Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the government is considering changing the financial year to January-December to coincide with the calendar year. "The matter of changing financial year is under consideration of the government," Jaitley said here in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. The matter has been examined recently by a ...
Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav's petrol pump here was sealed by the Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) on Friday, official said. Tej Pratap Yadav is the son of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad and elder brother of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav. The move comes a day after the BPCL terminated the licence of the petrol pump on al...
New Delhi, July 21 The Indian telecom regulator on Friday turned down the proposal of incumbent telecom players to fix a floor price for both voice and data services and said it did not seem to be a 'workable idea'. "We had a detailed discussion (with industry stakeholders) for two hours. Fixing a floor price was not a workable idea. Prices w...
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), on Friday announced the launch of 'intelligent smartphone' which will be available for beta testing from August 15. "The JioPhone will be available to all Indians for an effective price of Rs zero," Ambani told the company's 40th annual general meeting here. The ph...
Stocks of telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular tumbled after industrialist Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) on Friday announced the launch of the JioPhone 'intelligent smartphone'. Around 1.15 p.m., the scrip of telecom major Bharti Airtel fell by 3.22 per cent to Rs 406.25 on the BSE. Similarly, shares of Idea Cellula...
People are reviving original and traditional weaves of which some like buta, jaal and shikargarh are back in fashion with brides opting for such trends, say designers Akshay Gupta and Anika Dhawan Gupta of the brand Bageecha "To be honest, people are reviving original and traditional weaves. The small buta is back in fashion, intricate jaals...
Reliance Industries Limited on Friday announced bonus shares in the ratio of 1:1. The company recommended issue of bonus shares by "capitalisation of its reserves in the ratio of 1 bonus equity share of Rs. 10 each fully paid-up for every 1 existing equity share of Rs 10 each fully paid-up (that is in the ratio of 1:1)," it said in a regulatory filin...
In its bid to provide a platform for communities to hold discussions on specific areas, Facebook on Wednesday added a new feature called 'Groups for Pages'. The feature will allow Page admins to create special groups within their Pages to provide a channel of discussion among people and authorities on subjects of common interest. "...
Global software giant Adobe on Friday announced that Shanmugh Natarajan has been appointed Managing Director for Adobe Systems in India. Natarajan was formerly Executive Director and will continue to lead Adobe operations in the country in addition to his ongoing responsibility as Vice President, Engineering, Digital Media at Adobe. ...
Industrialist Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Friday announced the launch of 'intelligent smartphone' JioPhone, which will be available for beta testing from August 15. "The JioPhone will be available to all Indians for an effective price of Rs zero," Ambani told the company's 40th annual general meeting here. The much-aw...
