The Toyota Etios is a tragic hero. So is its hatchback version, the Etios Liva. Launched in 2010 and 2011, respectively, these two cars had most things Indian customers wanted—frugal engines, roomy cabin, low sticker price, class-leading features—yet they didn’t really click with the masses. One, the competition kept on improving. Two, the design of the Etios range didn’t break new ground. And three, customers often complained that these cars’ NVH levels were high and refinement levels low. This week, Toyota added a third sibling to the family, the Etios Cross.

Months after he was questioned for suspected Maoist links, Delhi University professor G N Saibaba was arrested by Maharashtra police on Friday afternoon from the university campus.

Saibaba’s family said he was returning home for lunch when his car was stopped by men in plain clothes.

Oracle Corp won a legal victory against Google Inc on Friday as a U.S. appeals court decided Oracle could copyright parts of the Java programming language, which Google used to design its Android smartphone operating system.

Upping its ante in the fiercely competitive Indian smartphone market, Microsoft is all set to launch its dual-SIM smartphone -- Lumia 630 -- that will take head-on likes of Moto G, HTC Desire and Samsung's Duos.

Two weeks into acquiring Nokia's handset division, software giant Microsoft is aggressively targetting the dual SIM market in India, which it believes is "critically important".

Korean electronics giant Samsung's India head for mobile phones Vineet Taneja is putting in his papers, people in know of the development said.

The reasons behind his leaving the company or his next assignment could not be ascertained.

BANGALORE: India's top software services companies are investing big in Africa, eager to win customers and market share in a continent that is home to fast-growing enterprises and under-developed technology infrastructure. Lured by the growth potential of African economies and their burgeoning interest in technology, companies such as Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro are fast expanding their employee base and delivery centres in a market that was earlier viewed as a low-cost , near-shore delivery location to serve large outsourcing customers in Europe and West Asia.

More than a year after the announcement of Jet-Etihad deal, the two airlines have cleared the last regulatory hurdle in India.

The stock market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), on Thursday said the Abu-Dhabi based Etihad Airways, which acquired 24% stake in Jet Airways, need not make an open offer to Jet shareholders.

The benchmark BSE Sensex and National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty touched record highs on Friday, as market participants stepped up bets on expectations of a stable government coming to power when election results are declared next Friday.

Dealing room buzz suggested leaked exit poll data pointed to a clear majority for one of the alliances, triggering Friday’s rally.

BANGALORE/ MUMBAI: With European corporations emulating their American counterparts to make outsourcing mainstream , Indian software companies are tapping into a rich new vein of opportunity and are hiring and looking for acquisitions to grow in the continent.

Tata Motors' Singapore-based subsidiary TML Holdings has raised $300 million (Rs 1,800 crore) through a debt securities issue, the company said today.

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