Sony eyes 30 percent market share of flat panel TVs
September 7th, 2012 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) Japanese electronics major Sony is eyeinga 30 percent market share in the flat panel TV segment in India by the end of this financial year, ... Read more...
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MobileStore expects 30 percent sales jump
September 2nd, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 2 (IANS) MobileStore, India's largest mobile phone retail chain, is expecting about 25-30 percent jump in sales on year-on-year basis between mid-October and the end of the year, ... Read more...
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(VM) Indian Air Force ahead with over 10 percent women officers
August 22nd, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Women officers in the Indian army, navy and air force constitute only 3.3, 3.9 and 10.4 percent of the officer cadre respectively and these ... Read more...
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Mahindra First Choice plans to sell 1 lakh pre-owned cars by 2015
July 21st, 2012 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) Mahindra First Choice Wheels, one of India's largest multi-brand pre-owned car companies, is planning to sell one lakh vehicles by 2015 and 45,000 by the end ... Read more...
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Football academy to come up in Bengal’s Durgapur
June 21st, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) With a view to promoting young talent, Royal Bengal Tigers - a private club - Thursday launched an international standard football academy in West Bengal's ... Read more...
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HP eyes 21.5 percent market share in consumer notebook segment
June 20th, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) Buoyed by the launch of new ultrabook models, technology giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) is eyeing 21.5 percent market share in the consumer notebook segment in India by ... Read more...
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ABD to launch semi-premium whiskey in Nigeria
April 24th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) Allied Blenders and Distillers (ABD), India's third largest spirits company, is to launch 'Officer's Choice Blue', a semi-premium whiskey, in Nigeria and Malaysia within a couple ... Read more...
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New look ‘Deccan Odyssey’ on tracks again
October 12th, 2011 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 11 (IANS) Maharashtra's pride, the 'Deccan Odyssey' luxury train service, will resume operations in a new avatar from Wednesday, an official said.
Launched in January 2004, the train -- ... Read more...
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Mefcom Capital signs pact with London merchant bank
September 8th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Brokerage and investment banking firm Mefcom Capital Markets Ltd Thursday said it has signed an agreement with London-based merchant bank Beaufort International Associates Ltd to ... Read more...
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Railways to switch to five digit numbers for trains
December 19th, 2010 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) All passenger trains will move to a five-digit numbering system from Monday in place of the existing four-digit system, giving each train a unique indentifiable number, the ... Read more...
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Railways to use five-digit numbering system for trains
September 23rd, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The Indian Railways will switch over to a five-digit numbering system for passenger trains from the present four-digit one from December, the railway ministry said Thursday.
It said ... Read more...
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Apex court concerned over lack of potable water for citizens
September 20th, 2010 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday expressed concern that even after 60 years of the country's independence the people were not getting "clean potable water".
"We are fully conscious ... Read more...
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Businesses favour single GST rate at federal, state levels
August 16th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A majority of businesses want a single rate of goods and service tax (GST), both at the state and federal level, and expect the tax reform ... Read more...
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IGNOU, NIS-Sparta to train 24,000 rural youths
March 22nd, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) NIS-Sparta, a learning solution company of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, has joined hands with the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to train and place 24,000 ... Read more...
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CBI traces NRI boy ‘abducted’ by mother
October 25th, 2009 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) A seven-year-old son of an estranged non-resident Indian (NRI) couple has been recovered from his mother, who was on the run for the past two years with ... Read more...
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Reliance Mobile launches map search platform (Business Capsule-2)
September 10th, 2009 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Reliance Mobile Thursday launched a search platform with maps data, BIGMaps, on its GSM network, enabling users to search for any local information on an all-India basis, a ... Read more...
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Hindutva agenda will not be dropped, asserts Rajnath (Lead)
July 26th, 2009 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party will not drop its Hindutva agenda at any cost, BJP president Rajnath Singh said here Sunday, adding there was no "need for making ... Read more...
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Cabinet approves modified Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana scheme
January 29th, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 29, (ANI): Cabinet has given its approval to some modifications in the Centrally sponsored Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) scheme to improve the delivery and systems to ... Read more...
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‘Rang Rasiya’ producer plans art competition
December 16th, 2008 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Ketan Mehta's "Rang Rasiya", a tribute to 19th century painter Raja Ravi Varma, is set to release Jan 23 and producer Aanand Mahendroo has planned a nationwide art ... Read more...
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UAE firm’s Karnataka project stalled after regime change
August 3rd, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Aug 3 (IANS) Work on a proposed new township in Karnataka planned by a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based real estate major has been held up following a change of government in ... Read more...
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Indian garment exporters deny using child labour
June 18th, 2008 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Tirupur, June 18 (IANS) Garment exporters in this Tamil Nadu textile manufacturing hub Wednesday denied that they used any child labour, a day after a large British retail chain cancelled a 300,000 ... Read more...
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UEFA expects unprecedented reach and ratings in India for 2008 European Football Championship
May 29th, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 29 (ANI/Business Wire India): The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), has marked India as an emerging TV market for UEFA EURO 2008-the second biggest sporting event globally ... Read more...
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Go beyond Kuala Lumpur, Tourism Malaysia urges Indians
April 16th, 2008 - 8:27 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Anticipating 180,000 arrivals from India this summer, Tourism Malaysia has rolled out a special campaign focussing on retreats beyond Kuala Lumpur. Featuring the getaways of Langkawi, Penang, ... Read more...
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Budget disappoints tourism industry
February 29th, 2008 - 8:41 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, Feb 29 (IANS) The tourism and hospitality industry was disappointed with the national budget for 2008-09, saying it has ignored this booming sector completely. "The budget failed to grant infrastructure status ... Read more...
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