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India's oil ministry seeks cut in excise duty on petrol, diesel in...

A litre of petrol costs 72.23 rupees while diesel is sold at 63.01 rupees.

23 Jan 2018 11:18 AM IST

Origin of gold is one of the most intriguing mysteries for mankind since ancient times. (Photo: Pixabay)

Gold futures rise 0.19 per cent on global cues

Gold is trading at Rs 29,890 per 10 grams as traders raised bets amid positive cues from global markets.

23 Jan 2018 11:11 AM IST

The BSE Sensex on Wednesday soared to a life-time high of 33,117.33 and the NSE Nifty scaled a historic 10,340.55 mark in opening trade. (Photo: AP)

Sensex breaches 36,000 mark, Nifty trades above 11,000 level

The broader Nifty too climbed 79.40 points, or 0.72 per cent, to trade at all-time high of 11,045.60.

23 Jan 2018 10:49 AM IST

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday made a strong case for inclusion of natural gas in the Goods and Services Tax. (Photo: PTI)

Pradhan justifies exempting ONGC from open offer for HPCL

HPCL will continue to remain a central public sector enterprise by virtue of govt holding majority stake in ONGC.

23 Jan 2018 10:14 AM IST

Bombay Stock Exchange

Nifty breaches historic 11,000 level; Sensex creates record high of...

BSE Sensex surged 159.98 points, or 0.44 per cent, to trade at new record high of 35,957.99.

23 Jan 2018 10:01 AM IST

After a short-lived breakout last week, the rupee once again turned shaky and ended lower by 11 paise at 65.04 on fresh bouts of dollar demand. Photo: AP

Rupee up 5 paise against dollar in early trade

Rupee is trading at 63.82 against US dollar in early session at interbank forex market.

23 Jan 2018 9:43 AM IST

According to the industry sources, banks are worried telcos will start defaulting on payments due to fall in revenues and high level of debt in the sector.

Jio pressure to ease partly on telcos: Fitch

Airtel last week posted over 39 per cent fall in consolidated net profit to about Rs 306 crore for the third quarter.

23 Jan 2018 2:34 AM IST

The platform will invest in opportunities in the ports sector, and beyond sea ports into areas such as river ports and transportation, freight corridors, port-led special economic zones, inland container terminals, and logistics infrastructure including cold storage.

NIIF, DP World to invest $3bn in ports, logistics

In 2015, Cabinet had approved setting up a sort of sovereign fund NIIF for the development of infrastructure projects,...

23 Jan 2018 2:34 AM IST

The proposal for reducing the highest income tax slab, sources said, has been discussed by the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) with finance ministry and Niti Aayog officials.

Raise tax limit to boost consumption: SBI arm

SBI expects Budget to be based upon inclusiveness.

23 Jan 2018 2:34 AM IST

Wipro Chief Azim Premji

Wipro stock slips over 2 pc post Dec quarter results

For the December quarter, company's consolidated net profit fell 8.4 per cent to Rs 1,931.3 crore.

22 Jan 2018 5:20 PM IST

Bombay Stock Exchange

Markets at new highs on earnings boost; RIL, ONGC surge

BSE Sensex surged 286.43 points to close at 35,798.01 while the broader NSE Nifty ended at 10,966.20.

22 Jan 2018 4:05 PM IST

IT officials raid an Axis Bank branch in Noida on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Axis Bank's Q3 net profit up 25 per cent at Rs 726 crore

Axis Bank's scrip was trading at Rs 618.45 a share on BSE, up 4.78 per cent.

22 Jan 2018 3:34 PM IST