This month marks the 25th anniversary of what is now widely acknowledged to be India's first defining steps towards an information and communications revolution. It was in August ...More

Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets slipped into the red and was 49 points below its previous close about five minutes after the start of trade. ...More

Hisar (Haryana), Aug 13 (IANS) Explaining the secret behind the success story of the Mumbai dabbawalas, the proverbial lunch-box carriers, a senior official of 119-year-old associ...More

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The government Thursday said it will set up two major water projects in Mumbai and Chennai at a cost of Rs.2,200 crore aimed at finding a permanent soluti...More

Bangalore, Aug 13 (IANS) Global software major Wipro Technologies Thursday said it has set up a consulting academy in the US to strengthen the customer management skills of its fr...More

New Delhi, August 13 (IANS) Delhi Metro stations will soon have 160 kiosks exhibiting and selling handicraft and food products from all over the country. ...More

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Global rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) Thursday raised India's growth forecast for the current fiscal from 5.8 percent to 6.3 percent taking into ac...More

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The government Thursday set up a group of ministers (GoM), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, to monitor the drought situation and the price ris...More

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has come up with a five-point agenda to counteract the effect of delayed monsoon on the economic growth. ...More

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) State-run power utility NTPC Ltd has been legally advised by the government to move the Supreme Court to secure gas from Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Indust...More

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted a four-member ministerial group to look into the dispute over natural gas from the fields of Mukesh Ambani-l...More

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 13 (IANS) India's signing of an economic pact with the ASEAN nations has evoked strong criticism from Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, who said Th...More

Hyderabad, Aug 13 (IANS) Private carrier Jet Airways will launch a daily flight on the Hyderabad-Dubai sector from Aug 16, a senior official said here Thursday. ...More

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 13 (IANS) Foreign remittances to Kerala increased 135 percent during 2003-08, making it one of the major pillars of the state's economy, says a study condu...More

Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Indian equities markets staged a rally Thursday backed by strong global cues, even as a key index moved up 498 points higher than its last closing figure and...More