Siddharth Zarabi &Amp; Aditi Phadnis In New Delhi

Service tax rate may be raised to 14%

At present, the service tax rate stands at 12 per cent. Added to this is a 2 per cent education cess, bringing the incidence to 12.24 per cent.

Sonia, Manmohan not to attend WEF meet at Davos

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be able to attend the annual World Economic Forum meeting to be held at Davos from January 24-28 next year.

Peak import duty at 10%

This is the same level as the peak rate of the Association of South East Asian Nations.

Lavin samples Delhi delights, Indian business

The US Under Secretary for International Trade says the US and India were paying for a history of neglect of commercial relations.

Bharti in talks with realty majors on retail

Having made public its tie-up for a retail venture, the Bharti-Wal-Mart combine is roping in leading realty majors like DLF, Emaar MGF, and Ansals for handling the massive real estate requirements of the project.

Did 2G spectrum go for a song?

a scarce resource. By some estimates, spectrum worth Rs 7,690 crore (Rs 76.90 billion) has been given away for ''free'' for mobile licences.

Panel sees sharp cut in subsidies in 11th Plan

The Planning Commission's projections for the 11th Five Year Plan,

Petro prices may be reviewed at year-end

Hero yet to okay new Honda arm

Govt may give itself full power over drug pricing

Oil reserves to be used for stabilising prices

Ministries to help boost broadband

Investment cap on PSU ventures may be waived

Telecom to farming: Mittals plan it BIG

The new republic of Bihar

PMO steps in to untie FDI knot

Snafu over FDI policy in telecom

Huawei to withdraw proposal

PMO returns DoT note on FDI

Jebel Ali lines up 4 logistics zones