The players' group has suggested a few options like having a short-term contract only for the duration of the IPL, so the cricketer is free to do commentary or coaching assignment for the rest of the year.
the Sensex lost 23 points to close at 28,185 levels and the Nifty shed 7 points to end at 8,515 mark.
The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Ltd plans to rope in oil companies like Indian Oil Corporation and Reliance Industries Ltd to boost Brent crude futures trading on the bourse.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The Oil Ministry has fixed the subsidy payout by upstream firms like Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Oil India Ltd at Rs 15,546.65 crore (Rs 155.46 billion) for the April-June quarter.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has been adjudged the greenest company in the country, while Reliance Industries has been ranked second in a survey conducted by Business Today-ACNielsen ORG-MARG.
FMCG players -- Dabur, HLL, PSU BPCL, Korean car maker Hyundai, liqour barron Vijay Malaya's Mcdowell and TVS motors -- are among the major companies found to violate Advertising Standards Council of India code.
BSF routed Bharat Petroleum 4-1 while Air India scored a 3-0 victory over Army XI in the Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament.
The indices closed with losses for the week, with the Sensex declining 476.14 points, and the broader NSE Nifty falling 155.45 points during the period.
The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board cueist won the National 9-Ball Pool Championship for the fourth title.
With India reluctant to pay a higher price for the liquefied natural gas contracted in 2005, Iran has proposed to sell the fuel to the Indian private sector.
There are about 23 oil refineries in India with a combined capacity of 230 million tonnes per annum.
All subsidies will be eliminated by March 2018
Top losers in the Sensex pack include Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Asian Paints, RIL, Coal India, HDFC Bank, HDFC, TCS, ONGC and M&M, falling up to 3.09 per cent.
Officers of Central Public Sector Units will go an indefinite nationwide strike from December 22, demanding higher salaries and autonomy for the public sector.
Mumbai Police has banned the use of flying lanterns during Diwali celebration in a bid to avert possible fire and security threats caused by them to high rise buildings.
Petrol price was on Saturday cut by Rs 0.50 per litre but there will be no change in rates of diesel.
Petronet LNG Ltd, India's largest liquefied natural gas importer, will raise $100 million through foreign currency convertible bonds in June-July, which would result in its promoters ONGC, GAIL IOC and BPCL shareholding falling by 7.5 per cent.
Lines up a $1-billion capital expenditure plan for exploration purposes abroad.
Gurpreet Singh scored thrice to beat Bhopal XI in the semis of the 44th Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament.
Reliance Industries Ltd is seeking export-oriented unit status from the government for its existing 33 million tonne per annum refinery in Jamnagar.
P Dasgupta was on Thursday appointed the managing director and CEO of Petronet LNG Ltd, India's largest liquified natural gas importer.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The government has decided to go ahead with the privatisation of Hindustan Copper Ltd, setting aside concerns over the fate of units, which were partially nationalised.
The markets opened in the positive terrain but slipped and are trading flat as selling was seen in banking and pharma stocks
India's $22 billion deal to import liquefied natural gas from Iran hangs in balance with Tehran on Tuesday asserting that the agreement was not binding as it has not been ratified by its Supreme Economic Council.
Army XI, Bangalore, and South Central Railway, Secunderabad, entered the quarterfinals of the Bombay Gold Cup Hockey
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora will meet Finance Minister P Chidambaram next week to discuss a package to bail out public sector oil firms that have been suffering huge losses on account of selling fuel on discounted prices.
The BPCL-ONGC National 9-Ball Pool Championship is held in Chembur.
According to data shared with the Lok Sabha, 19 road projects awarded after May 2014 were facing delays
Infosys was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 2.36 per cent, followed by HDFC Bank up 1.39 per cent.
The capacity of the proposed facility, part of Indian Oil's Rs 56,000-cr investment plan during the 12th Plan, will be five mt a year.
The Indian cueist proved too good for former World champion C Praput of Thailand in the final.
Pankaj Advani also made the grade in the fourth Asian Billiards Championship.
Fancied cueists found the going tough in the first round of the knock-out stage of the National 9-Ball Pool Championship.
Saurav Kothari recovered to beat Amir Habib and stay in contention for a berth in the National 9-Ball Pool Championship.
The former world billiards champion registered a 5-3 win over Delhi's Harpreet Singh at the BPCL-ONGC 9-ball Pool Nationals.
In the Sensex pack, ICICI Bank emerged as the top gainer by rising 0.97 per cent, while Tata Steel advanced 0.92 per cent.