Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) is preparing for a bigger role in product development programme of parent Suzuki, buoyed by the success of Vitara Brezza in which its engineers took the lead.

From beginning to work on minor changes on erstwhile model Zen in 2000 to a full body change of small car Alto in 2008-09 and ultimately being asked to develop a vehicle on a given platform and an engine, MSI has been enhancing capability of its engineers.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has expelled five party leaders, including uncle Shivpal Yadav loyalist Deepak Mishra, in what is being viewed as the start of another round of feud in the Yadav family.

Former SP general secretary Mishra, ex-party spokesperson Mohammad Shahid, Rajesh Yadav of Hardoi, Ramesh Yadav and Kallu Yadav of Noida have been expelled on the directions of the SP national president for alleged anti-party activities, its state unit chief Naresh Uttam said.

Software major Wipro stepped up security at all its offices following an e-mail threat to send a toxic drug to its campus here, the company said on Saturday.

"We have augmented security measures at all office locations, though there is no impact on our operations," said the city-based IT firm in a statement.

BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday claimed that his party would oust Tripura's ruling Left Front in the assembly elections due next year to form a government on its own in the northeastern state.

"We would not forge any electoral alliance with any party in Tripura. With BJP's own strength the party would form government in the state ending the 25-year rule of CPI-M led Left Front," he told reporters.

Dhamra, a deep-draught port off the coast of north Odisha owned by Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has turned profitable after nearly six years. The port had kicked off commercial operations in May 2011.

A senior Odisha government official said, the port has achieved break even with a profit of Rs 180 crore in 2016-17. Dhamra port’s total earnings crossed Rs 900 crore in the last financial year with the port paying Rs 75 crore as revenue share to the state government. A concession agreement signed with Dhamra Port Company Ltd (DPCL), the special purpose vehicle (SPV) formed for port operations, says the state government is entitled to eight per cent of revenue share after the port completes five years in commercial operations.

A major accident was averted when an IndiGo flight on Saturday morning came in contact with an aerobridge, while being marshalled to the parking spot at Jaipur Airport.

The Airlines later released a statement asserting that no injury was reported in the incident.

Kris Gopalakrishnan, who left IT giant Infosys more than two years ago, has said that he is still emotionally connected to the firm he helped set up.

"You cannot emotionally walk away from something that you have built over your lifetime - say over 33 or 35 years," said the co-founder and former CEO of Infosys.

Bollywood star Aamir Khan's Dangal is on its way to becoming Bollywoods highest-earning film in China, with the movie already grossing over $3 million (Rs 21 crore) by the first half of the second day of its release on Saturday.

Aamir is one of the most popular Bollywood actors in China, and his other movies "3 Idiots" and "PK" have done roaring business here before.

Tata Motors and the Sanand plant workers are likely to sign a wage settlement agreement for five years (2015-2020) by June this year. Earlier, Tata had signed a landmark wage settlement with Pune Workers' Union in March for three years from September 2015 to August 2018, where a portion of workers' salaries was linked to their performance.

However, in the case of Sanand, it is still not clear whether the bifurcated wage package linking pay with performance would be adopted here as well. Worker leaders claimed that so far the discussions have not touched upon the subject.

A former advocate at the Supreme Court, Kawaljit Singh Bhatia, in a Facebook post has alleged that his mother was harassed by Jet Airways officials at the Delhi International Airport on May 3, causing her to have a blackout and an injury in the process.

"10.00 am: I receive a call from my mom that Jet Airways won't let her board the flight because she is late. She sounds hassled. I asked her to request the officials to let her board and if they still don't let her board, to let it pass and that will make a booking in another flight," Bhatia said in his post.

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