Markets could slide again owing to conditions in Europe and the US.
Institutions will wait till there is more clarity on Budget.
The FM could scrap the secrecy around tax rates.
Modi is practical person... If he comes in, he will revive the economy and create jobs, says Sanjay Suri.
Pakistan played a 'key role' in fomenting the recent trouble in Kashmir, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said.
Even as Kiran Kumar Reddy has quit the Congress and resigned as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, protesting against the division of the state, veteran Congress leader and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh says he, too, will quit the party if its central leadership removes him from the post of chief minister, after the elections.
Rajasthan has taken the lead on structural reforms which could help India attract business and employ a fast-growing workforce.
The new economic affairs secretary believes that doing more of the same cannot help; you must do things differently.
Years of wait before DTC, GST are rolled out
Its new industrial policy appears to benefit industrial houses
A strong proponent of the GST, Adi Godrej has been saying for five years or more that it will add one per cent to India's gross domestic product (GDP).
'Most investors are still waiting for the winners to correct.'
The new series claims GDP grew at seven per cent between April and June 2015, while gross value added (GVA) grew at 7.1 per cent.
Natarajan said she had an unpopular job but she never did anything wrong
A generation has passed and the demolition appears to be a story of an era gone by, says Sharat Pradhan, who shares his experience as a witness in court in the Babri Masjid demolition case. On the 25th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition, we republish this 2011 special.
Raghuram Rajan joked he wasn't expecting to win any votes or Facebook 'likes' in the position.
Politically, it will not be easy for Modi to take hard decisions such as raising fuel prices in the first budget, given the risk of higher inflation.
An enormous amount of black money flows in and out of the banking system and still remains black.
Inflation is down and there's every chance that crude prices will be subdued through the next year.
Experts are divides on whether a new international airport should be developed at Greater Noida.
Pressures in the BJP-Akali Dal alliance have created grounds for a rise in extremism.
The BJP had not filed till May the expenses statement for the Karnataka Assembly elections held last year in July.
Controversial former Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi was on Saturday unceremonimously ousted from the president's post of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) with a rebel group led by local BJP leader Amin Pathan taking over the reins.
The move is aimed at reflecting the diversity of India and highlighting the contribution of prominent personalities.
'The BJP currently occupies the centre stage of Indian politics, much the way the Congress did in the 1970s. That may be comforting to the party, but it could also be the road to perdition of easy self-congratulation and sycophancy.'
States spent much more in the first three months of the current financial year compared to the corresponding period last year.
India is the world's second-biggest sugar producer after Brazil and has been looking to offload a surplus in an already well-supplied world market.
Bengaluru dominates Karnataka's economy and its infrastructure mess compounds the problems, with policies lagging need and expectations.
In the history of Indian railway budgets, Suresh Prabhu will perhaps be the first railway minister not to have announced either a single new train or a new railway line
This will, of course, go a long way in meeting the promised fiscal deficit target of 3.6 per cent of GDP in 2015-16.
There are rumours that Ajay Singh who previously headed SpiceJet may get an investor to bail out the airline of dire consequences.
Volunteers have been asked to provide details of their core competencies for future projects, says Mayank Mishra
Opposition party is unlikely to block Bills for GST, insurance and e-auction of coal mines.
Not only do you need an effective and independent regulator, you also need competition to flourish.
Voters are disillusioned with the two rival fronts in the state and there are no effective alternatives either. G Sreedathan explains
As investors try to second-guess the US Fed, corporate and election results could have a bearing on market direction
To a lay observer, therefore, India today presents two conflicting realities.
The amendment Act provides for the elimination of the exemption as it relates to compensation and resettlement and rehabilitation of families.
It is widely believed that Nandan Nilekani's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saved the ambitious Aadhaar project from oblivion or a takeover by the home ministry.
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