The third party premium has been increased from the current Rs 700 to Rs 2,500, a 257 per cent hike for private cars, where the cubic capacity of the vehicle exceeds 1,500 cc.
Avani or SpiceJet: which is the love of his life? For Ajay Singh, that's a tough one to answer.
Domestic airlines are keen to bring China into their network as the latter is set to become the country's top trade partner in the coming years.
IT major Tata Consultancy Services has bagged the contract to implement end-to-end solutions for national flag carrier Shipping Corporation of India.
New India Assurance, National Insurance and United India Insurance are following Oriental Insurance Company in raising health insurance premium rates by 50 to over 100 per cent.
At the moment Concor, a public sector company controlled by the railways, has a monopoly in running container trains across the country. It offers ferrying rates to carry containers that are one-third of that on roads.
"The new aircraft have anti-fog devices, but installing these in older planes is costly," the Airports Authority of India sources said.
Domestic companies are also not far behind and are in an expansion mode through the inorganic route.
India will have its tenth domestic passenger airline operating feeder routes from December 14.
Budget carriers say no to full cost airlines' proposal to up rates.
Cut-throat competition in the India-UK route has taken its toll on the UK's second largest full service scheduled airline bmi (British Midland).
Sources close to the development said the Tata group had registered revenues of around Rs 1,100 crore from the defence sector in 2006.
After a delay of four months, Indian intelligence agencies have given security clearance to International Container Terminal Services Inc
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro is planning to foray into arms and ammunition to widen its defence equipment portfolio
Barclays Plc, UK's third-largest bank by assets, plans to enter the emerging credit card market in India.
Airlines make beeline for tier-III and IV cities, government modernising defunct airports
Jet Airways has entered into a special code sharing agreement with the world's largest carrier American Airlines for India-US flights.
Mitsubishi, Itochu, Bombardier, Siemens, GE and Alstom want piece of action.
Mounting losses have not dampened the expansion plans of domestic carriers.
Freight rates between India and China have dropped by more than half following introduction of express services between the two countries by leading international container shipping liners.
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