Legalise betting to counter spot-fixing: FICCI

A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets closed Thursday's trade nearly two percent down on reports that the US may reverse its monetary stimulus programme that spooked markets across the world. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's statement that US ...

The Finance Ministry has said the Indian economy is not relevant to Quantitative Restrictions Easing. The Federal Reserve, last evening, announced the plan for easing. The Indian market along with all other Asian markets saw heavy selling after the Federal ...

Indian stocks joined the selloff in Asian markets led by Japan on Thursday after hawkish comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and weak manufacturing data indicating slowing activity in China spooked investor sentiments. The US Fed ...

A subsidiary of India's largest pharmaceutical company has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors to pay a record $500 million in fines for selling adulterated drugs. On Monday, the U.S. Justice Department announced the plea deal with Ranbaxy ...

Brazil's Federal Police say nine people have been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing Indians girls in the northern state of Amazonas. The force says two women and seven men in the city of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira are in custody for the ...

Indian markets plummeted over 1.8 per cent at the end of the session on Thursday owing to weak global cues after the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday signalled an end to its bond-buying programme. Bernanke's statement effectively means ...

KOLKATA: All and four other National Federations representing almost the entire 3.57 lakh employee force of Coal India, in a letter to the Prime Minister have threatened to go on an indefinite strike if the government carries on with its plan of ...

Indian equities dropped for the fourth day on Thursday tracking weak global cues after Ben Bernanke, the US Federal Reserve chairman, hinted at exiting Federal Reserve's exceptionally loose monetary policy. At 10.16 a.m., the Sensex was trading down 114.46 ...

Rafael Nadal produced vintage form against an out-of-sorts Roger Federer, crushing the Swiss 6-4, 6-2 in their heavily anticipated quarter-final at the BNP Paribas on Thursday. The Spanish left-hander, competing in his first hardcourt event since his return from seven months on the sidelines with an ankle injury, outplayed his long-time rival with a sharp display at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Nadal broke the defending champion once in the first set and three times in the ...