The Chicago Bulls advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1998 with a series-clinching 93-73 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is ready to catch the bull by the horn
The apex court fixed August 30 for final hearing of the matter to decide on the Constitutional validity of Jallikattu.
Team India has already started homework on how to face the world's best left-arm quick bowler Mitchell Starc as Australia come calling in two weeks' time.
Retail customers of banks, who have to pay exorbitant charges and penalties for basic services and pre-payment of loans, are in for some good news. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is considering a ceiling on such charges.
Grey market deals, which are viewed as a sign of market prosperity by investors, are done on the expectation that the shares will outperform the IPO process when they list on the market.
LeBron James produced some more fourth-quarter magic to propel the Miami Heat to a scrappy 85-75 win over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday, evening their NBA Eastern Conference final at a game each.
Protesters demanded a permanent solution for holding the sport and raised slogans that an ordinance was only a temporary measure.
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Modi should bluntly ask Chinese President Xi Jinping why he was willing to put his neck in the Pakistani noose, ignoring all that is known of Pakistan's perfidy, says B S Raghavan.
The broader markets were also in top gear, with the BSE midcap index surging by 2.1% at 11,431 and the smallcap index gaining 1.4% at 11,735.
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The NSE Nifty ended with a gain of 113 points at 6143.
Equity strategists are basing their expectation on strong corporate earnings recovery, supportive global economic growth, and gradual improvement in business sentiment.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India does not seem to have understood the enormity of what funds have been up to. If Sebi does not crack down on mutual funds using cooked-up credit ratings to hide behind promoter funding, this is bound to grow into a systemic menace, says Debashis Basu.But MFs decided to become lenders without the legal backing to secure themselves, or the skillset to assess lending risk. If Sebi does not crack down on mutual funds using cooked-up credit ratings to hide behind promoter funding, this is bound to grow into a systemic menace, says Debashis Basu.
The Nifty ended at 5432, up 14 points. The markets had a gap-up opening on the back of firm global bourses and receding fears surrounding the social upheaval in Egypt and seemed set to sign off the day in style, before succumbing to selling pressure at higher levels.
India's challenge in women's archery at the Rio Olympics ended on Thursday after Laishram Bombayla Devi and Deepika Kumari were beaten in the pre-quarter-finals. While Deepika was blanked 0-6 by world No. 2 Tan Ya-Ting of Chinese Taipei, Bombayla lost 2-6 to world No. 18 Alejandra Valencia of Mexico.
Suzuki has made a great comeback in the 150cc segment with the launch of the Gixxer motorcycle; it's among the top sellers in the segment currently, says Indian automobile website MotorBeam.
The Men in Blue have never won a bilateral ODI contest on Australian soil.
In a bid to secure the services of West Indies bowler Kemar Roach for next season's KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, Queensland have held secret talks with the player. Having announced Daniel Vettori as their guest player for this year's campaign, the Bulls are now targeting Roach to spearhead their assault on the multi-million dollar Twenty20 Champions League for the 2010-2011 season.
Bowing to demands from opposition parties and others, Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday announced a Commission of Inquiry to go into the circumstances leading to the violence during the recent pro-Jallikattu stir at the Marina and elsewhere and the alleged police excesses.
The Survey also said that the borrowings by banks have increased significantly.
But the Kolkata Knight Riders opener has had a successful return from injury in the Indian Premier League, scoring 277 runs at 30.77 with a strike rate of 133.81.
The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down a plea seeking its intervention to pass judgment on Jallikattu before Saturday. The top court said it was "unfair to ask the bench to pass order" on the matter.
Sean Abbott, the Australian fast bowler who delivered the ball that killed Phillip Hughes, has made a remarkable return to cricket, helping New South Wales beat Queensland on Friday.
'The saffron party is under pressure from RSS and other Hindutva quarters to move swiftly on construction of Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya.'
'James Crabtree ignores the emergence of a nexus between business and politics going back to the 1920s and talks of it as a new child of 21st century India,' says Shivanand Kanavi.
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori on Wednesday joined Queensland Bulls as its "guest player" for the 2009-10 KFC Twenty20 'Big Bash' competition.
During the meeting, Home Minister P Chidambaram would bring in the Action Taken Report for approval before it is laid on the table of the House along with the Liberhan commission report. Pranab Mukherjee will chair the Cabinet meet in Dr Singh's absence.
With the bulls staging a rally at Dalal Street, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) are likely to ramp up their investments in Indian stocks significantly in the coming days, analysts say.
The NSE Nifty closed at 4930, up 100 points. Out of 2921 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1769 advancing stocks as against 1054 declines.
The bull market peak came in March 2015, at a Nifty intra-day value of 9,119.
With the Supreme Court refusing to vacate its order on lifting of a ban on the sport by the Centre.
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The NSE Nifty ended at 5,002, up 16 points. The market breadth was negative -- out of 2,868 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,512 declined, 1,246 advanced on Thursday.
Institutional investors led by foreign portfolio investors have bought these shares.
Activists say it is unwarranted to use executive action to make way through the SC ruling against Jallikattu.
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