The broader Nifty too fell for the second straight session and closed with a loss of over 62 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 11,520.30, after hovering between 11,496.85 and 11,602.55.
Both the countries have increased prices of gas recently.
Sun Pharma was the best gainer among Sensex components, surging 6.91 per cent
Iran's decision to keep India out and welcome China to the scene is a huge strategic setback for India, observes Dr Rajaram Panda.
As rural demand tapers, companies are back at the drawing board, firming up plans to beat the unexpected slowdown in sales.
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
Kirti Azad, a known detractor of Jaitley, egged on the Congress to seek a time-bound SIT probe.
Kamath also said that the new bank, set up by India and four other members of the BRICS grouping, will strive to approve its first loan before end of the current fiscal.
West Bengal was the second-most industrialised state in terms of value added and first in terms of number of factories and employment even in the mid-1960s. With a severe and long process of deindustrialisation, it lost its primacy.
SpiceJet's ex promoter Ajay Singh is trying hard to pump in huge money into the airline.
RIL has been selling gas from KG-D6 at the same price since it started production in April 2009.
Shekhar Chakravarty has developed and patented Curvo -- world's first non-linear ropeway system.
A much-vacant mall in a sleepy industrial park is all that's left of the amount allegedly owed by Mangla Shree Properties against 0.2-mt sugar deliveries
The dust over the controversy around foreign direct investment (FDI) in the defence sector appears to have settled.
The biggest achievement of the Modi government in the past one year was it could bring positivity in the minds of people and industry, says V P Nandakumar, executive chairman of the Manappuram Finance Ltd, in an interview to Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com.
It will be difficult for the AAP govt to maintain subsidies.
He was number three in 1999 when the company was founded.
The two countries also asked all nations to stop cross-border movement of terrorists and asserted that a decisive collective response from the international community without 'double standards and selectivity' was required to combat the threat of terrorism.
GVK Skycity's 20-million sq ft commercial space will be bigger than that in BKC; bids invited for first phase.
These automotive companies were afraid of competition and made wrong accusations on grounds of safety.
As oil minister, he has overseen India's petroleum and natural gas needs. But now he also runs the environment ministry, where he has issued permits for 100 stalled projects in a month-long spree that has delighted industry but shocked green activists.
A large number of rich farmers, who earn more than salaried employees in the cities, get away with paying no tax at all in view of the government's lack of will to consider an agricultural income tax
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
'Modi and Abe are working seriously for India-Japan bonhomie to grow stronger.' 'It is a win-win situation for both countries and the future look promising,' says Rajaram Panda, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations India Chair Visiting Professor at Reitaku University, Japan.
After a two year run-in with controversies, telecom sector now looks stable and seems back on its feet with initial investment proposal of over Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion) received in 2013.