Business

Private airlines had decided to impose the surcharge claiming that aircraft had to hover over major metro airports.

About 80 per cent of the respondents supported the view that rise in prices was perceived in Tier-II cities.

Biocon has entered into partnership with Bristol-Myers Squibb to provide research for development of drugs.

India may stop importing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from 2009 amid growing domestic production says Reliance Industries.

The Company Law Board intervened in the family feud in the Bajaj family on Tuesday, staying all board meetings.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said that rising inflation is a larger social issue and it can be tackled in the long run.

Tata Motors's small car with a 600cc engine will be priced at Rs 1 lakh. The four-door car will be designed to seat 4 or 5 people.

Market continued their journey upward on back of revived buying interest. Sensex surged by 168 points at 12,865 in opening trade.

A fall in the US markets sparked fears of recession once again. The 540 points slide of BSE Sensex signaled a dismal week ahead.

Following the tax initiatives announced in the Union Budget, carmakers Maruti, Hyundai and Tata have announced a price hike.

A fresh meeting of EPF Board has been convened to thrash out the vexed issue of interest rate for the current fiscal.

The Commonwealth Games to be staged in the Capital in 2010 will get a Rs 500-crore boost, the Finance Minister said.

The growth momentum in the services sector has been well maintained, accounting for over 55 per cent of the economy.

The annual rate of inflation declined to 6.63% during the week ended on February 10 from 6.73 a week earlier.

BSNL was asked to aggressively boost its GSM presence by adding 108 million subscribers by 2010.

All the BSE sector indices closed in red. Among the major losers were scrips from banking, auto and pharma sector.