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Petrol and diesel prices: The government has indicated short-term and long-term solutions to rising

Petrol and diesel prices today were hiked for the sixteenth straight day across the country. On Tuesday, petrol prices in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai were
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The decision came after an accepted offer got tepid response from investors.

Bengaluru: India's Fortis Healthcare Ltd said on Monday it had not decided whether to re-open bidding for itself, after an offer of funding that its board had accepted got a tepid response from investors, prolonging a fierce takeover battle. The Hero Enterprise Investment
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Petrol prices have been raised by Rs 3.59-3.83 per litre and diesel by Rs 3.09-3.47 per litre in 15 days

Petrol and diesel prices continued their upward movement on Monday. While petrol prices were hiked by 15 paise per litre in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai
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Nearly 13 lakh tickets are booked every day through the IRCTC.

When you book a railway ticket next time through IRCTC's website and get a waitlisted ticket, you will know the chances of the ticket getting confirmed. This new facility has been launched
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Fixed deposits (FDs) offer income tax benefits while recurring deposits (RDs) do not.

Post offices across the country offer nine saving schemes, which also include fixed deposits (FDs) and recurring deposits (RDs). Both FDs and RDs offer attractive
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A surging dollar is fueling bets that developing nations may also raise rates faster than anticipated

The good days for India Inc. in the offshore syndicated loans market may soon be over, as foreign banks pinched by their own rising borrowing costs balk at the lowest lending rates in a decade.

"India may be

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The stock markets started Tuesday's session on a weak note, with the BSE benchmark index Sensex shedding 63 points. Losses in banking, metal and pharma stocks dragged the markets lower. The downward movement in metal stocks was led by Vedanta, which
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India expected to grow at 6.7% in fiscal 2018, says Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg.

NEW DELHI: The economy is expected to grow between 7.3 to 7.5 per cent in the March quarter, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg told a news channel on Monday. The government will release GDP data on Thursday around 5: 30 pm.

Mr Garg said

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The stock markets started Monday's session on a positive note, with the BSE Sensex rising 200 points. Gains were led by banking, energy and pharma stocks. National Stock Exchange (NSE) benchmark index rose as much as 67 points to touch 10,673. Thirty
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AirAsia is offering domestic and international flight tickets from Rs 1,599 and Rs 3,999 respectively.

During the ongoing summer holidays, domestic airlines are raining discounts to garner maximum customers. GoAir is offering flight tickets from Rs
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Entrance fees and guide charges at monuments are not included in the package cost.

IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Operation) Tourism offers 10-day tour package to Mathura, Haridwar, Amritsar and Vaishno devi under a special 'Bharat Darshan' tour package. This special package is priced at Rs

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Akshay Kumar spoke about the need for influencers of society to talk freely about toilets

The famous Hindi film actor Akshay Kumar, while spreading awareness of cleanliness, launched an advertisement campaign for the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) in
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The money from Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Mittal would fund acquisitions by Sharan Pasricha's Ennismore

The family of billionaire Sunil Mittal, who controls India's biggest mobile-phone operator, is looking to pump more than $1 billion into a hotel chain founded by his son-in-law in London, people with knowledge of
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Bank of India's shares ended 4.5% higher in a Mumbai market.

Bank of India Ltd reported a net loss of Rs 3,969 crore ($588.87 million) for the fourth quarter, as the state-owned lender set aside more funds for bad loans.

That compared with a loss of Rs

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The I-T department started uploading the tax return forms since April 5. Since then the taxpayers have been looking forward to these ITR forms since the last date to file the income tax returns is July 31.Out of the seven income tax (I-T) forms required by a different set of tax payers, the ITR-1 called 'Sahaj' is
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UltraTech Cement's bid received 100% consent at the CoC meeting.

Kolkata: The Committee of Creditors (CoC) of Binani Cement today voted in favour of UltraTech Cement's Rs 7,960-crore offer. UltraTech Cement's bid received 100 per cent consent at the CoC meeting, sources close to the company said. The meeting had to be pushed back several rounds due
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ICICI Bank offers 'Touch - Pay' which enables customers to make contactless payments.

