Activist Narendra Dabholkar, who was in the forefront of a campaign to persuade Maharashtra government to pass an anti-superstition and black magic bill, was shot dead here this morning by unknown assailants.

Indian School of Business has good news for those who do not have a work experience of two years but want to enroll for its post graduate programme in management.

Stock markets on Monday continued to wilt under heavy selling on rupee plummeting to new lows, with BSE Sensex slumping 291 points to over 4-month low and NSE Nifty diving 93 points to end at lowest level in 11 months.

Taking the political battle into the enemy’s zone, the Congress on Saturday held a massive public rally in Kendrapara town in coastal Orissa, nearly 85 km from here.

The autopsy conducted on five navy men, whose bodies were extricated from submarine INS Sindhurakshak, has found that they died due to severe burns and drowning, even as divers Saturday continued search operations for other personnel who were on board.

It was bloodbath in markets Friday with Sensex crashing 769.41 points, the biggest fall in four years, to end at 18,598 on fresh concerns about US stimulus withdrawal and rupee plunging to record low of 62, draining investor wealth by Rs two lakh crore.

India on Monday “launched” its first-ever indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant at Kochi, making the country only the sixth in the world having the capability to design and build an aircraft carrier.

Failing to hold on to initial gains, the rupee Monday fell 39 paise to end at 61.27 against the dollar, near a record low, on heavy demand for the US currency from importers.

Under attack from opposition parties over his response on the killing of Indian soldiers, defence minister A.K. Antony Monday said the armed forces have the freedom to respond appropriately to a developing situation along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan.

State Bank of India Monday reported 13.6 per cent decline in standalone net profit to Rs 3,241.08 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, due to increased provisioning for rising non-performing assets.