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The steel and mines ministries are locked in a bitter turf war on amending the existing Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Act.

Mobile users will pay at most Rs 19 to retain their old number each time they switch service provider.

There is a sudden surge in foreign institutional investor (FII) inflows through the participatory notes (P-notes) in the last two months.

To resolve the impasse over the implementation of its ambitious programme to educate all in the 6-14 age group over the next five years, the Centre has agreed to make concessions by picking up a larger part of the Rs 1,74,000 crore bill estimated by the ministry of human resource development.

New Delhi, Nov.20 (ANI): As the global energy market grapples with the world economic crisis and continued volatility, and India tries to understand these new dimensions, top energy and economic experts will discuss how to effectively manage volatility and growth at a two-day conference in New Delhi next week.

New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): Products made by jail inmates are attracting hordes of visitors in the ongoing India International Trade Fair (IITF) in New Delhi.

In a major development for the Indian steel sector, Sajjan Jindal-controlled JSW Steel and Japan?s second-largest steel maker, JFE Steel Corporation, have entered into a collaboration agreement to produce automotive steel in India as well as to explore mutual stockholding options.

Suzlon Energy, Asia?s largest wind turbine manufacturer, has decided to divest 35 per cent stake in its Belgian company, Hansen Transmissions, through sale of shares. Hansen, listed in the London Stock Exchange, is a wind turbine gearbox manufacturer.

India, China and the United States are leading the world economy?s recovery but recovery is ?still too timid? to halt the continuing rise in unemployment, according to Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development?s (OECD) latest economic outlook released on Thursday.

Get ready to shell out Rs 20 lakh for the iconic Volkswagen Beetle that will hit Indian roads on December 4, courtesy a high import duty levied on the car.

Sugar cooperatives in the state might soon turn into powerhouses for rural areas if their recent proposal is accepted by the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC).

As loss-hit Air India plans to rebrand itself, it may end up with a more business-like avatar of its mascot, the Maharaja — a royal in striped turban and red tunic.

Even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is exiting its accommodative monetary policy, economist and policy doyen C Rangarajan says that soaring food price inflation could warrant a stricter stance from the central bank.

The takeover battle for Great Offshore is likely to intensify with both ABG Shipyard Ltd and Bharati Shipyard Ltd receiving regulatory approvals for their open offers for a stake in Great Offshore.

With 12 chairmen of state-owned banks leaving office in the next 15 months, the appointment committee might tweak one of the prime eligibility criteria for the post.

Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel and JFE Steel Corp of Japan are considering investing in each other as part of a strategic tie-up for making automotive steel for the Indian market.

Gold demand in the country fell 49 per cent in the July-September quarter when compared with the same period of last year as high prices and a poor monsoon impacted consumer spending and confidence.

Business confidence in India has surpassed the level that prevailed before the financial crisis seized economic growth prospects, according to the latest NCAER (National Council of Applied Economic Research)-MasterCard Worldwide Index of Business Confidence.

Wind turbine major Suzlon Energy has sold 35.22 per cent of its stake in Belgian company Hansen Transmissions at a price of 95 pence per depository interest.

New lease, renewals not to be granted for trading, but new PLs and MLs may be granted to captive users willing to establish units for producing value-addition products Taking a serious view of lease holders indulging in illegal mining of bauxite and exporting it in the international market, the Gujarat Government has now decided to reserve all the bauxite-bearing areas in the state for the Gujarat