L&T wins transmission and distribution orders worth Rs 1,885 cr

The Power Transmission and Distribution (PT&D) Business of L&T Construction has won orders worth Rs 1885 crores in domestic and international markets in June 2015, the company said. On the domestic front, a major EPC order has been received from Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited. The scope involves installing various 33/11 kV air insulated substations […]

Flipkart ties up with Future group, Shopper’s Stop and @Home to home decor online

Online retailer Flipkart announced a strategic partnership with three of the country’s largest home retail brands—Home Town (Future group), HomeStop (Shoppers Stop) and @Home to sell home decor items. “The partnerships will introduce a whole new range of products from these retail brands—adding to Flipkart’s existing portfolio of 1000+ brands with seven lakhs home products,” […]

Airtel, Vodafone, RCom and MTS announce pan-India mobile number portability

Vodafone India has become the second operator to announce the full implementation of pan-India number portability. The operator said it has launched National Mobile Number Portability (NMNP) in accordance with the Government’s mandate to roll-out pan-India Mobile Number Portability services from July 3, 2015. Competitor Reliance Communications also announced its readiness to implement nationwide MNP. […]

Supreme Court stays CERC order on transfer of FTIL shares in IEX

Financial Technologies said that the Supreme Court has stayed an earlier order by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission directing Indian Energy Exchange to transfer its shares in the exchange to a trust. The CERC issued the order on June 26, 2015, directing FTIL (Financial Technologies) to transfer its entire shareholding in the Trust Demat Account […]

Near normal monsoon to push up Indian GDP growth to 7.4-7.6% in this year -ICRA

Rating agency ICRA said the normalization of monsoon has increased the probability of GDP growth in India rising to 7.4-7.6% this year as well as that of an interest rate cut during the October-December quarter of this year. “Following bouts of unseasonal rainfall in the pre-monsoon period, the surplus monsoon rainfall in June 2015 has […]

American brand Aeropostale enters India in tie-up with Arvind

Aeropostale, an iconic American brand like Abercrombie & Fitch and Levis, has entered the Indian market under a tie-up with Arvind Ltd, one of India’s biggest clothing makers. The agreement with Arvind will cover both brick-and-mortar retailing as well as ecommerce, the companies said. Under the agreement, Arvind will open 30 standalone stores for Aeropostale, […]

Bharti Airtel says ready with Pan-India Mobile Number Portability

Bharti Airtel announced that it is fully ready to launch National Mobile Number Portability, making it the first operator to make such an announcement. Pan-India mobile number portability will be implemented from tomorrow (Friday.) “Extending its spirit of Customer First, the company also introduced many firsts including faster processing of porting requests, free incoming on […]

Hero Motocorp reports flat June sales even as rivals race ahead

Hero Motocorp reported lackluster numbers for June, with sales remaining largely flat. The company sold 5,42,362 motorcyles during the month, more or less unchanged from last year’s 5,41,594 units. In contrast, rival Yamaha Motors and TVS Motors reported strong growth for June. Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt. Ltd. announced a growth of 26% in domestic […]

Reliance Jio unveils ambitious plan to retail smart devices across India

Reliance Industries’ chairman Mukesh Ambani has said that the group will invest Rs 2.5 lakh crore in projects related to Digital India, the government’s vision to boost growth of information technology in India, and will set up a network of 1.5 lakh retailers who will sell and service mobile phones and other smart devices. Most […]