The public-private partnership model is a compulsion, says the minister.
A way out of the economic slump is to revisit the template of 15 years ago and follow its constituents, recommends Ajay Shah.
The average rating was seven out of 10.
India, is home to 15% of all traffic fatalities.
Investors booked profits at higher levels despite the growth oriented Budget.
Hours after the government banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, Indians are facing an acute shortage of change.
The main contest is between the CPI-M and the BJP in the February 18 assembly polls for 60 seats.
According to a confidential government paper seen by Reuters, several states want to do away with obtaining landowners' consent altogether in some cases and to cut through red tape which they say holds up development.
The S&P BSE Sensex gained 115 points to end at 24,338 and the Nifty50 climbed 42 points to close at 7,404.
Restoration of road and tele-communication network in the Kashmir Valley, ravaged by floods, will take three to five days. The Centre has directed free flow of transport via Manali and Leh to Srinagar, the only available surface network, a top central government official said on Monday.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Thursday its verdicts on a batch of petitions seeking re-examination of its decision to allow entry of women of all age group in Kerala's Sabarimala Temple and a review of its judgment giving a clean chit to the Modi government in the Rafale fighter jet deal with French firm Dassault Aviation.
Gandhi accused BJP of re-inaugurating projects launched by the UPA dispensation.
The real estate Bill will stamp out illegal practices prevalent in the industry.
The youth of the country feel they are not getting opportunity to work for the nation, Rahul said.
The death toll from a rare pre-winter snowstorm has risen to 10.
Mandakini pounces on Agastyamuni but pile-up created by cement mixer forces river to change course, leaving town mostly unharmed, says N Sundaresha Subramanian
The government has hiked foreign investment caps.
'Freebies are yet be proven a 'pucca' vote-catcher. But don't say that to KCR because he takes pride in two things: His record of delivery and imagination,' says Shekhar Gupta.
My dream is to convert Indian economy into $20 trillion from the present $8 trillion.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who is in Delhi, expressed grief at the loss of lives and announced a compensation of Rs two lakh each to the families of the victims.
These bikes are a good mixture of style, mileage, performance and affordability, says Rajesh Alva.
Perhaps one aspect of the way modern media particularly print and news television works need some soul-searching: Their tendency to "frame" news stories as a conflict between two personalities, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
The work of reconstruction in the flood-ravaged Kashmir could get delayed by at least 6 months due to the mass exodus of migrant labour force in the wake of the natural calamity that hit the valley causing huge damage to infrastructure -- both public as well as private.
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For PPP projects, clause on consent requirement could be abolished or brought down to 50% of land owners, against the current 70%
'There exists a 'brotherhood' of sorts for a very long time and corrupt dealers and corrupt OMC officials are in it together,' Ashwani Attrish, founder, Empowering Petroleum Dealers Foundation, tells Sudhir Bisht, a veteran of the petroleum industry.
'How do we explain that on the economic, internal security and strategic fronts, India's unstable coalitions have acted more decisively and boldly than all our full-majority governments yet?' asks Shekhar Gupta.
The decision to not attend the forum attended by 28 heads of state and 130 national delegations is a clear break from its usual policy of going along with the crowd.
There were heightened expectations from Budget 2017 after the impact of note ban on different sections but most remain unfulfilled.
'The amount involved could as high as Rs 3,500 crore as there are a lot of depositors.' 'Yesterday, I met an investor who put in Rs 4 crore. That man doesn't have Rs 2,000 to spend on medicines.'
Need for consent of affected families and social-impact assessment could go.
It is a complete mayhem in West Bengal, Manipur and Odisha with more than 60 dead
The Nissan Kicks does tick all the right boxes as a convincing Hyundai Creta competitor.
Without a moment of hesitation, Rai jumped up on his rickety wooden stool in the witness box. He then drew his legs close to his body and wrapped his arms around his knees and finally tucked his head into his knees demonstrating the fetal position.
'We've seen tremendous traction from fruit and vegetables.' 'Around 18% of our business comes from these, almost three times higher than physical stores.'
The Jats, who went on a rampage to demand quota, attacked the showrooms of only non-Jats.
Long-term tax on capital gains arising from selling a house can be invested in another property under Section 54.
Enraged community members took out rallies in towns and cities, blocking roads, damaging buses.
'When the forensics have collapsed, approver is clearly proved to be a liar from the beginning to the end... Does the prosecution genuinely believe that we ought to remain in judicial custody despite showing that their own story is not being corroborated by evidence, for another 192 witnesses?'
'One minute and 45 seconds of that clip are on Modi praising gauraksha.' 'In the last 30 seconds he speaks about violence, but says only that killing is unacceptable.' 'We don't need the prime minister to tell us that.' 'We need him to tell us why the killing is happening and what he will do to stop it,' says Aakar Patel.
