Karnataka Wednesday celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of engineer-statesman Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, popularly known as Sir MV, one of the earliest recipients of the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award.

Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), a subsidiary of the London listed Vedanta Resources,  Wednesday replied to the showcause notices served by the environment and forest ministry last month.

The government Wednesday raised the interest rate on employees' provident fund  by 1 percentage point to 9.5 percent for this fiscal.

Ratings company Credit Analysis and Research (CARE) Wednesday said the two wheeler industry is expected to grow at 19.4 percent this fiscal.

In its drive to attract more IT biggies and generate more employment in West Bengal, Chief Minister Budhhadeb Bhattacharjee Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the East Kolkata IT Park in Nonadanga in the city.

India's civil engineering standards have declined, 'Metro Man' E. Sreedharan said Wednesday, noting that a "severe shortage" of efficient engineers has affected the quality of infrastructure-related projects.

As the world leaders prepare for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) review meeting next week, a new report says hunger could be costing poor nations as much as $450 billion a year.

India's GSM mobile subscribers base grew 2.89 percent in August with the addition of over 13.51 subscribers, with Bharti Airtel alone signing over two million users to gain a near 30 percent market share.

Telecom major Bharti Airtel Wednesday said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted it a license to launch a mobile payment service.

The global meltdown has knocked out the information technology and enabled services (IT/ITes) as the top job creator and pushed it to the fourth place, says a survey on hiring trends in 2010.