India pushes refiners to cut imports from Iran
India, publicly disdainful of sanctions to pressure Iran, has been left off a list of nations given a U.S. waiver from the measures, but is privately pushing its refiners for substantial cuts in impor
Unitech ready to sell JV stake at 'fair' price: Source
Telenor's Indian cellular joint venture partner, Unitech Ltd is 'in principle' ready to sell its stake to the Norwegian company but wants a 'fair' valuation, a source with direct knowledge of the matt
Blasts heard as French gunman siege enters second day
French police tried to flush out a 24-year-old gunman suspected of killing seven people in the name of al Qaeda, with explosions and gunfire heard outside his apartment on the second day of a siege in
China factory activity shrinks for 5th month: HSBC flash PMI
China's manufacturing sector activity shrank in March for a fifth successive month, with the overall rate of contraction accelerating and new orders sinking to a four-month low, the HSBC flash purchas
Mali soldiers say seize power after palace attack
Renegade Malian soldiers went on state television on Thursday to declare they had seized power in a coup after the government's failure to quell a nomad-led rebellion in the north.
The soldiers of th
Steel firms hit by coal sale report
Steel stocks fell 0.3 per cent, weighing down on the broader indexes, after the CAG draft said India lost up to $210 billion in revenue by selling coal deposits too cheaply.
The report from the Compt
Coal reports 'misleading', CAG tells PM
A newspaper report that claimed India lost up to $211 billion in revenue by selling coal deposits too cheaply is 'exceedingly misleading', the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)said in a letter pub
Gunman dies in hail of bullets as French siege ends
A 23-year-old gunman who said al-Qaeda inspired him to kill seven people in France died in a hail of bullets on Thursday as he scrambled out of a ground-floor window during a gunbattle with elite poli
Satyam, Tech Mahindra agree to merge
Software services company Mahindra Satyam agreed to merge with its parent Tech Mahindra Ltd, the two companies said in separate statements on Wednesday.
Shareholders will get one share of Tech Mahind
Nissan: Low-cost India car to be sold under Datsun
Nissan Motor Co said on Wednesday the new low-cost car it has planned for India will be sold under the firm's revived Datsun branding.
CEO Carlos Ghosn made the comment at a briefing in Yokohama, nea