The death toll from flood-related incidents rose to 63 today in Uttar Pradesh with the situation remaining grim in several areas, even as most parts of the northern region experienced dry weather with mercury rising by a few notches.
Using buyback as a divestment tool is not new, the amount raised this year is phenomenally high.
The sector employs around 1 million skilled and unskilled workers directly and indirectly and decline in exports is a major worry for participants in the value chain.
'The Chinese -- up to the highest leadership -- will avoid a conflict because they know they will be badly licked.' 'The reputation they have painstakingly built over the last two-three decades of being a global power will be destroyed.'
PHOTOS from day seven of the Wimbledon championships at the All England Lawn Tennis in London on Tuesday.
Post DeMo and GST, business outlook remain diminished among both buyers and sellers
Reflective of the conglomerate's ambition to turn into a consumer-driven business, most of the 33 acquisitions in the last financial year were for its digital, retail, or related verticals.
Athletes heading to the Sochi Winter Olympics have been warned not to wear team kit with large logos promoting their country on their way to Russia due to security concerns, British Olympic officials said on Thursday.
There have been several instances of traders dumping fruits and vegetables outside mandis. Or of farmers dumping produce outside their villages or feeding them to their animals.
Chandu Chavan's family said as he is now released, the ashes of his grandmother can finally be immersed in a river.
'They aren't machines, they are the best players in their position but they aren't unbeatable or unsurpassable.'
The navy has also found some of the passengers' belongings and was sweeping the area in search of the plane's black box, the military said.
Amber Dubey explains why India needs to stop blocking competition if it ever wants to become the top aviation market.
Connectivity is what SAARC needs the most but Pakistan is not interested, says Rajeev Sharma.
Going by the experience of the previous years -- when the actual proceeds from stake sale were much lower than the targets -- the government's disinvestment target for 2014-15 appears too ambitious.
Images from Day 4 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
HPCL is now ready to increase the stake of the state government up to 49 per cent.
A summary of Friday's night's qualifying matches for Euro 2020.
To meet the target, agriculture must grow at 15% compared to average of below 2% over the past four years
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
The armed forces are facing a shortage of over 52,000 soldiers with the Army topping the list with over 21,000 vacant posts, the government said on Wednesday.
It has been also revealed that V G Siddhartha had written a letter to the Board of Directors and employees of Coffee Day Enterprises, saying he had 'failed as an entrepreneur'.
With the ignominy of a duck in Delhi, the free-fall in Congress' fortunes under Rahul Gandhi continued unabated with possibly grim forebodings for the grand old party.
Ashok Leyland, ITD Cementation India have more than doubled.
India may hold the promise of a big market for China, but that promise is yet to be fulfilled
Govt keen to revive business sentiment in india.
Rediff.com presents matches that shook up US Open.
Describing north-east as the "gateway" to south-east asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government has been pro-actively pursuing the 'Act-East Policy'
A sum of Rs 7060 crore is provided in the current fiscal for the project of developing one hundred Smart Cities.
Insolvency professionals feel the bankruptcy code will deter defaulters, but NPAs will not cease unless banks are sensitised on credit appraisal and experts are hired by banks to inspect what is happening with their loans.
PHOTOS from day seven of the Wimbledon championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday
'Through a translator, I was able to speak with several of the detainees from India who are seeking asylum.' 'I was saddened to hear the detainees tell us that they are being confined in their cells for up to 22 to 23 hours a day.' 52 Indian are among the 121 asylum-seekers held in an Oregon prison. Rediff.com Senior Contributor Pottayil Rajendran reports from New York on the case that is making headlines in America, India, indeed around the world.
IMAGES of the all the action from Day 1 of the Australian Open played at Melbourne Park on Monday
The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on interim bail plea of Sahara Chief Subrata Roy who pleaded to the court to show 'raham' (mercy) and allow him to come out of jail to sell off his properties to deposit Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) with SEBI as directed to get regular bail.
The plane was last detected in the skies over Greece, about 40 minutes from Athens, according to Sky News Arabia.
Religious and political leaders joined celebrities, sports stars and tens of thousands of ordinary people on Friday in bidding farewell to Muhammad Ali, the boxing champion who jolted America with his showmanship and won worldwide admiration as a man of conviction.
Second seed Angelique Kerber stayed on track in her quest to unseat Serena Williams as world number one by beating Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia 6-2, 7-6(7) on Wednesday to reach the third round of the US Open.
Right from conducting nuclear deterrence patrols in 2015 to its destructive space programme, from its back-tracking on economic commitments to its hardened positions on Sino-India border deal -- its approach with India spells Adversarial with a capital A, says Shehzad Poonawalla
Smoke alerts were triggered inside the cabin of the ill-fated EgyptAir jet minutes before it plunged into the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people on board.
The BJP scripted history by opening its account in the state assembly.
