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Sensex crashes 1,500 pts: Rs 7 lakh cr w...

Sensex crashes 1,500 pts: Rs 7 lakh cr wealth wiped out, but it is still a ...

India’s benchmark Sensex took a major pounding on the Dalal Street in early Monday trade, crashing more than 1,000 points, but stock market experts are not painting any bleak picture for local equities yet and instead see steady growth prospects and weak global commodity prices to aid sharp... read more »

Nestle India goes up by nearly 2%, defie...

Nestle India goes up by nearly 2%, defies broader market trend

Defying the broader market trend on Monday, Stocks of Nestle India gained nearly 2% in morning trade on the bourses. The shares opened at Rs 6,100.00 and surged 1.76% to an high of Rs 6,206.70 on BSE. On the NSE, similar trend was seen as the stock opened at Rs 6,078 and touched an intra-day high... read more »

Onion prices to touch Rs 100 per kg soon...

Onion prices to touch Rs 100 per kg soon?

New Delhi: Rising onion prices over the past few weeks are giving a hard time to consumers. Stockists are making the most out of the situation. Despite the government increasing the minimum export price (MEP) and allowing imports to raise domestic supply, the onion prices are showing no sign of... read more »

Fire at Japan Kawasaki steel plant near ...

Fire at Japan Kawasaki steel plant near Haneda airport

A large fire has broken out at a steel plant near Haneda airport south of the Japanese capital, Tokyo. There have been no reports of injuries, say Japanese officials. A fire official told AFP news agency the blaze started at a two-metre-tall (6.7ft) cooling tower at a factory owned by a unit of... read more »

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India's trade deficit up $9.21 bn in November

India’s trade deficit up $9.21 bn in November

New Delhi – India’s trade deficit rose to $9.21 billion in November, as imports declined sharply, government data showed Wednesday. According to data released by the commerce and industry... read more »

States must act strictly with hoarders, profiteers: Chidambaram

States must act strictly with hoarders, profiteers...

New Delhi – Finance Minister P Chidambaram has criticised states for not acting against profiteers and hoarders to check inflation. Addressing... read more »

Rajan says to unveil steps to tackle financial stress

Rajan meets FM ahead of monetary policy review

New Delhi – The Reserve Bank of India will announce next weeks steps to recognise and resolve financial stresses, including making it more expensive for... read more »

No compromise on fiscal consolidation, says Chidambaram

Finance minister P Chidambaram attacks BJP for 'cherrypicking' on Adarsh scam

New Delhi – Brushing aside apprehensions expressed by a rating agency, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the government will stick to the... read more »

EU fines Johnson & Johnson, Novartis $22 mn

EU fines Johnson & Johnson, Novartis $22 mn

Brussels – The European Commission fined drugmakers Johnson & Johnson and Novartis a combined 16 million euros or about $21.95 million Tuesday for... read more »

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Honour killing rocks Ganjam, 3 arrested

Berhampur: In another case of ‘honour killing’ in Ganjam district, police on Sunday arrested a man and his two sons for allegedly strangulating his daughter before hanging her to pass it... read more »

Narendra Modi govt to present Union Budget on July...

New finance minister Arun Jaitley will present the budget for the 2014/15 financial year on July 10, government sources said, three days after the... read more »

Two boys rape 7-year-old girl in a mango orchard, one a...

A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two youths at Riyawli village in Muzaffarnagar district, police said. The incident took place on Sunday in a mango... read more »

DU raise controversy over the 4-year course, students d...

New Delhi : Four-year undergraduate course over the dispute between UGC and Delhi University and has deepened. The controversy sparked the ire of students... read more »

Black money: Will take action, says Justice MB Shah on ...

After the Swiss government prepared a list of Indians suspected to have stashed un-taxed wealth in Swiss banks and shared the information with India, Justice... read more »

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ISIS leader urges Muslims to help build Islamic state

BAGHDAD: The leader of the extremist group that has swept over much of northern Syria and Iraq on Tuesday called on Muslims to immigrate to the territory his group has seized to help build an Islamic... read more »

80 more migrants drowned in latest Italy boat trag...

Near 80 migrants on board a boat traveling from North Africa to Italy are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea. Catania prosecutor... read more »

Fresh fighting sends more than 75,000 Pakistanis flee i...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners are working to coordinate... read more »

U.K airport security stepped up amid terrorism fears

Britain has stepped up airport security following a request from U.S. officials concerned about terrorists developing new types of bombs that could be used to... read more »

UK is afraid I will come back with the skills I’v...

He left his family to train with extremists in Syria. Now British jihadist Nasser Muthana has threatened to use his terror ‘skills’ when he returns to the... read more »

UBS will lead the Ferrari IPO

Bloomberg reported Tuesday that UBS will be the investment bank that leads Ferrari’s initial public offering, scheduled for October. Bloomberg’s Tommaso Ebhardt, Ruth David, and... read more »

CBI registers case against Teesta Setalvad for ”illegal” foreign aid

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad for allegedly receiving funds from foreign entities without prior permission from the... read more »

Turkish Airlines emergency landing: Plane leaves for Istanbul from Delhi

An Istanbul-bound Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok which landed in emergency conditions here on Tuesday following a bomb scare, departed early Wednesday for its destination after being... read more »

Hazare 'extremely weak' on 10th day of hunger strike

I’ll start countrywide agitation or ‘Implement OROP:Anna to PM Modi

Social activist Anna Hazare has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to implement the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme at the earliest, failing which, he would launch a... read more »

Brinda Karat says Kalyan Singh like spoke ‘RSS pracharak...

Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday said Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh had spoken ‘like an RSS pracharak’ when he demanded that the word... read more »