Aditya Birla Group to acquire Gujarat cement for Rs 3,800 crore
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.
UK Cabinet split over visa bonds for Indians
The divisions within Britain’s Conservative-led coalition government have been exposed over the controversial plans to impose 3,000-pound visa bonds on visitors from countries like India.
‘iPhone 5C to face competition from iPhone 4 & 4S in India’
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.
SP holds BJP responsible for Muzaffarnagar violence
In political blame game over the Muzaffarnagar communal flare-up, Samajwadi Party Wednesday held BJP responsible for it, alleging that a fake video shot outside the country was uploaded on a social networking site by a BJP MLA which sparked off the clashes in the district.
Delhi will have 3.49 lakh first time voters
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.
After 86 days, prayers resume at Kedarnath Temple
The deathly silence brooding over Kedarnath since the June calamity hit Uttarakhand broke early this morning by the chanting of Vedic hymns as prayers resumed at the Himalayan shrine, 86 days after ravaging floods left over 400 people dead in the Kedar valley.
Mahavitaran consumers to face tariff hike
Power distribution company Mahavitaran on Tuesday said its consumers will have to face a steep 20 per cent tariff hike from October, but blamed the delay on the part of regulator MERC in allowing reco
State asks CBI to take over probe
With investigations by state CID into the death of three minor sisters under mysterious circumstances in Bhandara district earlier this year coming unstuck, the Maharashtra government has once again r
Astronaut approves of Sandra’s Gravity
Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock’s new space movie Gravity has been given the seal of approval from a real-life astronaut.
Nasa craft detects 10 huge black holes
In a major milestone, Nasa’s new black-hole-hunter spacecraft — NuSTAR — has detected its first 10 supermassive black holes, lying at the hearts of distant galaxies between 0.3 and 11.4 billion light-years from Earth.