Durable retailers have lined up a series of offers to lure customers during Christmas and New Year's eve
Auto stocks will be in focus
The 3G mobile licence bonanza is expected to generate over Rs 40,000 crore for the central exchequer this year, as a result of which the fiscal deficit may stand at 1.75 per cent of GDP in 2008-09, lower than the 2.5 per cent projected in the Budget. "The important thing, from a public finance perspective, is to remember that this is a one-time inflow and we should treat it as such," said Finance Secretary Subbarao.
Ahead of the festival season, the government on Monday handed a bonanza to millions of industrial workers by approving changes to the Bonus Act, which would make workers drawing up to Rs 10,000 monthly salary eligible for annual bonus.
Rising oil prices and diminishing cash pile to limit capacity in 2018-19
The booking will open on January 14, at 8 am, it said in a statement.
Postal Time Deposits are similar to Fixed Deposit that you keep with Bank. For claiming deduction, the minimum period for which you should keep such Time Deposit is of 5 years.
In a major bonanza to the salaried class, the government on Friday proposed to increase the income tax exemption limits from Rs 1.10 lakh to Rs 1.50 lakh, in addition to restructuring the tax slabs.
India is being represented by 487 athletes in more than 15 disciplines.
Dishing out a bonanza for air travellers, British Airways on Friday announced a low starting return fare of Rs 36,000 for travel between India and the US in the summer season.
V Thulasidas, Air India Chairman and Managing Director, has announced a bonanza package of 2,000 additional seats comprising seven additional flights from Kerala to destinations in the Gulf and Middle East.
The benchmark index on Wednesday surged 314.92 points or 1.05 per cent to close at 30,248.17 on widespread buying spurred by forecast of a normal monsoon this year.
A perception that India has a gigantic problem has suddenly been turned into a perception that India faces a gigantic opportunity
In a New Year bonanza for its nearly three million shareholders, Reliance Industries will offer them shares of four Anil Ambani group companies on January 25.
World's fastest growing airlines passenger markets in India, China and the Middle East has come as a bonanza for British pilots and flight engineers as they are much in demand and pushed up their salaries by about a fifth, new research indicated on M
Till he took over, political parties ferrying people to the polling stations was considered quite 'normal', and it was during Seshan's stint that it became impossible with the model code being made sacrosanct.
While smart boys like the Ruias of Essar, Ajay Piramal, Max India promoter Analjit Singh laughed all the way to the bank, the Tatas, Anil Ambani, Malaysian tycoon T Ananda Krishna of Maxis (which invested in Aircel), Sistema, and Norway's Telenor burnt their fingers, notes Surajeet Das Gupta.
BSNL also reduced monthly rentals from Rs 225 to 180 besides doubling the free calls to 50 calls a month.
The oil sector has been quite lucky for the Modi government. It has often provided an opportunity to the government to mend its finances, notes A K Bhattacharya.
Boosted by a rally in stocks, total market valuation of listed companies at the National Stock Exchange hit the Rs 100 lakh crore-mark on Wednesday.
Indian Railways on Monday tied up with SBI Card to launch a co-branded credit card and traveller loyalty card to tap the huge railway passengers market through bonanzas to customers each time they log on to Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corpora
The Left Front government in West Bengal would try to distribute 1.53 crore Below Poverty Line cards in the state.
Peter Crouch scored a hat-trick as England ran riot in a 6-0 victory over Jamaica in their final World Cup warmup match.
In a first-of-its kind move, Colgate Palmolive (India) announced on Thursday a Rs 122 crore (Rs 1.22 billion) bonanza for its shareholders under which it will pay Rs 9 for every share while reducing its equity capital and the cash on its books.
In a 'Holi' bonanza to central government employees and pensioners, the Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to increase the dearness allowance by three per cent.
BSNL, MTNL also reduce local call rates to Re 1 for a 3-minute call. But this comes with an increase in rental of Rs 49 to Rs 299 per month from the existing Rs 250.
More than a week after state-owned oil firms ended a 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus on revising fuel prices, petrol and diesel rates have touched record highs.
