Sensex hits life-time high, crosses 40,400

Mumbai (IANS) The Indian equity markets opened on a firm note on Monday as the benchmark Sensex touched a fresh all time high of 40,434.83 during the early trade.

Sensex jumped nearly 250 point, gaining for the seventh straight session over…

Fadnavis meets Shah as Pawar-Sonia all set to take call on Sena

New Delhi/Mumbai (IANS) Amid continuing stalemate over government formation in Maharashtra, BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Devendra Fadnavis on Monday met BJP President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.

The meeting took place…

IndiGo server collapses, long queues at airports

New Delhi (IANS) Passengers flying IndiGo faced long queues across airports on Monday morning after the airline's server collapsed.

"Our systems have been down across the network since morning. As a result, we are expecting our operations…

ASEAN integral part of India's Act East Policy: Modi

Bangkok (IANS) Terming the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region as an integral part of India's Act East Policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India is keen to strengthen partnership in the fields of maritime security,…

EC appoints Special Expenditure Observer for Jharkhand

New Delhi (IANS) Election Commission has appointed former Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer B. Murali Kumar as Special Expenditure Observer for the forthcoming elections to the Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand, the Commission said on Sunday.

BJP nervous ahead of Jharkhand polls: Babulal Marandi

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) chief Babulal Marandi has made it clear that his party will not enter any coalition of bigger Opposition parties and will contest the Jharkhand Assembly elections on its own. On post-poll coalition possibilities,…

Modi invites Thai entrepreneurs to invest in India

Bangkok (IANS) Asserting that India had stopped working in a routine, bureaucratic manner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday invited Thai entrepreneurs to invest in the country for easy business.

Addressing a programme to mark 50 years…

Prasad asks BSNL/MTNL to start dialogue with staff on VRS

New Delhi (IANS) Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has directed the ailing telecom PSUs, BSNL and MTNL, to start a dialogue with their employees on the terms and conditions of the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) and prepare a roadmap for its…

IOC close to plastics-to-oil tech breakthrough

New Delhi (IANS) Indian Oil Corporation, the country's largest PSU refiner and retailer, is about to complete a research that could throw up one of the biggest breakthroughs and help the government eliminate all single-use plastics from the country…

'Weak intel sharing, limited NSG resources affect India's anti-terror efforts'

New York (IANS) The US has said that weak intelligence sharing by agencies and the limited resources of the National Security Guard (NSG) were affecting India's counter-terrorism efforts.

"Despite its rigorous training, NSG's rapid…