AUTOMOBILES
Passenger car Q1 sales up 12.6%, motorcycles down 14.4%
New Delhi, July 10 The automobile industry in the first quarter of FY2007-08 has witnessed negative growth in almost all categories, including medium and heavy commercial vehicles, three-wheelers and two-wheelers. However, passenger vehicles, ... More

ECONOMY
11th Plan: More funds sought for commodity boards
More allocation on account of sustaining higher export receipts More

Infrastructure sector posts 8.7% growth in May
Higher petroleum product, finished carbon steel output More

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
Delhi Customs upbeat on achieving revenue targets
New Delhi, July 10 Buoyed by strong growth in volume of capital goods and electronic item imports in the first quarter of current fiscal, the Customs Department in the Delhi zone is confident of achieving the revenue targets set by the CBEC ... More

HEALTH
Controversy prevails over number of HIV/AIDS cases
Data being assessed cautiously More

INFRASTRUCTURE
SEBI makes fund raising by Govt infrastructure cos easy
Relaxes norms for fixing face value of issue More

PETROLEUM
Rains delay crude handling facility at Kochi
‘There won’t be any cost escalation’ More

Provide price break-up for ATF, oil cos told
For lowering rate that airlines pay More

SSI
Cluster scheme: Ambattur body, UNIDO tie up
Comprehensive and integrated programme for small sector development More

TERRORISM
7/11 train blasts: 200 victims yet to be compensated
Petition to come up for hearing on July 25 More

Presidents and the sub-continental divide
It is all gloomy on the national front, what with the damaging information being unearthed about the complicity and involvement of brothers Kafeel and Sabeel Ahmed and yet another doctor — Haneef Mohammed — from Bangalore in the ... More

RADIO/TV
Prasar Bharati for levying 5-10% tax on TV viewers, buyers
Proposal will affect sales: Industry More

Kids Media launches merchandising biz
Mumbai, July 10 Kids Media India (KMI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Dubai-based SpaceToon Media International Group, has announced the launch of its licensing and merchandising business in India and SAARC countries. The company in ... More

EDUCATION
MRSI launches PG course
The Market Research Society of India and Bhavan’s Centre of Inter-Disciplinary studies, in academic collaboration with SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, has launched a post-graduate course on market research and consumer ... More

CARS
India could become global hub for developing small cars: Study
Managing logistics, improving infrastructure among major challenges More

AIR-CONDITIONERS & REFRIGERATORS
Frost-free refrigerators segment sees 50% growth
New Delhi, July 10 Higher disposable income, greater product awareness and affordable pricing have pushed up the sales of frost-free refrigerators. The category, which clocked an unprecedented growth (50 per cent) this summer compared with the ... More

GEMS & JEWELLERY
Gems and jewellery SEZ for Goregaon
Mumbai, July 10 The first Special Economic Zone for gems and jewellery in Mumbai city has been sanctioned by the inter-ministerial Board of Approvals to real estate developer Royal Palms Estate. Spread over 10.1 hectares of area at ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Arihant building Rs 650-cr township in AP
Chennai, July 10 Arihant Foundations & Housing Ltd will promote a Rs 650-crore residential and commercial complex near Vijayawada. The project is to be launched by the year-end.According to information provided by the company to the ... More

DLF sole bidder for Bidadi township project
Bangalore, July 10 Real estate developer DLF Ltd has emerged the sole bidder for the Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (BMRDA) 9,300-acre Bidadi Satellite Township Project, as the deadline for submission of technical ... More

Housing prices index launched
The Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, on Tuesday launched NHB RESIDEX, which is the first official index for housing prices in the country. This index has been developed by National Housing Bank, as a pilot for five cities in the ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Nabard aid for tribal development
Nabard has sanctioned six projects with a financial outlay of Rs 18.63 crore under its Tribal Development Fund. “These sanctions will benefit 6,000 poor tribal families in the states of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Nasscom’s competence initiative for North-East
Will conduct tests for 8 States in the region More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS
BSNL union supports Motorola’s disqualification
New Delhi, July 10 The Joint Forum of BSNL employees’ unions came out in defence of the BSNL management’s decision to disqualify Motorola from bidding for the 45.5-million cellular line project saying that the US company had ... More

Raja meets BSNL union again
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INCOME TAX
Clarification on filing returns
The Finance Ministry said on Tuesday that the due date for filing the return of income for the assessment year 2007-08 (relating to financial year 2006-07) expires on July 31 for non-corporate taxpayers, salaried persons, pensioners, ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS
US steps up criticism over wheat import norms
New Delhi, July 10 On a day when the Centre gave the State Trading Corporation of India (STC) the go-ahead to import 5.11 lakh tonnes (lt) of wheat at an average $ 325.59 a tonne, the US stepped up its criticism of India’s ... More

Plant quarantine norms worry Canadian pulse suppliers
Pulse Canada draws out plan to smoothen import process More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES
Coal India move to fight corruption in procurement
Signs pact with Transparency International More