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Mumbai: Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended the volatile yet range-bound trading session flat as investors turned cautious amid mounting geopolitical headwinds and rising crude oil prices. The 30-share BSE Sensex closed with a slight gain of 26.76 points or 0.03 per cent at 78,520.30. Buying interest at lower levels helped the index recover steadily during the session, allowing it to erase initial losses and move into positive territory. However, the positive momentum faded as the session progressed. A sharp sell-off post 3 pm weighed on the indices, triggered by a combination of global and domestic factors. Sharp selling…

New Delhi: There is a certain point at which infrastructure stops being a backdrop and becomes the prime mover. Uttar Pradesh appears to be approaching that point now. The expressway grid, Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, and increasingly the Ganga corridor, is no longer just connective infra. It is quietly dictating where land matters, and perhaps more importantly, where it did not earlier. The numbers, at first glance, appear to confirm momentum. UP RERA data shows capital inflows rising to Rs. 68,328 crore in 2025, a 53.5 per cent year-on-year jump, alongside a 22.5 per cent increase in approved units to nearly 85,000.…

Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two senior executives of Reliance Communications (RCom)in connection with a Rs 2,929.05 crore bank fraud case. According to the information shared, the investigating agency has arrested D Vishwanath and Anil Kalya of M/s Reliance Communications controlled by Anil D Ambani. According to the agency, both played pivotal roles in managing corporate finance and banking operations for the beleaguered telecom firm. The investigating agency said that D Vishwanath, joint president of R Com, was overall in charge of the group's banking operations, and that, on his directions, the misutilisation of funds was…

Mumbai: Shares of India's leading commodity bourse, Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), ended the trading session in the green after it informed exchanges that it had received approval from the markets regulator, SEBI, to invest in a proposed coal exchange company. The stock opened in the green, gaining 0.47 per cent to Rs 2,869, against the previous close of Rs 2,855.45 on the BSE. During the day, it touched the intraday high of Rs 2895.10 and the intraday low of Rs 2845.60. At today's high, the stock was just 1.75 per cent away from the 52-week high of Rs 2903.05, hit…