It may sound unbelievable, but a vintage one rupee coin fetched Rs.220,000 at a numismatic auction in India's IT hub on the country's 62nd Independence Day.

Rising incomes and a burgeoning middle class have thrown up a new category of affluent young professionals, managers and executives with tremendous purchasing power and this is attracting manufacturers of ultra expensive watches to India.

The $2.5- billion Etihad Airways of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to increase the share of its cargo revenue from the current 15 percent by augmenting its freighter fleet.

Very soon, you will be able to watch a slew of TV channels on your GPRS-enabled mobile phone.

The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group launched its direct-to-home (DTH) television broadcasting service here Tuesday under the 'Reliance Big TV' banner with a bouquet of 202 channels for customers across India.

Software major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will launch a pilot project for the ambitious Passport Seva Project - a public-private initiative to improve passport services - in two cities shortly, an official said.

Faced with spiralling raw material prices and high energy costs, the Rs.7-billion Rajkot machine tool industry seems to be heading for a downswing after the last five years' bullish growth run.

The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group launched its direct-to-home (DTH) television broadcasting service here Tuesday under the 'Reliance Big TV' banner with a bouquet of 202 channels for customers across India.

Online games on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's political upheavals, on driving through the crazy streets of Mumbai and on arranging your daughter's marriage will teach you real life lessons that textbooks never could.

Mobile phones will provide marketers the key to increase their reach, the head of India's second largest bank, ICICI Bank, said here Tuesday.

Expressing concern over the continuing increase in retail prices of essential commodities, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday said that the Manmohan Singh government's 'neoliberal policies' had led to the high inflation.

Indian equity markets ended their five week gaining rally in a truncated trading session this week.

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani promoted Reliance Communications plans to roll out Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) by the end of this year, a top official said.

The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Monday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to train students with requisite employability skills.

Despite the global economic slowdown, capacity expansion plans of Indian corporates surged to Rs.10.5 trillion ($244 billion) in the first six months of the current fiscal against Rs.5.67 trillion in the same period last year, an industry lobby said.