The National Stock Exchange's index Nifty on Thursday regained the psychological 5,500 points level after a gap of 30 months, while the BSE Sensex shot up by over 88 points in opening trade on continu

The owners of cargo vessel MSC Chitra have been served a notice demanding compensation for the oil-spill and consequent ecological damage due to August 7 collision with another merchant ship, even as the directorate-general of shipping is yet to conclude its probe into the mishap.

Ten persons were left dead after a portion of a building in Kalwa, Thane, collapsed on Tuesday afternoon.
Till 9.30 pm, the authorities had retrieved the bodies of 10 persons — four women and six men. Four injured people, including a 10-year-old boy and a 30-year-old woman, were rescued from under the debris.

Out of the 280-odd containers that had fallen off MSC Chitra around 140 containers are yet to be traced. This is what is endangering the movement of marine traffic in Mumbai’s harbour and the surrounding seas.

There is no “superbug” as it is only a creation of an unregulated environment, a top heart surgeon of an accredited hospital said here on Wednesday.

Nearly 100 containers that fell into the waters following the collision between two merchant vessels off the Mumbai coast are still missing and two of them are carrying hazardous chemicals.

The rupee on Tuesday appreciated by 12 paise to Rs 46.68 a dollar in early trade, supported by fresh capital inflows by foreign funds.

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex opened higher by 81 points on buying in auto, banking and oil stocks by funds.

Cairn India on Tuesday rose over 2 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange a day after its UK parent Cairn Energy announced selling 60 per cent stake in Indian arm to Vedanta Resources for $9.6 billion

With Suraj Randiv and Sri Lanka Cricket apologising for the deliberate no-ball, which denied Virender Sehwag a hundred in a tri-series match on Monday night, the BCCI on Tuesday decided against pursui