CAG, in a report tabled in Parliament today, said Oil and Natural Gas Corporation hired rig 'Actinia' from RIL for six months in 2009 for Rs 146.71 crore (Rs 1.46 billion) saying it needed urgently drill three wells but its actual usage indicated the hiring was 'not necessary'.
The voyeurism and poor taste on display in the reportage of the murder case involving Mukerjea's wife reflect the mindset of the society we live in and the media we are exposed to
As fliers find themselves spoilt for choice, airlines are looking at ways in which to position themselves distinctively.
Why did Kim Jong-un order his brother's murder?
Trade enhancement is not about lowering tariff barriers, but dismantling such regulatory barriers.
China's economy is in transition, with rising wage costs and massive overcapacity.
The lowest bid earlier had come for Madhya Pradesh at Rs 5.05/unit.
Beijing did not announce expected policy support over the weekend
Critics have even suggested that India is doing this because it is not prepared to take on the requirements of TFA, with a relatively weak trade infrastructure.
Following her spat, 'Aunty National' Irani took to Facebook to speak out against her detractors. Here's the Facebook post in response to her critics which Rediff.com represents verbatim:
TCS, ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma,Tata Motors and HDFC among the top losers for the day
But their reign has been tumultuous as the company has seen compelling battles for ownership.
Unlike Air India and Jet Airways, which have revised downwards free check-in baggage allowance on domestic flights, GoAir has made provisions for pre-purchasing excess baggage limits.
'There is no Buddha or Gandhi among countries, existing for the service of others; they all exist for the good of themselves.' 'For each country, its own interests should be paramount, and it is futile and churlish to expect China to be an exception to this rule,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant and long-time China-watcher.
Rising skills gap, falling exports, low productivity, rising debt and low foreign investment is jeopardising the target set for the textile and apparels sector
In a major clampdown for non-compliance of Listing Agreement, top exchanges BSE and NSE announced suspension of trading in shares of Kingfisher Airlines and another group firm, UB Engineering, from next month.
For the past few years the top brass at Pearson did pretty well to grapple with the threat of digital disruption.
The success of the Bali Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in the first week of December in 2013 will mean that in 2014 countries will identify areas for early conclusion so that within the next two years, the Doha Agenda of the WTO -- which has remained in a limbo for long -- can be concluded.
Vistara has poor load factors currently, it needs to bring down fares a bit to improve flight occupancy.
FIIs have offloaded stocks worth Rs 13,110 crore
According to convention, Lieutenant General Praveen Bakshi should be named as General Dalbir Singh Suhag's successor as army chief
The IMD on its part is sticking to its forecast of July rainfall.
'Even in this age of self-willed and authoritarian leaders and spontaneous gestures, a script is still written,' notes Ambassador B S Prakash, imagining the 'talking points' are for the India-US summit on June 26.
India's near-term growth has improved: IMF
Bharti Retail launched its first mall, The Pavilion, in Ludhiana.
The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies.
In South Asia, the poverty would fall to 13.5 per cent in 2015.
The two countries also asked all nations to stop cross-border movement of terrorists and asserted that a decisive collective response from the international community without 'double standards and selectivity' was required to combat the threat of terrorism.
'The world may be desirous of peace, but not Kim Jong-un.' 'Should we then accept the old adage that to maintain peace, we should be prepared for war?' asks Rajaram Panda.
The WTO has already significantly lowered its sights since a decade of Doha talks broke down, forcing the body to focus on a much less ambitious set of reforms.
Stating that India is new bright spot of hope and opportunity for the world, the prime minister said India among other things is igniting the engines of its manufacturing sector and making its farms more productive and more resilient.
President Xi Jinping's visit may put relations between India and China on a new trajectory
Sultan, Mohanjo Daro, and Pankaj Nihalani... Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us!
The US foreign and security policy establishment, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, apprehends that Trump may compel them to exorcise the 'unipolar predicament', and bring foreign and security policies to reflect the desires and priorities of the American public.
He was number three in 1999 when the company was founded.
When President Obama lands in New Delhi later this week, this spirit of accommodation must reignite a strategic economic relationship between the two countries.
They researched their companies well, didn't believe in the market chatter and advise to stay invested for long term.
No one really knows what proportion of the nation's wealth and income are available for defence
'Pakistanis are very clever in manipulating us,' former Bush administration official tells US lawmakers.
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