Feb. 3: It is difficult to say whether the markets were up on the Pranab effect since the finance minister had tried to give a pep talk to the markets on Wednesday or whether it was because the FIIs d

Feb. 3: Following are the acceptances for the races to be held here on Saturday.

1. The Tungabhadra Cup (Div-II) 1200m (Cat-III) 12.45 pm: Alybro 60.5, Steel Breaker 60, Magadeera 57, Aarohan 54, Osc

Feb. 3: Ave Maria is fancied to win The A.P. Race Horse Owners Association Trophy, the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday. There are no false rails.

Following is the card with our s

Feb. 3: Three more banks —Andhra Bank, Bank of Baroda and Union Bank — have announced a hike of 0.5 per cent in their base rates on Thursday.

These hikes would mean an increase in the interest rate

Feb. 3: Mr Hosni Mubarak and Mr Zine El Abidine Ben Ali are not the world’s foremost experts on food prices, but they are well versed with its effects. One of the strong men has already lost his presi

Feb. 3: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram on Thursday backed Shahid Afridi to lead the side in the World Cup and hit out at the Cricket Board for delaying the appointment.

Akram said Pakistan had t

Feb. 2: India have been reluctant to use the Umpire Decision Review System since their disastrous tour of Sri Lanka two years ago. By the end of that tour, the Anil Kumble-led side had got only one r

Feb. 2: Matthew Hayden is among a select few who does not know what it is to return empty-handed from a World Cup campaign. In 2003 and 2007 Hayden was the bulwark on which Australia scripted their su

Feb 1: With just less than a fortnight to go for ICC World Cup 2011, consumer electronics majors are hoping to cash in on consumers’ cricket frenzy with a whole range of offers.TV majors like Sony, Sa

Feb. 1: Imports into the country contracted by 11.1 per cent to $ 25.13 billion in December raising concerns about the pace of industrial growth. The contraction in imports come at a time when indust