Committing to more steps to boost economy, the Finance Ministry said initiatives taken by the government in the past one year will boost investment and revive the sagging growth.
The year gone by saw the high and mighty of the corporate world face the music in the Delhi High Court which held that the telecom majors are amenable to CAG audit and Mukesh Ambani's RIL struggling hard to get rid of an FIR lodged on gas pricing by the 49-day-old AAP regime.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
Engineering major BHEL rebounded from its day's lows to end around 1% higher.
DLF says it has started the process of giving possession of housing units at New Town Heights project according to its commitment
The judiciary has started going beyond the technicalities of the agreements and awarding compensation to buyers.
Will help in reviving the economy and push investment.
How Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar find themselves in a huge controversy.
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasising the need to kick-start investment in the country, the project monitoring group (PMG) under the Cabinet Secretariat has asked various government departments to start monitoring projects for which clearances have been facilitated through this mechanism.
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According to the global financial services major, the primary concern for the RBI at the moment has to be anchoring elevated inflation expectations and stabilising the currency, which could face renewed pressures if the Fed begins QE tapering this week, as widely expected.
Chasing a target of 283, India 'A' knocked off the runs in 39.4 overs.
Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith said he is "nervous" about the Proteas' upcoming tour of India, starting with the first Test in Mohali on November 5.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 80 points up at 23,789 while the Nifty50 closed at 7,235, up 24 points.
The joint entity will have a market share of nine per cent in India. Analysts tracking the company said one of the key outcomes of the merger would be to create a single brand entity of Sun and the Ranbaxy brand would eventually dissolve.
The Competition Commission of India has slapped Coal India Ltd with a penalty of Rs 1,773 crore (Rs 17.73 billion) -- the biggest by the watchdog on a company -- over alleged abuse of its monopolistic position.
Steve Smith has succeeded only moderately in the Indian Premier League for Rajasthan Royals this season, but he is optimistic that he would deliver big in the remaining matches of the T20 league, including the all-important play-off games.
Surprisingly, RIL scrip also fell by 2.73 per cent to 1,029.15, becoming the second biggest loser in the index
HSBC on Monday lowered India's GDP forecast for the current financial year to 4 per cent from 5.5 per cent earlier saying economic uncertainty is likely to weigh on the growth forecast in the coming months.
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Markets ended lower on profit taking ahead of June F&O expiry.
Expressing serious concern over contraction in industrial output in November, India Inc called for immediate policy interventions, including a rate cut by RBI, to prevent job losses and boost demand.
A chronology of events relating to implementation of the Justice R M Lodha panel recommendations on structural reforms in the BCCI.
The Sensex ended down 251 points at 27,351 and the Nifty shed 65 points to close at 8,228.
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According to the latest data, until May, 48.3 per cent of the total 207 projects worth Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) or above, also termed as mega projects, faced delays and witnessed a cost overrun of 19.2 per cent from the originally-sanctioned Rs 656,000 to Rs 781,000.
Revenues of Indian companies, excluding those engaged in banking and oil, are expected to grow marginally at 5-6 per cent in the first quarter of this fiscal.
Investors booked profit ahead of the outcome of the two-day US Fed policy meet which begins today.
From Kudankulam to the Land Bill, the author takes the Twitter route to capture the infra action of 2013.
DLF has launched a mega discount sale of its properties.
Former Australia skipper Michael Clarke on Tuesday lauded Board of Control for Cricket in India and Cricket Australia for their handling of the recent DRS controversy but feels the infamous 'Monkeygate' episode of 2007-08 series dragged on far too long.
Sun-Ranbaxy are keen to complete the merger process.
New real estate portals like PropTiger and Commonfloor are also focusing on the secondary market in a big way.
Unchallenged by Sri Lanka so far, India would look to keep the foot on the pedal in their pursuit for a series whitewash when the two teams face off in the fourth and penultimate cricket One-dayer at Eden Gardens on Thursday.
Such a drastic intervention overrides existing private bilateral commercial contracts
Regulator believes Jet Airways deal triggers open offer
Flipkart may walk away from ongoing discussions with telecom service provider Airtel for their platform 'Airtel Zero'.
South Africa will head to India armed with three frontline slow bowlers in their Test squad after recalling leg-spinner Imran Tahir and off-break bowler Dane Piedt for the four-match series starting in November.
Ratnakar Bank to absorb RBS' employees involved in three businesses
Many likely to be in trouble if restive consumers also petition the courts.
Sachin Tendulkar's much-awaited autobiography Playing It My Way was launched in the presence of some of his former teammates, celebrities and family members at an engrossing ceremony on Wednesday.
Latest official data shows that investment is, in fact, showing signs of a moderate pick-up.
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