TV's not dead yet, DTH rises
Mumbai - After years of depressed growth, the direct-to-home industry is likely to improve over the next two years as costs decline, companies aggressively increase their subscriber base and the marke
Tata Chem to buy British Salt
Mumbai, Dec. 20: Tata Chemicals’ British unit, Brunner Mond, has signed a binding agreement to acquire British Salt Ltd for £93 million, the Indian company said on Monday.
The acquisition provides an
JSW Steel in talks to buy founders’ stake in Ispat
Mumbai, Dec. 20: JSW Steel Ltd, India’s third-largest steel producer, is in advanced talks to buy out the controlling stake of Ispat Industries’ founders, two sources directly involved with the matter
Medvedev to lure India away from West
New Delhi: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will lobby hard during a visit to India on Tuesday for the former Cold War ally to stay loyal to Russian-made fighter jets and nuclear reactors, rather tha
Diesel prices decision by end-Dec
New Delhi: A ministerial panel may meet by end-December on diesel prices, Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan said on Tuesday.
He said a scheduled ministerial panel meeting on Wednesday has now been deferre
Inter Club WC champs
Abu Dhabi, Dec. 19: European champions Inter Milan won the Club World Cup and brought some relief to beleaguered coach Rafael Benitez when they brushed aside Africa’s TP Mazembe 3-0 in the final on Sa
South Korea goes ahead with war drill despite threat of war
Yeonpyeon: South Korea will go ahead with live firing drills from a disputed island on Monday, local media said, despite threats of attack by Pyongyang and pressure from Russia and China to cancel the
UK stamps could lose Queen's head, if sold
London: The British government plans to liaise with Buckingham Palace after it emerged that Queen Elizabeth's head could disappear from stamps as part of plans to sell off the Royal Mail.
The coaliti
South's drill 'not worth reacting' to: NKorea
Seoul: North Korea's military said on Monday it 'was not worth reacting' to South Korea's military drill on the disputed island of Yeonpyeong, the North's state news agency KCNA reported.
"We felt it
Fears of war rise as SKorea ignores North's warning over drill
Yeonpyeong: South Korea said on Sunday bad weather was delaying the start of a live-fire exercise that prompted North Korean threats of war, adding that it had no plans to scrap the drills despite int