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Jaypee group shares fall after Reliance ...

Jaypee group shares fall after Reliance Power deal hits dead-end

Shares of Jaiprakash group companies fell as much as 24% in Thursday’s trade after Reliance Power and Jaiprakash Power Venures (JPVL) said that they called off talks over sale of the latter’s hydro-power assets. In an exchange notice, Reliance Power said, “Due to prevailing... read more »

India’s 100 richest are all billio...

India’s 100 richest are all billionaires; Mukesh Ambani tops the list...

For the first time, the 100 richest tycoons in India are all billionaires with Mukesh Ambani topping the league for the eighth consecutive year, according to Forbes. With a net worth of $23.6 billion, up $2.6 billion from last year, RIL Chief Mukesh Ambani topped the list for the eighth consecutive... read more »

Minor girl ‘buried alive’ by...

Minor girl ‘buried alive’ by step-mother in Agra

Agra: A six-year-old girl was allegedly buried alive by her step-mother in Shashtripuram area of the district. Sumiksha was buried by her step-mother, Archana, on Sunday and her body was found on Thursday, said Ashok Kumar Singh, Circle Officer of Haripur police station. Archana has been booked for... read more »

High court orders FIR against TMC’s Tapa...

High court orders FIR against TMC’s Tapas Pal

Kolkata: The Calcutta high court on Thursday ordered the lodging of an FIR and a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probe into Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal’s alleged “shoot and rape” remarks against opposition party supporters and women. Justice Nishita Mhatre, before whom the matter... read more »

First female winner for Fields maths medal

An Iranian mathematician working in the US has become the first ever female winner of the celebrated Fields Medal. In a landmark hailed as “long overdue”, Prof Maryam Mirzakhani... read more »

Suicide bomber attacks checkpoint near new Iraq PM’s house

BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint near the Baghdad home of new Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday, two police sources and local media said. “The suicide... read more »

Mayawati snubs Lalu Prasad, Mulayam Singh Yadav; says BSP will contest elections alone

NEW DELHI: In a rebuff to Mulayam Singh Yadav, BSP today ruled out joining hands with the Samajwadi Party for the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh soon after the possibility was mooted by... read more »

India conducts successful trial of surface-to-air Akash missile

Balasore: India on Tuesday successfully conducted trials of its indigenously developed surface-to-air ‘Akash’ missile, which has a strike range of 25 kms, as part of a user... read more »

Jaswant Singh’s condition grave

Former union minister and expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singhcontinued to be in coma Wednesday, with doctors describing his condition as “grave”. A statement issued from the Army... read more »