New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier IndiGo on Saturday said that it has become the first Indian airline to operate “1,000 plus flights in a day” According to the airline, its flight 6E…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The central government expects the savings made through Aadhaar-based Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme, which mitigates pilferage of state subsidies, to expand. According to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the Aadhaar-based…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The CBI has registered a corruption and bribery case against NBCC CMD Anoop Kumar Mittal for ensuring that a portion of a Rs 2,149.93 crore contract awarded to Mumbai-based Shapoorji…
Bengaluru, Dec 23 (IANS) Software major Infosys Ltd on Saturday announced that it had competed the buyback of 11.3 crore equity shares of Rs 5 face value at Rs 1,150 per share for Rs 13,000…
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) India’s first low-cost carrier Air Deccan took to the skies again on Saturday after nearly a decade, connecting Mumbai with Jalgaon in northern Maharashtra under the ‘Udan’ regional connectivity scheme. The…
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) After years of debates, speculation and planning, the Railways will unveil the first airconditioned suburban trains for Mumbai commuters from Monday, December 25 – – 150 years after the first suburban…
Navi Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) On its 40th anniversary (1977-2017), Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited said the company owed all its progress to its founder Dhirubhai Ambani. “Reliance is the creation of the vision…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Backing the protest by doctors in Rajasthan for higher pay, promotion and changes in shifts, the doctors’ body at AIIMS on Saturday invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “live” a…
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) A former police commissioner, an NRI businessman from London and the famed Dabbawalas joined hands here on Saturday to “wage a fight against hunger” through the “Mumbai Roti Bank” platform. While…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 23 (IANS) The Odisha government on Saturday said that an area of of over 10,000 hectares in three districts had been affected by unseasonal rain in the state. According to a notification of…
Ahmedabad, Dec 23 (IANS) A civil court here on Saturday vacated an ex parte and interim injunction imposed on news web portal ‘The Wire’ against further use and follow-up of its story in October about…
Chennai, Dec 23 (IANS) With uncertainty looming over the future of the firecrackers industry, their apex organisation – the All India Federation of Fireworks Associations (AIFFA) said it has decided to close down the units…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 23 (IANS) Kerala’s fourth international airport, at Kannur, that is expected to serve more than 1.5 million passengers annually, is set to begin trial flight operations in January and become fully operational by…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 23 (IANS) Kerala’s fourth airport, in Kannur, will commence trial flight operations in January and is expected to become fully operational in September 2018, the Kerala Chief Minister’s Office said on Saturday. With…
Dhaka, Dec 23 (IANS) It is not just in India, Chinese players grew 125 per cent Year-on-Year (YoY) and captured 29 per cent of the Bangladesh handset market in the third quarter this year –…
Panaji, Dec 23 (IANS) Another major u-turn by Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, this time on the Mhadei water dispute, has put the BJP-led coalition government in a spot, with critics accusing him of putting…
San Francisco, Dec 23 (IANS) In a bid to ramp up its connected home line-up, online giant Amazon has acquired a startup named Blink that builds wireless home monitoring systems, including connected Wi-Fi home security…
New York, Dec 23 (IANS) The combined effects of rising heat and humidity will affect India’s northeast the most in the world close to the end of of the century, a global study says. Although…
Lucknow, Dec 23 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday assured the farmers that the state government was committed to a turn around in their fortunes and was initiating many schemes in this…
By Porisma P. Gogoi Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices rode the bulls for the third consecutive week and scaled new peaks ahead of the extended Christmas weekend as sentiments were boosted…