Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Thursday closed trading 728.73 points or 2.66 percent up after the Reserve Bank of India carried out an unscheduled repo rate cut by 25 basis points. All the sectors ended in green. The rally was led by banking, auto, capital goods, realty, oil and […]
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) An online car rental company Thursday added a safety feature to its mobile phone app through which a passenger can trigger an SMS and an e-mail to three previously registered mobile numbers and signal a distress or emergency call. Through the app termed ‘SOS’, the company bookmycab.com says an SMS without […]
Melbourne, Jan 15 (IANS) Australia hockey national coach Graham Reid said national star Mark Knowles deserves the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Player of the Year for 2014 award that was given to him Thursday. “Mark is thoroughly deserving of the recognition he has received. It was just 12 months ago that he took on the […]
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Beat the chill and dull weather by carrying handbags in neon pink, tangy orange, apple green and more with Italian embossing. Capital-based leather handbag brand RISA by Riddhima and Saloni Sayal has introduced its Patent Collection which plays with pop colours, chic designs with Italian embossing and skilled craftsmanship, read […]
Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) Defending champion Saina Nehwal and reigning World Champion Carolina Marin will start the new season when they take to the courts at the $120,000 Syed Modi International Badminton Championships here from Jan 20. The Grand Prix Gold event will be held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here Jan 20-25. […]
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) In its bid to promote art among commuters, Delhi Metro in association with the India Habitat Centre Thursday unveiled specially-designed display panels at two Metro stations. The seven display panels on art and culture and 20 photographs displaying information about the history of photography in India and other art-related topics […]
Islamabad, Jan 15 (IANS) A Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi Thursday declared Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah as a proclaimed offender in the Karachi airport attack case. ATC declared Fazlullah and TTP spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid as proclaimed offenders in last year’s attack, The News International reported Three detainees — Sarmad Siddiqui, Nadeem alias […]
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) In a move that might help cash-strapped budget passenger carrier SpiceJet ride out the financial turbulence currently rocking it, the airline’s promoter Kalanithi Maran will off-load his stake in the company to new promoter Ajay Singh after regulatory clearances. A regulatory filing was made in this regard at the Bombay […]
Kuching (Malaysia), Jan 15 (IANS) Leading Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu reached the women’s singles quarter-finals of the $120,000 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold while Commonwealth Games gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap entered the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals at the Stadium Perpaduan Kuching here Thursday. Two-time World Championships bronze medallist Sindhu, who won the title here in 2013, […]
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Popular South Korean all boys band N-Sonic are set to enthrall music lovers in Ahmedabad, Chennai and Guwahati starting Jan 26. The Korean Cultural Center Thursday announced the globally popular music phenomenon, K-POP 2015 concert tour in India. The K-POP concert tour is the first of its kind in the […]