Aditya Birla Group firm UltraTech Cement Ltd Wednesday said it will acquire Gujarat Cement unit of Jaypee Cement Corp Ltd for Rs 3,800 crore.

Around 3.49 lakh first time voters in the age group of 18 to 19 will be able to exercise their franchise in assembly polls in the city slated for November.

Apple’s new iPhone 5C may face fierce competition from iPhone 4 series in the country since these models are likely to fall in the same price bracket, according to analysts.

An Indian court convicted four men Tuesday of the gang rape and “cold-blooded” murder of a student on a New Delhi bus in a crime that sickened the nation and led to new laws to tackle endemic sex crime.

India’s exports rose for the second straight month in August, while the trade deficit narrowed as gold imports fell.

Having given ample demonstration of his appetite for notching up big scores, India’s batting sensation Shikhar Dhawan Tuesday said he has become mentally strong, and that his shot selection has got better in the past one year.

Delhi police Tuesday came in for special praise for using scientific investigation techniques in the probe into the December 16 gangrape case by a city court which convicted the four men after a fast track trial.

Cutting across party lines, political leaders today demanded death penalty for the four convicts in December 16 gangrape case, saying the punishment should set a precedent so that nobody dares to even think of committing such an act.

Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today hit out at Akhilesh Yadav government in the wake of communal violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district in which at least 12 people were killed.

Giving a message of hope to consumers, government Saturday said onion prices would come down in the next 15-20 days with the arrival of new crops from various southern states.