Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices were trading flat on Friday, after three straight days of gains. The key indices, however, opened in the positive territory. Against the previous close at 24,606.99…
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed on a facilitation package to boost bilateral trade to $5 billion in the next few years, the media reported on Friday. An official of the commerce…
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 128 basis points to 6.5284 against the US dollar on Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Friday a plea by the Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) and Association of Unified Telecom Service Provider of India challenging the…
Bhubaneswar, March 3 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the outlay of agriculture budget would be enhanced with a special focus to increase the area under irrigation and reduce farmers’ vulnerabilities to…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Leading budget phone maker Micromax on Thursday said its CEO Vineet Taneja resigned from the company to pursue other interests. “Vineet has moved on to pursue other interests. We would…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Following the union budget 2016-17 proposal to incentivise gas exploration in difficult areas, the government is set to raise the price of domestic natural gas by around 60 percent for…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Centre will provide Rs.587 crore for a rail project to link India and Bangladesh, union minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday. The project, one of the most important under…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Giving relief to taxpayers, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Thursday issued fresh guidelines to field officers for granting stay of demand at the first appeal stage, an…
Ghaziabad, March 3 (IANS) Jewellers in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh kept their shops shuttered and sat on a dharna on Thursday in protest against the imposition of excise duty on jewellery. Jewellers Association General Secretary…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The target of supplying electricity to nearly 18,500 villages in the country that do not have power connection will be met by March 31, 2017, a year ahead of schedule,…
Bhubaneswar, March 3 (IANS) The CBI has interrogated a senior police officer of Odisha in connection with Seashore chit fund scam in which lakhs of investors were allegedly duped of money totalling about Rs.1,500 crore,…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The second retreat of heads of public sector financial institutions – Gyan Sangam – will kick off on Friday at the State Bank Academy in Gurgaon, an official statement said….
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) on Thursday decided to file an special leave petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court challenging the regulation issued by the telecom regulator on…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) In a fillip to Prime Minister Narendra ModiÂ’s Digital India initiative, Samsung India Electronics on Thursday launched the Samsung Portable SSD T3, a premium, palm-sized, external Solid State Drive (SSD)…
Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) Pipavav Defence has been renamed Reliance Defence with the industrialist Anil Ambnani-led group getting a permission to this effect from the Registrar of Companies in Ahmedabad, a company statement said. “Reliance…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Indian start-up Technovations Services has collaborated with BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BRICS CCI) for Skill India — to enhance skills and employability of educated youth in the country,…
Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) In a bid to pre-empt an opposition onslaught in the coming Maharashtra assembly budget session, the chief minister and his ministers embarked on a daylong tour of some of the worst…
Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) Advertising space watchdog Advertising Standards Council of India’s (ASCI) Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) on Thursday said it upheld 42 complaints against 79 advertisements reported in December 2015. “Out of 42 advertisements…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The government on Thursday sought Indian industry support to put in place the controversial General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) by 2017, saying its implementation is in their interest. “GAAR implementation by…