Eight persons died, most of them in their sleep, and five others injured when an under-construction wall in Thane collapsed on the adjoining houses during the early hours on Tuesday. In a separate incident, one person died after the scaffolding of a building fell on him at LBS Marg in Mulund on Wednesday morning.

After Akon for Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One, it is now the Latin American sensation Shakira’s turn to rock in a Bollywood song.

Suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, in his reply to the third show cause notice slapped by the BCCI, has maintained that there had been no violation of the clauses of Invitation to Tender in awarding of theatrical rights in IPL-3.

Investor sentiment seems to be turning positive on the engineering and construction sector once again. Increasing order inflows, improvement in project execution and high expected spending are providing the stimulus. The government’s spending on infrastructure projects is also expected to pick up significantly in the next few years.

Stocks of Reliance Anil Ambani group were amongst the top performers on Tuesday, up 2-10 per cent during the day. Reliance Communications, which announced a major restructuring of its tower arm on Monday evening, was up 3.49 per cent on the BSE.

Mirroring the uptick in the economy, corporate India’s advance tax payments have jumped sharply in the April-June quarter of this fiscal.
Giving details of the advance tax collection, an income-tax official said Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) paid an advance tax of Rs 533 crore compared to Rs 469 crore in the year-ago period, representing a 13.6 per cent rise. June 15 was the last day for making advance tax payments.

The state’s Anti-Terrorism Squad was left red-faced, after the man touted by Union home minister P. Chidambaram as the key suspect in the Pune German bakery blast, was granted bail by the sessions court on Tuesday.

His credentials as a filmmaker are well established and he is on the wishlist of top Bollywood stars, but Mani Ratnam still feels like a newcomer before the release of his each film.

Five Indians kidnapped by Somali pirates from a cargo ship have been released unharmed after more than five months in captivity, an official of the Directorate General of Shipping said on Monday.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has begun deliveries of the iconic Jaguar XJ in India, Tata Motors said on Monday.
The company’s senior vice-president (commercial), passenger car business unit, Mr S. Krishnan, said, “We notice a very intense aspiration in India to own an XJ. We are encouraged by the number of customers who have expressed a desire to own this iconic car.”