (IPCL), a consortium comprising Srei Infrastructure and Bhaskar Silicon, was Friday selected for picking up a controlling 57.17 percent stake in power utility DPSC ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The central government has committed Rs.332.92 crore in various health measures to check the spread of Influenza A (H1N1), more commonly known as swine flu, Health Minister ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) In a bid to check proliferation of counterfeit currency notes and make bank notes last longer, India's central bank will introduce 100 crore polymer notes of Rs.10 ...

Chennai, Nov 20 (IANS) Private sector insurer IDBI Fortis Life Insurance is planning to double its headcount to 2,000 as well as expand its branch network in the country. "Currently we have ...

Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Construction major Gammon Infrastructure has bagged a highway project worth Rs.850 crore from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the company said Friday. NHAI has already given ...

By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, Nov 20 (IANS) The government's allocation for the natural rubber sector is not enough for expanding the area under cultivation or enhancing production, according to Rubber Board of India ...

New Delhi, Nov.19 (ANI): In a significant step, the Centre on Thursday recommended a special economic package of Rs. 7,266 crore for Bundelkhand region, spread over Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Six of the eight scheduled airlines in India have posted cumulative losses of Rs.2,025 crore with Kingfisher Airlines accounting for Rs.1,602 crore, parliament was told Thursday. Only two ...

Chandigarh, Nov 19 (IANS) Despite the global slowdown, Haryana's exports crossed the Rs.35,000-crore mark in 2008-09, a top government official said here Thursday. Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary of Industries Y.S. Malik said ...

Mumbai/Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) Indian steel major JSW Steel Thursday announced an agreement with Japan's second largest steelmaker JFE Holdings to set up a greenfield project in West Bengal and an automotive ...

Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) Over two lakh jute mill workers across West Bengal will go on an indefinite strike Dec 14 to press for payment of arrears and implementation of an ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday informed the Lok Sabha that there has been considerable growth of the pharmaceutical industry in the country during the last few years. In ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) will meet today to evaluate the development on the auction of 3G mobile licenses, and differences that have arisen between ...

Ranchi, Nov 18 (IANS) Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who faces charges of laundering Rs.2,500 crore, Wednesday addressed a rally in his hometown Chaibasa and sought the blessings of the people ...

Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) The West Bengal capital will have a dedicated information technology (IT) centre spread over two acres by 2011. "The project when completed will generate direct employment for 2,500 people. ...

Chennai, Nov 18 (IANS) Mumbai-based insurer HDFC Standard Life Insurance has said it wants to rationalise expenses and enhance business before it hits the capital market in 2010-11. "We are now ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Despite safety measures in place, airports continue to be vulnerable to bird hits, with 241 such incidents occurring till date this year causing financial losses of at ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday predicted a 14-15 million ton shortfall in paddy production and procurement in 2009-10. Interacting with the media on the sidelines ...

Chennai, Nov 18 (IANS) City-based oil drilling company Aban Offshore Wednesday said it planned to raise Rs.697.5 crore through the qualified institutional placement (QIP) route. In a regulatory statement to the Bombay Stock ...

By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Nov 18 (IANS) At a time when the central government says its national target for paddy procurement may not me met, Punjab farmers have not only managed a ...

Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor starrer Main Aurr Mrs Khanna may have not done well at the box office but the film has been a huge grosser at the DTH. ...

Hyderabad, Nov 17 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government Tuesday decided to ask the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the probe alleged irregularities in the Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC) owned by Karnataka ...

By Praful Kumar Singh New Delhi, Nov 17 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil flying in a Sukhoi-30MKI at the age of 74 shows how empowered women in the country are, but the Indian ...

Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS) The state-owned National Aviation Co of India Ltd (NACIL) that runs the loss-making Air India will get the first instalment of equity infusion from the government worth ...

For Hollywood giants Sony/Columbia, this week has been one big disaster week. Two of its production ventures have hit the screens this Friday and, coincidentally, both are disaster films. Columbia's 2012, ...

Shimla, Nov 17 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday advocated the need for establishing smaller universities which were "easier to manage" and would serve to capture "synergies between teaching and research". "In ...

Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) The state-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) is planning to set up a 12-million tonne plant in Jharkhand, the company said here Tuesday. "We have a plan for ...

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Hollywood filmmaker Roland Emmerich's disaster epic "2012", released Friday, has grossed over Rs.19 crore in its opening weekend in India. Inspired by the idea of a global doomsday ...