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Crisis may prompt India to re-start Iran oil import

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sought USD 25 billion cut in oil import bill to narrow current account deficit, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Tuesday.
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Real estate body calls for use of 'Made in India' materials

Mumbai: Raising serious concerns on continuous weakening of rupee against dollar, real estate body NAREDCO on Thursday appealed to developers to cut down imports of building construction material and

Nokia launches Lumia 925 and 625 in India

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New Delhi: Expanding its Lumia range, Finnish handset maker Nokia today launched the flagship 925 in India along with 625, its biggest smartphone to date, targetting people in the age group of 18-25

Gold jewellery exports drop 70% in July

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New Delhi: India's gold jewellery exports nosedived 70 per cent year-on-year to USD 441.41 million in July on account of shortage of precious metal and limited inventory in domestic market. In July l

'12 power plants solely dependent on KG-D6 gas lying idle'

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New Delhi: With generation capacity of more than 2,978 MW, 12 power projects that are solely dependent on gas supplies from the Krishna Godavari (KG)-D6 basin are lying idle, the government said toda

Maruti launches Stingray with prices starting at Rs 4.1 lakh

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Looking to beat the slowdown blues, country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today launched a compact car Stingray, priced between Rs 4.1 lakh and Rs 4.67 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

Onion prices jump back to Rs 80/kg

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Cooperative major Nafed today floated a global tender for import of undisclosed quantity of onions from Pakistan, Iran, China and Egypt to boost domestic supply and curb prices, which have again risen back to Rs 70-80 per kg in most retail markets of the country.

NSEL sacks CEO Anjani Sinha;pays only Rs 92 cr to investors

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New Delhi: Crisis-ridden National Spot Exchange today sacked its Managing Director and CEO Anjani Sinha and six other top executives on a day it failed to meet the first scheduled repayment to invest

India out of trillion-dollar club; m-cap slips to $985 bn

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Mumbai: Indian stock market moved out of the trillion-dollar league today as equities crashed, pulling down the total valuation of all listed companies to USD 985 billion on fresh concerns about the

Gold surges most in 2 years; up Rs 1,310 as Re, stocks tumble

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New Delhi: Gold today surged by Rs 1,310 per 10 gram here, the highest in two years, to Rs 31,010 on strong demand from stockists ahead of festive season, after government increased import duty on th

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