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Bombay HC grants partial relief to Vijay...

Bombay HC grants partial relief to Vijaypat Singhania

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Friday said Vijaypat Singhania, chairman emeritus of Raymond Group, can transfer his shareholding in Raymond Ltd to his son Gautam Hari Singhania. Vijaypat’s 37% stake in the group company is worth more than Rs.1,000 crore. The court, however, said claims made by... read more »

Patna: BJP president Amit Shah trapped i...

Patna: BJP president Amit Shah trapped in elevator, rescued

BJP president Amit Shah along with his party’s Bihar in-charge Bhupendra Yadav and Saudan Singh got stuck in a lift at the state guest house in Patna on Thursday night. The incident occured around 11:15pm and Shah remained locked inside the lift for around 20 minutes. He provided the toll... read more »

Monnet Ispat & Energy rebounds from...

Monnet Ispat & Energy rebounds from 3-month lows on plans to take meas...

Monnet Ispat & Energy, a steel maker, rebounded from 3-month lows on news that the company may sell off stakes in units in a bid to cut down on debt payments. Monnet said it was in talks with larger rival Bhushan Steel to exit its 35 percent stake in Orissa Sponge Iron & Steel Ltd., which... read more »

Toyota to buy 13 mn air-bag inflators fr...

Toyota to buy 13 mn air-bag inflators from Takata rival

Toyota Motor Corp, in a bid to reduce its risk from potentially lethal air-bag inflators supplied by Takata Corp, will buy millions of them from smaller parts maker Nippon Kayaku Co, people familiar with the matter said. The Japanese carmaker asked the second-tier supplier last month to increase... read more »

Former Prime Minister Ted Heath ‘raped boy, 12, after picking him up while hitch-hiking’...

A man has said he was raped by former British Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath when he was just 12 years old. The claims come as police urge more potential victims of the former PM to come... read more »

LIVE: 31 dead in train derailments in MP, more than 200 rescued; death toll may rise, prob...

At least 31 people were killed and more than 70 injured when two trains derailed within minutes of each other while crossing a small bridge in Madhya Pradesh shortly before midnight on... read more »

Live: Death toll in Madhya Pradhesh’s twin train tragedy rises to 30

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivrah Chouhan is headed to Harda where the Janata and Kamayani Express trains derail killing 30. He says he will speak to the media after taking stock of the... read more »

Parliamentary deadlock: Aggressive Sonia, Rahul may force BJP to dial back its offensive

On Tuesday , Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha didn’t enter Parliament. They instead stood outside and, led by party chief Sonia Gandhi, shouted slogans against the Prime Minister... read more »

MH370: Reunion islanders continue debris search

People in Reunion have been combing the beaches looking for further debris that could be linked to missing flight MH370. One woman has been talking about how she recently saw what she thought was a... read more »