Groundwater radiation rose over the operator guidelines at a stricken power plant in Japan, reports said on Wednesday, leading to a halt in the groundwater being pumped into the sea.

Water from one of the 12 wells at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station showed 1,700 becquerels of tritium per litre on Tuesday, operator Tokyo Electric Power Co said.

The humble autorickshaw is getting a cool image, thanks to Bollywood. Abhishek Bachchan made his entry in Dhoom 3 in an autorickshaw. An A-list actor in the driver's seat of a 'rick' in a film which is about cars and bikes, should tell you that the three-wheeler is now cool. In Singham Returns, Kareena Kapoor will be seen driving a Auto (as it is popularly called).

Post some nifty turnaround in its operations, United Bank of India is set to go for some aggressive fundraising with an aim to shore up its capital base by Rs 1,550 crore by end of this fiscal.

Out of this, the Kolkata-based bank plans to raise about Rs 1,000 crore of equity via routes including qualified institutional placement (QIP) and balance through internal generation and debt raising, it said in a filing.

A day after Team Modi took oath, at the BJP headquarters at 11 Ashok Road there were several vacant chambers including that of party chief Rajnath Singh.

The BJP now faces the task of finding someone for the top party post besides filling other gaps caused by around half a dozen office-bearers and four state unit chiefs moving into Narendra Modi's council of ministers.

Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has reportedly been interviewed by British police in London regarding their investigation into allegations of corruption and match fixing.

Cairns, who has vehemently denied any involvement in match fixing, was also expected to meet with the International Cricket Council's (ICC) anti-corruption investigators.

Boko Haram gunmen attacked a Nigerian military base and adjacent police barracks in the northeastern town of Buni Yadi, killing 31 security personnel, security sources and witnesses said.

The attack occurred late on Monday in Yobe state, not far from where the Islamist insurgents shot or burned to death 59 pupils at a boarding school in February.

It was a hectic first day in office for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as he prepared himself to cope with multiple challenges, including criticism from various quarters about his choice of ministers and a near revolt by ally Shiv Sena, which demanded a meatier portfolio. A miffed Shiv Sena saw to it that Anant Geete, named heavy industries minister, did not take charge. Representatives of the party met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Rajnath Singh to seek a different portfolio. The negotiations stretched till late in the evening.

The Reserve Bank of India has directed Kotak Mahindra Bank to reduce its promoter shareholding to 40 per cent by September 30 this year and then to 30 per cent by December 31, 2016, the private lender informed the stock exchanges.

At present, promoter shareholding is 43.58 per cent. In this, 40.09 per cent is owned by individuals and a Hindu Undivided Family; another 3.49 per cent is held by the promoter through corporate bodies.

The Reserve Bank of India has notified Depositor Education and Awareness Fund Scheme, 2014. Banks will calculate balances in accounts (inoperative accounts and balances remaining unclaimed for 10 years) along with accrued interest a day prior to effective date (May 23).

Private insurer HDFC Life has got permission to set up a subsidiary in the West Asia region, from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda), the regulator.

With this, HDFC Life might become the first Indian private insurer to have an international presence. Though companies have set up representative offices in other countries, none of them have begun full-fledged operations in non-Indian markets.

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