While the ruling combine faces strong anti-incumbency factor, opposition Shiv Sena-BJP needs to strive to win majority. Sanjay Jog reports
Inflation trajectory does not match the slump in demand, prolonged pause on rates likely.
Rally restricted to big stocks; FIIs have hit investment caps in many large companies.
But return on equity deteriorated for 7 of the 12 firms analysed.
For growth sustain at these levels, private services need to recover.
Also, the combination of a new entrant and new technology is not necessarily good.
The commencement of negotiations is close on the heels of the recent decision taken by the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party high commands, to continue alliance during the state assembly election.
The rise in commuters was also despite the state-run Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority filing a petition against MMOPL on fare fixation.
Even as good days continue to elude the economy at large, they seem to have arrived for Maruti Suzuki.
Modi praised the contribution of nuclear scientists in the successful implementation of India's three-stage nuclear programme.
Santosh Kamath, partner (infrastructure and government services), KPMG in India, expects an extension of a tax holiday for the sector.
Cabinet sub-committee to review the situation and take necessary steps.
Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde left for New Delhi on Monday, where he is expected to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi and submit his views on the change of leadership in Maharashtra and also suggest measures to revive the party ahead of the assembly elections slated for September-October.
The ruling Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra clarified on Sunday that it had received no proposal from the Congress for a merger nor did it have any such plan in the run-up to the election to the 288-member state assembly slated for September-October.
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Sunday declared that he was not going to be the party's chief ministerial candidate for the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly election slated for September-October.
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.
The party has to zero in on its chief ministerial candidate from one of three leaders -- Union Minister for Surface Transport Nitin Gadkari, state BJP president Devendra Fadnavis and Leader of Opposition in the state council Vinod Tawde. But the biggest handicap with them is that they can't match Munde in terms of popularity.
Party insiders say the high command could consider replacing state chief Manikrao Thakre, reports Sanjay Jog.
IT sector's trading multiples hit post-Lehman lows, providing good entry points.
Street believes premium valuations justified, as port traffic is expected to grow at a CAGR of 16% over FY14-16.