India

  • EU wants to watch over Binayak Sen hearing; expresses concern
    New Delhi, January 23 (PTI): After the United Nations, the European Union has told India that it would like to keep a watch on the hearing on the appeal of rights activist Binayak Sen in Chhattisgrah high court
  • Mahindra Aerospace to roll-out first aircraft by March
    Mumbai, January 23 (PTI): Mahindra Aerospace, the first Indian private firm to manufacture small civil aircraft for the domestic aviation market, is likely to roll-out its first aircraft by March this year. 
  • SEBI, RBI on watch for illicit Swiss money coming back home
    New Delhi, January 23 (Agencies): Financial regulators SEBI and RBI have enhanced vigil on Indian entities routing their funds from secretly-held Swiss bank accounts to India through Dubai and other locations,
  • Coca Cola to hike hiring in India by 9%
    Mumbai, January 23 (PTI): The India arm of global beverage maker Coca Cola plans to hire around 600 workforce this year, which accounts for around nine per cent of the existing employees, a top company executiv
  • Airtel to launch 3G services within a week
    New Delhi, January 23 (PTI): With the government clearing decks for video calling on mobile phones, the country’s largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Sunday said it will commercially launch 3G mobil
  • India, Bangladesh open new land port to boost trade
    Dhaka, January 23 (PTI): India and Bangladesh have opened a key joint land port at the northwestern tip of Banglabandha bordering Phulbari of West Bengal to boost bilateral trade. Phulbari-Banglabandha land por
  • Indian govt spent over $1.5 mn on US lobbying in 2010
    NEW Delhi, January 23 (PTI): With the US holding key to a vast number of issues affecting India and its corporates, the Indian government and companies together spent over $ 1.5 million last year on lobbying in
  • NE meets to mull over region’s potential
    Dimapur, January 22 (MExN):  The North-Eastern region has huge untapped economic potential and the challenge is to convert possibilities into success stories, Minister for DoNER BK Handique has said. He wa
  • Cyber crime rising sharply in the country: report
    NEW Delhi, January 22 (Agencies): With the ever increasing population of netizens in the country, the number of cyber-crimes in the country is also rising sharply, says data released by the National Crime Recor
  • Cars become costlier as Maruti, Hyundai, others hike prices
    NEW Delhi, January 22 (PTI): Cars have just got dearer with major automobile firms, including Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai and General Motors, increasing prices this month in order to offset rising input costs.
  • ‘Restoring lost glory of Air India top priority’
    New Delhi January 21 (BS): Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi, after assuming charge today, said making government carrier Air India a profitable business enterprise again would be his foremost priority. The
  • UK petrol price up at the highest in 10 years
    London, January 21 (Agencies): Pump prices of petrol In the UK are rising at the fastest rate for 10 years and it now costs £3 more than it did a month ago.  A litre of unleaded petrol shot 6.13p in m
  • Tight security in Delhi ahead of R-Day
    Tribal dancers from Madhya Pradesh state stand near their tableau during a press preview of various tableau participating in the Republic Day parade, in New Delhi on January 21. Twenty-three tableaus from 13 In
  • Indian Navy strenghtens far-reaching capability
    Mumbai, January 21 (Agencies): The deep striking warfare and strategic capabilities of the Indian Navy got a major boost Friday with the induction of the third fleet tanker, the state-of-the-art INS Deepak, whi
  • Aarushi murder
    GHAZIABAD, January 21 (TNN): A special CBI court rejected on Friday Rajesh Talwar’s application seeking annexures submitted by the CBI along with its closure report in the Aarushi murder case. It will hol
  • Delhi tops among metros in crimes, atrocities on women
    New Delhi, January 21 (Agencies): Delhi has earned the dubious distinction of being the most unsafe metro in the country, topping the list in number of crimes as well as in atrocities on women and children.Acco
  • BSY demands unconditional apology from Governor
    Bangalore, January 21 (PTI): As the friction between his government and Governor H R Bhardwaj intensified, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa Friday demanded an “unconditional” apology from him for maki
  • Lt Gen Rath found guilty in Sukna land scam
    New Delhi, January 21 (CNN-IBN): For the first time in the history of Indian Army a serving Lieutenant General has been found guilt in a scam. In an unprecedented court-martial of a high-ranking serving officer
  • ‘PM misleading country on issue of black money’
    SHIMLA, January 21 (TNN): BJP national vice-president Shanta Kumar on Friday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Cabinet colleagues of misleading the country on the issue of black money stashed in sec
  • No plan to raise Diesel prices’
    NEW Delhi, January 20 (AGENCIES): India’s federal government currently has no plan to raise diesel prices, the country’s new oil minister S. Jaipal Reddy said Thursday, adding that gasoline prices w