Communications Minister Arun Shourie on Thursday asked state-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd to make the optimum use of its huge cash reserves and aggressively explore foreign markets.
'India will come increasingly in the US crosshairs if it insists on maintaining its strategic autonomy, warns Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The cigarettes segment had a revenue of Rs 4,554.21 crore during the second quarter of the current fiscal, as against Rs 8,528.47 crore in the year-ago period, down 46.56 per cent.
A 2-1 victory gave the India Under-18 team their first win in the in the Milk Cup qualifiers in Northern Ireland.
The NFL champions play Geylang United FC in the first round of the AFC Cup on February 10.
Unveiling far reaching fiscal reforms to improve tax mop up and wipe out revenue deficit by 2009, the Kelkar panel on Friday proposed a single countrywide goods and services tax, removal of tax exemptions and raising income tax slab to Rs 100,000.
Kevin Jackson will condition the NFL champs for the Asean Cup in Thailand next month.
Salgaocar beat the defending champions 2-1 to open their campaign in the eighth National Football League.
They are scheduled to attend the ASEAN summit in Bali, Indonesia.
Comfortable with the rupee stable and foreign exchange reserves of over $85 billion, the government is planning to prepay foreign loans worth over $3 billion to reduce its interest burden and fiscal gap.\n\n\n\n
'Beijing is comfortable with Hasina's pragmatism -- perceived as 'pro-India', but staying out of Indian orbit and receptive to forging close ties with China and yet, siding with neither neighbour,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The AIFF has requested FIFA to make an exception to enable Baichung Bhutia turn out for Malaysian side Perak FC.
Sushant Mathew's goal saw the Goa side beat the ASEAN club champions 1-0 in the Federation Cup.
'I have got an offer from Perek and I will be going there next month on loan from East Bengal,' the Sikkimese said.
The ace striker predicted a "hard game" against BEC Tero Sesana in Saturday's ASEAN Club championship final.
The ace striker took his international goal tally to 44 after scoring in the ASEAN championship match against Persita Tangerang.
Amber Dubey explains why India needs to stop blocking competition if it ever wants to become the top aviation market.
The club is believed to have offered the ace striker close to Rs two million.
Considering the common linkages, high-level trust, complementarities, and convergent interests between the two nations, Malaysia has the potential to become India's key partner in Southeast Asia, says Dr Rahul Mishra.
Tata Indicom on Wednesday cut by up to 50 per cent the tariffs for calls originating from New Delhi and Mumbai to key destinations across the globe, including the United States, Europe and the Far East.
Triumphant East Bengal coach Subhash Bhowmick says the next target is winning the Asian Club Championship.
India on Friday pressed Indonesia to speedily ratification an extradition treaty, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the two countries would frame a comprehensive action plan for mutually beneficial security cooperation.
The economic fundamentals were strong enough to ensure 6-6.5 per cent growth in GDP during 2003-04, while fiscal deficit will be under control, D C Gupta, finance secretary said on Friday.
The Kolkata giants will be hampered by Mahesh Gawli's suspension and injuries to Debjit Ghosh and Mike Okoro when they take on Tero Sasana in the ASEAN final.
The former India skipper collided with Persita Tangerang's Zaenal Arif in East Bengal's ASEAN Championships quarter-final.
The HSBC India Composite Output Index, which maps both services and manufacturing, increased from 48.9 in March to 49.5 in April, but remained below the crucial 50 mark which indicates contraction for the second successive month.
The RBI in November released a framework for large foreign banks with more than 20 branches to convert into wholly owned subsidiaries.
Indian talent may soon be allowed to work in France without a degree from a French institute.
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An intricately carved gateway, built at a cost of over $1 million and representing hundreds of years of Buddhist and Islamic art forms in India, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 'Little India' in Kuala Lumpur during his visit to Malaysia this week.
'Singh apprised the Japanese leaders about Islamabad's 'evil design' on Kashmir at a time when Pakistan has decided to internationalise the issue.'
Thailand's importance to India's Act East policy is too significant to be overlooked.
PM Modi articulated five action points that would serve the common interest of promoting peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.
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