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Premji: Wipro is focussed on profitable ...

Premji: Wipro is focussed on profitable growth, enhancing shareholder value

Days after landing one of its largest contracts and closing an acquisition deal, Wipro chairman Azim Premji told shareholders that the company would remain focussed on making organic and inorganic growth strategies. Mr. Premji was addressing shareholders at the company’s 68th annual general... read more »

Cabinet clears 49% FDI in insurance with...

Cabinet clears 49% FDI in insurance with Indian control

The Cabinet on Thursday approved 49 per cent foreign investment in insurance companies through the FIPB route ensuring management control in the hands of Indian promoters. “The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved raising of FDI cap in insurance sector to 49 per cent from 26 per... read more »

Gaza death toll tops 700, medical author...

Gaza death toll tops 700, medical authorities say

The death toll in the Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip has reached 707 with more than 4,500 people wounded, the Health Ministry in Gaza said early on Thursday. A top UN rights official warned on Wednesday that both Israel and Gaza-based militants may be committing war crimes and called... read more »

39 killed in Nigeria bomb blasts

39 killed in Nigeria bomb blasts

At least 39 people were killed in twin bomb blasts in Nigeria’s northern city of Kaduna on Wednesday, security sources and eyewitness said. In the first blast, 25 people were killed while the second one, according to Police Commissioner Shehu Umar, claimed more than 14 people, Xinhua... read more »

Google doodle salutes Indian election

New Delhi – Google doodle saluted the Indian parliamentary election Friday, a day when the vote count was held. Some 550 million votes are being counted at 989 counting centres across... read more »

Narendra Modi posters already flooding the streets of Varanasi

Before the verdict is announced or the counting has even begun for Lok Sabha elections of 2014, posters congratulating Narendra Modi on his win are already seen across streets of... read more »

Election Results 2014: Narendra Modi’s BJP Set to Form Government; Sensex hits 25000

New Delhi: Election Results 2014: Within an hour of the start of counting, the BJP and allies seem set to form the next government under Narendra Modi. The BJP-led NDA is leading in 241... read more »

Lok Sabha elections 2014 results: Live — Trends point to NDA majority; BJP+ 277; Congress+...

Puducherry LS seat: V. Narayanasamy (Congress) leading by a margin of 3,643 votes securing 10,290 votes. R. Radhakrishnan of AINRC pushed to third spot with 5,435 votes while M V Omalingam... read more »

Lok Sabha Elections 2014: BJP’s Sushma Swaraj leads in Madh...

BJP’s Sushma Swaraj is leading by a margin of 3,552 votes against Laxman Singh of Congress from Vidisha seat in Madhya Pradesh. Saffron party nominee Dileep Singh Bhuria is ahead of his... read more »