Noida : Mohit Goel, the maker of the controversial "Freedom 251" smartphone which became the talk of the town last year, resurfaced on Sunday, saying that if he gets support from the government, he can still deliver the handsets by March-April next year. Police on...
New Delhi : In a bid to curb emissions from the vehicles based on outdated technology, the Central government has proposed to set the registration deadline for BS-IV standard vehicles to June 30, 2020. While the government had already ordered the implementation of the...
New Delhi : Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has made doing trade easier as per the feedback he received after visiting trading centres in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. He said that the whole country was now a market for...
Mumbai : Automobile major Tata Motors has said it received a loan worth Rs 584.8 crore and not a "grant" from Gujarat government for setting up a factory in the state. "The investor friendly environment created by the Government of Gujarat (GoG) encouraged Tata Motors...
Hyderabad : Renewable energy company Mytrah plans to add 500 MW to 1,000 MW every year of wind and solar power, a top company official said. Mytrah's current portfolio of 2,000 MW should be fully operational within the next few quarters, Vikram Kailas, Chief Executive...
By Mohammed Shafeeq, Hyderabad : Hyderabad Metro Rail is ready to chug over the pillars erected on road median, changing the landscape of this tech hub and promising to take the city's public transport to a different orbit. The long-cherished dream of the people of...
New Delhi : Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Y.V. Reddy on Saturday said the major problem of the Indian banking sector is the burden of investing 25-30 per cent of its deposits in government securities. "The real problem for the banking sector in India is that...
New Delhi : The issue price of the next offering of the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) scheme opening on Monday has been fixed at Rs 2,961 per gram, according to a statement. For the SBG subscription during November 27-29, the issue price has been fixed at Rs 2,961 per...
New Delhi : Cooperation in the areas of trade and investment, renewable energy and science and technology were among the issues that came up for discussion when External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Finnish counterpart Timo Soini met here on Friday. "The two...
New Delhi : In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to create a "New India" over the next five years, the government on Friday said it had identified 115 backward districts for rapid transformation by 2022. Senior level government officials, at the rank of...