SHIMLA - To cater to the Christmas and New Year's eve rush, the railways Thursday started a holiday special toy train on the Kalka-Shimla track, an official said here.

TORONTO - ArcelorMittal said Wednesday it is not interested in extending its Dec 29 deadline for friendly takeover of Canadian iron ore company Baffinland Iron Mines after the steel giant came to know that Canadian regulators won't be able to decide a legal challenge to the deal by a hostile bidder.

NEW DELHI - Two six-coach Delhi Metro trains will be operational on the Dwarka-Noida and Dwarka-Anand Vihar routes from late Thursday.

MUMBAI - A benchmark index of Indian equities opened almost flat with a positive bias Thursday, taking cues from stability in the global markets.