- R-Com GSM crosses 100,000 subscribers on first day
Mumbai: Reliance Communications, an Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company, crossed 100,000 subscribers on the first day of the launch of its service in Mumbai, the company said in a statement ....
- Air India sacks 10 'overweight' air hostesses
New Delhi: India's flagship carrier Air India has handed 10 air hostesses the pink slip for being overweight.
The hostesses, who were grounded some months earlier, were served the termi....
- Essential services act advocated to tackle oil sector strike
New Delhi: Unable to convince oil sector employees to cancel their indefinite strike, starting from Wednesday, the petroleum ministry on Monday asked states to invoke the stringent provisi....
- 20 firms join in petroleum university's placement programme
Gandhinagar: Beating the slowdown trend, over 20 companies are participating in this year's campus recruitment programme of the Institute of Petroleum Management Gandhinagar (IPMG), whic....
- Government to inject Rs.1 trn to prevent recession: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress party on Monday said the government has decided to inject Rs.1 trillion (Rs.100,000 crore) in association with the private sector in the Indian economy to stimulate i....
- Essential services act may be invoked over truckers' strike
New Delhi: The government may invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) if needed against the truckers' indefinite strike from Monday, even while the latter asserted their strike ....
- India's growth rate may fall below five percent: Swraj Paul
London: Indian-born industrialist Swraj Paul said on Monday that India's economic growth rate may fall below five percent, with grave implications for its poor.
"My view is that ....
- Trucks go off roads, food shortages feared
New Delhi: Over six million trucks went off roads across India in the early hours of Monday, a day after talks with the government over their demand to reduce prices of diesel and tyres ....
- Markets rise on basis of second stimulus package
Mumbai: Indian equities markets were trading in the green early today afternoon on the strength of the second economic stimulus package announced by the government on Friday. The Sensex ....
- 'India will emerge stronger from global meltdown'
New Delhi: India, along with China, Russia and South Korea, would emerge stronger from the global financial crisis as they enjoy strong economic foundations, higher growth rates and sound....
- Fare cut unlikely on int'l routes: Jet Airways
New Delhi: India's leading private carrier Jet Airways, which cut domestic fares by up to 40 percent last week, said it has no plans to slash fares on international routes.
"We don't....
- Kingfisher to launch Mumbai-London flight today
New Delhi: Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines will launch its daily non-stop Mumbai-London flight from Monday.
"We will launch our first flight from Mumbai to London tomorrow (Mond....
- Thai electronics maker delays $50 mn India investment
Bangkok: Delta Electronics (Thailand) will suspend its $50 million investment in a new factory in Chennai, India, and downsize operations in Thailand, news reports said today.
"After fi....
- Govt, RBI deliver second booster package in tandem
New Delhi/Mumbai: The Indian government and the central bank moved in tandem on Friday with a slew of measures to cushion the impact of the global slowdown on the Indian economy, lowering th....
- Satyam promoters' equity stake falls to 5.13 percent
Bangalore: The 8.27 percent minority stake of promoters in IT bellwether Satyam Computer Services Ltd slumped to 5.13 percent after their shares, pledged with financial institutions, were so....
