Hinduja flagship firm Ashok Leyland on Monday said it has inked a pact with its long-standing Japanese partner Hino to jointly develop BS-VI compliant engines.

The companies have entered into a mutual cooperation agreement (MCA) where Ashok Leyland will utilise Hino's engine technology for Euro-VI development and will support Hinos engine parts' purchasing in India for global operation, the Chennai-based firm said in a statement.

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear a batch of petitions challenging mandatory linking of Aadhaar for granting various services to citizen after its constitution bench concludes hearing the Delhi-Centre dispute.

The Centre, meanwhile, informed the bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that it was willing to extend up to March 31 next year the deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various schemes.

Lakshmi Vilas Bank has dipped 6% to Rs 170 on the BSE in intra-day trade after the private sector lender fixed rights issue in the ratio of 1:3 i.e. one rights equity share for every three equity shares held by the eligible shareholders on the record date.

The bank has fixed December 06, 2017 as the record date for the purpose of rights issue of equity shares. The stock will turn for ex-rights on December 05, 2017 on the BSE and NSE.

Hyderabad Metro Rail is ready to chug over the pillars erected on road median, changing the landscape of this tech hub and promising to take the city's public transport to a different orbit.

The long-cherished dream of the people of this historic city is becoming a reality as the first phase of nearly 72-km elevated metro project is all set to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.

Led by party chief Amit Shah and several Cabinet ministers, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers across poll-bound Gujarat on Sunday made the most of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat broadcast to reach out to voters.

In his broadcast, the PM spoke at length about jawan (soldier) and kisan (farmer). He also spoke about the Constitution and terrorism, more specifically how the world took too long to wake up to India’s dire warnings about the menace that terrorism posed to humanity. Sunday was the anniversary of India having adopted its Constitution on November 26, 1949, and also the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks of 2008.

Tata Motors has announced the launch of its lifestyle SUV - Tata Hexa - in the Nepal market and has delivered the first batch of the vehicle to 11 customers.

Available at a price of NPR 77.95 lakh, the Hexa will be available in the XT 4x4 variant across Nepal, Tata Motors said in a statement.

Shillong: HDFC Bank has increased its corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending by 47% in the past two years. The bank's spending on CSR has gone up from Rs 248 crore in FY16 to Rs 305 crore in FY17 and is expected to touch Rs 365 crore this fiscal.

HDFC Bank aims to improve the lives of people in 1,000 villages by March 2019 through its CSR activities, said deputy MD Paresh Sukthankar, while speaking to reporters at the bank's Holistic Rural Development Programme (HRDP) at Umpathaw, a hamlet 60km from Shillong.

Mumbai: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has completed the sale of its interest in one of the three shale gas assets to BKV Chelsea LLC.

Reliance Marcellus II LLC, a subsidiary of Reliance Holding USA, and RIL have closed the stake sale in the Marcellus shale gas asset operated by Carrizo Oil and Gas, RIL said in a statement on Friday.

Mumbai: The State Bank of India (SBI) is set to launch YONO, a digital service platform.

According to the bank, YONO, an acronym for You Only Need One, will be the first such integrated digital platform in the country that will offer financial services and lifestyle products. It will be launched by Union finance minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi on Friday.

New Delhi: India could have a vaccine for the dreaded dengue as early as end 2019, according to drug maker Panacea Biotec, which has secured permission to conduct clinical trials for the vaccine in India.

Biotec will start clinical trials on humans by early 2018, a spokesperson said, adding that it has received permission to conduct phase I/II trials from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI).

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