After grilling stock analyst Gautam Vora, the police probing the death of fashion model Viveka Babajee on Wednesday questioned her former boyfriend, who is a businessman, for over one hour.

The Congress on Wednesday appeared to have piped down on the controversial yatra of Mr Jaganmohan Reddy beginning on Thursday with the party saying it was not worried and Andhra Pradesh chief minister K. Rosaiah backtracking on his tough statement asking ministers and legislators to keep away from the campaign.

Audi India chief Michael Perschke poses with the company’s new model during a press conference in Mumbai on Wednesday. PHOTO: PTI

Market regulator Sebi has confirmed the ban it has imposed on Keynote Capitals, Dynamic Stock Broking, Advance Finstock and five other persons for their role in the Pyramid Saimira Theatres share manipulation case.

The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Act amendment draft bill is expected to be finalised in the next three months, a top official said here on Wednesday.
The EPF has over 4.71 crore subscribers with a corpus of over Rs 2.57 lakh crore and an incremental deposit of over Rs 25,000 crore annually.

Anil Ambani Group firm RNRL’s new gas supply agreement with Reliance Industries is valid only till March 31, 2022 and even in this, there is no mention of volume or the tenure of gas supply.

Unlike the defence sector, the government has adopted a cautious approach on opening up multi-brand retail to foreign investment, department of industrial policy and promotion secretary, Mr R.P. Singh, said on Wednesday.

Defending champions Mumbai will commence their bid to clinch the Ranji Trophy for the 40th time at home against Saurashtra in the Group A Elite Division tie scheduled from November 1-4.

Somdev Devvarman advanced to the second round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships after scoring a 6-4, 6-3 win over America’s Kevin Kim at the $442,500 grass court event.

Abhinav Mukund’s fluent hundred was the highlight of a thrilling chase as India A scrambled to a high-scoring tie against England A to book a berth in the final of the ongoing one-day tri-series here on Tuesday.