Re at two-week high, Sensex above 19,000
Rupee Friday jumped 77 paise to 65.24 and Sensex soared by 290 points to scale the 19,000-mark on continued hopes triggered by new RBI governor Raghuram Rajan’s steps to push in more reforms in the financial sector.
Kin blames cops for inmate death
A few days before Md Farook Md Yusuf Pawale (50), a 1993 Mumbai blasts convict serving life term in Yerwada jail died of a heart attack, his family’s lawyer had written a letter to the inspector gener
Sebi slaps Rs 3.5 lakh fine on 5 individuals in Alchemist case
Market regulator Sebi today slapped a total fine of Rs 3.5 lakh on five individuals for their role in alleged fraudulent trading practices in the shares of Alchemist.
‘Yasin absolving Baig’s role only speculation’
Senior sources from the Maharashtra government said that it was “mere speculation” that Yasin Bhatkal, during his interrogation, defended Himayat Baig as being innocent and took complete responsibilit
Inquiry ordered into BEST mishaps
Taking note of the alleged negligence by BEST depot staff on a number of occasions, BEST committee chairman Sanjay Ambole has ordered an inquiry into all recent accidents.
HC hears BMC’s ‘action plan’
While hearing a suo motu PIL on the city’s potholes and road conditions, the HC on Thursday said that it was not trying to find faults, but strengthen the hands of the public authorities in the state.
‘Test sexual assault criminals for STDs, HIV’
AIDS Society of India (ASI), a professional body of doctors and researchers in HIV care, has demanded that self-styled godman Asaram Bapu and all such suspected criminals should be subjected to tests
‘Govt suppressing irrigation probe’
State BJP unit has accused the chief minister Prithviraj Chavan of suppressing the probe into the alleged irrigation scam.
‘Remove posters promoting blind faith’
Posters of quack Bangali babas continue to deface the local trains of Western Railway at a time when the state government has already promulgated the anti-black magic and superstition ordinance to put
Development work funds cut by 20%
Economic slowdown, the rupee value falling and large amounts of money being spent on drought and flood mitigation have taken a toll on Maharashtra.