MUMBAI: For the second time in 10 years, sensex and Nifty both closed lower during the special hour-long trading session on Diwali which marked the start of Samvat year 2083, one of the Hindu calendars which is followed by the Gujarati trading community who dominate the city’s share market.In Sunday’s low-volatility, low-volume trading session, sensex…

The victim, Sarthak Sarkar Kolkata: A 25-year-old engineer was allegedly hacked to death by his live-in partner following a heated argument at their rented flat in Fartabad, Garia, late on Saturday night. Police have arrested the young woman and her mother in connection with the incident.The deceased, Sarthak Sarkar, a resident of Barasat, and had…

Image Credit: Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies (BCSS) Ocean Observatory Sometimes, drowning can give someone (or something) a new lease on life. This is a 5000 year old story of a drowned forest off Mozambique, which have now become living reefs.Off the coast of Mozambique, beneath the shallow waters near Bazaruto, scientists have found the…

Pune: Cybercrooks allegedly used a fake email address resembling that of an aluminium casting company in Chinchwad MIDC to get two SIM cards linked to its bank account blocked and obtain duplicate SIM cards. They then siphoned off Rs 33.71 lakh through five transactions.The fraud came to light on Nov 1, when the company’s owner…

Pune: Deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar’s elder son and Rajya Sabha member Parth Pawar on Sunday met his granduncle and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar for the second consecutive day at the latter’s Mumbai residence amid renewed speculation that a disgruntled section of NCP was attempting to revive merger talks with the rival faction.Parth held…

File photo: Noel Tata and N Chandrasekaran MUMBAI: Fresh from Italy, where Tata Motors announced the acquisition of commercial vehicle maker Iveco, Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran invited Mehli Mistry, the late Ratan Tata’s confidant and a trustee of the Tata Education and Development Trust, to Bombay House on Thursday.Coming just days after the two…

BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar Sunday asserted that investigations into excessive ethanol blend — more than 30% against the prescribed 20% — in fuel stations in the state were comprehensive and covered processing units where the fuel and the chemical are blended.Stating that the Centre cannot shirk its responsibility as public safety is paramount,…