Petrol prices now on the run while diesel remains steady

New Delhi (IANS) After a long pause, it's now the turn of petrol to face a regular increase in retail prices while diesel prices are remaining steady.

In the national capital, petrol prices rose for the second consecutive day by 16 paise…

Tata group may take Air India's control by Jan 1 if it is sole eligible bidder

New Delhi (IANS) The buzz in aviation circles is getting louder that the Tata group could be in the Air India's cockpit as early as the New Year, if it is the sole eligible bidder for India's national carrier.

If the Tata bid is put…

Air India filling GM posts when it is up for sale

New Delhi (IANS) Air India is embroiled in another controversy with the selection process of eight GM (Ops) at a time when it is up for sale.

Sources say that at a time when Air India has initiated pay cuts, citing financial difficulties, the…

Petrol prices rise across metros after 47-day halt

New Delhi (IANS) After a pause of over 45 days, petrol prices rose across the four metros on Sunday.

In the national capital, the fuel was sold at Rs 80.57 per litre, 14 paise higher than the previous level. Petrol price was at Rs 80.43 in…

Top Yes Bank official used to handle work of Rana Kapoor's firm: ED

Mumbai (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the alleged Rs 3,700 crore Yes Bank fraud case, claims that Varun Manmohan Kapur, the bank's then President, Financial and Investment Strategy, also used to handle the work of other companies…

Equity indices in green, Sensex crosses 38,500

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices traded on a positive note on Friday with the BSE Sensex surpassing the 38,500-mark during the initial trade. Healthy buying was witnessed in healthcare, capital goods and energy stocks.

At 10.03 a.m.,…

US stocks end mixed following jobless claims data

New York (IANS) US stocks closed mixed as investors digested the newly-released unemployment data.

On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 80.12 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 27,896.72. The S&P 500 fell 6.92 points, or 0.20 per…

NITI Aayog selects Oracle Cloud to transform Aspirational Districts

New Delhi (IANS) Niti Aayog on Thursday announced it has selected Oracle to help it modernise vital IT infrastructure in 112 most backward districts as part of its Aspirational Districts Programme.

These 112 districts constitute 28 per cent…

ByteDance in talks with Reliance Jio to sell its India biz: Report

New Delhi (IANS) As ByteDance continues to struggle in the US, a new report claimed on Thursday that China-based company that owns the short-video making app TikTok may sell its India business to Reliance Jio amid uncertainties around its operations…

Equity indices trim gains, metal stocks rise

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices shed major gains made during the initial trade on Thursday.

Healthy buying was witnessed in the metal stocks.

The BSE Sensex gained as much as 147 points to touch an intra-day high of 38,516.85.