BCCI initiates internal probe under Ravi Sawani The BCCI has initiated an internal inquiry to probe into the allegations of spot- fixing by three players of Rajasthan Royals who have been arrested by the Delhi Police. The inquiry will be headed by Rav
The week gone by was one of the most dramatic in recent times; with sound and fury, panic and exuberance along with the usual bunch of bewildered onlookers. Monday started with the Sensex plunging over 400 points. But just as the bulls began drawing up pl
GSM industry body COAI wants the Centre to instruct states on the policy on radiation emissions from telecom towers, saying the subject comes under the central government.It may not noted that the Rajasthan High Court has directed telecom service provider
NASA’s legendary Opportunity rover has broken a 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record after nine years of hard Mars exploration. The tenacious six-wheeled robot has now travelled a record distance of 35.760 kilometre since landing on the red plan
Concerned over slow pace of capacity addition by 12 major ports, a Parliamentary panel has said plans to increase their capacity to 1,229.24 million tonnes (MT) by 2017 appears to be a “distant dream”.Major capacity addition has been done by private ports
Income Tax department has slapped a fresh $106 million (about Rs 582 crore) tax demand notice on Infosys, for 2009 fiscal, adding to the tax woes of India’s second largest IT firm.The Bangalore-based software services exporter is already contesting additi
Overseas investors have poured in nearly Rs 12,000 crore (about $2.2 billion) into the Indian equity market so far this month.With this, the total foreign investment in the country’s equity market has reached Rs 73,029 crore ($13.5 billion) since January.
The country’s forex reserves slipped for the second consecutive week, dipping by $616.4 million to $293.69 billion on a fall in currency assets, the Reserve Bank said today.The total reserves had slumped by $2.06 billion to $294.31 billion in the previous
Gold prices dropped at the domestic bullion market on Saturday due to reduced offtake from stockists as well as lack of retail buying support amid continued global—sell—off.Silver also retreated to close below the important Rs 44,000 per kg mark on back of
Lingering row between CIL and power producers such as NTPC is casting a shadow over 10 per cent divestment plans in the coal major as its parent ministry has reservations about stake sale till issues, like Rs 9,000- crore dues owed by electricity utilitie
HD television households will touch 5 million by Dec Direct-to-home services provider Dish TV sees the high definition television households to touch 5 million by December, with the addition of about 2.5 million during the year. Salil Kapoor, Chief
With the image of his Government in tatters, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will present the last Report Card of UPA-II on May 22 in which he is expected to list the positives such as Direct Benefit Transfer and FDI in retail in a bid to boost the sagging
Stepping up efforts to tackle tax evasion, the 45—nation grouping on tax administration, which includes India, has agreed to share among themselves information received by member countries from “offshore leaks”.A worldwide media expose, described as “offs
Amid allegations of co-operative banks being used as conduits for money laundering, Nabard, which jointly regulates such lenders, has said that it has found no shortcoming pointing towards any such activity.“Every year we do an inspection and we have not
As summer holidays beckon, Switzerland is wooing first time Indian travellers from smaller cities and towns offering the experience of snow clad mountains like Titlis and Jungfraujoch.Switzerland Tourism, responsible for promotion of the country’s tourism
The country’s leading complex fertiliser producer Coromandel International’s stock has corrected over 32 per cent in the last six months, even as Nifty gained 11 per cent during the same period. Slack fertiliser demand due to steep rise in farm gate price
IRDA's new guidelines usher in landmark changes, making health insurance more customer-friendly. “I made no claims on my medi-claim policy, taken in 2009, till recently, when my son fell sick. I am now told that my entire accumulated bonus is lost….” Th
