With its box office report being anything but impressive, team 'Shanghai' is trying to attract more audiences by doing some post release promotional activities. ...
05:20 PM, Jun 13, 2012
Andrew Strauss and his opening partner Alastair Cook became only the fifth partnership in Test history to have put on more than 5,000 runs together. ...
11:50 AM, May 29, 2012
Mumbai: The BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty closed flat after shedding all its gains in the last couple of hours of trade due to weak European cues. It was looked like a nice rebound in the morning trade, with the Sensex rising more than 150 points led by appreciation in rupee. However, the fall in European markets in afternoon trade erased all those morning gains. The market stayed lower in...
09:01 AM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Saif Ali Khan's home production 'Agent Vinod' has earned Rs 10 crore on the first day, and is the actor's biggest solo opening so far. Made at a budget of Rs 50 crore, the film has been shot in Morocco, Russia and Latvia. "Saif Ali Khan has grown as an actor and also grown as a box-office power. The number of screens first decide the craze for the...
12:15 PM, Mar 25, 2012
'Opening Night' by Diksha Basu is the story of Naiya Kapur, a Princeton University graduate who comes to Mumbai to chase the big Indian dream - Bollywood. Naiya isnt searching for her soulmate, or hoping to find her roots in the India her parents once knew; she is searching for fame, fortune and fun in the new India. Here's an excerpt form the book: Naiya Kapur is breaking into Bollywood...
12:47 PM, Feb 24, 2012
BANGALORE: The Indian steel industry may have something to cheer about this New Year as 15 to 20 miners from Karnatakas mining belts are likely to get the nod to resume mining activities later this month. The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) will present a report and make recommendations on all representations made before them till late December, 2011, by January 15, 2012, to the Supreme Court. Sources indicate that the...
08:16 AM, Jan 05, 2012
Mumbai: The market was highly volatile in the last couple of hours of trade, especially ahead of mid-quarter review of monetary policy on Friday at 12 noon from the RBI. Market was in confusion whether CRR cut will happen or not. The Sensex recovered 240 points from day's low of 15,596.22, before closing down 44.67 points at 15,836.47. The Nifty fell 17 points to 4,746.35, after hitting an intra-day low...
09:09 AM, Dec 15, 2011
Mumbai: The benchmark Sensex bounced back on Thursday with marginal gain amid choppy trade. The recovery was on expected lines as the market had seen sharp falls in the last few sessions. At 9:18 hours IST, the 50-share NSE Nifty gained just 5 points at 5,410 and the 30-share BSE Sensex rose 7 points to 17,948. Power Grid, DLF, Jaiprakash Associates, Reliance Infrastructure, L&T, Reliance Industries, SAIL, Tata Steel, SBI,...
09:41 AM, Aug 04, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex plummeted by over 223 points in opening trade on Wednesday to trade below the 18,000-mark on continued selling by foreign funds and retail investors, spooked by the continued uncertainty in global markets. The 30-share barometer, which lost 204.44 points in Tuesday's trade, slid further by 223.32 points, or 1.23 per cent, to below the 18,000-level at 17,886.57 in the first few minutes of...
09:28 AM, Aug 03, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex shot up by nearly 243 points in opening trade on Monday as global markets cheered an agreement reached by US lawmakers to raise the country's debt ceiling and avoid a default. The 30-share BSE index, which lost over 674 points in the previous four sessions, rose by 242.87 points, or 1.33 per cent, to 18,440.07 in the first few minutes of trade on...
09:38 AM, Aug 01, 2011
San Jose: A sentence in which tiny birds and the English language are both slaughtered has taken top honours in an annual bad writing contest. Sue Fondrie of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, won the 2011 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for her sentence comparing forgotten memories to dead sparrows yesterday, said San Jose State University Prof. Scott Rice. The contestant asks writers to submit the worst possible opening sentences to imaginary novels. Fondrie wrote:...
01:13 PM, Jul 26, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex rose by over 73 points in opening trade on Tuesday, extending its gains for the third straight session despite concerns over an expected hike in key short-term rates by the RBI at its monetary policy review meeting later in the day. A firming trend on other Asian bourses and encouraging Q1 earnings by Reliance Industries mainly buoyed the trading sentiment. The 30-share index...
09:50 AM, Jul 26, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell by over 51 points in opening trade on Monday as funds and retail investors locked in gains recorded in the previous session amid a weak trend on other Asian bourses over US debt worries. The cautious approach was adopted by market participants ahead of Sensex heavyweight RIL's Q1 results announcement and the RBI's monetary policy review on July 26 cast a shadow...
09:47 AM, Jul 25, 2011
Mumbai: Snapping its two-session losing streak, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex rose by nearly 76 points in opening trade on Thursday on selective buying by funds and retail investors amid firm cues from Asian markets. The 30-share barometer, which lost 87 points in the previous two sessions, recovered by 75.91 points, or 0.41 per cent, to 18,802.88 as investors targeted oil and gas, realty, IT and FMCG sector stocks....
09:51 AM, Jul 07, 2011
New Delhi: Twenty-six judgements are likely to be pronounced by the Supreme Court on the first day of its reopening on Monday after 49 days of summer vacation. A maximum of 10 judgements would be delivered by a bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik, while another bench of Justices Mukundkam Sharma and A R Dave would deliver five judgements. Besides, the court would also resume hearing...
10:13 AM, Jul 04, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex rose by nearly 173 points in the opening trade on Monday on the back of buying by funds and retail investors amid a firming trend on other Asian bourses. The 30-share barometer, which lost 83.07 points in the previous session, recovered sharply by 172.84 points, or 0.92 per cent, to 18,935.64 as investors accumulated oil and gas, banking, auto and metal sector stocks....
09:47 AM, Jul 04, 2011
Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex declined by over 28 points in opening trade on Monday on fresh selling by funds and retail investors, taking cues from weak global markets. The 30-share barometer, which gained 513.19 points in the previous session, fell by 28.58 points to 18,212.40 points in the first few minutes of trade on Monday. Stocks of realty, IT and metal companies remained under pressure. Similarly, the wide-based National...
09:40 AM, Jun 27, 2011
Mumbai: Reliance Industries fell by over 2 per cent in morning trade on the bourses on Monday as investors reacted negatively to the oil sector regulator's decision to reject three new natural gas finds by the Mukesh Ambani-led company in the eastern offshore KG-D6 block as discoveries. RIL shed 2.4 per cent to touch an early low of Rs 921.30 on the Bombay Stock Exchange, while on the National Stock...
11:29 AM, Jun 13, 2011
Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex fell by almost 110 points in opening trade on Monday, extending its losses for the fourth consecutive session on continued selling by foreign funds and retail investors, taking cues from weak global markets. Fears that the Reserve Bank of India may announce a hike in interest rates in its credit policy review later this week also dampened the sentiment. The 30-share barometer, which lost over...
09:36 AM, Jun 13, 2011
Mumbai: With every passing day, the hope of a pullback rally, which started six trading sessions back for the market, seems to be fading. The petrol price hike coupled with discomforting inflation numbers haunted markets on Monday. The immediate resistance level for the Nifty now appears to be 5600. Crude again dipping below 100 levels was the only positive cue one can take going ahead. The markets opened on a...
08:38 PM, May 16, 2011
