Reliance Communications quarterly revenue rises at Rs.5,052 crore
February 10th, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Leading telecom firm Reliance Communications Friday reported an increase in total revenue at Rs.5,052 crore for the quarter ended Dec 31 against Rs.5,040 crore during the ... Read more...
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Fix reserve price at Rs.1,658 crore in 2G auction: Uninor
February 10th, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Telecom service provider Uninor Friday signalled its participation in the upcoming auction of 2G licences, asking the telecom regulator to fix the reserve price at ... Read more...
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Reliance Capital Q3 net profit up 229 percent
February 10th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Financial services major Reliance Capital Friday reported a 229 percent increase in net profit for the quarter ended Dec 31 at Rs.15.2 crore from Rs.4.62 crore ... Read more...
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Sensex closes 82 points lower as industrial output slows (Roundup)
February 10th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities markets Friday closed 82 points lower as traders booked profits after data showed industrial output grew at a slow ... Read more...
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Man gets life term for killing boy over loan
February 9th, 2012 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) A Delhi court has awarded life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.1 lakh on a man for killing a young boy in east Delhi ... Read more...
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Documentation of temple treasure could take time: Travancore ex-royals
February 9th, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9 (IANS) The documentation of the treasure unearthed at the famed Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple last year could take a very long time according to Travancore's erstwhile royal ... Read more...
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Bharti Airtel’s quarterly net profit declines 22.4 percent (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Telecom major Bharti Airtel Wednesday reported a 22.4 percent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs.1,011.3 crore for the quarter ended Dec 31 owing to ... Read more...
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Another Maoist couple surrenders in Bengal
February 7th, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
West Midnapore (West Bengal), Feb 7 (IANS) A Maoist couple Tuesday surrendered before the police in West Bengal, becoming the third pair to do so since the Mamata Banerjee-led ... Read more...
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Raja meets DMK supporters near court lock-up
February 7th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Around 60 supporters and DMK party colleagues of jailed former communications minister A. Raja met him Tuesday in the premises of a Delhi district court ... Read more...
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Open for talks on IPL but no sponsorship deal: Subroto Roy
February 7th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Sahara India chairman Subroto Roy said he will continue to support Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League (IPL) but ruled about sponsoring the Indian ... Read more...
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Kannur airport to begin operations in 2015
February 7th, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7 (IANS) Kerala's fourth international airport at Kannur would begin operations in 2015, K.Babu, the state's minister in charge of the airport, said Tuesday.Babu told reporters here that ... Read more...
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NALCO’s Q3 net profit down 80 percent
February 7th, 2012 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 6 (IANS) The state-run National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has registered a net profit of Rs.51.22 crore for 3rd quarter of 2011-12 fiscal, down 80 per cent against ... Read more...
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Financial benefits for labourers in Delhi hiked
February 7th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Construction workers in Delhi are set to get a hike in their financial benefits as the Delhi government Monday decided to implement the recommendations of ... Read more...
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Delhi told to pay damages for Tihar inmate’s suicide
February 6th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday asked the Delhi government to pay Rs.1 lakh to the kin of a Tihar Jail inmate who committed ... Read more...
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Larsen and Toubro bags Rs.1,937 crore order from GVK Group
February 6th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Larsen and Toubro (L&T;) Monday said it has bagged an order worth Rs.1,937 crore from the GVK Group for four-laning of a highway in Madhya Pradesh.The ... Read more...
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Hindustan Unilever’s third quarter net profit up 18 percent
February 6th, 2012 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) major Hindustan Unilever Monday reported an 18.24 percent increase in its net profit for the quarter ended Dec 31 at Rs.753.81 ... Read more...
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Bookies active in run-up to UP polls
February 5th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 5 (IANS) The run-up to assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh has set the illegal betting market abuzz with bookies putting their money on a hung house, sources ... Read more...
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Power situation to improve from June: Jayalalithaa
February 4th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday said the power shortage in the state would start easing from June this year.Replying to the debate on the ... Read more...
