Social activist Medha Patkar on Saturday ended her nine-day hunger strike to protest eviction of slum-dwellers from Mumbai's Khar suburb after the state government agreed to her demands, Patkar's associate said on Saturday.

A Mumbai-Hyderabad Spicejet flight with 140 passengers on board on Friday landed under emergency conditions at the city airport after a fire alarm in the aircraft.

The Indian rupee gained another 12 paise to Rs 45.18 per US dollar in early trade on Friday on sustained selling of dollars by banks and exporters amid dollar weakness overseas and firm domestic equity markets.

Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said so far the thrust in IITs had not been on research, but things are changing now.

His team crashed out of the IPL after losing to Mumbai Indians in the eliminator but Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir took solace from the fact that they fought hard till the end.

A benchmark index for Indian equities markets closed 1.11 per cent higher on Thursday on strong buying support in energy, realty and auto stocks.

Lanco Solar, a fully owned subsidiary of Lanco Infratech, on Thursday said the company in consortium with Juwi Renewable India had bagged a Rs.884.18 crores ($195 million) 75 MW solar power project in Dhule district by Maharashtra State Power Generation.

Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu was on Thursday detained at the Mumbai international airport for carrying excess baggage and was released after she agreed to pay extra tax

A day after 26/11 terror accused David Headley described him as an important contact, Shiv Sena member Rajaram Rege on Wednesday said he had a short interaction with the Pakistani-American and he told the NIA everything about him.

The BSE benchmark Sensex lost over 87 points to trade below 18,000 mark in opening trade today on fresh selling by funds and retail investors amid a weak trend on other Asian bourses.