Metros

After 3 months of upswing, hiring slows in March: Survey

After witnessing an uptick in the past three months, the hiring activity in March saw a minor dip of 1.1 percent owing to the ongoing appraisal season, according to leading job portal Naukri.com

How some state laws are unfavourable for affordable housing

Developers in the segment, say, part of the reason for the skewed demand supply of such housing is because of bad policies favouring only the bigger players.

Realty firms delay shopping mall construction in metros

Given the vacant spaces in existing malls, real estate companies are staying their plans of constructing malls in metros.

Something to cheer about: no service tax on taxis and metros

While the cost of your second-class train travel may not rise this year, a service tax will be charged on your first-class pass.

US-based Fossil to invest Rs 40 crore in India

US-based watchmaker Fossil will invest up to Rs 40 crore to open 25 retail outlets in India by 2017 as it aims to reposition itself from a watch brand to a fashion lifestyle brand.

Cable digitisation much slower than government claims

If the situation is as bad as a study says it is, large sections of the four metros will go TV dark on 31 October.