A tightrope walk ahead, especially as govt's fiscal deficit has already reached 99% of full-year estimates
The S&P BSE Sensex ended up 28 points at 25,844 and the Nifty50 ended flat at 7,915.
To check fiscal deficit, government needs to drastically cut Plan expenditure.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
The Sensex closed down 308 points at 24,894 and the Nifty has lost 96 points at 7,559.
Despite crude comfort, heavy spending cuts needed to offset Rs 80k-cr revenue shortfall
Broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices are up 0.8%-1%.
Some big ones hoard cash unduly and others borrow to keep up payments to shareholders
Financials were among the top losers along with Sun Pharma and index heavyweight Reliance Industries
Investors will get the money directly in their demat accounts or through their brokers. They won't get physical delivery any more.
Vice President Hamid Ansari on Tuesday left Lima for the first ever bilateral visit to Cuba by a top Indian leader after a "landmark" tour of Peru during which four agreements were signed.
The reason is believed to be a 19% increase in interest cost.
Combined net profit up 7.4% over a year ago, versus 11.2% in Q2.
The rally in most of these stocks is partly attributed to impressive financial performance.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked administrative ministeries to work out viable plan for disinvestment of BHEL and Coal India, including dividend payment, so as to achieve Rs 40,000 crore (Rs 400 billion) target in the current fiscal.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
The top losers from the Sensex pack are ONGC, Coal India, Vedanta, Reliance Inds and L&T.
Attractively low prices, rising demand and a favourable ratio to gold point to better days ahead for the white metal.
Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar's approach to nutrition is driven by her grandmother.
Markets crashed due to domestic worries; bluechip stocks tanked too.
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According to media reports, CBI is looking into the entire process at the then NDA government and has asked for information from the mines ministry.
The government's disinvestment programme is set to get a boost this Diwali, with the finance ministry planning to hit the market to sell a five per cent stake in Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) by October.
The target announced is 13.6 per cent higher than that set last year and 145.4 per cent higher than the revised target for 2013-14.
Sun Pharma stock has appreciated at 35% a year for 20 years
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'Mining jobs get created in the most backward districts of India's poorest states,' says Anil Agarwal.
The government has a two-pronged strategy for e-auction of cancelled coal blocks.
Practising his strokes for over seven million times has given him an unforgettable muscle memory and an uncompromising diet has kept his enviable fitness intact in an astonishing 25-year long career but Leander Paes is not training the way he used to train 20 years ago. The 43-year-old has just finished another season in his glorious career and he is not finished yet. Rather, he has set himself a new target - taking his Grand Slam tally to 20. Passion for the game and a knack for creating history has kept him going but it also involves pain of hard work that may become difficult to sustain year after year.
Sensex seems to be under pressure on weak cues.
Under current laws, a company cannot sell mines but only transfer leases when it is acquired by another firm.
Pneumonia and diarrhoea have collectively claimed the lives of over three lakh children in India in 2013, posing a major challenge to public health in the country, a report said.
These have been selected based on the earnings growth prospects and favourable (buy) ratings by brokerages
Having faced a debacle in four Assembly elections recently, the UPA government is exploring ways to woo voters before the coming general elections - without deviating from the path of fiscal consolidation.
Why starve while fasting when you can feast on these nutritious goodies?
Bankers claim they have received good response to the roadshows held abroad for Coal India, IndianOil and PowerGrid.
Two hundred years after George Stephenson built the steam-powered Blucher, Open Knowledge pays tribute to 200 years of rail transport.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 159 points at 27,425 and the 50-share Nifty closed down 24 points at 8,299.
The broader markets, however, outperformed the benchmark indices -- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended up 0.6%-1%.
Want to fight anxiety without popping those pills and tranquilisers? Shameem Akthar, yogacharya trained with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, offers five humble food items that be more efficacious than tranquiliser pills.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers's queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
Promoter holding in family-owned firms up 70 bps since 2005, 240 bps since 2010.
