Rise in Direct Tax collections reflect economic revival

Direct tax collections during the nine-month period ending December 2009 rose by 8.5 per cent reflecting economic revival and better performance by corporates. A Finance Ministry release said the collection of personal income tax, however, declined marginally by 0.41 per cent during the period in 20...

10th New Delhi Auto Expo starts in Pragati Maidan

The 10th New Delhi Auto Expo has been flagged off at the Pragati Maidan grounds on January 05.Over 2,100 participants from 30 countries are participating in the expo. The organisers, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), said they expected som...

Karnataka Govt approves Arcelor Mittal's project

Sensex closes at 23 month high

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange rallied 128 points, or 0.7 per cent, to close at a 23-month high of 17,686, on Tuesday. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange rose 46 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 5,278. Stock markets in Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore rose between 0.3 and 2 percent, ...

Auto-Expo kicks off

The 10th Edition of Auto-Expo kicked off on Tuesday in Pragati Maidan.AIR correspondent reports that the week- long event with 2100 confirmed participants from 30 countries and one lakh 20 thousand square meters venue,is already among the biggest. The expo will be formally inaugurated by Union Road ...

Auto-Expo kicks off

The 10th Edition of Auto-Expo kicked off on Tuesday in Pragati Maidan.AIR correspondent reports that the week- long event with 2100 confirmed participants from 30 countries and one lakh 20 thousand square meters venue, the expo is already among the biggest. The expo will be formally inaugurated by U...

Auto-Expo kicks off

The 10th Edition of Auto-Expo kicked off on Tuesday in Pragati Maidan.AIR correspondent reports that the week- long event with 2100 confirmed participants from 30 countries and one lakh 20 thousand square meters venue.The expo will be formally inaugurated by Union Road Transport Minister Kamal Nath ...

Oil price near 82 dollar a barrel

Oil rose to near 82 dollars a barrel today in Asia. Benchmark crude was up 31 cents to 81.81dollars a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 2.15 dollars to settle at 81.51 dollars a barrel on Monday.The rise in prices is due to...

BSE Sensex up by 109 points

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today gained over 170 points in opening trade on buying by foreign funds. The 30-share index was trading at 17,633, up by 109 points when reports last came in. Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty rose by over 35 points to 5,267. Br...

Maruti expects sales to grow around 10 per cent in 2010

The country's largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, on Tuesday said it expects sales to grow around 10 per cent in 2010. Maruti Suzuki India Managing Director Shinzo Nakanishi told this to reporters at the Auto Expo in New Delhi. The company also unveiled a small multi-purpose concept vehicle (M...