Archis Mohan And Nivedita Mookerji

Walmart to take over Carrefour stores in Delhi, Jaipur, Agra

Carrefour had in July announced it was exiting the India market

100 days of Modi Govt: No major decisions yet, but on right path

Most top industrialists rate PM's first 100 days in office as 'good', primarily due to his intentions, not concrete policy measures.

PMO asks India Inc for list of hurdles

Modi has often been accused of promoting crony capitalism in Gujarat for his proximity to certain businesses.

'Hindu nation is an existential notion'

Till 2000, K N Govindacharya, former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak, was considered the Bharatiya Janata party's chief ideologue. Govindacharya, who now heads the Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan, which opposes anti-people policies of governments, tells Sahil Makkar and Archis Mohan the Narendra Modi-led government is still in the election mode.

Modi's secret plan: Showcasing 100 days of 'achche din'

Ban first, learn later: MPs accept paid 'US study tour'

MPs will first attend a 'Farm Progress Show' in Iowa, then visit the Monsanto headquarters in St Louis, Missouri.

Modi's I-Day speech likely to be a big crowd-puller

Crowds expected from Gujarat and other states

BJP and Sangh Parivar are about to call Rahul's bluff

The Sangh Parivar is convinced that by agreeing to Rahul Gandhi's demand for a Parliament debate on communal riots would expose the Congress vice president's lack of homework on the issue.

In Gujarat cadre PM Modi trusts

At least a dozen officers from Gujarat are handling key assignments in various important central positions

Is the RSS running the Narendra Modi government?

The Opposition has alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh runs the Narendra Modi government.

Genetically modified crops' field trials put on hold

The decision marks first successful policy intervention.

IKEA yet to finalise a location for its India store

After clearance in 2012, single-brand showpiece still to decide on a single location, with first store unlikely before 2017.

Vibrant Gujarat man is India Inc's PMO pointsman

Arvind Kumar Sharma, a 1988-batch IAS officer and one of the many joint secretaries in PMO, definitely wields some power.

Out to win state polls, Amit Shah starts formulating strategies

Meets leaders from Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and Jammu and Kashmir; party keen to form government in Delhi.

Modi picks man from Manmohan's PMO as private secretary

In a curious turn of events on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi picked Rajeev Topno, a 1996 batch Indian Administrative Service officer from the Gujarat cadre and a part of the Prime Minister's Office under former PM Manmohan Singh, as private secretary.

No Walmart stores in India before end-2015

E-commerce pilot for wholesale begins from July in Hyderbad and Lucknow

Is @narendramodi taking a break on Twitter?

Narendra Modi, who used to tweet frequently, is said to have decided to maintain a single voice on Twitter after becoming prime minister. Nivedita Mookerji reports

Carrefour may exit India

Retailers present in India are in talks with Carrefour to buy its assets piecemeal, rather than the whole business.

Munde's daughter, Gadkari, Shah to help BJP sail through in Maharashtra

Pankaja Munde -- who lit the funeral pyre of her father Gopinath Munde on Wednesday at his ancestral village of Parli in Maharasthra along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party general secretary Amit Shah -- will lead the the Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign for the assembly elections scheduled for later this year.

Faltering steps of a giant-killer

Word from the BJP is that following the controversy over his comments on Article 370, Jitendra Singh has been asked to desist from talking about his favourite topics and focus instead on the business of governance and the sizeable portfolios that he has been entrusted with, writes Archis Mohan.