Sensex ends down 144 points at 19,785

Despite the record single-day gain (894 points) on Thursday, the Sensex opened just 19 points higher at 19,948 today, and soon slipped into negative zone on weak global cues. After the initial......

Stock picks for today

The market has run into renewed selling pressure at higher levels to end sharply in negative territory. The consumer durables sector has ended positive while banks, capital goods, FMCG, IT, pharma......

Breaking the VAT chain

A highly regressive amendment has taken place quietly in the Union Budget 2005-06. Quietly because it has gone practically unnoticed. It is the amendment of Section 5A of the Central Excise Act,......

Dipika stuns top seed to enter semis

Dipika Pallikal stunned top seed Christina Mak of Hong Kong in straight games to storm into the semi-finals of the ICL Chennai Open Squash tournament on Friday. The fifth seeded Indian beat her......

Harinder upsets Pakistan's Shamsul

Chandigarh boy Harinderpal Singh Sandhu caused a major upset, scalping sixth seeded Pakistani Shamsul Islam Khan en route to the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open Professional Squash championship......

Ritwik exits; Joshna, Sourav win

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......

Ghosal, Nandrajog have it easy

Minor upsets notwithstanding, matches went according to seedingsin the 55th ICL National Squash Championship in Chennai on Wednesday. The performances of the topplayers show that Saurav Ghosal and......

National squash: Smooth sailing for men's seeds

The top 16 seeds in the men's section, including Saurav Ghosal and Gaurav Nandrajog of Delhi, sailed into the second round, evens as the women side saw a few upsets in the 55th Senior ICL National......