Domestic handset-maker Intex Technologies on Tuesday launched another smartphone Aqua Super at a price of Rs.10,390 in a further expansion of its series of 3GB RAM phones.

The 4G-enabled phone comes with a 5-inch HD IPS display and is powered by a 1GHz Mediatek quad-core processor.

Bajaj Auto saw sales decline 1.09% to 2,02,042 units in October as against 2,04,281 units in the year-ago month, SIAM said.

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) saw its bike sales decline marginally to 1,61,585 units as against 1,62,204 units in October last year.

The behaviour of ex-servicemen protesting the notification on OROP scheme is unlike that of a soldier and they have been misguided, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday, a day after the war veterans decided to return their medals.

He termed one rank, one pension (OROP) decision as his biggest achievement in the last one year and said it was the BJP government that had finalised the measure.

Shares of refinery companies are under pressure with the S&P BSE Oil & Gas index falling nearly 4% in late noon trades.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Cairn India have plunged more than 5% each, while Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Reliance Industries and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) down 3%-4% on the BSE.

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Idea Cellular and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries from the Nifty 50 companies have hit their respective 52-week lows on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

Adani Ports has dipped 5% to Rs 262, its 52-week low on the NSE. The stock slipped 8% in two trading days from Rs 285 after the company through its subsidiary Adani Kattupalli Port, has entered into an in principle agreement for the strategic acquisition of the Kattupalli Port in Tamil Nadu from L&T Shipbuilding.

Car sales surged 21.8 per cent in October, 12th consecutive month of growth, as robust festive season purchases brought much needed cheer to the auto industry.

According to the data released by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), domestic car sales in October this year stood at 1,94,158 units as compared to 1,59,408 units in the same month of 2014.

Ahead of Prime minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United Kingdom, a group of Indians have started an attempt to file a lawsuit to force Britain to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond from crown jewels to India.

According to AFP, the group has instructed lawyers to begin legal process in England's High Court. The reports quote Satish Jakhu of Rubric Lois King law firm that the group make the claim under the common law doctrine of "trespass to goods", arguing that Britain had stolen the stone. Apart from England's High Court, the group is also taking the matter to International Court of Justice in Hague.

Following the grand alliance's landslide victory in the Bihar Assembly polls, Nitish Kumar will reportedly take oath as Chief Minister of the state on November 20.

According to reports, meeting of newly elected legislators of the grand alliance will be convened in Patna in which leader of the grand alliance will be elected.

YatraGenie.com, a Bengaluru-based online bus ticketing and cab-booking platform, has partnered the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to provide cab services to the latter’s customers from the Secunderabad railway station.

Through this partnership, YatraGenie will become the primary cab services vendor for IRCTC and all cab bookings on the IRCTC platform will now be routed to YatraGenie cab services, the company said in a statement on Monday.

Jayant Krishna, principal consultant at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has been appointed interim managing director and chief executive officer of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), according to sources. NSDC board met on Monday and confirmed his appointment. An official announcement is expected shortly.

With the departure of its previous head, Dilip Chenoy, a three-member committee had been formed to shortlist possible contenders for the top job. The committee comprised Rohit Nandan, secretary, ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship, Lakshmi Narayan of Cognizant and R V Kanoria, the Ficci representative on the NSDC board.

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