The S&P BSE Sensex surged 364 points to end at 24,607 and the Nifty50 soared 107 points to close at 7,476.
Vavasi group, a New Delhi firm with diverisifed interests, on Wednesday said it would approach government-owned BSNL and MTNL to join in doing due diligence of Kuwait's Zain Telecom.
Out of contention for a spot in the next round, India scored a consolation 4-1 win over Afghanistan in their AFC Under-19 Championship qualifiers Group C match at Arbil, Iraq.
An Indian firm Vavasi Telecom is trying to rope in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited to pick up a stake in Zain.
The airline would leave Mumbai at 7.30 pm and arrive in Riyadh at 9.15 pm. The same plane would then leave Riyadh at 10.15 pm and arrive in Mumbai at 4.20 am.
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According to the latest data revealed by GulfTalent.com, the number of expats employed in the kingdom rose by 2.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Jet Airways has suspended all its flights between the United Arab Emirates and India after almost half of its pilots did not report for duties protesting against sacking of two of their colleagues.
'Our culture, our history, our achievements are great and we should start celebrating them.' 'I am glad our movies are doing that and Mission Mangal is doing that.'
The airline has daily flights from Mumbai and Delhi to Dubai. With the launch of the new flights, the carrier will have a total of four daily flights to Dubai from three Indian metros, it said in a statement.
Al Ittihad of Syria rode on a double strike by Abdulfatah Alagha and pumped in two goals in the dying minutes to drub East Bengal 4-1 in their Group D AFC Cup opening match at the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata on Wednesday.
As the Indian Army reported its first case of the infection with a 34-year-old soldier testing positive in Leh, the Army said it has taken a series of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus among the forces such as checking flu symptoms among soldiers on their return from leave and cancelling non-essential travel, conferences and recruitment drives.
Reigning Australian Open boys' champion Yuki Bhambri has pulled out of the French Open due to the ankle injury he sustained while playing doubles in an ITF Futures event in Kuwait last week. Yuki, who became the first Indian to win the Australian Open boys' singles and fourth from the country to claim a junior Grand Slam, said he had been advised by doctors to take rest for at least 15 days to recover from his injury.
The sound of leather against willow will be heard for the first time at an Asian Games next year after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced that cricket had been added to the programme on Wednesday.
The sound of leather against willow will be heard for the first time at an Asian Games next year after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced that cricket had been added to the programme on Wednesday.
Hosts Australia have been named top seeds for the 2015 Asian Cup ahead of next week's draw and will avoid being drawn in the same group as defending champions Japan.
Gulf nations have postponed the six-year residency cap on foreign unskilled workers.
Given that India will get a huge part of its oil supplies from Iran through its government-owned oil PSUs, any unwelcome shocks in global crude rates could be absorbed well enough.
"The economies of scale for a refinery are different for India and Africa. India being a net exporter of products, refineries need to have capacities to the tune of 15 mtpa to push products to the domestic market and for export. In Africa even a small refinery makes sense," the analyst said.
It is not clear, however, whether the two players are considering a majority stake or would be content as investors with 26 per cent.
"This is the third year in a row that India makes to top 10 in Doing Business, which is a success which very few countries have done over the 20 years of the project, Without exception, the other countries that have done this are very small, population-wise, and homogeneous," Simeon Djankov, Director of Development Economics at the World bank told PTI in an interview.
Saurav Ghosal and Siddharth Suchde were the only Indians left in the men's singles event after two of their compatriots, including former national champion Ritwik Bhattacharya, crashed out in the second round of the Asian Squash Championships in Kuwait.
Squash player Dipika Pallikal, who was not selected for the upcoming Asian Championship, failed to get a reprieve from the Delhi high court, which she had moved to quash the selection of the Indian team.
Dipika Pallikal's exclusion from the Indian team for Asian Squash Championships may have kicked up a storm, but national coach Cyrus Poncha said the British Junior Open champion has only herself to blame for the omission by refusing to attend a mandatory trial camp.
China and India continue to rank first and second respectively in the list of 25 most attractive FDI destinations, according to a study conducted by a global strategic management consulting firm.Brazil, the United Arab Emirates and Russia ranked among the top 10, the findings of the latest FDI Confidence index, a regular survey of global executives conducted by management consulting firm, A T Kearney, revealed.
Reliance Telecom and Bharti Airtel have entered the second round of qualifying process for a GSM-based mobile license in Qatar that the Gulf country plans to award by October this year.
Over 81,000 Indians were deported from the Gulf this year on various grounds, including non-possession of visas, resident permits and violation of local laws, the government said on Thursday.
The Gulf Cooperation Council will consider a proposal to define a time-frame ceiling for residency of the workers in member states. The proposal says after the expiry of the six year-contract, the worker will go back home to his original country.
India jumped on top of overall medal standings at the 13th Asian Shooting Championship, adding with six more medals to their kitty on Day 6 of the competition in Kuwait City.
Karan Rastogi's campaign in the US $15,000 ITF event in Kuwait came to a screeching halt on Friday when he conceded his semi-final due to a back problem.
Yuli Vorontsov will be mourned in India by many, who knew him as a sophisticated and friendly diplomat.
More than 2500 women from 14 countries contributed to the blanket.
Financial Technologies India Ltd, media house TV18 and Liberty Shoes are among the seven bidders interested in buying a stake in Delhi Stock Exchange as the defunct bourse gets ready to restart operations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed happiness that the city has been recognised as a World Heritage Site.
GTL Ltd plans to buy Redington Group comprising Redington India Ltd, Redington Pte Ltd Singapore and Redington Gulf FZE for $95 million in cash and shares.
The reduced fare offer is also available for travel on partner airline Etihad Airways flights
The world champion won the gold medal in the men's trap event at the Asian Clay Shooting championship.
In a statement, the terror group said, "In continuation of the blessed operations that Islamic State is conducting against the protector of the cross, Turkey, a heroic soldier of the caliphate struck one of the most famous nightclubs where the Christians celebrate their apostate holiday."
