Banks, real estate and metal scrips among the top losers.
The Mumbai headquartered company also overtook Japanese carmaker Honda to occupy the fourth spot in domestic passenger vehicle market.
Capital goods shares continued to trade firm in late noon despite weak market trend on the back of encouraging core sector growth in February.
Short-covering and the propping up of net asset values have potential to boost frontline as well as second-rung names next week
'Modi is the only chance we have in creating an Indian dream like we have the American Dream out here,' one ohe judges for the 'Code for India' hackathon in California tells Ritu Jha/Rediff.com
Jaitley praised the DRDO saying it was "doing quite a lot to meet the requirements of the armed forces but the Services need much more and that will come through domestic industry."
The company is banking on investments lined up for product development and other innovations.
Building front-end and stitching it with back-end is a task that IT firms are learning the hard way, finds Raghu Krishnan.
Attractions range from start-up challenges to non-monetary perks; employee stock options also play a role.
Tata was concerned that most innovations were happening outside India, some by Indians.
The RBI has agreed to consider the application of India Post in consultation with the government.
The past few weeks have seen several hundred people let go of by IT services firms joining unions claiming to represent tech workers fighting for their rights.
The two giants of Indian football, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, are facing turbulent times. On the pitch, East Bengal finished a respectable third in the 2012-13 I-League season, while Mohun Bagan finished a disappointing tenth.
Election results, diesel & gas pricing moves, labour law changes - all stoke anticipation of more cheer ahead.
Sixteen major contracts worth nearly $14 billion to be renewed by June 2018 but uncertainty looms large.
A section of the media on Thursday reported, quoting an unnamed EC official, that it may not allow RBI to go ahead with the plan before the polls and that they need more clarity from the Mint Road on certain aspects.