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  • ED attaches Rs 75 cr assets in NSEL scam case

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached an estimated Rs 75 crore assets of a borrower company and its associates in connection with money laundering probe in the National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) scam case. This is the first attachment order issued by the agency, under Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA) laws, in this case and […]

    LIC to stop selling 34 life insurance policies in December

    Insurance giant Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has decided to stop selling as many as 34 policies, including Jeevan Anand, Jeevan Madhur and Jeevan Saral, to comply with new regulatory guidelines. These policies are withdrawn in December as they are not in conformity with the provisions of new regulations on non-linked insurance products, linked insurance products […]

    India-born executive among candidates to succeed Microsoft CEO

    India-born senior Microsoft executive Satya Nadella is among the top two likely candidates whose name is being considered for becoming the next CEO of the worlds biggest software company, replacing longtime chief executive Steve Ballmer. Nadella is Executive Vice President for Cloud and Enterprise at Microsoft and was a member of the technology staff at […]

    Diesel price hiked by 50 paise; petrol rates unchanged

    Diesel prices have been hiked by 50 paise per litre on Saturday but there will be no revision in rates of petrol this fortnight. The price increase, the 11th since January, excludes local sales tax or VAT and will be effective from Saturday midnight, oil companies announced. The price of diesel in Delhi will be […]

    ‘India will secure and protect right to food security at WTO’

    Ahead of next week’s WTO meet in Bali, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma on Friday asserted that India will secure and protect its right to food security and strive for a permanent immunity from any kind of farm subsidy breach. He also said that India will remain positively engaged with the other WTO members on farm […]

    SC notice to Centre on plea to regulate TV channels’ content

    The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and Press Council of India (PCI) on a plea for setting up an independent mechanism to regulate content of television channels. A bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi sought response from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and Law Ministry on a […]

    ICICI Bank inaugurates a new branch at Airport Road, Indore

    Indore: ICICI Bank Ltd, India’s largest private sector bank, launched a new branch at G-7, Sitashree Apaprtments on Airport Road near Mohta Bag in Indore. The branch will remain open for customer transactions from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on Monday to Friday and 9.00 am to 2.00 pm on Saturday. The branch will offer […]

    Sensex surges 257 pts to two-week high ahead of GDP data

    The benchmark Sensex jumped 257 points on Friday to its highest level in almost two weeks buoyed by heavy buying in banking, PSU and capital goods shares on hopes that second quarter GDP growth will beat expectations. After gaining 114.65 points in the previous session, the Sensex shot up by 257.02 points, or 1.25 per […]

    Rupee up 14 paise vs dollar in early trade

    The rupee today gained 14 paise to 62.27 against the dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on fresh selling of the US currency by exporters. Forex dealers said strengthening of the euro against the dollar overseas and a higher opening in the domestic equity market ahead of second quarter economic growth […]

    New insider trading norms within ten days: SEBI

    To curb the growing menace of insider trading activities in the stock market, regulator SEBI will come up with a new set of norms within next ten days, Chairman U K Sinha said. The capital markets watchdog had set up an expert panel in March this year to suggest new measures to regulate insider trading. […]