CHANDIGARH: Banking services in Punjab, Haryana and UT Chandigarh were today affected as employees of public sector banks today went on a day-long strike in support of their demands including stringent measures to recover bad loans.

Because of the strike, bank customers could not get their cheques cleared while transactions like cash withdrawal, cash and cheque deposits were also affected.

KOLKATA: Five profit-making subsidiaries of Coal India will hand over about Rs 6,000 crore to the parent company through a mix of share buybacks and dividends by the end of next month.

This is the first time Central Coalfields, South Eastern Coalfields, Western Coalfields, Mahanadi Coalfields and Northern Coalfields will be purchasing their own shares. All eight subsidiaries of Coal India are unlisted.

A Kochi-bound Air India flight from Mumbai with 58 passengers and crew on board made an emergency landing at the airport in Mangalore on Monday due to a technical snag.

"The Air India flight coming from Mumbai and heading towards Kochi made an emergency landing at 7.50 PM at the Mangalore airport due to a technical snag," an airport official said.

Idea Cellular has dipped 7% to Rs 107 on the BSE after more than 3% of total equity of telecom services provider changed hands with block deal.

At 09:15 am, around 123.8 million shares representing 3.4% of total equity of Idea Cellular changed hands on the BSE, the exchange data showed.

Indian actor Om Puri, whose repertoire as an actor reflected a rare realism and was popular for films like "East Is East", "Gandhi", "City of Joy" and "Wolf", was honoured at the 89th Academy Awards ceremony here in the "In Memoriam" montage.

Om Puri, who died after a heart attack in Mumbai, India in January earlier this year, got a musical tribute by Grammy and Tony-nominated singer and songwriter Sara Bareilles.

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) has repaired and restored the Mathura-Delhi section of its Mathura-Jalandhar pipeline, where an instance of illegal tapping was detected on February 17, 2017, and put it back into service the same night to ensure uninterrupted transport of petroleum products.

Early morning on February 17, IOCL’s security guards patrolling the RK Puram area of Mathura district found illegal tapping of the pipeline being carried out through a 15-foot deep tunnel. An FIR has been logged with the police immediately and the case is under investigation.

Ruling out the possibility of its ATM machines dispensing fake notes, ICICI Bank on Monday ordered a probe into an incident where a customer in Rohtak in Haryana reportedly got Rs 2,000 notes bearing 'Children Bank of India'.

Apart from this, some notes were printed with 'Ek Kadam Swachhta ki Aur' and 'Bharatiya Manoranjan Bank'.

The Securities and Exchange board of India (Sebi) surveillance team has conducted a special inspection of the books of the Delhi- based technology firm OPG securities to check if it got unfair access to National Stock Exchange Ltd (NSE) co - location server, said a source privy to the development.

Sebi officials visited trading firm premises in New Delhi last week and quizzed some of the executives. Regulator believed to have also sought trading data for the period of three years (2011-2014).

Legendary actor Warren Beatty's son Stephen Ira has defended his father's mix-up while presenting the best picture Oscar at this year's Academy Awards, saying "mistakes happen at live shows".

The bizarre incidents took place at the end of the gala night when La La Land, which won six trophies, including best director and actress, was incorrectly declared the best picture winner by Beatty and Faye Dunaway at the ceremony.

The Sensex slumped over 80 points to 28,813 on Monday as the March derivatives series began on a subdued note, mirroring a weak trend in the Asian market.

Profit-booking at prevailing levels weighed.

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