Risk sentiment is likely to be favourable if oil prices stay benign, global growth sentiment remains robust and the dollar index does not break out, says B Prasanna.
Captain Rohit Sharma and Evin Lewis hit quickfire half-centuries to help Mumbai Indians crush Royal Challengers Bangalore by 46 runs for their first victory in IPL-11, in Mumbai on Tuesday.
The West Indies beat England by five wickets in the second Test at Headingley on Tuesday to level the three-match series at 1-1.
An IIT grad, last Tuesday, took a Harley Davidson Street 750 from a Hyderabad showroom on a test drive and never returned. While we are sure he had plenty of good reasons not to come back, here are 10 facts about the bike that you totally must know.
The Volvo V90 Cross Country could make Indians fall in love with station wagons, says P Tharyan.
Jet airways crew member Chaphekar recalled her experience of how she survived the horrible attack and her determination and courage not to give up when things were falling apart.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
Benelli is coming to India and its trump card is the TNT 300. Kunal Kelkar gets his hands on this pocket-rocket and shares his opinion.
On the sectoral front, rate-sensitive sectors such as Bankex and Auto gained by 1% and 0.7% respectively while BSE Consumer Durables gained 1.4%.
With two days remaining and 17 wickets still potentially to fall, a draw looks the probable outcome, although Wahab Riaz's removal of Bell (63) and Mark Wood (4) in successive overs near the close again put the hosts in the ascendancy.
Lower revenue collection puts upward pressure on government borrowing, ensuring that it deviates from the glided path of debt reduction
The country must get its act on global alliances right in order to feed its fuel-hungry economy, points out Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
Chinese shares opened lower, with the Shanghai Composite Index down 1.8% and the CSI300 index down 2.2%.
The government has not done its homework or made any attempt to forge a consensus on this matter that affects millions of people in the organised sector, says Harsh Roongta.
With five rapes being reported over the past 36 hours from different corners of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state seemed to be turning into the country's 'rape province'. Sharat Pradhan reports
Young batsman Shreyas Iyer pounded the Australian bowlers with his career-best unbeaten 202 before the three-day warm-up game between India A and the visitors ended in a draw, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
Two powerful blasts triggered by Islamic State in two churches packed with worshippers celebrating Palm Sunday in Egypt's Tanta and Alexandria cities.
Brimming with confidence after a clean-sweep in the Test series, India will look to carry on their dominance over New Zealand when the two teams lock horns in the first cricket One-day International of the five-match series, in Dharamsala on Sunday.
'Surplus money in individuals' pockets has moved away from real estate and flowed into the stock market either directly or through mutual funds.' 'This being one reason for the continuing surge in stock prices.' 'Market indices have soared to levels that are well above historical averages for price-earnings ratios.' 'Market pundits insist that this is not a stock price bubble, but when was the last time the pundits called a bubble a bubble?'
The twin announcements have virutally cleared the decks for the merger of the two factions.
Most of the companies are Chinese and surprisingly all are diversified banks.
There has been no reboot of the private investment cycle.
Mahindra is an automotive brand which is not exactly 'world renowned' for its two-wheelers. However, this has not stopped the Indian company from coming up with handsome looking, Mahindra Mojo, a touring motorcycle, says MotorBeam.
With mind and body both more willing now, the only way for the World No 3 is up, says Dhruv Munjal.
Shiv Sena on Monday emerged the single largest party in the bitterly fought Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation polls bagging 52 seats but fell short of a clear majority in the 122-member body, the battle for which had witnessed acrimony with ally Bharatiya Janata Party hitting a new low.
Will Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara see a second innings in India?
India isn't a very popular sports car market, simply because whatever is on offer in the country is very expensive
'Despite its noble attempts, tight editing, terrific sound design, good performances and a compelling story, Hotel Mumbai tells a big lie.'
Rediff.com recaptures these and other exciting sporting moments from the week gone by....
Should the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu not make the required five out of 22 by-election seats, or even otherwise, the temptation to poach, especially from the Congress or starting with the Congress may be high on Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisami's agenda, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 208 points at 27,057 and the 50-share Nifty closed 59 points lower at 8,094.
Erratic Sunrisers Hyderabad look to bounce back against inconsistent Mumbai Indians.
A look at B-town stars who turned die-hard fans onscreen!
Calculated or otherwise, if Azhagiri's firing of the first salvo after Karunanidhi's death does not create some space for him to politico-electorally exploit at a later date, there may not be any space left for him at all, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Virat Kohli's woeful form continued as India 'A' were shot out for a paltry 135 by Australia 'A' in the second unofficial 'Test' in Chennai on Wednesday.
Hashim Amla's 13th One-day International century and a clinical performance in the field carried South Africa to a comfortable 75 run victory in the opener of their three-match series against Sri Lanka on Sunday.
The Kawasaki Versys 650 is a motorcycle built to effortlessly trace miles and miles of highway and leave a big grin on its rider's face at the same time. Indian automobile website MotorBeam tests the motorcycle to find out just how good it actually is.
It's time government used oil windfall wisely.
Motilal Oswal of Motilal Oswal Financial Services tells Puneet Wadhwa why he thinks the current market levels will sustain.