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Government in the clear: Congress
February 4th, 2012 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Welcoming a special court's verdict to dismiss Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy's plea to make Home Minister P. Chidambaram an accused in the 2G ... Read more...
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Srei Infra’s Q3 net slips by 51.8 percent
February 3rd, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd, an infrastructure and construction equipment financing non-banking finance company (NBFC), Friday reported a 51.78 percent decline in its consolidated net profit for ... Read more...
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Meghalaya, Assam top northeast EXIM trade
February 3rd, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 3 (IANS) Assam's world famous tea and Meghalaya's coal have elevated the two states as leaders in EXIM (export-import) trade in the northeast during 2010-11, says a customs ... Read more...
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Modi attacks PM over apex court verdict
February 2nd, 2012 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Feb 2 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the Supreme Court verdict quashing 122 licences for mobile phone services and said ... Read more...
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2G licence cancellation to affect banks
February 2nd, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Major lenders including State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank have lent money to most of the telecom firms whose 2G licences will ... Read more...
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Olympics Preparation: Rs.3.57 crore spent on boxers, Rs.4.73 crore on weightlifters (Lead)
February 2nd, 2012 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The union sports ministry has so far spent Rs.3.57 crore on the training and foreign exposure of boxers and Rs.4.73 crore on weightlifters under the ... Read more...
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Rs.3.57 crore spent on boxers’ Olympics preparations
February 2nd, 2012 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The union sports ministry has so far spent Rs.3.57 crore on the training and foreign exposure of boxers under Operation Excellence for London Olympics 2012 ... Read more...
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Consolidation to happen in mobile telephony sector: Analysts
February 2nd, 2012 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court's order Thursday cancelling 122 telecom licences issued by the UPA government will result in consolidation by existing players and freeing of pricing power ... Read more...
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26 get 1-5 years’ jail terms for fodder scam
February 2nd, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 2 (IANS) A special CBI court here Thursday awarded jail terms ranging from one to five years to 26 people convicted in a case related to the multi-crore ... Read more...
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Income Tax official gets 4 years jail for bribery
February 1st, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) A special court has convicted a former additional commissioner of Income Tax for corruption and sentenced him to four years jail.
Special Central Bureau of ... Read more...
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Seiko launches limited edition watches
February 1st, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 1 (IANS) Seiko Watch India Wednesday launched its exclusive collection of luxury watches Ananta, in the price range of Rs.1-5 lakh per piece."Over the last few years, we ... Read more...
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‘Agneepath’ overwhelms global box office, earns $3.2 mn
February 1st, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) After a record opening in the domestic market, filmmaker Karan Johar's "Agneepath" has tasted success in the overseas market by earning $3.2 million (Rs.160 ... Read more...
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Funds not reaching poor in Mayawati land: Sonia
February 1st, 2012 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 1 (IANS) Slamming the Mayawati government for "inefficient implementation of centrally funded developmental programmes", Congress president Sonia Gandhi began her campaign for the Uttar Pradesh polls Wednesday.
... Read more...
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Jharkhand appoints consultant for Rs.1,500 crore transmission line
February 1st, 2012 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 1 (IANS) Jharkhand Tuesday decided to appoint Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) as the consultant for establishing a Rs.1,500 crore transmission line in the state, an ... Read more...
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Garo rebel group GNLA declared terrorist outfit
February 1st, 2012 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 31 (IANS) The Indian government Tuesday declared the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), a rebel outfit operating in western part of Meghalaya, a terrorist outfit under the Unlawful ... Read more...
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United Bank of India’s Q3 net up by 38.5 percent
January 31st, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) Public sector lender United Bank of India Tuesday reported a 38.5 percent jump in its net profit in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2011 to Rs.2.26 ... Read more...
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TVS Motor’s third quarter net profit up 1.39 percent
January 31st, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) Two- and three-wheeler maker TVS Motor Tuesday reported a 1.39 percent rise in net profit for the quarter ending December at Rs.1,728.1 crore from Rs.1,437.02 crore ... Read more...
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