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A'bad jewellers expect 15% sales growth over low gold, silver prices

Gold prices that were around Rs 32,500 per 10 grams during last Diwali were hovering around Rs 27,000 per 10 grams this year

TaxiForSure to commence operations in 40 cities by 2015

The brand will be covering Nasik, Aurangabad, Mumbai and Nagpur by end of October 2014

CarTrade raises Rs 185 cr from PE firms led by Warburg Pincus

Funds will be utilised to diversify and strengthen CarTrade's offerings for consumers and dealers

Muthoot Foundation ties up with NGO

Through this initiative, the Foundation desires to spread awareness and sponsor free surgeries to 350 children

JLL to release white paper on Hyderabad real estate

Sandip Patnaik, managing director of JLL, says Hyderabad real estate market facing apprehension from buyers

British Airways to launch Boeing 787 Dreamliner service connecting Chennai

The company also announces offer price of Rs 49,230 for tickets booked by Oct end

Prime Minister to visit Visakhapatnam on Tuesday

Total number of cyclone related deaths rose to 7, while there is an ambiguity in the number of missing persons

Karnataka to help AP restore power supply in cyclone-hit areas

Siddaramaiah has agreed to send engineers from Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation and other power supply companies to assist in restoration work

India's FY15 cotton output seen at record high

But despite this season's higher output, exports in the new season are pegged lower at 9 mn bales

We have no objection to shifting Jaya: K'taka Home Minister

Several leaders, prominently former Prime Minister and JDS chief H D Deve Gowda, have been pressing for shifting of Jayalalithaa

Countdown begins for launch of PSLV-C26 carrying IRNSS-1C

The lift off will happen on Oct 16 at 1.32 am

Nokia plant mirrors Tamil Nadu's fading electronics dream

Tax problems and unfavourable WTO agreements are making Tamil Nadu's electronics corridor less attractive to companies

Basmati prices fall as Punjab opens up market to other states

The Basmati paddy price plunged to Rs 2,000 a quintal in the beginning of the kharif season this year, Rs 1,500-Rs 2,000 a quintal lower compared with the corresponding period last year

Vana sets target of Rs 30-40 cr business

Vana, which was launched in January this year in Dehradun, set near clusters of reserve Sal forest with the hills of Mussoorie to the north has already started receiving guests mostly from abroad

Badal gives nod to amend Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887

Further, the chief minister had given the nod to amend the Act that had been duly forwarded to the revenue department

FCI to create food storage with private help in Punjab

Besides, it is also planning to set up Silos on its own with railway siding facility and has identified six locations

Hudhud hits UP: Rainfall likely to benefit paddy crop

Several districts of the state woke up to a cloudy sky, which was followed by strong wind and downpour

Power Tussle in JD (U)

Power corridors in the state are rife with the speculations of a power tussle between Manjhi and his predecessor, Kumar

ED grills painter Shuvaprasanna, industrialist Harsh Neotia

Shuvaprasanna, considered close to ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, allegedly sold a TV channel he owned to Saradha Group chief Sudipto Sen, now in jail custody

Assam tea industry demands reform of e-auction system

The tea industry demanded that the e-auction system should be pan-India which may be implementable after introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India