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Rain havoc: Over 10,000 train passengers hitKochi to host WEF-India meet in November
Yamuna crosses danger mark, people evacuated
14,000 sq.km. land at risk with rising sea level: Report
Rains claim 73 lives in North; over 73,000 stranded
Couple of right legal age indulging in sex are husband & wife: HC
Landslides, floods claim 65 lives in N. India
India monsoon: A spectacular & punishing opening
I-T searches at Chennai’s SRM group
Himachal CM evacuated from Kinnaur; 1,700 people remain stranded
Fire at Galaxy Care Hospital; no casualties
International
Swiss lower house refuses to vote on US bank dealYahoo! says it has received thousands of US requests
11 dead in attack on school, soldiers: Nigerian military
Swiss lawmakers reject deal to end US tax spat
Special envoy appointed for Gitmo closure
Ball is in Iranian court, says US
Thai monks rebuked over ‘ostentatious’ jet ride
Obama defends ‘transparent’ NSA surveillance programme
‘Pakistan working on policy to stop US drone strikes’
US hedge fund boosts stake in Sony
Indian-American Srinivasan sworn in as top US court judge
Taliban to open Doha office today: Al-Jazeera TV
Hopes, criticism for possible EU-US trade pact
'N. Korea must take credible steps to move towards concrete denuclearisation'
Putin, Obama agree to keep pushing Syrians to negotiate
White House briefs Indian officials on Xi Jinping’s visit
National
ESY India targetsRs 300-cr revenueKerala TV monitoring panel
Mangalore varsity hikes grant to SC/ST scholars
Quality standards need to be tracked for results, says top Lucas-TVS honcho
UTL Technologies offers skill devp course
India, China open to co-production of films
Task force to enforce gutkha ban
Poll body moves Calcutta HC citing inadequate security
Value of jewellery exports rises as rupee slides
Accused in solar scam remanded in Kerala
Consultancy pact for Kerala monorails to be inked today
Chinese film festival in Delhi from June 18 to 23
Gujarat annual Plan fixed at Rs 59,000 cr
Volvo V40 Cross Country launched in Chennai
Maharashtra to use vans to boost Aadhaar enrolment
SHGs to get sops for utilising credit properly
Gujarat farmers protest against land acquisition for Maruti plant
HC notice to Govt for not withdrawing cases against anti-nuke agitators
Goa govt plans to amend tenancy Act to allow contract farming
SEC moves High Court on unavailability of forces for panchayat polls
LDF stalls proceedings in Kerala Assembly
Politics
Siddaramaiah: I don’t want to contest polls after 70TN Rajya Sabha polls: Nominations of 8 candidates accepted
Nitish Kumar thanks PM for describing him as secular
Mixed response to BJP-sponsored bandh in Bihar
Narendra Modi meets Advani
Science
New telescope to shed light on dark side of universeESA’s ailing Herschel telescope finally retires
NASA announces 8 new astronauts, half are women
Sports
Divij, Raja move to 2nd round of Wimbledon qualifiersSrinath to be match referee for Eng-SA Champions Trophy semi-final
Sai, Thulasi & Arundhati cross first qualifier in Singapore Series
Sri Lanka-Australia Champions Trophy match: Statistical highlights
Maradona wins lawsuit against Chinese firms
Leander Paes celebrates his 40th birthday with victory
Champions Trophy: Jayawardene-inspired Sri Lanka enters semifinals
Markets
Day Trading GuideDeutsche Securities buys 6 lakh shares of Mahindra Forgings
Podcast: Autoline (Tam) by Srirengarajan A
Podcast: Autoline (Eng) by Sayanti Chakraborty
WDM witnesses trade worth Rs 5,089.13 cr on NSE
Karvy launches Rs 200-cr systematic hedge fund
Sensex sheds 102 points; Bank, consumer durables stocks major losers
Investors redeem over $8 b from emerging market bond, equity funds
Emami gets shareholders’ nod for bonus issue
BSE, NSE to move 40 scrips to restricted category
Insurance, pension funds can help finance infrastructure: Chidambaram
Stock Markets
Hind National Glass cancels Rs 220-cr private placementEmami announces 1:2 bonus; Record date June 27
Broker's Call
RCom rings louder in bourses as TRAI cuts roaming charges
Commodities
Weak demand, rains hit chanaProfit-booking drags sugar futures
Demand unlikely to emerge for groundnut oil
Coconut oil surges to new high on corporate buying
Wheat futures seen ruling range-bound
Pepper may rule firm on tight supply
Edible oils: Festival demand raises investors’ expectations
Silver futures rise to Rs 43,950 per kg
Crude oil futures up at Rs 5,713 per barrel
Silver rates
Gold rates
Brent crude rises to $105.50 per barrel
Gold could rule flat, pausing for US Fed meet
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Gold futures up at Rs 28,033 per 10 gmForex
Mecklai Midday report for June 18Alpari Technical report for June 18
Alpari Currency Daily report for June 18
Re ends at all-time low of 58.77 ahead of Fed meet
Industry
