New Delhi, Nov. 11 The Centres excise duty revenues declined 8.7 per cent in October 2008 to Rs 9,399 crore compared with Rs 10,293 crore recorded in the same month last year... more »

Beijing has announced a $586 billion, or Rs28 trillion, stimulus plan to boost growth in the worlds fastest growing major economy.. more »

Actress Trisha is going to appear in a two-piece swimming dress in a song sequence that was shot in Goa for Vishnuvardhan next project Sarvam. Trisha and Arya are doing the lead roles. Nayanthara wore a 2 piece Bikini on Vishnuvardhan’s last blockbuster movie Billa. Now Vishnuvardhan had done the same thing with Trisha. But it [...] .. more »

The Spanish property market seems to have gone from bad to worse. According to the latest news, more than 900,000 new homes are still unsold this year. This is a very large figure, too worrying to ignore and even Spain’s prime minister Zapatero warned that the nation’s banks will not escape this situation unscathed. The [...] .. more »

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Unflappable as he may be, Senator Barack Obama's world is awash in powerful, conflicting emotions. .. more »

Going into the final weekend of 2008's long, arduous campaign, it appears that Democrat Sen. Barack Obama will beat his Republican opponent Sen. John McCain by as much as a 2-to-1 margin in electoral votes. .. more »

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The local ally wanted an equity stake in the projects to be set up by NTPC in lieu of getting the agreement signed.. more »

Diwali is not the season when people only buy firecrackers, sweets and jewellery. It is when they like to dress in their best. Designer clothes stores record the most of their sales during this festive season. .. more »

New Delhi/Mumbai, Oct. 23 The Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, on Thursday said SEBI has asked foreign institutional investors to reverse transactions that involved overseas lending of Indian stocks to offshore entities... more »

Guys, it is the Sri Pratap Singh Museum located at "Lal Mandi", Srinagar. Here are following objects placed at this museums for visitors like Archaeological objects, paintings, decorative art, arms, models, Anthropological objects, textiles, Shawls, armoury, copper and jade ornaments and utensils are among some of the items on display.The .. more »

The military said troops captured a three-km stretch of the rebel defence line and captured 19 bunkers during their offensive .. more »

Murli Deora, minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas met B.P. Sonjica, minister for Minerals and Energy of South Africa in New Delhi on Oct. 16, 2008 to discover the areas for cooperation in oil sector, reports agency sources.Sonjica is in India for the 3rd India-Brazil-South -Africa summit from Oct. 13-15, 2008. During their meeting, two .. more »

On Monday, the House voted down a bipartisan bailout package but today, the House joined the Senate in approving an “unprecedented $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry.” ..... more »

This is a good time to ask whether India's external accounts deserve a closer look. RBI's data for the first quarter of this fiscal shows the CAD at $10.7 bil, a sharp rise from the $6.3-bil deficit in 2007-08's first quarter. .. more »

I knew it. I knew the reports were lies. A documentary just released proves that Clay is, was, and always will be straight. I don't think it's a stretch to predict this short film has Oscar written all over it.... Read more ... .. more »

Is United Coal buy a distant dream for JSW Steel... more »

Central banks around the world on Tuesday took steps for the second straight day to keep money markets from seizing up due to fears of further turmoil in the financial sector following the collapse of Lehman Brothers. .. more »

United Spirits said that three global alcohol beverage firms have shown interest for a strategic stake in the Rs 32-billion United Spirits, reports Business Standard... more »