Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd said on Thursday that net profit in the most recent quarter rose 15 per cent from the previous quarter.

Government had received applications from three overseas firms for single brand retailing in India.

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has banned veteran Bollywood actor Feroze Khan from entering Pakistan.

India's largest private sector bank ICICI Bank on Saturday posted a net profit of Rs 790 crore in the fourth quarter.

Stating that Pondicherry needed an alternative government which "would strive hard for its development", BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu said his party would provide it.