Travel time, too, has not fallen much after the abolition of octroi with trucks still queued up at regional transport offices and toll tax plazas.
'It is important to ensure that the person driving the car has a valid driving licence, is in a stable mental condition and is not under any heavy medication or influence of alcohol,' says K G Krishnamoorthy Rao, MD and CEO, Future Generali India Insurance.
'Nehru once told JRD, "I hate the mention of the very word profit".' '"Jawaharlal, I am talking about the need of the public sector making a profit!" JRD replied.' 'Nehru reiterated, "Never talk to me about the word profit, it is a dirty word".' A fascinating excerpt from Shashank Shah's The Tata Group: From Torchbearers To Trailblazers.
Urban and rural FMCG sales growth data for the last five quarters show the latter outperformed the former consistently.
HUL, UltraTech, Asian Paints, L&T, HDFC Bank top global valuation charts
The pilgrimage to Kedarnath was suspended on Wednesday for three days in view of the weather department's warning of heavy rains in the area and frequent blockage of roads to the Himalayan shrine following intermittent showers in the valley over the past few days.
Led by Ajay Shriram, chairman and senior managing director, DCM Shriram, the CEO's delegation seeks to convey to their American counterparts the sense of optimism amongst Indian industry.
Paris-based international advisory firm Mazars predicts four per cent growth in India's automobile sector this financial year.
The fall was led by L&T, IndusInd Bank, PowerGrid, NTPC, TCS, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Hero MotoCorp, Bharti Airtel and SBI, declining up to 2.64 per cent.
Agents often influence customers into buying new products every year instead of continuing with their existing policies
You will be much better off buying the required plans directly from life and general insurers, experts tell Chirag Madia
From disbursing Rs 25.11 crore to political parties in 2014-2015, the Tata group is learnt to have contributed Rs about Rs 600 crore towards the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
How did the Kwid become an Indian success story?
A thrilling vertical manoeuvre by Su30 fighter jets and performance by motorcycle-borne soldiers among a host of other activities today cast a spell over thousands of people who attended the carnival 'Indradhanush' at the Rajpath in New Delhi to commemorate the golden jubilee of the 1965 Indo-Pak War.
The policy statement by the RBI governor is also expected to be upbeat.
The Mahindra group's Igatpuri plant becomes the first in India to be declared carbon-neutral. Ashish Narsale / Rediff.com finds out how this was achieved.
In one of the most-awaited acts of the day, the women constables, in their debut, created some stunning formations, such as "fish riding, side riding, faulaad, peacock and Saptarishi", that dropped jaws and drew cheers. Now this is what we call women power!
United States-based cab company Uber was on Monday booked for cheating by the Delhi Police in connection with the alleged rape of a 27-year-old finance company executive in its cab by the driver on Friday night in New Delhi.
Just stand in front of his latest film Kochadaiiyaan's hoarding, send an SMS, and watch what happens next.
Among the Sensex losers, Yes Bank tumbled 5.46 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance 5.40, ICICI Bank 3.82 per cent, IndusInd Bank 3.10 per cent and HeromotoCorp 2.55 per cent.
But, neither were the big companies interested in growing inorganically nor were the smaller ones ready to offer themselves for sale.
Index heavyweights Reliance Industries and ITC were the top losers along with ICICI Bank and SBI
'The intentions are clear as day! Let India build the infrastructure, then they will claim the land and use the infrastructure to their benefit.' Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd) speaks to IAF veterans who have flown in the Galwan Valley long before it became today's headlines.
A stronger rear prevents you from lower back ache and improves your posture and balance.
Nitin Gadkari has seven portfolios, but does not seem weighed down at all by the many things on his plate. The minister is brimming with ideas...
This could impact their books in the third quarter of the current financial year.
New Delhi has reached out to neighbours like seldom before while singling Islamabad for criticism at international forums.
A customer can also appoint a surveyor on his own expense
Several people succumbed to their injuries sustained in the blasts, taking the death toll to 359.
Second body blow after diesel ban on engines of 2,000 cc and above in NCR.
The FMCG index gained more than 1% on the back of stellar gains in ITC.
The auto component sector grew at 5-6 per cent last year against a 13 per cent growth in 2012.
While okra was being sold for Rs 100-120 a kg and cauliflower for Rs 120-140 a kg in Mumbai and its suburbs, all other vegetable prices have increased by almost 100 per cent since July 20.
Backed by top IT companies of the Silicon Valley, Indian-American Rohit "Ro" Khanna hopes to get second-time lucky in his effort to enter the US House of Representatives against Democratic Party's sitting lawmaker.
Mahindra is an automotive brand which is not exactly 'world renowned' for its two-wheelers. However, this has not stopped the Indian company from coming up with handsome looking, Mahindra Mojo, a touring motorcycle, says MotorBeam.
The next generation Chevrolet Cruze will be launched in India this year or maybe in early 2018, but as a stop gap measure, Chevrolet has given the Cruze a minor cosmetic facelift and automobile website MotorBeam.com spends some time with this diesel rocket to find out more.
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