The Maharashtra government has come to the rescue of Reliance Industries by extending support to the company's proposed Navi Mumbai SEZ to be developed over 1,240 hectares.

Ceat Ltd, part of the RPG group, may set up a truck and bus radial tyre plant on its own if it is unable to find a joint venture partner.

Does size matter? As India Inc grows at a frenetic pace, a top-level panel gathered here for a roundtable at the FE India's Best Banks Awards on Friday evening to talk about the need of the hour in the banking

Saying use forex reserves for infrastructure is simply an attractive statement. The statement is made by a number of well-meaning people who don't quite understand how the forex reserves can be used.

Last week, the ministries of commerce and industry had announced schemes for exporters to help deflect the impact of a rising rupee vis--vis the dollar. These measures included enhancing the DEPB and duty drawback rates by 5% as a relief.

Little Ankita may be little in your eyes, and leading a home-school-McDonald's life, but take a good hard look at her life.

Queues are snaking outside bakeries and supermarkets in Gaza as frantic residents stock up on supplies over fears their overcrowded land will stay sealed off from the world after the Hamas takeover. Israel closed off the tiny coastal strip and

A crackdown by authorities on small brick factories in two Chinese provinces has freed more than 560 people, including more than 50 under the age of 18, who were allegedly forced to work without pay in often appalling conditions.

North Korea has invited UN nuclear inspectors to discuss shutting down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, in the first step towards implementing an international agreement aimed at disarming the communist state.

The Lebanese pound and the country's capital market have managed again to cushion the negative impact of a political assassination and a growing tension between the government and the opposition, bankers said on Sunday. "The market is quiet with limited

A Taliban suicide bomber blew up a police bus in the Afghan capital, killing around 35 people in one of Kabul's deadliest explosions in recent months amid rising nationwide violence.

Nakheel, the Dubai-centered leading real estate developer in the UAE, has launched an exciting new residential real estate development, Jumeirah Heights, designed with business professionals and... Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

China's largest shipping firm, state-owned COSCO, will float an IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on June 26. Online purchases of the stock will begin tomorrow, June 18. The 1.78 billion shares will go for somewhere between 7.60 yuan and...Continue.

Dubai is setting up a real estate body to manage government properties in the booming emirate, the UAE's state news agency WAM said on Saturday. Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum,... Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

New Delhi, India, June 15, 2007 - In a move to make Indian Railways world's number one Railway network, the Committee on Infrastructure approved the proposal for completing the first phase of modernization of the New Delhi railway station into

New Delhi, India, June 15, 2007 - Delhi will get 90 per cent of the power generated from the 980 MW second phase of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Project, Dadri, in view of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games while the

New Delhi, India, June 15, 2007 - The Prime Minister's Committee on Infrastructure which met here today has decided that Chennai Airport will be upgraded and modernized by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The Committee has also asked for

New Delhi, India, June 16, 2007 - The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh reviewed the progress of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and reiterated the need for State Governments to pay greater attention to the reform of