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NCLT initiates bankruptcy proceedings against former Videocon chairman Venugopal Dhoot for defaulting on loans of Rs 6158cr as personal guarantor in two group companies
LIC approves 1:1 bonus share issue
Gold and silver futures also go down by 0.7% and 2.2% respectively
Stocks tumbled again on Monday as crude prices rose: Sensex went down by 703 points and Nifty by 207 points
Supreme Court refuses to cancel the land-for-jobs FIR against Lalu Prasad
The spectre of El Nino haunts India: IMD predicts 'below normal ' monsoon this year
Labour protest over increase in wages by 35% (as per Haryana example) turns violent in Noida, nearly 200 were detained by the police
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said that the delimitation exercise must be carried out after the Census is complete
PM Modi says Parliament is on the verge of creating history as the Houses get ready to take up the women's reservation bills
Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said that TCS COO Aarthi Subramanian is conducting a thorough inquiry to establish facts and identify individuals involved in the sexual harassment allegations at the company's Nashik office
Asha Bhonsle laid to rest with full state honours on Monday in Mumbai
AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal once again approached the Delhi HC to request the recusal of a judge from his case
Candidates Chess: R Vaishali on the verge of creating history, but needs two wins - one with black pieces - against formidable opponents to emerge as the challenger
Rohit Sharma, who retired hurt in the match versus RCB, underwent scans for possible hamstring injury
IPL: Abhishek Sharma fails for SRH but Ishan Kishan (91) shines. Then, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fails for RR and SRH bolwers, especially unheralded Praful Hinge (4 for 24) and Sakib Hussain (4 for 24) win it for SRH. This was the first loss for table-toppers RR