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Have the long summer holiday looming ahead and don't know where to go? Is budget a constraint when it comes to holidaying on foreign shores? If these are some of the questions bothering you as you watch friends and relatives heading off to exotic locations, then help is at hand, courtesy Airlines and travel companies who have woken up to the budget traveller.

Even as numbers of private equity deals fell in the later half of April 2008, real estate seemed to suck in whatever was available. Around 78 per cent of the private equity money went into real estate in the period.

Realising the serious implications of global warming and climate change, building green homes that are sensitive to the planet's long-term future has become a trend among developers these days. And the concept is no longer restricted to commercial developments and is slowly creeping into the minds of individual homebuyers as well.

Integrated townships are the next big thing in the Indian real estate sector, it seems, with a quiet growth in the number of planned projects that blend in a lot of things to make ambitious projects realty successful and sustainable.

If Bharti Airtel's acquisition of South African telecom major MTN goes through, then it would give a significant boost to the Indian telecom company in terms of improving its average revenue per user (ARPU) and getting additional subscribers in the nascent African market, according to telecom analysts.

In a bid to tap new customers, travel portals in the country are offering innovative discounts. While it may be exciting to throw caution to the air and jump at the freebies on offer, it would be wiser to read the fine print before you click the mouse.

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group's Reliance Communications Ltd is set to form a joint venture with Alcatel-Lucent to outsource the management of its telecom networks. The agreement is likely to be signed soon, telecommunications industry sources said.

From a focus on securing livelihood for its members, SEWA, the Ahmedabad-based women's cooperative, is switching to market. The not-for-profit organisation now wants to build brands and earn profits.

New Delhi, May 11 (PTI) Government today notified the imposition of export duty on various steel items with a view to discourage exports to enhance domestic availability of steel products, which

Cape Town, May 11 (PTI) Seeking the "broadening and deepening" of three-way ties among IBSA countries, India today said the time has come to address the areas of cooperation where progress had

Kuthalam (TN), May 11 (PTI) With the recent upsurge in global crude oil prices, the subsidy burden to the public sector oil companies is expected to touch an all time high of Rs 1,80,000 crore

New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Sunday assured those engaged in meat trade in the national capital the government will look into their problems and set up more modern abattoirs.

Kuthalam (TN), May 11 (PTI) India today joined the ranks of select group of countries having the expertise to extract helium from natural gas with the ONGC setting up a pilot plant for the

New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court has ruled that the owner of a vehicle, plying it as a taxi flouting an insurance condition, will still be entitled to 75 percent of the insured sum on its theft or carjacking.

Guwahati, May 11 (IANS) Ten railway workers were killed by tribal separatists in India's restive north-eastern state of Assam, officials said Sunday.

Bhubaneswar, May 11 (IANS) At least 100 people Sunday took oath in a village temple in Orissa to fight against the proposed $12 billion steel plant in their region to be set up by South Korean company Posco.

After being chosen as one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine, Ratan Tata of Indian conglomerate Tata Group has been named among the biggest brains in business by another US publication.

Agartala, May 11 (IANS) The much awaited 'Vision 2020' document, an ambitious poverty alleviation programme for the northeast, would be finalised in the plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC), officials said here Sunday.

New Delhi, May 11 (PTI) France, which is known for its expertise in high speed trains, will soon be helping India in the creation of such a network in the country.