Iran resumes hunt for missing plane as weather improves

Iranian rescue teams resumed their search today for the passenger plane that disappeared in the Zagros mountains yesterday with 66 people onboard. State television said, around 100 mountaineer rescue workers were deployed today for the search of the plane. It said, the weather had improved and helic...

Iran resumes hunt for missing plane as weather improves<br/>

Iranian rescue teams resumed their search today for the passenger plane that disappeared in the Zagros mountains yesterday with 66 people onboard. State television said, around 100 mountaineer rescue workers were deployed today for the search of the plane. It said, the weather had improved and helic...

Bombay HC withdraws interim protection given to builder D S Kulkarni, wife Hemanti in cheating case

Rupee down by 30 paise

The rupee today ended weaker against the Dollar. It lost 30 paise to close at 64.21. Yesterday, it closed at 63.91.

Sensex falls 287 points to settle at 34,011

Benchmark domestic share markets today closed with modest losses. The Sensex hit one-week closing low. The Nifty hit lowest level in one and half month. The Sensex at Bombay Stock Exchange, fell 287 points or 0.84 per cent to settle at 34,011. Similarly, the Nifty 50 index dropped 93 points or 0.88%...

Gold up by Rs 170 to Rs 31,820 rupees per ten gram

Gold advanced by 170 rupees to 31,820 rupees per ten gram at the bullion market today largely in sync with the overseas trend amid increased buying by local jewellers.However, silver met with resistance at higher levels and slipped by 580 rupees to 39,380 rupees per kg.Traders said sentiment remaine...

Sensex falls 287 points to end just above 34 thousand mark

The domestic stock markets closed with losses today. The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange fell 287 points, or 0.84 per cent, to end just above 34 thousand mark at 34,011. Similarly, the Nifty at the National Stock Exchange lost 93 points, or 0.88 percent, to 10,452.In Asian stocks today, trading ...

RBI asks banks to accept notes & coins of small denominations tendered at their counters

RBI has directed all banks to accept small denomination notes and coins tendered at their counters. The apex bank issued a notification in Mumbai yesterday, saying such denial of service causes inconvenience to the public at large as shopkeepers and traders refuse to accept coins for payment of good...

Scam in bank first detected by its officials in 2011 & reported to concerned agencies: PNB CEO

Managing Director and CEO of Punjab National Bank, PNB Sunil Mehta has said that the scam in the bank was first detected by its officials at first in 2011 and they had reported it to the concerned agencies. He said, the Bank is taking efforts to protect the financial interest. Mr Mehta said, PNB has...

Govt to change base year for GDP, IIP to 2017-18<br/>

The government is considering to change the base year to 2017-18 for the calculation of gross domestic product, GDP, and Index of Industrial Production, IIP, numbers while for Consumer Price Index, CPI, the year will be revised to 2018. Speaking in New Delhi on Thursday, Statistics and Programme Imp...