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After cars, it could be fuel that may soon be dearer, again. The government seems to be trying to build a consensus towards a fuel price hike.
Public sector telecom giant BSNL on Wednesday is believed to have agreed to the recommendations of Sam Pitroda panel, which suggested 30 per cent disinvestment and reduction of the workforce by a lakh, even as the employees union threatened agitation.
Airport modernisation may get stuck because of the poor financial health of airlines.
Steel consumption rose 8.5 per cent to 51.23 million tonne (mt) during April-February period of this fiscal against 47.24mt in the the year-ago period, on the back of steady rise in demand from sectors inclu-ding automobiles, whitegoods and construction.
The strong post-Budget rally has seen the net inflow from foreign institutional investors crossing the $2-billion-mark so far this year.
As the number of American workers with virtually no retirement savings grew for the third straight year, over four in 10 Americans had less than $10,000, according to a new survey.
Talking long-distance on a teleconferencing call used to be frustrating a decade ago because of perceptible gaps in the conversation caused by the time it took one’s voice to reach the other end.
While mobile phones have greatly simplified our lives, charging their batteries remains a continued nuisance, despite the improvement in standby and talk-time intervals.
Software major Infosys Technologies today said more IT deals were coming in the past two quarters as all major markets are back on the path of economic recovery.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif, March 10: In a meeting at Google in 2004, the discussion turned to an e-mail message the company had received from a fan in South Korea.

State Bank of India chairman O.P. Bhatt speaks at a CII seminar in Mumbai on Wednesday. Bhatt said SBI would prefer a rights issue to raise funds for business growth rather than diluting government holding. The government recently tabled the SBI Act Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha with an aim to reduce state-holding in the bank to 51 per cent from around 59 per cent now.
The follow-on public offer of the state-run mining major NMDC got subscribed 17 per cent at the end of first day of its opening on Wednesday, with most of the bids coming in at the lower end of the price range.
Hyderabad-based DQ Entertainment’s IPO to raise up to Rs 128 crore was subscribed 84.3 times, as per the NSE website on Wednesday, the last day of the issue.
On a cold, wet afternoon not long ago, Aron Reznick sat in the lounge of a home for the elderly here, his silver hair neatly combed, his memory a fog. He could not remember Thanksgiving dinner with his family, though when he was given a hint — “turkey” — it came back to him, vaguely, like a shadow in the moonlight.

Gone are the days when a single show captured the imagination of Indian viewers for years together. With competition fierce, viewers’ loyalties are fickle too.

When 13-year-old Ulka Gupta was finalised to play the title role of Manikarnika, aka Manu, in Jhansi Ki Rani, she had no inkling that the responsibility of carrying the historical would rest heavily on her slender shoulders.

The normally diplomatic Karan Johar let go of his politically correct stance on Headlines Today. He confessed that the industry may be a fraternity, but is not really united because it has become an industry now.
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