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Public-sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Friday announced its ambitious plan to provide 125 million telephones in the country by 2007.

Reliance Industries vice-chairman Anil Ambani on Friday spent the day in the capital holding numerous meetings, including one with Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

Russia, on Friday, reported its first case of mobile phone virus, which had attacked several thousand handsets in many countries including India.

India and European Union on Friday decided to work towards a trade and investment agreement with a view to enhancing bilateral economic cooperation.

In the process of finalising the concept of its people's car, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata said on Friday it would take more than three years manufacture the much-talked about Rs 1 lakh car.

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A group of NRIs and Indian businessmen led by Mohan Meakins chief Kapil Mohan on Friday announced the launch of a new low-cost domestic airline, Indus Airways, claiming they would connect major north Indian cities and later operate the trunk

Indian Space Research Organisation and BSNL have begun an ambitious project using India's communication satellites to provide Internet access for thousands of villages in the country.

Reliance Industries on Friday bought another 300,000 shares, taking the total number of shares bought under its ongoing buyback programme to 18,41,800 in the first five days.

State-run gas utility GAIL India on Friday said it will invest Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) in laying a pipeline in Gujarat from Okha to Jamnagar for transporting LPG.

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd, India's number one scooter manufacturer, recently launched the 'self-start/electric start' model of Unicorn.

Terming New Delhi's offer on services "disappointing" the European Union on Friday warned that the World Trade Organisation trade talks may get derailed if India and other developing countries do not improve their offers before the May deadline.

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd is looking for joint ventures and tie-ups with content providers for its newly launched broadband services, Tri Band.