Crude at 96$ per barrel

India's oil min, PM to meet on surging oil prices ... With crude topping $96 a barrel on Thursday for the first time, countries such as India that sell gasoline, diesel and other consumer fuels at below costs are ...

India's HCL Tech eyes 30 pct sales growth - chief

India Tata Motors Oct vehicle sales up 13 pct yr/yr

India defers oil, gas block auction to December NEW DELHI, Nov 1 - India will launch its next auction of oil and gas exploration blocks in December, deferring by a month an earlier plan to begin the process ...

India VSNL building $200 mln Asian cable system MUMBAI, Nov 1 - Indian telecom operator Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd said on Thursday it would spend $200 million on an intra-Asia submarine cable

TABLE-India's Punj Lloyd Q2 net soars Nov 1 - Three months ended Sept. 30 (versus the same period a year earlier, in million rupees unless stated). Net profit 894.7 vs 333.9.

Dow Chemical to set up $100 mln R&D centre in India MUMBAI, Nov 1 - Dow India, a unit of Dow Chemical Co , the largest US chemical maker, said it will spend an initial 4 billion rupees

India's Dr. Reddy's gets FDA nod for omeprazole MUMBAI, Nov 1 - Indian drug maker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for omeprazole

Essar backs off Iranian refinery-Minnesota governor ... NEW YORK, Oct 31 - India's Essar Group has backed away from development of a new oil refinery in Iran that would violate US sanctions on Tehran, Minnesota ...

StanChart bullish on India NEW DELHI - Standard Chartered will look for acquisitions in India, its second biggest market, if government relaxes controls on foreign banks

India's Bharti, Reliance Q2 net jumps on mobile boom ... NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Oct 31 - India's leading mobile operators, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications , beat expectations with quarterly

India's Unilever Q3 net below forecasts (Adds detail, shares). MUMBAI, Oct 31 - India's biggest consumer goods maker, Hindustan Lever Ltd. , posted a 22 percent ...

India's Patni Q3 net falls 16pct, margins to drop BANGALORE, Oct 31 - India's Patni Computer Services Ltd said on Wednesday its quarterly net profit fell 16 percent on a stronger rupee and a ...

ONGC: new refinery to cost up to $6.36 bln NEW DELHI, Oct 31 - Oil and Natural Gas Corp's proposed refinery at Kakinada in southern India is expected to cost 240-250 billion rupees ($6.10-6.36

Tata Motors beats f'cast on one-time, fx gains ... MUMBAI, Oct 31 - India's top vehicle maker, Tata Motors Ltd , on Wednesday posted a surprising 19 percent rise in quarterly net profit, helped by a one ...