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Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty nosedived Monday after two consecutive days of gains, as investors rushed to take profits amid the unabated selling of stocks by foreign investors. Analysts said investors turned defensive ahead of this week's US Federal Reserve policy decision, which...

New Delhi: Crisis-hit domestic carrier IndiGo has cancelled 500 flights and plans to operate 1,802 services Monday, the civil aviation ministry said. The airline has delivered 4,500 bags to the passengers out of the total 9,000, and will deliver the remaining in next 36 hours,...

New Delhi: Automobile retail sales sustained momentum post festive period with registrations rising 2 per cent year on year in November led by robust demand for passenger vehicles, three wheelers, commercial vehicles and tractors, dealers' body FADA said Monday. Overall retail sales rose to 33,00,832...

Washington: US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker, has arrived in India for an official visit, during which she is scheduled to meet senior Indian officials to discuss regional security, economic cooperation, and shared priorities in the Indo-Pacific, including through the Foreign...

Washington: President Donald Trump said Sunday that a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery “could be a problem” because of the size of the combined market share. “There's no question about it,” Trump said, answering questions about the deal and various other...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday refused to accord urgent hearing to a plea seeking judicial intervention into cancellation of hundreds of flights by IndiGo, saying the Centre has taken note of the situation and has taken steps to address it. The top court said it...

Mumbai: Over 250 IndiGo flights were cancelled from Delhi and Bengaluru airports Monday as the disruptions in the crisis-hit airline's flight operations entered the seventh day, sources said. In another development, aviation safety regulator DGCA in an order on Sunday late evening extended the time...

Bhubaneshwar: In view of the increased demand and to resolve passenger rush following IndiGo flight cancellations, East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to run special trains and augment additional coaches in some regular trains towards Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru and Howrah regions, said ECoR officials...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's request for a Rapid Finance Instrument is being considered as a priority by the IMF in view of the recovery efforts after the devastating cyclone Ditwah, the global lender said Sunday. Catastrophic floods and landslides following Cyclone Ditwah have left Sri Lanka...

Beijing: India's Ambassador to China, Pradeep Kumar Rawat, and Consul General in Shanghai, Pratik Mathur, Sunday inaugurated the new Chancery of the Consulate General of India in Shanghai at the Dawning Centre in Changning district, marking the first relocation of its office premises in over...