Tatas, Adani, Bharti, HDFC and Sun Groups have clocked huge gains.
In a grand ceremony with overtones of a United States presidential inauguration, heads of state and government, India Inc honchos, opposition leaders, Bharatiya Janata Party members and showbiz stars rubbed shoulders as they watched President Ram Nath Kovind administer the oath of office to India's 58 new ministers.
Corporate leaders said a stable government at the Centre will help boost infrastructure spend, address agricultural distress, and encouraging employment.
Polling was held on Sunday for 59 Lok Sabha seats in the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls. Elections are being held in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 seats in Haryana, eights constituencies each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, seven seats in Delhi and four in Jharkhand. Take a look at the famous faces who exercised their democratic right.
The SC bench directed the court-appointed forensic auditors to complete their detailed investigation on divergence of home buyers money by Amrapali group before March 22 and list the matter for hearing on March 24.
In the Forbes rich list Mukesh Ambani is ranked 39th.
Forbes said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "economic experiments" barely affected India's billionaires while none gained more than oil-and-gas tycoon Mukesh Ambani, who cemented his decade-long hold on the top slot by adding a staggering USD 15.3 billion (67 per cent) to his last year's wealth to become one of Asia's top five richest.
Ambani's $15 bn bet will upend Indian telecom
On the telecom sector, he demanded auctioning of more spectrum.
On Monday, Ambani had said the Reliance group was open to join hands with Bharti Airtel for improving telecom network for 4G services in Punjab.
A majority of India's billionaires gained wealth in the last one year in spite of the stock market decline.
Trade and economic issues, including visa, totalisation pact and impediments hampering investments, are likely to figure at Monday's US-India CEO Forum meeting, which will be jointly addressed by visiting US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The 20 richest people on the planet are worth a staggering USD 1.2 trillion, a sum roughly equivalent to the annual economic output of Mexico.
Spectrum auction on Thursday entered the 10th day of bidding and started off from Rs 61,091.83 crore (Rs 610.91 billion) in terms of value.
The Jio-Bharti battle will not just be limited to mobile telephony but will extend to the fibre to home space too.
'Sonam is my lucky charm.' 'Because of her, 2018 went well for me, as I got four big weddings.' 'It started with Sonam's in November, then Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh's in December, Kapil Sharma's wedding and then Isha Ambani's wedding.'
Some of the world's wealthiest Indian billionaires, such steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal and mining and metals tycoon Anil Agarwal, are based in London.
We look back at international movies shot in India.
Issues related with intellectual property rights, including piracy of films and software, figured prominently during the India-US CEO Forum in New Delhi attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama.
The financial year ending Saturday saw such big-ticket events that set the directional tone for the country's business journey.
The telecom industry is moving towards a five-plus one model.
The 59-year-old Batra is one of the few sports administrators to head a national Olympic committee while heading an important international sports federation.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has given its recommendations on the much-awaited issue of spectrum sharing.
'The economy will pick up in 2020 or a little later... When it picks up, will it reach 10%, 8% or still lower? It all depends on how realistic are the diagnosis and the prescriptions that follow,' says Professor K J Joseph.
Urban Indians are developing a taste for freshly brewed and bottled craft beer.
Indian billionaires do not believe in sitting on their wealth.
Looking back, the Indians had rubbed their hands in delight at the variety of marquee events at home the sporting calendar of 2017 offered, and they now look forward, with optimism and anticipation, to a challenging 2018.
Hinduja brothers have been ranked as Britain's richest Asians in 2014 with a total worth of 13.5 billion pounds, an increase of one billion pounds over the previous year.
Over 250 passengers have been rescued, a railway official said.
Modi government has to come up with a robust economic agenda to impress the masses.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh interacts with readers on Rediff Chat as he discusses the period that changed India's history, forever.
After a two year run-in with controversies, telecom sector now looks stable and seems back on its feet with initial investment proposal of over Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion) received in 2013.
Indians all over the US are going beyond being human and are learning to be humanitarian and expand their philanthropy activities finds Ajailiu Niumai.
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