After trading in a range all through the Thursday's session, the benchmark indices eventually settled marginally higher ahead of the exit poll results of state elections due later in the day.

The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 28,929, up 27 points, while the broader Nifty50 closed at 8,927, up 3 points.

With the Trump administration seriously mulling H-1B visa reforms, at least half a dozen bills have been tabled in the US House of Representatives and the Senate, contending that the programme that is popular among Indian IT firms eats into American jobs.

Authors of all these bills from both the Republican and the Democratic parties believe that H-1B work visas, which are highly popular among Indian techies and Indian IT companies, tend to replace American workers.

Punjab could be on the verge of turning over a new leaf in its political history on Saturday when counting of votes cast for 117 assembly seats takes place. The counting day, this time, is different from such earlier occasions as the state witnessed triangular contests for the first time.

While the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the latest entrant in Punjab's political scene, the Congress and the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (SAD-BJP) alliance are all claiming victory for their respective parties, the anxiety factor for candidates is higher than usual this time.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday commended the father of a suspected ISIS terrorist who was killed in an operation in Lucknow, for refusing to take his body.

Refusing to accept his son's body, Saifullah's father Sartaj had said, "One who cannot be loyal to the nation, how can he be ours." He added that, "A traitor can't be our son. We are Indians, we were born here, our forefathers were born here. One who indulges in anti-national activities can't be our son... we won't accept his body."

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said it will shortly issue new Rs 10 denomination currency notes, while clarifying that the old Rs 10 notes will also remain valid.

The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Rs 10 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 with inset letter L in both the number panels, bearing the signature of Urjit R. Patel, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and the year of printing 2017 printed on the reverse of the banknote, a release issued by the apex bank said.

Reliance Industries' (RIL) nearly 396 million equity shares representing 12.58% equity of total paid up capital changed hands on BSE through block deal in early morning trade.

RIL on March 2, 2017 had informed the stock exchanges that entities forming part of the promoter group of the company intend to acquire from other promoter group entities by way of ‘inter-se’ transfer aggregating up to 1,190 million shares of RIL

South Korean automaker Hyundai has decided to phase out its popular hatchback i10 in India as it shifts focus to more premium and modern products.

Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, has stopped production of the small car, which was first introduced in 2007.

Infosys' US arm Infosys Public Services on Wednesday announced partnering with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to modernise its child welfare information system.

"The Information Management Protecting Adults and Children of Texas system will be modernised to deliver child welfare related services," said the IT firm subsidiary in a statement here.

A Rs 48,000-crore budget for the national capital was today presented by the AAP government, laying major focus on improving transport, health, water distribution and education infrastructure.

In its third Budget, the Arvind Kejriwal government abolished the plan and non-plan expenditure heads and presented it in terms of revenue and capital classification in line with the Centre's decision.

Among all the regions in the country, southern India is the worst hit due to shortage of water. The total live storage available in the reservoirs is only 20 per cent of total capacity as compared to 54 per cent in central and western region, 63 per cent in eastern region and 29 per cent in northern region.

On Tuesday, the Centre gave an update on the water level of 91 major reservoirs in the country. According to the data, water level dropped by three per cent in these reservoirs.

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