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  Petrol crosses ₹99/litre in Rajasthan, ₹95 in Mumbai; diesel at ₹91 as prices rise for 6th day

  February 14, 2021 12:19 IST

  In the national capital, petrol climbed to Rs 88.73 a litre and diesel soared to Rs 79.06, the notification showed. Rajasthan, which levies the highest VAT on fuel in the country, had the highest petrol and diesel prices. In Sriganganagar town of the state, petrol soared to Rs 99.29 and diesel jumped to Rs 91.17 per litre.

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  Commercial vehicle operators threaten to go on hunger strike

  February 14, 2021 11:14 IST

  Commercial vehicle operators in Meghalaya have threatened that they would go for an indefinite hunger strike if the state government chose to turn a deaf ear on their demand for reducing the prices of petrol and diesel.

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  DHFL posts consolidated net loss of Rs 13,095 cr in Q3 FY21

  February 14, 2021 7:26 IST

  Sequentially, the company witnessed widening of net loss from Rs 2,122.65 crore in the second quarter ended September 2020.

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  Railway says its cumulative freight revenue surged past previous fiscal for 1st time since pandemic

  February 13, 2021 23:11 IST

  According to the national transporter, on a month-to-month basis as well, in first 12 days of February, the railways has overtaken the freight revenue figures in last year by 5 per cent.

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  Diesel price rise highest in Delhi by 36 paise/litre

  February 13, 2021 12:24 IST

  Accordingly, oil marketing companies raised the pump price of diesel by year high level of 36 paise per litre and petrol by another 30 paise per litre in Delhi.

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  Delhi budget announcement likely in 2nd week of March

  February 13, 2021 8:55 IST

  The government is readying the blue print of the budget and meetings with different departments are being held to determine their demands and likely revenue collections, said a source in the government.

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  IRCTC to run deluxe AC tourist train to Jyotirlinga, Statue of Unity

  February 13, 2021 7:31 IST

  The IRCTC in a statement said that tourism industry has faced its toughest time in last one year due to the Covid 19 pandemic where in all the hoteliers, transporters, airlines were shut during the lockdown and a lot of people who were engaged in the tourism industry directly or indirectly had to lose their employment.

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  January retail inflation declines to 4.06%, vegetables become cheaper

  February 12, 2021 20:01 IST

  Sequentially, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which gauges the retail price inflation, declined to 4.06 per cent from 4.59 per cent reported for December 2020.

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  Family Pension BIG Update: Modi govt announces massive hike | Details

  February 12, 2021 19:16 IST

  In a welcome development for those availing family pensions, the Centre has raised the upper ceiling from Rs 45,000 to Rs 1.25 lakh per month, Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced on Friday.

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  Lufthansa terminates services of 103 India-based flight attendants

  February 12, 2021 17:27 IST

  Lufthansa has terminated the services of 103 India-based flight attendants after they allegedly sought "job assurance" from the management while the German airlines group had offered them leave without pay option for two years,sources close to the developments said. 

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  IRFC lists USD 750-million medium-term note on India INX

  February 12, 2021 17:17 IST

  The company has already listed USD 1.5 billion bonds under its USD 4 billion global medium-term note programme and USD 500 million green bond issuance on India INX.

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  Gold Price Today: Gold declines Rs 661; silver falls Rs 347

  February 12, 2021 16:52 IST

  Gold price declined by Rs 661 to Rs 46,847 per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday reflecting a fall in global precious metal prices and rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securities. 

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  Markets end flat after choppy trade; ICICI Bank shines

  February 12, 2021 16:53 IST

  ICICI Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising over 2 per cent, followed by Axis Bank, Infosys, HDFC twins, Bajaj Finserv and SBI.

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  PMLA case: Former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar granted bail

  February 12, 2021 14:14 IST

  Former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar was granted bail by a special PMLA court. 

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  Elon Musk's brother Kimbal sells $25.6 million worth of Tesla shares

  February 12, 2021 12:55 IST

  The younger brother of Elon Musk and a Tesla board member Kimbal Musk sold $25.6 million of shares in the electric carmaker.

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  Fuel prices skyrocket! Petrol costlier by 29p, diesel by 35p for 4th straight day

  February 12, 2021 11:53 IST

  Across the country as well, the petrol prices increase within the 25-30 paisa per litre range, while diesel between 30-35 paisa per litre -- depending on the level of local taxes on the two petroleum products.

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  ITC board recommends interim dividend of Rs 5 per share; Q3 net profit at Rs 3,587 crore

  February 12, 2021 10:31 IST

  ITC board has recommended an interim dividend of Rs 5 per share for FY 2020-21.  

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  Air travel to become dearer as govt hikes fare band by upto 30%

  February 12, 2021 10:16 IST

  The first such band consists of flights that are of less than 40 minutes duration. The lower limit for the first band was increased on Thursday from Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,200. The upper limit in this band was set at Rs 7,800, which was Rs 6,000 earlier.

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  Sensex jumps over 100 points in early trade; Nifty tops 15,200

  February 12, 2021 10:11 IST

  Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 100 points in opening trade on Friday tracking gains in index majors Infosys, Reliance Industries, and HDFC Bank amid persistent foreign fund inflows.

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  Nitin Gadkari to launch India's first CNG tractor today

  February 12, 2021 7:28 IST

  Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Narendra Singh Tomar, Parshottam Rupala and V K Singh will also be present at the launch.

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  Microsoft planned to buy social media firm Pinterest: Report

  February 11, 2021 18:03 IST

  ​Microsoft reportedly held talks in recent months to acquire the $51-billion social media firm Pinterest, the media reported on Thursday.

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  Ola to deploy ABB's robotics, automation solutions at EV manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu

  February 11, 2021 16:08 IST

  India's largest mobility platform Ola on Thursday said it has selected ABB as one of its key partners for robotics and automation solutions for its electrical vehicle manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu.

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  RailTel IPO to open on Feb 16: Check price brand, lot size, other key details

  February 11, 2021 14:10 IST

  RailTel IPO: State-owned RailTel Corporation of India on Thursday fixed a price band of Rs 93-94 per share for its initial share-sale -- RailTel IPO, which will open for public subscription on February 16.

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  Amazon moves Supreme Court against Future-Reliance Retail deal

  February 11, 2021 13:43 IST

  On February 8, the Delhi High Court had stayed the implementation of status quo ordered by a single-judge bench on the Rs 24,713-crore deal between Future Retail Ltd and Reliance.

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  India to see marginal hike in average salary to 6.4% in 2021: Survey

  February 11, 2021 12:48 IST

  As per the survey, on average, 20.6 per cent of the salary increase budget is being allocated to top performers, which represent 10.3 per cent of the employees in India

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  Fuel prices Today: Petrol costlier by 25p, diesel by 30p for 3rd straight day | Check revised rate

  February 11, 2021 12:38 IST

  This took petrol price to an all-time high of Rs 87.85 a litre in Delhi and to Rs 94.36 in Mumbai. Diesel rates rose to Rs 78.03 per litre in the national capital and to an all-time high of Rs 84.94 in Mumbai.

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  Cheapest AC travel in world! Indian Railways rolls out first AC 3-Tier Economy Class coach - PICS

  February 11, 2021 10:25 IST

  The new AC 3-Tier Economy Class coach will be economical and in between the current AC three-tier and non-AC sleeper class. 

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  Huawei open to transfer 5G technology for global innovation including source code

  February 10, 2021 22:39 IST

  Chinese telecom major Huawei on Wednesday said that it is open to transfer 5G technology, including the source code, hardware design secrets etc to facilitate global innovation.