'India's print media appears to be on the ventilator, gasping for breath, cutting staff, cutting salaries, cutting editions, cutting off its hands and legs,' notes Krishna Prasad.
Under pressure from rival CDMA operators and government on the spectrum front, Bharti Airtel on Monday offered Rs 2,650 crore (Rs 26.50 billion) for all-India frequency as an initial bid that can be increased further.
The consumption of unhealthy snacks like pakoras, noodles and chips is at its peak in the pre-dinner period and women and children are the largest consumers of such food, a new study has shown.
Excise duties on mobile phones to be 1% without CENVAT credit or 6% with CENVAT credit. This provision will have marginal impact on telcos.
Paramount Airways, the Madurai-based full service airline, is planning to acquire 40 more made-in-Brazil Embraer jets at a list price of $2 billion in a bid to have a pan-India presence.
AT&T has also applied for a universal access service licence (UASL), which allows operators to offer services in both GSM and CDMA technology, with the Mahindra & Mahindra group, for 22 circles. The US company, however, has stipulated that it wants a majority equity stake in the mobile venture.
Paramount Airways aims at acquiring stakes in other airlines as part of its plans for a pan-India presence by 2011, according to its top official.
There's plenty of room for everybody. With the demand for low-cost accommodation on the rise, a whole host of hospitality firms, both foreign and local, is planning to set up budgets hotels.
As the Rs 25,000-crore (Rs 250-billion) consumer durables industry has done away with price cuts this year, companies are providing consumers with a new hook -- value-added offers.
MUrgency is slated to launch services in Amritsar and Jalandhar in the last week of May and cover the entire state by June end.
Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said it has signed a $400 million contract with Nokia to expand its network in eight circles and deploy a pan India WAP solution.
Cellular service provider Aircel will embark on an over $400-million pan-India network expansion to double its subscriber base of 5 million over 18 to 24 months.
The company would fund the expansion through a mix of debt, equity and internal accruals.
Sena said while no importance is given to veteran BJP leaders, their ashes are treated with importance.
ICICI Bank on Tuesday said it has witnessed a slowdown in home loan segment in the current fiscal, following the high realty prices in certain markets.
All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists, the apex body of over 500,000 chemists that manage the bulk of the Rs 50,000 crore
Sources said the company would rope in private equity players in the next round of financing within a year. After reaching a particular scale, the company would also come out with an initial public offer, they added.
'Hopefully, I will become more evolved as a performer in the future.'
The focus shifts almost immediately from celebrations to the challenges faced by the man who powered his party to 303 seats in the Lok Sabha.
The company has launched a new card, the India One Pre-paid, under which users can make STD calls at a flat rate of Re 1 per minute. SMSes to any destination in the country would also be charged at a flat rate of Re 1 per message, BPL Mobile director and CEO S Subramaniam told Business Standard in an interview.
McDonald's said on Friday it has signed an agreement with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd to open restaurants at the latter's retail outlets in Kolkata and Delhi.
Many new players have challenged the offer by Bharti Airtel to pay Rs 2,650 crore (Rs 26.50 billion) to get a start-up GSM spectrum of 4.4 MHz. While some say they will up the ante and are planning to write to the government that they can offer more, others say the offer is meant to keep away new competitors.
Sales for Hero's all-new Maestro Edge scooter will commence from October while the Duet will be launched in the following weeks positioned below the flagship Edge, says Indian automobile website MotorBeam.
The sector is abuzz with activity as organised expansions gain momentum in the retail segment.
'There is little doubt that his exertions are among the reasons why Narendra Damodardas Modi routinely lambastes the dynasty at nearly all his rallies, suggesting that he regards the Congress's First Family as a bigger threat than any other political formation,' argues Amulya Ganguli.
Lenders, with Rs 600-cr exposure to telco, want it to sell properties to repay loans.
'There is a design of fundamentalists that the north east must become an Islamic country.'
Analysts feel Fortis Healthcare share holders are at a disadvantage and deal valuations had been short of expectations
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari promised pan-India electronic toll system by December to address their concerns but ruled out complete scrapping of the toll system.
The much-awaited soft launch of Reliance Jio's next-generation mobile services has been delayed by another month.
Satyanweshi will release on August 30.
In the quarter ended September 30, the Pirojsha Godrej-led firm recorded Rs 492 crore net sales, up 49% year-on-year
Most bank customers in Delhi feel that ATMs are a more secure self-service banking channel than Net and phone banking.
New Creta, petrol Vitarra Brezza.. A quick look at what went down at Auto Expo Day 2.
Reflective of the conglomerate's ambition to turn into a consumer-driven business, most of the 33 acquisitions in the last financial year were for its digital, retail, or related verticals.
Tamil Nadu, the best-performing state, managed to do this in 63 days. Land allotment took 156 days nationally and 28 days in Himachal Pradesh. Environmental approval took 91 days nationally and 25 days in Chhattisgarh.
These firms are Avenue Supermarts, owner and operator of supermarket retail chain D-Mart; Music Broadcast Ltd, a Jagran group firm that runs Radio City FM channel; Shankara Building Product; BSE-promoted CDSL; and test-prep player C L Educate.
Global real estate consulting firm Jones Lang LaSalle has devised aggressive plans to expand its Indian operations by doubling offices, besides increasing headcount to 3,000 from the present 800.
By April, operational guidelines for the scheme will be finalised and shared with states
