The Senate's standing committee on sports and culture has summoned Pakistan Cricket Board officials and banned fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for a hearing to make sure that there was no "injustice" done to the cricketer.
Bahrain is among the newest venues for Formula One, and it is increasingly establishing itself as one of the most exciting as well. And the Bahrain International Circuit managing director, Martin Whitaker only wants to make the show bigger.
Portsmouth reached the FA Cup final for the first time in 69 years on Saturday when a 54th minute goal from Nwankwo Kanu gave them a 1-0 semi-final win over West Bromwich Albion at Wembley Stadium.
With the focus on quality of assets getting stronger than growth prospects, the market capitalisation growth of public sector banks has outpaced that of the private sector banks.
Growing demand, coupled with acute shortage of rigs, has spurred the country's major private oil & gas company Reliance Industries Limited to invest in offshore services business including building rigs and supply vessels. According to Atul Chandra, president of the
ONGC Videsh Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of India's exploration and production major Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, would invest $450 million in Venezuela to pick up a 40% stake in an oil gas block, petroleum secretary MS Srinivasan announced
The decision of market regulator Sebi to give institutions direct market access is expected to create a lot of advantage. Cutting of transaction time and speedy trade execution will mean that institutions, especially overseas ones, would take to the markets.
The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, ending speculation about a second fee hike for its core two-year programme, said Saturday it would wait for the IIM fees review committee's report due in May/ June before taking a final call.
Microsoft Corp is evaluating its bid for Yahoo Inc because the Internet company may have lost value since Microsoft made its offer, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Auction house Osian's has purchased a collection of original screen-used visual effect creatures, models and puppets of some the most iconic characters created for Jurassic Park, Aliens and Batman Returns at the Profile in History LA Auction.
National Hydroelectric Power Corp is going in for a human resource re-engineering and has appointed Ernst & Young to prepare a road map in view of the expansion it has planned in the 11th and 12th five-year plans.
The Kolkata Port Trust Centenary Hospital is all set to open its indoor and outdoor facilities to the general public. "The outdoor facility of the hospital will be available to the general public from April 14 and the indoor facility
The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta will wait for the report of the IIM fee hike committee and also take into account the views of all stakeholders before going ahead with any further fee hike, according to Ajit Balakrishnan, chairman
The aviation sector boomhas attracted Aptech Ltd, the IT solutions major, into the business of preparing a trained workforce for the industry and spreading at break neck speed.
The Left Front government signed two big-ticket deals in tourism with private sector majors Emaar MGF Land Ltd and Kolkata-based Sinclairs Hotels Ltd, a day after it announced its new tourism policy.
At the moment, the temptation to be like an ostrich and bury your head in the sand till the storm gets over is extremely strong, says a wealth manager with a leading multinational bank. And this is not without reason.
Allcargo Global Logistics is a leading logistics service provider in multimodal transport operations and is involved in export and import of cargo, container freight stations, air cargo operations and handling of project cargo.
Indian companies like Wipro Technologies, Ranbaxy and Tata Consultancy Services have offices in Portugal. Portugal's Efacec is present here in a joint venture with Godrej providing warehousing, automated storage and retrieval system solutions.
High earnings visibility from longterm contracts of supplying pharmaceutical ingredients, inorganic growth through overseas acquisitions, thrust on CRAMS business, which involves higher margins and robust growth in its non-CRAMS business forms the basis of investment argument in Dishman Pharmaceuticals and