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Draft gives no assurance, binds our nuclear programme: Left

After accusing the government of ''betraying'' the country for approaching the IAEA board of governors, the Left parties slammed the text of the draft agreement, charging that it failed to

Column Switching tracks

Rail travel in India has traditionally been meant for the aam aadmi and not aimed at the well heeled business traveller, or even the middle class traveller who has now

SECL distributes Rs 50cr terminal benefits in a day

SECL, a premier coal producing mini ratna company, has set a record by distributing terminal benefits/ social security- group gratuity scheme adding up to Rs 50 crore in one day

RIL plans to raise $1 billion, 5-year loan

India's leading petrochemical producer and refiner, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), is looking to price a $1 billion five-year loan at 150 basis points over Libor, a source familiar with the

Yarn rate hike irks garment exporters

Textile mills have increased yarn rates by Rs 5 from Thursday, though there has been substantial fiscal adjustments by way of customs duty reduction on cotton exports, the Tirupur Exporters

ICICI Bank mulling overseas retail franchise buy

India's largest private-sector lender, ICICI Bank, which announced its plans for acquisition in Britian, Canada or Germany, today said that the area it was looking at was a retail banking

HCL Tech sees forex loss of $77 m

HCL Technologies, the country's fifth largest software exporter, said that it expects foreign exchange losses for quarter ended June 30, inclusive of mark to market impact of the outstanding foreign

Singhs meet Singh, talk Indian pride

Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh met PM Manmohan Singh, who informed them about the G-8 summit and also ''assured'' them that the Iran gas pipeline project

Bond yields end flat, Re pares gains

Taking a break from this week's selling frenzy, a few traders nibbled on some government bonds today, drawing comfort from latest inflation and industrial output data, helping prices recover intraday

BJP talks moral issues against convicted MPs in trust vote

The tussle over trust vote numbers for the in Parliament saw the BJP invoking morality to pressurise the UPA by contending that it ''expected'' PM Manmohan Singh not to accept