It is constitutionally valid for legislators to take the oath of office and secrecy ‘in the name of Allah’, the Supreme Court has ruled More

Soaps to software giant Wipro got a breather, with a Hyderabad Court restraining Godrej from advertising its soap Godrej No 1 More

In a decision that may boost the income-tax department’s chances of bringing the $11.1-billion deal between Hutchison International More

The Supreme Court has decided to examine the plea of State Bank of India’s Janata Deposit Collectors Association seeking direction More

Entertainment major T-Series has taken the video-sharing website YouTube.com to court, alleging violation of copyrights for its music products More

The stamp duty for registration of properties in Delhi will now be 6% instead of 8%. A notification in this regard was issued by the Delhi Lieutenant Governor More

A joint consultative conference of the Bar Council of India and state bar councils has unanimously urged the Centre not to open up More

A city court has found real-estate tycoons Sushil and Gopal Ansal and 10 others guilty in the decade-old Uphaar case. Fifty-nine persons were choked to death inside Upahaar Cinema More

The Delhi High Court has upheld the Fundamental Right of an accused of being represented before the court. More

The Supreme Court has asked CBI to continue investigations into the Rs 200 crore Noida land scam that occurred during Mulayam Singh Yadav’s tenure More

The Supreme Court has cleared the decks for release of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, his friend Yusuf Mohsin Nulwalla More

A deserted wife has to earn enough to sustain herself to be denied maintenance, the Supreme Court has ruled. Dismissing an appeal by Chaturbhuj of Madhya Pradesh More

The Madras High court has directed the medical authorities to relax certain rules to enable a woman patient to undergo kidney transplantation. More

Consider this. A real estate firm acquires the right to purchase the plots in an area from another real estate company More

Be careful in furnishing information while buying an insurance policy. Giving incorrect information can lend you in trouble in the form of repudiation of the policy More

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has amended the SEBI guidelines on Fast Track Issues and Issue of Indian Depository Recipients. More

Tata Consultancy Services has bagged a four-year contract of over $200 million from the Social Security Institute of Mexico (IMSS). As the strategic IT services More

GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, has acquired nearly 26% stake in Sayi Power Energy that is the majority owner of KSK More

Reliance Industries, the country’s largest private sector company, has sold a small stake in subsidiary Reliance Petroleum (RPL) More

The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Delhi Jal Board on an application filed by the Centre seeking permission to provide basic infrastructure in 1500 unauthorised More

Bennett, Coleman & Co (BCCL) has picked up a stake in Walchand TalentFirst, a people-development and performance enhancement training More

Bangalore-based Manipal Education’s international arm, Manipal Universal Learning International (Muli), has acquired 50% stake in global online graduate school More

Real estate company Nitesh Estates is floating an equal joint venture with city-based diversified business house Sagar Group to develop a Rs 1,000-crore More

Billionaire Lakshmi Mittal-led ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steelmaker, has become the first foreign company to acquire controlling stake in a Chinese steel firm More

Leading foreign investors — Lehman Brothers, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank — along with Reliance Capital More

Real estate major DLF has entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in the Amanresorts group for $400 million More