Markets closed today for Lok Sabha elections voting in Mumbai
Indian debt, currency and equity markets will be closed on Thursday as Mumbai takes part in the five-week long Lok Sabha Election process set to conclude in mid-May. Trading will resume on Friday. The benchmark BSE Sensex gained 0.52 percent to close at 22,876.54 on Wednesday after earlier touching... read more »
Bharti Infratel net profit jumps 64% to Rs472 crore
New Delhi: Bharti Infratel Ltd, the telecom tower operator of Bharti Airtel Ltd, on Thursday said its net profit jumped 64% to Rs.472 crore for the fourth quarter ended March from Rs.287 crore in the same quarter last year. The rise is due to increasing investments in data networks for faster... read more »
Facebook Q1 revenue grows 72 percent on rising mobile ads
Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) mobile advertising business accelerated in the first three months of the year, helping the Internet social networking company top Wall Street’s financial targets. Shares of Facebook were up nearly 3 percent at $63.05 in after-hours trading on Wednesday. Facebook... read more »
Election expenses for five years cross Rs 1.5 lakh crore
As ongoing Lok Sabha polls reach the sixth phase, a new study has found that the total money spent on all elections in last five years has crossed Rs 1,50,000 crore and over half of these funds have come from “unaccounted sources”. The study, conducted by think-tank CMS, comes at a time... read more »
Akhilesh blames Cong, says Third Front to form govt
Mumbai : The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav came to Mumbai on last leg of North Central candidate of Samajwadi Party, Farhan Azmi’s campaign. Yadav was dismayed the way... read more »
Delhi gets its first woman Chief Justice
Justice Rohini, 58, replaced Justice N.V. Ramana who had vacated the coveted post in February following his elevation as a judge of the Supreme Court. Justice Gorla Rohini has become the... read more »
Shiv Sena’s Ramdas Kadam targets Muslims at a rally as Modi looks on
Mumbai: The targeting of specific communities is on the rise with a few right wing leaders pouring vitriol in their election speeches. Confident of a BJP-led NDA victory in the Lok Sabha... read more »
Militant attacks in Pakistan kill 5 policemen
Officials said two militant attacks in north-western Pakistan have killed eight people, including five policemen. The police said the attacks took place on Tuesday morning on the outskirts... read more »
CEO of social network GitHub resigns after he and his wife are in...
The president of programming network GitHub has resigned from the company he cofounded in 2008 following an investigation into workplace bullying and sexism. Tom Preston-Werner stepped down on Monday... read more »
