Air tickets rise 70% in festive season
With a paucity of a minimum of 200 seats in every sector due to non-operation of Kingfisher Airlines, cost of air ticket have skyrocketed by about 70 per cent this festive season.
Industry experts s
Suu Kyi comes on Diwali to light up India connect
The road map for enhanced cooperation between India and Myanmar, especially on the economic front, will be further defined when democracy icon Aung Saan Suu Kyi arrives in New Delhi on Tuesday to touc
Kingfisher leaves employees in dark on Diwali
Around 3,000 employees of the near-bankrupt Kingfisher Airlines were left in the dark on Diwali after the management failed to pay their May salary, despite its commitment that their dues will be clea
Diwali fails to light up stock markets, Sensex sheds 52 points
The first trading session of Samvat2069 concluded on a weak note as Sensex on Tuesday closed nearly 52 points lower at over one-week low of 18,618.87, the first time since 2007 the BSE benchmark logge
Gold ETFs shine bright
NSE records highest-ever traded value of virtual gold on Dhanteras Gold sales are good even if they are at least 20 to 25 per cent less than last year.
However, the sales are entirely sentiment-orien
10% discount on crackers in state-run shops
State-owned cooperative stores will sell crackers worth Rs 5 crore this year. Over 300 varieties of crackers and 15 different gift boxes will be available in 14 outlets in the city.
Happy over last
Gold up by Rs 70 on festive demand; silver sheds Rs 640
Amid strong festive demand and afirm trend overseas, gold prices rose for the fourth day in a row in the bullion market here today by adding Rs 70 to Rs 31,770 per 10 grams.
However, silver lacked ne
KSRTC workers may go on strike during Diwali
Difficult times are ahead as KSRTC employees’ unions are planning to go on another indefinite strike during Deepavali.
Karnataka Rajya Rasthe Sarige Samsthegala Noukarara Federation has announced th
Delhi fire brigade gets over 210 calls on Diwali
As Delhi celebrated Diwali bursting crackers, fire fighters were on their toes attending to over 200 calls about fire-related incidents from across the city.
The fire brigade received calls from alm
Delhi firemen get 210 Diwali calls
It was another busy Diwali night for the Delhi fire department that received 210 calls from across the capital till early on Thursday but there was no major incident, an official said.