Mumbai: The move to stop LPG subsidies to high-income consumers with a taxable income of above Rs 10 lakh a year may result in a saving of up to Rs 500 crore for the government,
Hyderabad: The Indian economy is expected to grow at 7 to 7.5 per cent in 2016, World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu said today.“Roughly it is in a ballpark of the kind of figure.We (World
New Delhi: When it comes to inflation, the year 2015 has shown that the macroeconomic datapoints may not always show the real picture and the cases in point relate to quite a few kitchen staples
New Delhi: Rolling out the ambitious GST regime is "certainly" doable in 2016, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today, adding that he is in "continuous touch" with the Congress party in a bid to persuade
New Delhi: The year 2016 brings good news for job seekers, with hiring activity expected to increase by a considerable 7% across sectors. The latest TimesJobs.com Job Outlook 2016 survey of over 1,614 employers across
Hyderabad: Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella on Monday said the tech giant would like to work with T-Hub to develop accelerators and startups.He said it during his visit to T-Hub, billed as India's largest
Chennai: Around 340,000 bank employees across the country would strike work on January 8 to protest the violation of bilateral settlement by the five associate banks of the State Bank of India (SBI), a top
Hyderabad: Software giant Microsoft's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella is scheduled to visit the city-based T-Hub today."Nadella will visit T-Hub in the city tomorrow (Monday). T-hub is the technological incubation centre set up by
Kolkata: Petrol and other petroleum products would not be brought under the GST (Goods and Services Tax) regime for some time after its rollout, Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian said on Sunday."Constitutionally petrol and other
London: India could become the world's third largest economy after 2030 and its ascension could see France and Italy kicked out of the exclusive G8 group or its membership increased to 10 to accommodate India
Raipur: The Adani Group's 600-MW power plant in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh has hit a roadblock after residents of nearly 10 villages, whose land will have to be surrendered for the thermal plant, decided to
Tirupati: A meeting of a key committee of cash-rich Lord Venkateswara temple yesterday suggested holding talks with high-level central officials over the government's gold monetisation scheme before taking a decision on its participation.The Investment Committee
Mumbai:India's foreign exchange reserves after rising for two consecutive weeks fell by $1.4 billion (nearly Rs 9,273.6 crore) to $351.106 billion (nearly Rs 23.25 lakh crore) in the week to December 18 on account of
New Delhi: Five states have urged the Central government to go slow on the implementation of Seventh Pay Commission's recommendations. The five states are: West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha.Indian Express reported
Moscow: In a major push to their strategic ties, India and Russia today decided to expand cooperation in various sectors as they signed 16 pacts, including on joint manufacture of 226 military helicopters and construction
New Delhi: Notwithstanding a sharp cut in the government's growth forecast at the fag end, 2015 will go down as the year when India emerged as the fastest-growing large economy, despite setbacks such as 12
Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes of various denominations, including Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, by another six months to June 30, 2016.The RBI had,
New Delhi: A successful auction of airwaves and the launch of 4G services were the high points for India's telecom industry in 2015 even as the lingering problem of call drops and bottlenecks in infrastructure,
New Delhi: Slamming huge discounts and cashback offers from e-commerce players as "subsidies", Chairman of Manipal Global Education T V Mohandas Pai has said the industry may see a shakeout in the next two years,
New Delhi: India negotiated hard at the WTO's recent Nairobi ministerial meeting to ensure that the interests of developing countries remain at the centre of the multi-lateral trade body's agenda, parliament was informed on Tuesday."India
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