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The Indian rupee held its ground on Friday and looked set for a second consecutive weekly gain on improved global risk appetite and strong dollar flows into the local debt and equities. * At 2:51 p.m. ... More »Rupee set for 2nd straight week of gains

  • Patna, Feb 23 (IANS) For the second straight year, Patna airport has emerged No.1 among 46 airports in the country in terms of growth of domestic aircraft movement and number of passengers, says Bihar's ...

  • New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that Aadhaar-Enabled E-payment system would help not only in ensuring the timely payments directly to the intended beneficiaries, ...

  • New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The government will target 7.5-8 percent growth in 2012-13 against the estimated 7 percent in the current fiscal ending March 31, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Thursday."The ...

  • Haryana growth rate 9.6 percent IANS - 1 hour 58 minutes ago

    Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) Haryana has achieved a growth rate of 9.6 percent, Governor Jagannath Pahadia said Thursday.In his address to the state assembly on the first day of the budget session, Pahadia ...

  • Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) A National Competition Policy will be ready by March 31 with several positive benefits for the country's economy, including lowering of food prices, says Corporate Affairs Minister ...

  • Bhubaneswar, Feb 22 (IANS) The Odisha government continued to halt operations at a key iron ore mine of the public sector Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) in the state as it has not received necessary ...

  • Bangalore, Feb 22 (IANS) The Society of Indian Aerospace and Technologies (SIATI) and Aviation Aerospace Australia (AAA) Wednesday entered into a long-term agreement to jointly develop the aerospace industry ...

  • New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a plea filed by a construction company challenging an Enforcement Directorate (ED) order to attach its ...

  • New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Indian government Wednesday notified direct import of jet fuel -- a long standing demand of the domestic airline industry -- and called upon the interested carriers to apply ...

  • New Delhi, Feb 22 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will bring about a paradigm shift in the arena of indirect taxation in the country.

  • Mumbai/New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Kingfisher Airlines, battling for survival, Wednesday submitted a new flight schedule to the industry regulator amidst buzz that the carrier has got a lifeline from a consortium ...

  • Crisil to target SMEs in tier II, III towns IANS - Wed 22 Feb, 2012 7:18 PM IST

    Chennai, Feb 22 (IANS) Credit rating agency Crisil Ltd is planning to rate around 100,000 small and medium enterprises (SME) by 2015 and is looking at tier II and III cities for growth, a senior official ...

  • Assam drops NEWRA, to revamp Brahmaputra Board IANS - Wed 22 Feb, 2012 6:39 PM IST

    Guwahati, Feb 22 (IANS) Disappointed by Arunachal Pradesh's continuous opposition in setting up the North East Water Resources Authority (NEWRA), Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday said his government ...

  • Patna, Feb 22 (IANS) Bihar's economy has registered an annual growth rate of 11.36 percent from 2004-05 to 2010-11, says Bihar's economic survey for 2011-12, tabled in the state assembly Wednesday. The ...

  • Ramesh rejects Pawar's suggestion on rural jobs IANS - Wed 22 Feb, 2012 5:40 PM IST

    New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Wednesday rejected Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's suggestion for curbs on offering jobs to villagers during the three-month peak farming ...

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