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Get your act together and stop giving excuses for call drops: DoT to telcos

Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said spectrum scarcity can no longer be cited as reason given ongoing consolidation in industry

Bid proposals for aviation scheme up 4-fold but Modi govt faces fund crunch

Government mulls increasing levy to bridge funding gap

Doubling foreign tourist arrivals in three years possible: K J Alphons

MoS for tourism says his department will act as a facilitator for the development of tourism sector

FM Arun Jaitley chairs pre-Budget 2018 meet with state finance ministers

The Union Budget for 2018-19 will be presented in Parliament on February 1

Govt simplifies Make in India rules for defence firms, offers 50 projects

The ministry is offering around 50 potential projects with an assurance of orders on prototype completion and foreclosure protection

ISMA raises sugar output estimate by 4% to 26 mn tonnes due to good monsoon

Sugar prices have started falling below the cost of production and this could lead to cane payment arrears

Planning your train journey in advance may soon become cost-effective

The panel has also proposed discounts for tickets booked after charting

Indo-Israel friendship is a match made in heaven, says Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu said there is a similarity between how he changed the landscape in Israel and the way Modi is working

Yogi Adityanath wants modern education in UP madrassas, Sanskrit schools

He was addressing a coordination meeting of minority welfare ministers of nine states

Demonetisation, GST effects: Default surge in affordable housing temporary

LTV ratios are regulated in India by National Housing Board, which means that no loan can cover less than 50% or more than 90% of asset value

Yogi Adityanath government okays metro projects worth Rs 470 billion

UP Metro Rail Corp to borrow loans worth Rs 240 billion

Balancing act: Modi to visit West Asia in Feb with eye on $75-bn investment

Modi will want to take up $75 bn worth of investments in India's infrastructure sector that Emirates had promised India from its sovereign fund

Tamil Nadu govt to come out with Aerospace & Defence policy: Palaniswami

The state govt has requested the Defence Ministry to set up manufacturing facility by HAL for Light Combat Aircrafts and Helicopters

Here's what GST Council may announce today after the crucial meet

Aiming to boost the struggling agriculture and rural economy, and encourage clean energy, the Council is expected to rationalise rates

Budget 2018: Expect govt to target fiscal deficit at 3% of GDP, says report

The FY19 Union Budget is expected to be a populist and more spending towards social sectors

Govt to auction exploration blocks: The hunt for oil is changing in India

Open acreage policy makes a start while DSF blocks move to development work

Budget 2018: Govt cuts extra loans to Rs 200 bn, FY18 fiscal deficit could reach 3.4%

In December last year, the Centre had stated that it would raise an additional Rs 500 billion from the market in this financial year

Govt to set up $350 mn fund in bid to add 175Gw in renewable energy by 2022

Installed renewable power capacity is currently about 60 GW, and India plans to complete the bidding process by the end of 2019/20 to add a further 115 GW

GST rollout, seasonal sales help Amazon grow seller base by over 130,000

Sellers who were previously not compliant with Amazon's service policies were forced to become compliant with GST starting July 1

Budget 2018: Retailers seek industry status, simple GST, better FDI norms

The industry is also seeking relaxed FDI regime for multi-brand retail trade as also incentives to be provided for setting up warehousing and cold-chain storage facilities