Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021.
Expectations of muted expenditure on railway infrastructure and the assumption that there would be no further fare hikes may have contributed to the fall, according to analysts.
RSS on Thursday made a series of tweets quoting Bhagwat on the issue.
The 30-share barometer started higher, but lost its way soon after the railway budget.
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Most of the railway-related stocks, which had seen smart gains in the past few days ahead of the Rail Budget, saw profit-booking as Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda presented the Budget.
There is a lot of optimism as regards the defence, railway and manufacturing sectors.
Experts caution that the rally in these stocks may fizzle out soon, as the overall market sentiment still remains weak.
State owned banks SBI and PNB were the top Nifty gainers along with ICICI Bank and auto shares.
RBI's fifth bi-monthly monetary policy meet due tomorrow also kept the investors on their toes.
Sensex slumped 518 points to end the day at 25,582 and the Nifty slipped 164 points to close at 7,623.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 30 points.
Stocks might hit new highs even before B-Day.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 261 points at 28,747 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 83 points at 8,684.
For the seven months since February 2014, the benchmark index surged nearly 27%.
The Duncans Goenka group is in a spot of bother over the death of workers and non-payment of dues to employees.
Simanta Roy Buck finds out why Indian-American singer-songwriter Zoya Mohan bought a one-way ticket to Mumbai.
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Shedding its gains from Monday, NIkkei has declined around 0.7% while Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite were trading marginally lower.
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