The Indian car market has approximately 100 models, manufactured by about 15 companies. But only one-tenth of these have sales worth Rs 6,500 crore ($1 billion) or more as they clock large volumes and have been more successful.

The list of top 10 vehicles, value-wise, is dominated by the top two players in the market — Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai. However, Toyota, the third player on this list, scores and stands ahead of the two companies with its Innova Crysta.

An indigenous rocket as heavy as 200 full-grown Asian elephants could well be the one taking "Indians into space from Indian soil" as the country inches closer to joining the big boy's space club.

Standing tall on the rocket port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh is the country's latest rocket called the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk- III), the heaviest rocket ever made by India that is capable of carrying the heaviest satellites till now.

Commercial vehicle major Ashok Leyland (ALL) said that it has got three-pronged approach for increasing electric buses market in India, which includes European technology and battery swapping technology.

ALL's Managing Director Vinod K Dasari said the company is bullish on the electric vehicle segment. He noted that the government is keen to buy around 20,000-25,000 electric vehicles. Besides Tata Motors, competition would be from Chinese players like BYD and European companies.

Undeterred by its stand-off with the Odisha government over the award of fiscal incentives to its oil refinery project at Paradip, the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has asked for an additional 2,700 acres.

The oil marketing company said it needed the land for expanding its petrochemical complex, where new units are supposed to come up. IOC is also looking to upgrade the refinery to make it compliant with BS-VI emission norms.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said there was no place for Dalits and the poor in today’s India. “Dalits are being oppressed and it is happening across the country and not just in UP,” he said.

Mr. Gandhi was speaking from a dhaba at the Haryana-UP border, where some of the victims were brought with the help of local Congress leaders. Mr. Gandhi was denied permission to visit violence-hit Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh, as well as the district hospital where victims are being treated.

Realty major DLF's net debt has increased by nearly Rs 700 crore in January-March quarter of the last fiscal at Rs 25,096 crore as housing demand continued to be sluggish.

DLF's net debt is likely to rise further due to expenses on construction to complete ongoing projects even as sales are expected to be muted for the next few quarters.

India Cements Ltd today reported 32.10 per cent decline in its standalone net profit to Rs 34.28 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31.

It had reported a net profit of Rs 50.49 crore in the January-March quarter a year ago, India Cements informed BSE.

BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday said his party would consult opposition parties, which have been working to forge unity over a joint presidential candidate, before deciding on the ruling alliance's pick for the top constitutional post.

He, however, parried a query on whether the BJP would seek to build a consensus with the opposition.

Veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has sharply hit back at the media reports suggesting that he had a problem with Mahendra Singh Dhoni's selection for Champions Trophy.

The 36-year-old was quoted in an interview on Thursday by a news channel, that he does not receive similar privilege as Dhoni gets, when it comes to Team India selection.

Ushering in a new era of televisions, Panasonic India is set to showcase their 'future of display screens along with the launch of new 4K TV line-up on May 29 in the country.

Industry sources told IANS that the tech giant's new high-end series is designed to deliver picture quality and sound accurate to a filmmaker's original vision.

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