The top gainers on the Sensex are Gail(India), HDFC, Infosys.
The police lodged a suo motu case against unknown persons in connection with their involvement in the mishap, a police officer said.
A recent survey done by indianboards.com suggests that around 283 directors will retire by October this year.
If the government could do without 23 per cent of the authorised posts, surely a start could be made in government downsizing by abolishing these vacancies, says A K Bhattacharya.
District authorities on Wednesday reported nine more death cases in the wake of the devastation caused by cyclone Hudhud even as the worst-hit Visakhapatnam city was limping back to normalcy with adequate supplies of essential commodities.
Sensex is under pressure due to concerns in the global market.
The defence ministry needs to focus keenly on "Made in India" projects without being distracted by "Make in India" slogans, says Ajai Shukla
Banerjee has fulfilled two key electoral promises: Ridding Lalgarh of Naxals and bringing peace to Darjeeling
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to open commercial coal mining to private players is a key step towards bringing order to the country's chaotic power industry and ending the chronic blackouts that impede its economic rise.
India is experiencing jobless growth and skepticism abounding that the country may not be able to cash in on its demographic bonus
'After the creation of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh has been left as an agrarian state.' 'Therefore, the special category status to this residual state was imminent and necessary for its development,' YSR Congress MP V Vijayasai Reddy explained in the Rajya Sabha.
The 30-share Sensex surged 299 points to close at 28,736 and the 50-share Nifty gained 90 points to end at 8,723.
Coal industry expert Sunjoy Joshi tells Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com that the NDA's e-auction of coal blocks will not solve the fundamental problems that dog the industry.
Shares of ING Vysya Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank rallied by up to 6% on the BSE on reports that Kotak Mahindra Bank in final stages to buy the bank.
The Planning Commission has not been central to the policy making process since the mid-1960s, says Nitin Desai.
The government will decide in August whether to sell a 5 percent stake in ONGC, a senior oil ministry official said, in a deal that would be worth $2.9 billion at current market prices.
Markets snapped their 8-day winning streak.
The challenges authorities face in cleaning Ganga and other holy rivers in Varanasi.
A glance back at some important events that occurred in 2018.
Month-end dollar demand from importers resulted in the rupee touching a new all-time low on Wednesday against the dollar.
Under the India-South Korea Bipa, a party can drag the other to international arbitration if its investments are threatened.
'If you allow Walmart to operate in India, our manufacturing will finish completely.' 'What will happen to Narendra D Modi's dream then? There will be no Make in India.'
Few top honchos of India Inc did very well in 2014.
R-Power, Essar could be hit as state mulls benefit-sharing levy for ecology loss.
Offloading shares in ONGC, CIL, NHPC may fetch govt more than the year's target.
Arun Jaitley said he would put the DTC Bill in cold storage.
India said its economy grew 7.3 percent in the October-December quarter.
'Defaulters like Mallya can't be offloaded, but activists like me are. And that too for raising questions.' 'Today, what is the meaning of development?' 'Take over land, water and forest from the Adivasis and hand it over to corporates.' 'I am surprised how a minister who is supposed to protect the forests and the environment is happy reaching out to investors for more and more clearances.'
In the last financial year, GDP growth was 7.3 per cent.
Even without a sanctioned government project for the Agni-6, it seems inevitable that the Agni-5, over the next few years, will organically evolve into an ICBM with improved technologies and capabilities.
Urjit Patel as the new RBI governor whose focus is on taming inflation has lowered the probability of interest rate cut soon
Pressure on the government increased with the Reserve Bank of India's surprise move on Thursday to cut interest rates
According to a confidential government paper seen by Reuters, several states want to do away with obtaining landowners' consent altogether in some cases and to cut through red tape which they say holds up development.
The New Year 2015, however, may see shares worth over Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) being put on the table by the government, including by way of part-sale of its holdings in PSUs and its residual minority stakes in some private sector entities.
Financials were the top losers while oil shares also declined amid weak crude oil prices.
Rediff.com gives you a look at newbies in the Council of Ministers
Tax incentives to have cascading effect on the capital goods industry.
The Prime Minister's Office has clarified that the total sanctioned strength of the PMO has been around 525 in the period 2011-14. As against this, the actual strength of the PMO in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 was in the range of 407 to 411. The number has now declined to 385.
The finance ministry is not only keen to split the roles of CMD, but also wants to appoint them for a fixed tenure of five years.
During 2013-14, imports from Japan, South Korea and Malaysia stood at $9.49 billion, $12.47 billion and $9.21 billion respectively.
