Revised railway ticket refund rules from today
The revised rules for refund of cancelled railway tickets, which are aimed at facilitating early confirmation of wait-listed passengers, have come into effect from Wednesday. On June 25, Railway Ministry has revised its refund rules comprehensively under which passengers will have to present their... read more »
Petrol price hiked by Rs 3.13 a litre, diesel Rs 2.71 per litre, effective ...
Petrol price was today hiked by Rs 3.13 a litre and diesel by Rs 2.71 per litre, the second straight steep increase in rates this month. The price hike, which comes on the back of Rs 3.96 per litre increase in petrol rates and Rs 2.37 a litre raise in diesel rates from May 1, will be effective from... read more »
Suzlon Group installs 10,000th wind turbine generator
The Suzlon Group on Wednesday said it has installed its 10,000th wind turbine generator during the first half of 2015. “Suzlon Group… announced a significant milestone achievement of installing its 10,000th WTG (wind turbine generator) during the first half of 2015,” the company said in a... read more »
Maruti Picks Up Pace, Sales Grow 1.8%
The company said its domestic sales increased 1.6 per cent in the month to 1,02,626 units as against 1,00,964 units a year ago. Sales of mini segment cars, including Alto and WagonR, declined 27.9 per cent to 34,336 units compared with 47,618 units in the year-ago period, Maruti said in a... read more »
Lawyer: Uighur scholar in China gets life sentence
BEIJING – An outspoken scholar who championed China’s Uighur minority was convicted of separatism Tuesday by a Chinese court and sentenced to life in prison, according to the... read more »
India to focus on UNSC reform, terrorism, peacekeeping at UNGA
Early reform of the U.N. Security Council, terrorism and peacekeeping will be among the main issues that India will pursue during the world body’s General Assembly session, Indian... read more »
Shiv Sena offers BJP 130 seats, but at cost of smaller parties
Senior Shiv Sena leaders have held talks with BJP aiming to end the deadlock on seat sharing that is threatening to disintegrate their 25-year-old alliance ahead of the October 15... read more »
US air strikes target Islamic State in Syria
The United States began bombing ISIS targets in Syria using fighters, bomber and Tomahawk missiles, according to the Pentagon late Monday night. “I can confirm that U.S. military and... read more »
Tech Mahindra aims to clock USD 5 billion revenues by FY17
Tech Mahindra, India’s fifth largest software services exporter, is on track to become a USD 5 billion dollar company by fiscal 2017, a top company executive said today. “So far as the... read more »
