NEW DELHI: Sharpening focus on infrastructure development to boost growth, government will invest Rs 8.5 lakh crore in Indian Railways to change the face of the sector, minister of state for finance Jayant Sinha said on Thursday. He also appealed to the opposition parties to help pass the GST bill that will usher in a new indirect taxes regime in […]
» Read moreNEW DELHI: The Centre would soon build a major port at Colachel in the southernmost tip of Tamil Nadu at an estimated cost of Rs 21,000 crore, envisaged to emerge as a southern gateway of transshipment in the country. Coming close on the heels of the Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport in Kerala to be developed by the Adani Group, […]
» Read moreJakarta, Indonesia is set to launch a locally made satellite from India on September 27, a media report said on Thursday. The LAPAN A2/Orari satellite was produced entirely in Indonesia by the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) in 2012. It is a successor to LAPAN A1/Tubsat, which was launched in India in 2007, The Jakarta Post reported. “Today, […]
» Read moreA wooden boat crammed with migrant workers who were headed back to Indonesia capsized Thursday off Malaysia’s western coast, leaving at least 14 people dead, a maritime official said. The boat was believed to be carrying 70 people and not 100 as reported earlier by fishermen, said First Adm. Mohamad Aliyas Hamdan, the district chief of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement […]
» Read moreThe second-generation Moto 360 is official. Lenovo-owned Motorola has taken the wraps off what it calls “the world’s first fully customizable smartwatch” The company’s new Moto 360 smartwatch collection includes three different smartwatches: A men’s watch in two sizes, a women’s version and a sports model called Moto 360 Sport. The men’s model comes in 42×11.4mm and 46×11.4mm sizes. The […]
» Read moreNew Delhi: The government on Wednesday extended the last date for filing income tax return by a week to September 7. “Due date for filing Income Tax return extended till 7th Sep, 2015,” the finance ministry said in a tweet. The earlier date was August 31.
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