Business

Domestic passenger car sales increased by 4.99 percent in 2014-15 and stood at 1,876,017 units from an off-take of 1,786,826 units in 2013-14, industry data showed Friday. This is the first time in three years that passenger vehicle sales…

Leading e-retailer Flipkart on Thursday announced partnering with Mumbai's world famous Dabbawalas for last mile delivery to its customers in the country's financial capital. "The association with the popular Dabbawalas in Mumbai is an…

The Rajasthan government on Thursday wooed Maharashtra's businessmen to invest in the state which offers immense and diverse scope for investment opportunities. Rajasthan's Public Health and Ground Water Minister Kiran Maheshwari…

China's largest smartphone maker Xiaomi has sold over two million phones in a 12-hour period, setting a Guinness World Record for mobile phone sales in the process, according to media reports on Thursday. The company said it sold 2.11…

Top business leaders from India and France are meeting in Paris today under the aegis of India-France CEO Forum, which is being hosted by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr Dhruv Sahaney and Mr Paul Harmeline are leading their…

Aiming to give some benefit to mobile phone subscribers, the telecom regulator has reduced tariff ceiling for national roaming calls and messages and has mandated telecom service providers (TSPs) to offer a special roaming tariff plan, an…

A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index  BSE Sensex, made healthy gains during Thursday's trade session. It ended 177 points or 0.62 percent up. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange…

Mother Dairy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board, is hoping to close fiscal year 2014-15 at nearly Rs.7,000 crore revenue, up by 10 percent compared to 2013-14. "The final results are still awaited but we hope…

A special CBI court in Hyderabad has sentenced Satyam founder B. Ramalinga Raju and his brother B. Rama Raju to seven years in jail in connection with Rs 14,000 Satyam scam. It was the largest ever corporate scandal in India. Apart from…

Global ratings agency Moody's on Thursday enhanced India's sovereign rating to positive from stable, expecting positive steps from policy-makers to spur growth and put the country ahead of peers -- a development that finance ministry said…