Eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi has picked Spaniard Rafael Nadal over Swiss maestro Roger Federer as the greatest tennis player ever, according to a newspaper report on Thursday.
Indian intelligence agencies have uncovered at least 800 terrorist cells in the country operating with "external support," and are now looking for the brains behind them within India, National Security adviser M K Narayanan has said. "We are concerned that there is a great deal of external inspiration and support, we are also concerned and are looking at a mastermind within the country," Narayanan told Singapore's Straits Times in an interview.
Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong was convicted of spying for archrival Taiwan.
The markets opened flat on the back of weak Asian cues. At 9:58 am, the Sensex was trading at 11933 up 15 points and the Nifty was trading at 3474 up 3 points.
Top losers in the Sensex pack include Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Asian Paints, RIL, Coal India, HDFC Bank, HDFC, TCS, ONGC and M&M, falling up to 3.09 per cent.
The 30-share Sensex stayed in the green for the better part of the session and hit the day's high of 38,297.70 as buying pace gathered momentum towards the fag-end.
Markets opened marginally higher helped by a rebound in index heavyweights
Infosys was the top Sensex loser along with other index heavyweights ITC and HDFC.
Month-end dollar demand from importers resulted in the rupee touching a new all-time low on Wednesday against the dollar.
After a volatile session, Sensex closed the day 563 points lower
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The broader markets traded positively with mid-caps and small-caps rising 0.5 per cent each on the BSE.
Markets shrugged off RBI's neutral stance on key policy rates.
Sensex ended up 190 points at 25,519 and Nifty climbed 57 points to end at 7,626.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 224 points at 28,442 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 101 points at 8,606.
The Sensex ended above 27,000 for the first time while the Nifty topped 8,100.
SBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, Dena Bank, Central Bank of India ended down 3%-12% each.
Kotak Mahindra Bank and Vedanta were the top Nifty gainers.
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Markets ended tad lower with financials declining the most ahead of RBI policy review tomorrow.
Markets recorded their biggest single-day fall since August 1 amid growth concerns in the euro zone.
The 30-share Sensex ended 117 points higher at 26,560 and the 50-share Nifty gained 31 points to end at 7,936.
Markets ended at record closing highs for the second day in a row on institutional buying.
Sensex ended up 11 points at 25,561 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points to end at 7,640.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended in line with their larger counterparts and closed marginally up 0.2% and 0.4%, each
Investor sentiment got a boost following remarks from the Russian President Putin that allayed fears of an imminent military conflict in Ukraine
Auto and realty shares were among the top Sensex gainers.
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