Govt panel for hiking FDI limits in defence, telecomUS businesses write to Obama against India’s go-local policy
Coal block owner must sell power on long-term contract
Coal Ministry issues notices to Tata Power, JSPL
Domestic carriers fly more people in May than April
Garments sector targets 7% growth this year
Day In Pictures
Dasgupta accuses Moily of favouring Reliance
Case-1 power plants can pass through fuel hike to consumers
Cooking oil prices up marginally on costlier imports
Govt clears 16 FDI proposals worth Rs 1,647 cr
Ceiling prices of over 300 drugs to be fixed by month-end: NPPA
Info-tech
Antrix wants to file review petition on Devas arbitrationHow they win friends and influence people
Finland to take up Nokia tax issue with Anand Sharma
Lenovo focuses on educational segment
‘Facebook Messenger is now a critical part of mobile first strategy’
Bharti ties up with J&K Bank to offer ‘airtel money’ services
Aircel offers special prepaid services for Amarnath Yatris
HP bets big on wireless tech
TCS joins US2020 as founding leadership partner
US immigration Bill may hit American firms more: Nasscom
Polycom signs pact with IIIT, Hyderabad
Huawei to invest up to Rs 175 cr in Indian mobile biz
Vodafone India slashes data charges by 80% in 3 circles
India urged to raise Internet spying issue with US
India printer market falls 8.9% in Q1 of 2013
Groupon India expands team
Mysterious Steve Jobs emails hang over Apple e-books trial
Agri-biz
Nod for field trials of 5 GM cropsWeak La Nina condition could favour monsoon
Korakundah to break its own record of highest tea garden
Govt may sell 10 mt wheat from Central pool
‘Speed up pepper adulteration probe’
Rice bran oil gaining acceptance as cooking oil
Mixed trend in spot rubber
Olive oil import up by 66% to nearly 12,000 tonne in FY’13
Monsoon fills Gujarat reservoirs; sowing picks up
Vidarbha farmers may shift to Soya crop this Kharif season
Banking
Amex card for the middle-income youthQE jitters overdone
Rupee remains under pressure
A Naturals pact with IOB to fund salons
IDFC to apply for bank licence
`No logic for FIIs to invest in debt as hedging costs dearer’
Karvy Capital launches first hedge fund
ICICI Bank raises $106 m in Chinese bond market
Religare promoters to sell 22.75% stake to meet banking rules
RBI eases rules for forex option premium payment
SIDBI FY13 net up 48% on better loan growth
Kotak Bank looking at ‘affluent’ customers to drive growth
Jones Lang LaSalle closes first round of realty fund
Logistics
Airlines from South-East Asia seek to expand traffic rights over IndiaMinistry revives infra cell to push PPP mode in airport modernisation
Navi Mumbai airport a must, say developers
Goods loadings go up by over 4%
Boeing launches new Dreamliner 787-10
Three global shipping operators form alliance
Anti-corruption panel’s clean chit to GMR does not change our stand: Maldives
Bihar govt signs MOU for DPR on Patna Metro
Domestic airlines' May passenger traffic up at 57 lakh
Education
London education especially valued by Indian employers: SurveyReal Estate
Nanded City township project plans urban organic agricultureEconomy
Food inflation hits urban centres more: AssochamOpinion
Lessons from the Ranbaxy falloutEditorial
Chasing ghostsColumns
Planning poll frontsAshima Goyal
Missing the wood for the treesAshoak Upadhyay
The illusion of cheap moneyB S Raghavan
A brother’s tribute to a brotherLetters
A pause for nowCompanies
Coal India, NTPC close to reaching pactAHF invests Rs 22 cr in Wellspring
RINL assured all help in securing captive mines
Coal India sales snagged in red tape
GVK’s Australia coal project financially unviable: report
Data prove stumbling block to drug price control
Kamdhenu Ispat targets Rs 10,000-cr turnover
‘Privatisation of discoms best solution in long run’
Strike continues at Shasun Pharma
Sony launches new Bravia series
Brewing the success stories of super women
Tata Global Beverages annual report looks beyond business
Company Secretaries Institute ties-up with NISM, IIBF
US safety agency investigating Suzuki small SUVs
Unilever’s open offer price for HUL ‘fair, reasonable’: Panel
Use of technology can improve audit quality, says PwC
VA Tech Wabag bags Nepal order
Sony to launch Bravia range starting at Rs 15,000
Viacom18 Media’s senior vice-president quits
New Holland Fiat plans second plant near Pune
MakeMyTrip gets Rs 28 cr tax demand notice
ONGC hires drilling rig for Rs 2.39 cr/day
Shasun Pharma workers’ strike continues
Daimler begins export of Fuso trucks from Chennai plant
Roselabs sets up Rs 400-cr pre-filled syringe manufacturing unit
SABMiller India appoints Grant Liversage as MD
BHEL bags Rs 450-cr contract from Mahagenco
Govt urged to stock up fast on TB drugs as shortage puts patients in peril
Viceroy Hotels gets shareholder nod to sell Chennai property division
J Srinivasan
Congress shuffle
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