Sony Corp in talks to buy stake in Network 18

New Delhi (IANS) Sony Corp is said to be in talks to buy stake in Reliance Industries (RIL) promoted Network18 Media and Investments Ltd.

According to a Bloomberg report, the Japanese major is in talks to acquire a stake in the Indian television…

Sensex near life-time high, Nifty above 12K

Mumbai (IANS) Markets traded near-record levels on Thursday after opening in the green.

The Sensex was up 38 points at 40,690.46 from its previous close of 40,651.64 while the Nifty traded higher by 5 points at 12,004.45.

Telecom stocks…

DoT advisory to telcos on sharing In-building telecom infrastructure

New Delhi (IANS) The Telecom Ministry has asked all operators to share among themselves in-building infrastructure in all government and public buildings airports, railway stations, bus terminals and likewise to boost competition and more importantly…

Govt mulling converting India Post Bank to small fin bank

New Delhi (IANS) The government on Wednesday told Lok Sabha that it is exploring the possibility of converting India Post and Payments Bank into a small finance bank.

"Possibilities of converting it (IPPB) into a small finance bank is being…

Scrap deposit insurance: AIBEA tells FM

Chennai (IANS) Even as the government is mulling increasing the insurance cover for bank deposits, the All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) has demanded to scrap of such insurance cover for public sector bank deposits.

In a letter…

15 foreign banks keen to open branches in India

New Delhi (IANS) India could have more foreign banks soon as in the case of other Asian countries like China, Singapore and Hong Kong with 15 overseas banks have been in touch with the Central Bank, to open branches in the country.

As per RBI…

India still projected as fastest growing economy: FM

New Delhi (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said in the Lok Sabha that growth has decelerated, but there is no slump and India is still projected to be the fastest growing economy in FY20 among the G-20 nations.

She said…

Cartelisation? Airtel, Vodafone issue similar tariff hike statements

New Delhi (IANS) The ongoing telecom crisis is set to hit the customers hard with two of the country's largest telcos -- Bharti Airtel and Vodafone -- deciding to hike tariffs from December 1 after they posted historic losses on account of provisioning…

GST non-filers face cancellation of registration

New Delhi (IANS) The government is set to crack the whip on GST non-filers with plans afoot to cancel registration of repeat offenders.

Amid lower-than-expected GST collection in the past few months of the current fiscal, the Central Board…

Speculation grows on Aadhaar linkage with property

New Delhi (IANS) Over the last 2-3 years, there has been off and on buzz about an impending decision to link Aadhaar with property and the decibel level around this audacious gambit has just got louder.

If the government goes ahead and implements…