The government's stance in the face of uncertain prospects for the private sector has been that public sector investment will drive the system.
Sensex ends belowe 26,800 on domestic concerns.
Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to outgun title-contenders, Gujarat Lions in a must-win Indian Premier League clash.
Arora was hired in July to run a newly created unit called SoftBank Internet and Media Inc.
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The globally popular Fast and Furious' last installment is weighed down by mundane dialogues and plot points, says Paloma Sharma.
Banks stocks continued to trade weak along with FMCG major ITC.
Bank of Baroda ended flat after sharp gains in the previous session.
Asian markets were trading mixed with shares in China witnessing profit taking after sharp gains in the previous session.
The S&P BSE Sensex plunged 301 points to close at 25,490 and the Nifty50 fell 86 points to end at 7,815.
'Mulk gets a lot of things right, including its vision of the country as a place where underneath the punctilious, forced-secular surface there are volatilities waiting to go off,' says Sreehari Nair.
In the metal pack, Tata Steel was up 3.7% while Vedanta was up 1.8% .
The flow of economic news suggests that "good days" are not here as yet.
To cover most of the gap, the road ministry plans to raise $7 billion.
Index heavyweights were the top losers along with bank shares.
Nifty September F&O series ended lower after seven consecutive positive series with Metal Index falling the most
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The 30-share Sensex ended down 224 points at 28,442 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 101 points at 8,606.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 245 points at 28,799 and the 50-share Nifty closed down 81 points at 8,750
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Markets ended lower for the third straight day on Tuesday weighed down by profit taking in rate sensitives with bank shares leading the decline after hopes of rate cut by the central bank faded.
Decline in the rupee coupled with a slide in the crude oil prices have dented the sentiments.
Serena Williams had been a vulnerable conqueror at this year's majors, living dangerously and dicing with defeat on numerous occasions as she tried to become only the fourth woman to complete the calendar Grand Slam.
India was ranked 12th among the large economies in 2008, and moved up to 10th by 2013, overtaking Canada and Spain.
The 30-share Sensex ended 79 points lower at 26,909 and the 50-share Nifty closed 25 points lower at 8,102.
The 30-share Sensex ended lower by 46 points at 27,842 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 17 points to trade at 8,378.
Infosys, Tata Motors, ONGC, TCS and GAIL are the top 5 losers.
Analysts were expecting the government to propose higher capital infusion for banks.
A strong showing will be vital to Narendra Modi's chances of a second term.
Financials declined amid profit taking while energy shares fell after the government hiked excise duty on transport fuels.
Beneath a street lamp in one of Rio de Janeiro's slums, 19-year-old boxer Wanderson de Oliveira does pull-ups from a metal bar outside the Fight for Peace academy while two skinny young boys watch intently. Much of the Complexo da Mar, a teeming neighborhood of 140,000 people near Rio's international airport, remains in the grip of drug gangs despite efforts to break their hold on the city's poor districts ahead of the August Olympic Games. Gang members brandishing automatic weapons inspect vehicles that enter Mar at a checkpoint, watchful for raids by rival crews or the police. Youths with machine guns patrol the streets or loll in plastic chairs at corner bars.
Sharp fall in capital goods production and manufacturing activity also dented sentiments.
It is difficult to find fault with a film so engrossing, notes Paloma Sharma after watching Jake Gyllenhaal starrer Nightcrawler.
Sensex closed over 118 points down on Thursday.
Kotak Mahindra Bank and Vedanta were the top Nifty gainers.
Nitin Gadkari has seven portfolios, but does not seem weighed down at all by the many things on his plate. The minister is brimming with ideas...
Apple reduced channel inventory by $3.6 billion.
The results of the recent presidential elections in Sri Lanka are likely to have stunned groups in Tamil Nadu that have been giving moral and material support to Tamils in the north and east of the island for decades. Tamil Nadu-based groups had asked Sri Lanka Tamils to protest against the election and boycott voting.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 339 points at 28,119 and the 50-share Nifty closed 100 points lower at 8,438.
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