Sensex slumped 518 points to end the day at 25,582 and the Nifty slipped 164 points to close at 7,623.
Sterling was last at $1.4450, having carved out a massive range of $1.4000 to $1.5022.
Soon after acquiring strategic management control of Vijay Mallya's crown jewel, United Spirits, Diageo has swung into action, making up for years of lost time in trying to figure out the Indian market.
The rupee's strength has had an overall negative effect on merchandise trade
The exploration and production assets of Essar Oil will not be part of the Rosneft deal and would continue to remain with the Group.
Ecotrail Personal Care, a start-up by sisters Mauli and Grishma Teli, is the only company in India that makes halal cosmetics
The host country has been pressing for a discussion at the 10th G20 Summit on the conflicts in Syria and the worst migrant crisis since World War II.
Investors attribute some of the growth in Indian stocks, that saw Bombay's benchmark BSE index rise nearly a third in 2014, to the election of a pro-business government in May, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Market breadth remained strong with 1,581 advances over 1,018 declines on the BSE
The advance booking of Salman Khan's eagerly awaited film Jai Ho have started and although the sentiment regarding the movie is buoyant in markets such as Uttar Pradesh, metros such as Delhi and Mumbai have shown a softer response than usual.
Delhi's inability to open up a new canvas with Pakistan and Sharif is symptomatic of its sluggish thinking. Jyoti Malhotra analyses
Britain's traditionally anti-EU media have blamed Brussels for preventing London from taking greater steps to protect the industry.
By 2020, we should have some 10 listed sports companies, with one or two big enough to be on the Sensex
Benchmark indices finished higher on hopes of economic reforms
Last June, the group had delisted Essar Energy from the London Stock Exchange as well.
Sensex, Nifty end lower on global concerns.
A 150 basis points fall in realisations too weighed on the top-line.
'Agreements signed between the Maldives and China have seriously worried India.'
The policy statement by the RBI governor is also expected to be upbeat.
The 30-share Sensex dropped 298 points to end at 27,209 and the 50-share Nifty has lost 93 points to end at 8,174.
Delhi Metro, Yamuna-expressway and Tata Power's Mundra ultra mega power project in Gujarat are among the six ventures that have figured in the list of world's most innovative, impactful infrastructure projects prepared by international accounting firm KPMG.
Here's a look at how key Tata group companies fared under Cyrus Mistry's stewardship.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
It all started from Mumbai. Now, Khan's fan base has spread from the US, UK and West Asia to Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Germany, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Kuwait and Palestine. Of the top 10 Bollywood movies that earned the most overseas, seven had Khan in them.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
Benchmark share indices ended at record closing highs, amid a volatile trading session on Monday, with IT majors leading the gains.
The move is likely to hit Bharti-Walmart, the 50:50 joint venture between the US' Walmart and Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Group that operates cash-and-carry outlets in India, the most.
'I am not optimistic about the global economy for the next couple of years.'
'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.'
APAs are part of govt's aim to move to a non-adversarial tax regime.
Banks led the decline with Nifty Bank and BSE Bank index dropping over 3% each.
Dhirubhai Ambani lived in a one-room chawl in Mumbai with his wife and children and went on to establish the Reliance Group.
Amid imminent phasing out of the fiscal stimulus by US Federal Reserve, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday called for an "orderly exit" from unconventional monetary policies being pursued by the developed world for the last few years to avoid damaging growth prospects of the developing world.
In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown in double digits in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
'I give Modi full credit, for brilliantly using his personal diplomacy, his personal stature, to accomplish his goals...'
Shares of rate sensitive sectors such as realty, infrastructure, banking and automobiles ended higher ahead of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mid-quarter policy review on June 17.
'By his very presence in Delhi on Republic Day, Obama is revisiting the most defining relationship of the 20th century after a period of stagnation,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Mistry's strategy appears to be the opposite of the group's stance in the heady days of 2007
His blind faith in astrology took him down a tragic path that has now come to define his life.
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