Equity benchmarks capitulated in the last hour of trade on Thursday to break their two-session winning run, with IT, finance and bank stocks playing spoilsport amid expiry of monthly derivative contracts. A weakening rupee also weighed on sentiment, traders said. After remaining in the positive territory for most part of the session, the 30-share BSE [...]
The government on Thursday decided to put restrictions on the export of wheat flour to curb rising prices of the commodity. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here. The decision of the Cabinet "will now allow to put a restriction [...]
Bharti Airtel promoter Bharti Telecom will buy a 3.33 per cent Airtel stake from Singtel for 2.25 billion Singapore dollars or about Rs 12,895 crore in 90 days' time, the telecom operator said on Thursday. Bharti Group chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal's family and Singtel are co-investors in Bharti Telecom (BTL). Singtel in a statement said [...]
Shares of NDTV Ltd continued to climb for the second consecutive day on Thursday and touched the upper circuit limit of Rs 407.60 on the National Stock Exchange amid the Adani group making an offer to take over the media firm. On NSE as well as BSE, the scrip jumped 5 per cent in opening [...]
Approval from market regulator Sebi is "necessary" for Adani group firm Vishvapradhan Commercial Private Ltd to acquire interests in NDTV's promoter entity RRPR Ltd against an unpaid loan, a regulator filing said on Thursday. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on November 27, 2020, restrained the founder-promoters Prannoy and Radhika Roy "from accessing [...]
The Union Home Ministry, railways and banks have got maximum number of corruption complaints against their employees last year, according to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) latest annual report, which was made public on Wednesday. Of the total of 1,09,214 complaints received against all category of officers/employees, a highest of 37,670 were against the Ministry [...]
Adani group stocks ended on a mixed note on Wednesday, a day when the broader market also depicted a volatile trend. Shares of Adani Enterprises jumped 3.74 per cent, Adani Transmission advanced 2.97 per cent, and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone gained 0.40 per cent on the BSE. On the other hand, Adani Power [...]
India's banking sector is faced with the predicament of a "massive asset-liability mismatch" that could explode anytime, adding that there is a need to reassess laws governing the industry, renowned economist Pronab Sen said. Sen said "that explosion" has not yet happened as most of the banks are in the public sector. Explaining the situation, [...]
TVS Motor Company on Wednesday said it will acquire 48 per cent stake in Narain Karthikeyan’s pre-owned two-wheeler startup 'DriveX' for a consideration of Rs 85 crore. The company said it will acquire 48.27 per cent stake in NKars Mobility Millennial Solutions Pvt Ltd (NMMSPL), which operates under the brand ‘DriveX’, through primary and secondary [...]
The income tax department has sought to prosecute Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani under the Black Money Act for allegedly evading Rs 420 crore in taxes on undisclosed funds worth more than Rs 814 crore held in two Swiss bank accounts. The department has charged Ambani, 63, with "wilful" evasion, saying he "intentionally" did not [...]
