NEW DELHI: The government plans to raise about Rs 30,000 crore next financial year from stake sale in public sector firms to meet a significant part of the revenue shortfall, as it looks to bring down fiscal deficit from the 16-year high of 6.8% recorded this year.

The disinvestment department is..

At 11:34 hours IST, buying in telecom, power, metal, auto and realty stocks was helping the Sensex to stay on the higher side. ICICI Bank, Infosys, Reliance Industries and ITC were the other gainers. However, selling continued in ONGC, Wipro, HDFC Bank, Sterlite Industries, BPCL, TCS, GAIL, Axis Ban..