Varun Bharti

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  Mukesh Ambani's Jio Speech Wipes Out Rs 15,600 Crore In Market Cap For Airtel, Idea

  Shares of market leader Bharti Airtel fell over 9 per cent, while Aditya Birla Group-owned Idea Cellular shares sank as much as 11 per cent to 52-week low. Together, the two companies shed over Rs 12,000 crore in market capitalization at the day's lows.

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  Bharti Airtel 'Best' Counter To Reliance Jio After Recent Deals: Analysts

  Bharti Airtel shares jumped over 4 per cent on Monday, following its Rs 3,500 crore deal to acquire rival Aircel's spectrum in eight circles. Friday's spectrum deal - Airtel's second in two months - enables India's largest mobile phone operator to expand its 4G mobile broadband network across the country.

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  Manik Paul Wins India's Got Talent, Receives Standing Ovation for Final Performance

  The sixth season of the reality show was judged by filmmaker Karan Johar, actress-producer Malaika Arora Khan and actress Kirron Kher

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  ICICI Bank Pips Infosys, Becomes Most Popular Stock in Equity Funds: Morningstar

  Fund managers' patience with Infosys is running out. Share prices in India's second largest IT outsourcer declined by over 5 per cent during the March quarter. Though equity funds pared their exposure to the tech sector in the March quarter, they bought TCS shares and sold Infosys.

• BJP's Team 2014: Pro-Hindutva leaders Varun Gandhi and Uma Bharti get the nod

  In a nod to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's mandate that Hindutva be brought back as an agenda in the BJP's election strategy for 2014, party chief Rajnath Singh has given leaders like Varun Gandhi and Uma Bharti key posts in his new team of office-bearers.

• BJP announces Team 2014, Narendra Modi gets lead role

  BJP President Rajnath Singh today announced his 76-member team that will steer the party in the national elections and as expected, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi gets top billing.

• Modi inducted into BJP's highest decision-making body

  Narendra Modi has been inducted into the BJP's parliamentary board, the 11-member group of top leaders that is the party's highest decision-making body, in a first sign that the Gujarat Chief Minister could be the party's showstopper in the Lok Sabha elections 2014.

• Narendra Modi likely to get key role in Rajnath Singh's Team 2014

  The BJP is likely to unveil the team that will design its campaign for 2014 and Narendra Modi is expected to be given a key role in the first official sign that he will be the party's showstopper in next year's elections.

• Top five Sensex gainers and losers of 2012

  The year 2012 saw the Sensex rising 26%. Markets made a strong start in 2012 with the Sensex rising above 18,000 in February. Concerns over retrospective amendment of tax laws and GAAR, announced in the Budget to target tax evaders, however, dampened sentiments thereafter. The Sensex got a leg up in September when the government started implementin...

• Infosys drags down Sensex, Nifty; HDFC Bank up

  Infosys' numbers did not go down well with the Street. Shares plunged taking the broader markets lower. The script has been the same for the last four quarters.

• Sensex down 257 points as Infosys falls most in 3 months

  Bharti Airtel, JSPL, Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, and Sesa Goa were among the big non-tech laggards.

• Nifty tests 5100 on weak Asian markets; cement stocks fall

  Ambuja and ACC were down, though they had recovered by close yesterday. Cairn was among the big laggards.

• Nifty ends above 5,100; cement stocks see dramatic rebound

  Tata Motors was among the big Nifty gainers. IT stocks were a mixed bag. HCL Tech gained, but TCS declined.

• Sensex, Nifty hit day's low; HCL Tech, Tata Motors gain

  Cement stocks traded off the day's low ahead of an order by India's competition watchdog in the alleged cartelisation case.

• Sensex soars over 350 points, Nifty takes 4950

  Tata Motors jumped 6% after falling nearly 20% over the past month. ITC remained the biggest Sensex mover.