India equities markets were quiet as investors stayed on the sidelines eying the federal budget to be presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) o

Backing the budget proposal for cutting subsidies to two per cent of the GDP, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that the government will have to bite the bullet and stressed on faster, incl

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee started presenting what was his seventh federal budget in the Lok Sabha on Friday, with a reference to the state of the global economy and its impact on India.

Ahead

Bills for mobile phones are expected to rise following a two percent hike in service tax, Bharti Airtel said Friday.

"Service tax gos up from 10 to 12 percent and obviously that will be passed on to

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said the growth of the Indian economy estimated at 6.9 percent during this fiscal year was 'disappointing' as he started presenting what was his seventh fed

Author Salman Rushdie's literary session at the India Today Conclave has been postponed by a day to Saturday following a sudden change in schedule, the organisers said Friday.

The organisers refused

A man chained his wife and his niece to prevent them from leaving their home in Lahore city. The women were unshackled by the police that was left confused when the niece accused her aunt of putting h

Taking a break from government baiting, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday congratulated Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar for his elusive 100th international ton and said that

* From 2012-13, full subsidies for providing food security; in other sectors to the extent the economy can bear this.

* Hope to raise Rs.30,000 crore from disinvestments.

* New equity savings scheme

With Rs 1,124 crore, the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital tops the list of hospitals and research institutes with the maximum budgetary allocation.