Mumbai: Hit by late selling, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex Wednesday fell 145 points to a one-week low of 19,294.12 as investors turned cautious ahead of key economic data due later this week and

Finance minister P. Chidambaram today said public sector banks plan to hire 50,000 persons and open 10,000 branches in the current fiscal.

As the state flags off the Emerging Kerala meet here on Wednesday that draws 2,500 delegates from 52 countries to help chart the state’s development agenda, investments running into a few thousand cro

Shares of ONGC on Thursday began trading with modest gains in a weak market, as the government began sale of its 5 per cent stake in the public sector energy giant through a one-day auction process on

Hard pressed for funds, the government on Thursday approved the proposal for expediting disinvestment through the buyback route under which blue chip state-owned companies will buy its stake.

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Amid inter-ministerial differences, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday deferred a decision on proposal of Disinvestment Department to raise Rs 40,000 crore from divestment of PSUs through buyback and o

The private sector hospitals and PSU insurers are likely to arrive at an interim settlement on restoration of cashless treatment facility at major hospitals in the country from Friday.

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