Booking domestic LPG cylinder refill is now just a text message or sms away.

Deora launches mobile service for booking LPG through sms

Press Trust of India

The National Consumer Commission has held that commercial users cannot move against service providers for any deficiency in service under the Consumer Protection Act.

BSES Commercial users are not consumers : National Commission

The Planning Commission expects global crude oil prices to rise further in the backdrop of expansionary policies being followed by many developed countries to counter the financial crisis.

Plan panel expects further surge in crude oil prices

The government is likely to finalise in a month the rules of the IT (Amendment) Act, which deals with issues like cyber crime and data interception.

Govt may finalise rules of IT (Amendment) Act in a month

India is one of those nations which have substantially implemented the globally accepted tax standards on exchange of information, the OECD said today.

India substantially implemented intl tax standards: OECD

Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh will go to polls on October 13 to elect new assemblies in the first major test of popularity for major political parties after the Lok Sabha elections.

Assembly polls in Maha, Haryana, Arunachal on Oct 13

India's fiscal deficit touched 40 per cent of the full-year estimate in the first four months of FY10, kindling fears that expenses will exceed income beyond what was projected earlier.

Fiscal deficit till July at 40% of the full-year target

Britain's treasury chief Alastair Darling is urging European governments to give the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a $75 billion boost.

UK ready to send additional $11 billion to IMF

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As the death count in swine flu crossed the 100 mark in the country, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today held a high-level meeting to take stock of the situation.

Azad reviews situation as swine flu toll crosses 100

India's first-quarter growth of 6.1 per cent, highest since the global crisis touched shores last September, hasn't surprised economists who kept their full-year outlook few shades lower than the government's.

Q1 GDP growth in line, scanty rain to hit Q2, Q3: economists

Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, whose experiment of poor men's banking helped establish micro-credit movement across the developing world, will address the Indian Parliament.

Micro-finance pioneer Yunus to address Indian parliament

The Bombay High Court today ordered Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to assure gas supply of 28 million metric standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd) from Krishna-Godavari (K-G) basin D6 block to Anil Ambani promoted Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL) for 17 years at $2.34 million metric British thermal unit (mmbtu).

Gas dispute: Bombay HC rules in favour of Anil Ambani

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought the Finance Ministry's nod to approach authorities in Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan for details on whether Mukesh Ambani group's Reliance Petroleum (RPL) paid anything extra to Saddam Hussein's regime to secure oil contracts under a UN programme.

ED seeks to probe RPL role in Iraq oil-for-food scheme

India-Africa Summit 'historical': PM

Industry chambers seek cut in tax rates

Nuclear deal to be debated in the RS today

SC issues notice to Modi on Sohrabuddin case

Pre-market: Upmove likely to continue

Pre-market: Caution sounded on Dalal Street

HDFC Sec: Nifty may target 3500

Hiranandani plans to set up two SEZs in Maha

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