Patrick Bhai and Stephen Bhai are old friends of Gujarat.
US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, newly elected co-chair of the influential Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans, discusses her vision for US-India ties with Rediff.com's Monali Sarkar.
India believes rich nations should be away from farm subsidies.
Senior bureaucrats say the government has planned a 'feel-good' Budget after the 'pain' of demonetisation.
Ignoring the United States viewpoint, India has refused to consider the Devyani Khobragade episode as "closed", saying there are "residual" issues which need to be addressed.
For the party's traditional vote bank -- traders -- demonetisation was a 'political betrayal.'
Infra major's entry could queer the pitch for Jaypee and Hindustan Semiconductor.
Andhra Pradesh now comes third in ease of doing business.
Experts say only three per cent individuals pay taxes.
Virtual incubation platform StartupWave has been adopted by close to 190 entrepreneurs.
Existing units stay operational; those approved may not be notified, land could be used for other purposes
Both Obama and Modi have taken bold steps towards laying the groundwork to give a big push to Indo-US trade, and now it's time to execute, says Bikash Mohapatra.
Even Delhi does not have a full-time registrar of chits.
'I feel more like a chess player, thinking for long hours how to make the next move," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan tells Surajeet Das Gupta.
'Most of the agitations are staged by the Opposition to disturb the peace of the state.'
The recommendation, if implemented, is likely to face opposition from the government's key support base among Hindu traders and businesspersons.
Her great grandfather began sugar co-operatives in Maharashtra. Her grandfather was an eight time MP. Her uncle is currently leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly. Her cousin joined the BJP on Tuesday, March 12. Nila Vikhe Patil, who could one day become prime minister of Sweden, unravels her India connections in an e-mail interaction with Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
PSU bank shares were the top gainers on hopes of a rate by the RBI on easing consumer inflation
The state is trying hard to improve ease of doing business by several notches.
DIPP had proposed 100% FDI in Railways, which it had to now scale down to 74% in certain areas
DEA officials to push for this at a meeting with FM Jaitley.
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.
The research found that 50% of the people were receiving either nothing or less cash than they were entitled in lieu of the subsidised grains that were stopped under the pilots starting from September 2015 till May 2016.
If currency controls are maintained indefinitely, popular support for Narendra Modi's demonetisation will turn into dislike, warns Devangshu Datta.
The WTO dispute panel had its last hearing in early May.
Taxpayer satisfaction is a part of the matrix of key performance indicators of the administration.
Retired senior US diplomats Teresita and Howard Schaffer believe the 'US cannot afford to continue restricting its contacts with Narendra Modi.' Rediff.com's Aziz Haniffa reports from Washington, DC.
There is a sense of relief in Beijing that Modi will be at the helm of affairs in Delhi at a critical juncture in the geopolitics of the region, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The United States has lifted most of its sanctions against Iran after a UN watchdog reported that Tehran had complied with a nuclear weapons deal.
Modi said officers must fix clear targets to improve the country's tax administration by 2022, the 75th anniversary of Independence.
The victory celebration over, new FIFA president Gianni Infantino's first major decision in charge of the troubled world football organisation will be to appoint a secretary general, effectively a chief executive, to run day-to-day operations.
With rest of the world showing no signs of growth and headwinds ahead for US growth, chances are that we might continue to see central banks pumping money into their economies
'Modi is likely to make more announcements to win or retain popularity, and put himself at the centre of things even more than now,' says T N Ninan.
Communist China has recently developed a great expertise in 'soul reincarnation', feels Claude Arpi
The total valuation of Tata Teleservices, according to the valuer, was only Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion), against the pre-agreed valuation of Rs 27,000 crore (Rs 270 billion).
Air that people breathe in Indian cities is among the worst in the world.
This time, the global appetite for risk is in favour of India.
There are a couple of proposals, however, whose goals are not easily achievable.
The Budget chose to stick to an ambitious disinvestment programme for 2016-17.
There is mounting evidence that the Information Revolution may mean the end of large-scale vertically integrated businesses whose guiding principle, "economies of scale", was the defining miracle of the Industrial Age.
