The state government of Madhya Pradesh has assured the National Green Tribunal that they will not fell trees till October in Mahan forests, the site of Mahan coal block, that was given a forest clearance by the central government in March. The move comes as a temporary respite for members of Mahan Sangharsh Samiti, which […]
Rajinikanth starrer ‘Kochadaiiyaan – The Legend’ seems to be on its way to being a profitable venture for its producer, with opening weekend collection of Rs 42 crore, according to Eros International, distributor of the movie. The film, directed by Soundarya Rajnikanth Ashwin, was produced at a cost of Rs 125 crore. Kochadaiiyaan’s collection is […]
Demand for gold, real estate and other physical forms of savings in India could decline in the coming months due to an expected fall in inflation, Morgan Stanley said. Gold, oil and real estate prices have risen many fold in the last one to two decades. They have risen faster in the last ten years […]
India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) will drill for oil in the Russian Arctic region in association with Rosneft, the biggest oil company in Russia. The companies will co-operate in subsurface surveys, exploration and appraisal activities and hydrocarbons production in Russia’s offshore Arctic, ONGC said in a statement. India has been hungry for hydrocarbons […]
Riding on huge expectations from the incoming Modi Government, global investors are gung ho on the Indian economy which is expected to see a doubling of foreign investment inflows- including FDI and FIIs- to above USD 60 billion in the current financial year than about USD 29 billion in the fiscal 2013-14, an ASSOCHAM study […]
Etihad Airways has increased the baggage allowance for Indian students travelling abroad. The benefit will be available for Indian students travelling to the US and the UK between 1 June and 30 September 2014 from Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Kochi. Etihad Airways flies to Washington, New York, Chicago, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Moscow and other […]
SpiceJet today launched three-day special discounted fare offer on its network for travel originating in 12 cities in Eastern and Northern regions of the country. Fares will be starting as low as Rs. 1,899, along with benefits that include better timings and increased frequency, SpiceJet said. The three-day promotional fare offer stared today and ends […]
Any entity that is using public resources in its business and sharing revenue with the government can be audited by the government auditor, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Shashi Kant Sharma said at an event in New Delhi today. While the CAG would “not want to cross our boundaries”, the onus is on […]
After fighting it out for a decade, Samsung finally dethroned Nokia in the Indian mobile phone market — rising to number one with a 20.3% market share in the March quarter compared to Nokia’s 17.6%. Micromax came third in terms of shipments. Samsung’s victory was the result of a sharp increase in its sales during […]
Have the stock markets got wind of exit poll results? Is today’s stock market rally caused by leaked exit poll results? Some dealers and traders believe so. The BSE Sensex ended the day up 693 points at a record high of 23,037. The Nifty too was up 3% at 6866 points. According to market participants, […]
Ford India said it has re-opened bookings for all variants of its most awarded, urban SUV Ford EcoSport. Ford India had stopped bookings for EcoSport after the waiting time got too long due to high demand. “With 50,000 EcoSports delivered, we have significantly reduced the waiting period and are pleased to extend the opportunity to […]
Beer afficianados can look forward to one more global brand on the shelves as the UK’s no. 1 beer, Carling, has been launched in India. The beer has been launched by its brand owner Molson Coors under a tie-up with Cobra Beer. Cobra is already a well known beer brand in India. “As one of […]
Monster Energy, the high-caffeine drink that is at the heart of a debate on the effects of ‘energy drinks’, has entered India. It has priced the Monster Energy drink at Rs 95 for a can of about half a liter (475 mln), about three times as much as a regular softdrink in India. Monster will […]
US based TIME Magazine declared Aam Aadmi Party head Arvind Kejriwal the winner of its global poll to take reader inputs on the top 100 people who influenced the world the most past year. It rejected over 93% of Modi’s votes and over 88% of Kejriwal’s votes as fakes, before declaring the Aam Aadmi Party […]
BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi rose to the top of the TIME 100 chart on Monday after he got more than 5 lakh positive votes in a span of few hours. Modi, who had got around 50,000 yes votes from Friday to Sunday, got about 5-6 lakh yes votes starting from about 11 am […]
Just hours after he emerged as the most popular nominee from India, Aam Aadmi Party founder Arvind Kejriwal has beaten a slew of American celebrities to emerge as the candidate with the most ‘yes’ votes on Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” in the world in 2014. UPDATE: TIME has rejected most of the votes […]
Is upstart political campaigner Arvind Kejriwal more popular than Narendra Modi, the larger-than-life prime ministerial candidate of the Bhartiya Janata Party? UPDATE: TIME has rejected most of the votes as fakes in its final tally, but maintained Kejriwal as the winner. It would seem so, at least from the initial indications on the poll to […]
Consulting firms that help political parties plan their campaign and media strategy are making around Rs 700-800 crore from the general elections, a study by industry body ASSOCHAM found. While releasing the ASSOCHAM paper on “LokSabha elections throw new biz opportunities” Mr. D S Rawat, Secretary General ASSOCHAM said, “the disaggregating of the poll data […]
ICICI Bank Ltd has been asked to pay Rs 50,000 to a person whose cheque was wrongly rejected by the Bank despite his account having sufficient balance. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission asked the bank to pay Rs 40,000 as compensation and Rs 10,000 as costs to Rajendra Kumar Agarwal, a resident of Kolkata. […]
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of India has dismissed an appeal by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, a part of The Coca-Cola Company’s Bottling Investments Group, against an order by a lower court awarding compensation to customer who found dead insects floating inside a Fanta bottle. Asking for relief, Hindustan Coca-Cola said there was no proof […]
