Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will take 50.5 per cent stake in the company that will set up the over Rs 2,000-crore (Rs 20 billion) Tripura power project and the associated transmission lines.
Following their passion paid off for Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth with their fantasy sports platform Dream11 entering the unicorn club with a valuation of over $1 billion.
More than the revenue component, the movies gain hugely in terms of visibility and reach, reports T E Narasimhan.
People flock to electronics shops to buy air conditioners.
Prayas Jain has been arrested for allegedly buying secret documents.
While selling started in April, it has intensified this month, with FPIs pulling out $1.1 billion and $2.5 billion from equities and debt market, respectively
The focus will be on tackling the unfinished agenda requiring immediate attention like tax structure for solar projects, uniform tax rate on state-organised and state-authorised lotteries, taxing non-potable alcohol besides certain changes in the law, extension for NAA and rate rationalisation.
'I am a gadha (donkey)! But God has been on my side and I have managed to produce players,' Dronacharya Awardee Merzban Patel tells Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com.
Prime Modi will be visiting the UAE on August 16-17, a first for an Indian PM in 34 years.
Aseel Al-Hamad declared the start of a new era for Saudi women in motorsport on Sunday as she prepared to drive a Formula One car around the French Grand Prix circuit in front of thousands of fans.
Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints, L&T, ONGC and Infosys have gained between 1%-1.5%.
Meetings of SAARC foreign ministers and foreign secretaries will precede the summit.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
Officers of India's third largest oil firm Hindustan Petroleum Corp on Thursday began an indefinite agitation against "arbitrary and autocratic" style of company management.
'India's print media appears to be on the ventilator, gasping for breath, cutting staff, cutting salaries, cutting editions, cutting off its hands and legs,' notes Krishna Prasad.
Volumes are up over 20 per cent y-o-y in January-April.
Capital goods shares continued to trade firm in late noon despite weak market trend on the back of encouraging core sector growth in February.
Trade union leaders claimed that the strike would be even bigger than the one last year as the number of striking workers is expected to swell to 18 crore
'I can snap my fingers and get 1,000 people overnight, but I can't guarantee that they will develop because there has been zero change in education in the country in the last nine years.'
10 central trade unions have called a nationwide shutdown against 'anti-worker policies' of the central government. Apart from being successful in Bengal, Kerala and NE states, the bandh has also got support from Cong leader Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.
The Forbes 5th annual '30 Under 30' list features 600 women and men.
Corrosion is a big menace for anything with steel application from rebars in construction, oil and water pipelines, railway track, power distribution poles to automobiles, says Kunal Bose.
Americans Bob and Mike Bryan, the most successful doubles team in men's tennis history, have pulled out of the defence of their title at the Rio Games saying their family's health is their top priority.
The NSE Nifty, comprising 50 shares, breached the 8,300-mark for the first time to hit a new lifetime high of 8,330.75.
'The Andamans are strategic territory for India.' 'We need at least three full-length, 10,000-feet airfields here.'
Deepa Damodharan and crew was the best ladies team at the Gulf Foster A Child Car Rally.
Aided by good monsoon, India is set to produce 25 million tonnes of oilseeds this year compared to 15.57 million tonnes last year.
There's more to the cuisine than just vada pav and kanda poha.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
Justifying the docking of Chinese submarines in Karachi and Colombo, a Chinese think tank questioned criticism in India of the presence of Chinese naval ships in the Indian Ocean, saying China has a right to protect its interests and India should be "broad-minded" to accept it.
Lead managers to the ensuing public issue of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation have agreed not to charge any commission on participatory notes aimed at attracting large foreign investors as part of its underwriting agreement.
In what could be a major boost to the ensuing public offer for sale of 10% equity in ONGC, Sebi has permitted lead managers and book runners to issue participatory notes for attracting foreign investment.
Indeed, if you look at this hypothesis with sufficiently jaundiced eyes, you will find plenty in common in the way 'Team India' conducts its affairs and the way 'Team Modi' does, argues Krishna Prasad.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
A rapid fall in crude oil prices has meant the RBI is a year ahead of its inflation-targeting schedule
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