
Patna stampede: Medical superintendent suspended, action against 7 doctors ...
PATNA: Bihar government suspended the hospital superintendent of Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) and took action against seven other doctors for allegedly remaining unavailable when stampede victims were brought there on October 3. PMCH superintendent Lakhinder Prasad was suspended and... read more »

M&M to acquire 51% stake in Peugeot Motorcycles
In a statement, M&M said under the “binding offer” made by Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd (MTWL), there would be an “infusion of 15 million euro into Peugeot Motocycles (PMTC) to finance projects implemented through strategic partnership, and further sale of shares by PSA, which... read more »

Samsung third-quarter earnings collapse
Samsung Electronics has warned that its third-quarter earnings would be 60 per cent lower than a year earlier, as its smartphone division reeled from a competitive assault by cheaper Chinese competitors. In preliminary guidance on Tuesday, the South Korean group said operating profit for the three... read more »

L&T gets Rs1,630 crore EPC order in Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai: Larsen and Toubro Ltd’s construction unit has received an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order worth Rs.1,630 crore in Uttar Pradesh, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. L&T Construction has won the order from the Expressways Industrial Development Authority,... read more »

Asian Games: Indian women clinch 25m pistol bronze
Incheon: Indian shooters kept up their fine performance in the 17th Asian Games with the women’s team winning the bronze medal in the 25 metre pistol event at the Ongnyeon... read more »

Sachin Tendulkar’s little master rings alarm bell, hits a ton
Mumbai: Sachin Tedulkar’s 15-year-old son Arjun Tendulkar fired first salvo when he hit a ton to help his team reach semi final of Dhirubhai Ambani International School Under 16s... read more »

Yahoo buys Bangalore-based tech startup Bookpad for Rs 50 crore
BANGALORE: Bangalore-based Bookpad has become the first Indian tech startup to be bought by Yahoo, going from creation to acquisition in just one year. The deal comes some eight months... read more »

Coal block investments: Rs 2.86 lakh cr impact figure highly inflated
The Supreme Court recently termed all captive coal blocks allocated by the government from 1993 to 2010 illegal. A verdict on their future is likely this week. What might be the cost... read more »

Online food & grocery retail outlets in India rising: USDA
NEW DELHI: The number of online food and grocery retail outlets has increased to 44 so far this year from 14 in 2013 on the back of growing Internet users in the country, a latest USDA report... read more »