Kalam presents Padma awards

President A P J Abdul Kalam on Thursday presented the Padma awards to many eminent personalities, including Odissi danseuse Sonal Mansingh, ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, journalist Prabhu Chawla and......

JK Tyre buys Mexican tyre firm

Delhi-based JK Tyre, one of the top five tyre making companies in the country, has bought 100 per cent stake in the Mexico-based tyre-maker Tornel for Rs 270 crore. The acquisition will help JK......

Paper firms are scaling up

Riding a strong demand, the country's leading paper producers have lined up investments of over Rs 5,400 crore (Rs 54 billion) to set up fresh capacity of almost 700,000 tonnes per annum.The......

Apollo revises bid to acquire Modi Rubber

Two years after its first overtures, Apollo Tyres has revised its bid to acquire the tyre plant of Modi Rubber Ltd. "We have today written to the creditors of the company saying we are interested......

IIM-L to charge Rs 130,000 as fees

Toeing the line of other IIMs, Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow on Wednesday decided to charge Rs 130,000 per annum as tuition this year and announced a fee waiver to students whose family......