Diversified business conglomerate ITC Ltd Thursday reported 18.05 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 1,891.33 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2013, driven by good performance across business segments.

The Centre for Science and Environment is critical of government dragging its feet in establishing fuel saving standards for cars.

Country’s largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India Thursday reported 49 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 631.6 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2013.

A major slugfest erupted Thursday over BJP MP Chandan Mitra’s demand for stripping Nobel laureate Amartya Sen of the Bharat Ratna award and the economist offering to return it if Atal Bihari Vajpayee asks him to do so.

Finance minister P. Chidambaram, who as then home minister monitored the probe into the Batla house case, Thursday said he felt the gunfight between police and the Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists was genuine and was satisfied that the prosecution could prove the case in court.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the Centre to file its response on two public interest litigation (PILs) challenging the appointment of former defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as the Co

President Pranab Mukherjee, who completes a year in office on Thursday, will unveil a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi, inaugurate a public library and launch a project to digitise rare photographs.

With an eye of the 2014 elections, the government is all set to fix a market-linked minimum support price for 14 items, including bamboo, tendu leaf, honey and tamarind, which are on the minor forest

In the backdrop of recent incursions by Chinese troops into Indian territory, the two sides have discussed more confidence-building measures to ensure “peace and tranquillity” along the unresolved Lin

A major controversy developed on Wednesday over MPs writing to US President Barack Obama seeking denial of a visa to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi over his alleged role in the 2002 communal car