Bangalore, July 23 (IANS) Biotech major Biocon has posted a net profit of Rs.47.6 crore for the first quarter this fiscal, registering a 59 percent year-on-year (YoY), the company...More

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) India's leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel is still in talks with South African telecom giant MTN for a possible merger, a top official said Thursday...More

Bhopal, July 23 (IANS) At least 11 people have died in the heavy rains lashing Madhya Pradesh for the third consecutive day Thursday, officials here said. ...More

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) People travelling to India will now be asked to furnish details if he/she is undergoing treatment or has symptoms of swine flu. They may also be denied a...More

Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) Strong corporate earnings prompted investors to buy into heavyweight stocks, particularly from realty, consumer durables and metal sectors, resulting in a k...More

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Despite the economic slowdown, the country's fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector grew by almost 15 percent in 2008-09, thanks to high demand for suc...More

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The government will announce more sops for the slowdown-hit exports sector in the export-import policy (Exim) for 2009-10, which will be released next mo...More

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) A heated argument Thursday broke out between Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee and security personnel when he tried to cross the security cordon laid...More

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday told parliament his ministry has a mechanism to regularly monitor the progress in implementation of v...More

Surat, July 23 (IANS) A 'very rough Arabian Sea' warning for the southern Gujarat coast during the next 24 hours by the weather office has given Surat district officials a scare a...More

Panaji, July 23 (IANS) The Goa government will give trawlers walkie talkies and distress alert transmitters in a bid to secure its coastline, state Fisheries Minister Joaquim Alem...More

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) A passenger on board an IndiGo Airlines flight from Delhi to Mumbai created a scare Thursday when he falsely claimed there was a bomb in the aircraft and...More

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) There would be no compromise on the security of political leaders, the government asserted Thursday as reports of protection cover being downgraded creat...More

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The India-Pakistan joint statement issued in Egypt was a 'diplomatic paper' not a legal document, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor s...More

Raipur, July 23 (IANS) Power utility NTPC Ltd has agreed to provide 35 percent of the electricity produced at its upcoming 500 MW stage-III Korba project to Chhattisgarh, a govern...More