At least 12 dead, 60 injured as Bangalore-Ernakulam Express derails near Ho...
At least 12 passengers were killed and more than 60 injured, several critically, when 9 bogies of the Bangalore-Ernakulam Inter City Express derailed after a boulder fell on the track near Anekal on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border on Friday. Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy, quoting railway... read more »
After Delhi, it’s B’lore: AAP’s huge win suggests it has ...
It is good that the Aam Aadmi Party is eyeing the Bengaluru civic body for which elections are due in April this year. Similarly, on a longer timeline, the party, enthused by its spectacular victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, is planning to target the Mumbai civic body elections due in 2017.... read more »
Slinger Malinga fit for Sri Lanka’s World Cup opening match
Express pace bowler Lasith Malinga is fit for Sri Lanka’s opening World Cup clash against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval on Saturday, captain Angelo Mathews said. Malinga had ankle surgery in September and just returned to action in Sri Lanka’s two warm-up matches, against South Africa and... read more »
National Games: Mahitha, Rameshwori steal the show
Mahitha Mohan of Kerala won her third gold medal while veteran Rameshwori Devi of Manipur proved that she was not a spent force, on the penultimate day of the cycling competitions of the National Games here on Thursday. Mahitha was unstoppable in the women’s 20km point race which she won with the... read more »
Oil prices rise after Saudi King’s death
Oil prices rose on the news of the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Thursday, but the king’s death is not expected to change the course of oil prices over the next several... read more »
Sensex, Nifty extend record-breaking spree on global cues
Extending gain for the seventh straight session, the BSE Sensex scaled another peak of 29,389.18 and the NSE Nifty breached the 8,800-mark for the first time in opening trade, driven by... read more »
Ordinance route no concern for investors: Jaitley
Terming the political opposition to ordinance route for reforms as ‘obstructionism’, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the foreign investors have no problems with these decisions and... read more »
President condoles Saudi King’s death
President Pranab Mukherjee has condoled the passing away of King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. On Friday, the President... read more »
Uber plans front company to get back on the road in Delhi
In a desperate bid to resume operations in Delhi and the national capital region (NCR), US-based cab aggregator Uber is planning to float a frontal company registered in the Capital. Contrary to many... read more »