ICICI Bank offers ‘Scan to Pay’ feature which customers can use to make payments at retail stores using their smartphones, informed the lender on its official twi
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Indore: Twenty-one public sector banks (PSBs) have incurred losses totalling Rs 25,775 crore due to banking frauds in the financial year 2017-18, a Right to Information reply has stated. The Punjab National Bank (PNB) had incurred the highest loss of Rs 6461.13 crore due to different cases of fraud during the fiscal that ended on March 31 this
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For autos, the increase would be 4 paise per km and for taxi it would be 7 paise per km.

New Delhi: CNG price in the national capital was today hiked by Rs 1.36 per kg as input raw material got costlier because of rupee depreciation and rise in natural gas price. CNG will cost Rs 41.97 per kg in Delhi with effect from midnight tonight following the
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Flipkart deal is aimed at helping Walmart to compete with Amazon.

Mumbai: An Indian trader body has raised objections to Walmart Inc's $16 billion acquisition of e-commerce firm Flipkart, though lawyers and sources said the complaint to the country's antitrust regulator is unlikely to threaten the deal.

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT)

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Reliance Jio's half-yearly plan is priced at Rs 4,199.

Reliance Jio is offering a host of recharge plans. Apart from the regular data and voice plans, it is also offering recharge plans at Rs 699, Rs 2,099 and Rs 4,199 on monthly, quarterly and half-yearly basis, respectively for its JioLink customers only, according to the telecom operator's
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AirAsia flight ticket from Kochi to Sydney via Kuala Lumpur costs Rs 11,999.

AirAsia India has come up with a discount scheme and is offering international flight tickets starting at Rs. 3,999, it said on its official website -- airasia.com. Under its 'End of Summer Sale', AirAsia is offering flights from a host of local cities such as Amritsar,
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The escalating prices of real estate have made housing loans very popular and owning a home is a common desire among us. However, many a time, borrowers feel burdened with debt that will last for a long tenure and are unaware of the fact that this can
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When the fixed deposit (FD) interest rates offered by large public sector banks (PSBs) such as State Bank of India (SBI) stay under the range of 6 to 7 percent per annum, the depositors feel compelled to set their sights on an alternative savings
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Reliance Jio's Rs 449 recharge pack offers 1.5 GB of 4G data per day.

Sunil Mittal-owned Bharti Airtel has recently launched a prepaid plan priced at Rs 449 to take on Reliance Jio's plan of the same amount. Since the launch of Mukesh Ambani-owned
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Petrol prices were hiked across the country on Monday, marking a fifteenth straight day of upward revision. The government has said it is looking at short-term as well as long-term solutions to the rising fuel prices. The continues increase in domestic petrol and diesel prices is a result of higher global crude oil
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While you watch Vivo IPL 2018 Final on Sunday, you can win some big prizes announced by Reliance Jio while playing #JioCricketPlayAlong. Reliance Jio Cricket Play Along is a quiz game rolled out by Reliance Jio that allows you to win big prizes such
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SEBI on May 25 had sought responses from ICICI Bank's Chanda Kochhar.

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate in Mumbai had levied a penalty of Rs 14 crore on Videocon, along with six group companies and Venugopal Dhoot in May 2017, according to a leading economic daily on Monday. It said the penalty was imposed following a reference from the
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The rupee continued its bounce-back today against the US dollar amid cooling global crude prices. A pullback in global crude prices helped lift the Indian currency after it fell to an 18-month low last week. At day's high today, the rupee rose to
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The highest, Rs 33,157.97 crore, income tax dues are from Pune, Maharashtra, alone

Mumbai: Apparently failing to recover massive tax dues from various corporate tax-payers in the country, the Income Tax Department (ITD) has now started "writing off" thousands of crores of tax arrears by such defaulters, according to RTI replies. This, despite the
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