The government on Friday raised the export duty on iron ore and long steel products used in construction in another attempt to cool prices, rewarded flat steel producers with duty-free exports after they promised to hold prices and imposed fresh excise duty on large cars and sports utility vehicles to dissuade conspicuous expenditure.
The government on Friday announced several relief measures including deferring one-time registration fee, lifting the ban on purchase of petrol/diesel vehicles by its departments and allowing higher depreciation, but it remained non-committal on the demand for a reduction in GST rates.
'The Railways must provide a rail system that they can be proud of.'
Samsung has advised consumers in 10 countries to trade their handsets for temporary replacement phones until it releases an updated flagship device.
Korea's second-largest automaker and Hyundai's sister company showcased a line-up of 16 models from its global portfolio at the ongoing Auto Show
India will be airlifting its nationals from strife-torn Yemen after getting permission from authorities to fly from Sanna for three hours a day.
Tata Motors aims to address 95% of passenger vehicle market by 2020
The SP Concept SUV will be the first of the products to be rolled out from the company's plant in Andhra Pradesh, where it has invested USD 1 billion. The plant will have a capacity of 3 lakh units annually.
Car maker Ford India said it is looking at introducing a small car model in the country as part of its strategy to roll out eight new products by 2015.
Honda has invested Rs 3,526 crore in its Rajasthan unit.
The maiden flight, which is part of a comprehensive flight-test programme leading to its certification and delivery in mid-2014, was for over five hours with a Boeing spokesperson saying here that it was successful.
A senior government official informed AAI had agreed not to withdraw the credit facility of SpiceJet till Monday.
The boy was born through a C-section on June 16 at Sonam Nurboo Memorial Hospital in Leh and 30-year-old Dorjey Palmo found out that her baby was unable to suckle when she tried to feed him. The baby underwent a complex life-saving surgery recently at a private hospital New Delhi.
Prithviraj Chavan will inaugurate the elevated road linking the western express highway to T2 on Wednesday morning.
Will be operational by the time Mumbai airport reaches its saturation capacity of 40 million.
The initiatives intended to benefit the common man include e-ticketing, catering on demand, bio-toilets, food for infants, better stations.
At least 15 variations were being evaluated regarding the '5/20 rule'.
Ford Motor Co plans to triple exports from India.
The strength of the marriage party that met a watery grave on Wednesday night has been put at 31 instead of 28 presumed earlier, police said. The boat was returning from the other end of the reservoir to village Wakambe in Bhor taluka when a strong wind current reportedly tilted it drowning the passengers in deep waters.
Maharashtra has reported 31 positive cases, Kerala 19, Uttar Pradesh 11, Delhi and Karnataka six each, Ladakh three, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Telangana two each; and Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab one case each. The total number of confirmed cases also includes 17 foreigners -- 16 Italian tourists and a Canadian, it said.
Succumbing to pressures from the Left parties, the committee on infrastructure, set up under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
'It is a testing time for our foreign policy which may involve a certain element of taking risks, assessing costs, and expecting failures,' asserts Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
The car so far known by the code name 'Kite' will be a hatchback.
India and Canada have agreed to liberalise the current bilateral air transport agreement, effective immediately, allowing a five-fold increase in passenger flights between the two countries.
Government plans a new look for the Indira Gandhi International Airport before the Commonwealth Games in 2010, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
The employers, many of whom had virtually abandoned the migrant labourers, are sending them train and even flight tickets to fetch them back as factories whir back to life, construction activities pick up and the sowing season sets in.
The plan is to charge 30 per cent less. Travel sector executives say if IndiGo is able to do so, it could create a new class of flyers.
Another reason working in Air India's favour now is the government's plan to clean up part of the airline's burgeoning debt from its books - a major deterrent for investors when it attempted divestment the previous time.
India should not miss the opportunity to develop high-speed railway.
The highest ever average daily construction rate of 130 km has been achieved for rural roads
This follows the Union Cabinet approving enhanced traffic rights between India and Abu Dhabi.
The rapid growth of airlines and air passengers would necessitate an additional 2000-3000 commercial pilots in the country during the next 5-10 years, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. \n
Terming infrastructure as the "backbone" of any nation's development, Goyal while presenting the interim Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha said India aspires to be a USD 10 trillion economy in the next eight years, and on the anvil is next generation infrastructure of roads, railways, seaports, airports, urban transport, gas and electric transmission and inland waterways.
Prabhu said he was 'extremely pained by the unfortunate accidents, injuries to passengers and loss of precious lives'.
India wasn't applying widespread crash testing like foreign countries do, so manufacturers didn't see the need for an investment focus on safety. Customers rarely walked into showrooms asking for the safest car. They wanted the cheapest or the most fuel-efficient or the best-looking car.
Maruti has announced it will phase out diesel variants from April 1, 2020, when stringent BS VI norms take effect
On the international air traffic front, Asia-Pacific airlines recorded an increase in demand of 5.5 per cent compared to November 2012.
The practice of charging for such facilities was launched in 2008.
