The PM treaded sensitive ground by asking first-time voters to dedicate their first vote to those who carried out air strike in Balakot.
Accusing the government of spreading misinformation in the National Herald case, the Congress said it was proud to be associated with the newspaper that stood up in pre-independence times against the British for throttling free speech, similar to the present day climate.
The Modi government could steer through Parliament 59 out of 75 Bills.
'Let us also not expect that there will be a clean break with the past, much though the new government might like to think about it. In a functional democracy that is neither feasible nor desirable. But basic change it must be,' says Shreekant Sambrani.
A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu agreed to hear the CBI's two petitions on reopening of the court after the Dussehra break.
Boost to dairy sector will generate jobs
Besides INC's documents for the year 2010-2011, the court also summoned AJL's documents for the same assessment year.
Modi said the ease of doing business ranking improved because the government initiated reforms to end difficulties in the lives of people.
The government has at last commenced important structural reforms.
Analysts say markets to be impacted by monsoon, inflation trajectory.
Without naming either the alleged kingpin of the fraud, billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, or Punjab National Bank, Jaitley questioned the ethics of some businesses in the country and asked as to why the bank's internal and external auditors could not detect the fraud which had been going on for 7 long years.
Jaitley promised higher investment in roads and railways.
The infra-major going belly up cracked open some major flaws in the system - the most evident being weak corporate governance and how layers of corporate structures could be formed adding to the opaqueness of the group.
Farm loan waivers should not be regarded as expenditure but as incentive and investment, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
On a day the United Progressive Alliance government was voted out of power, it committed a gaffe by withdrawing a railway tariff hike within hours of announcing it.
The average rating was seven out of 10.
'The Budget has maintained fiscal prudence while announcing a number of steps to boost growth, particularly in infrastructure and rural sectors.'
'There has been far too much overconfidence about the size and composition of the Indian consumer economy,' notes Mihir S Sharma.
Policy lays out a 5-year road map seeking creation of 3.5 mn jobs and promoting 10,000 start-ups.
During his interaction with the chief ministers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that more economic activities would resume; he also said that zone identification may be left to the states.
'We need to further catalyse economic growth and the government needs to increase revenue,' says G K Agarwal, BJP's national spokesperson on economic affairs.
Moody's expect RBI to hold policy 'repo' rate steady to have a neutral stance in this growth
This Budget plans for an increase to 10.3% of GDP from 9.9%.
A glance back at some important events that occurred in 2018.
Captain Sanjay Sudan had filed the suit against Kingfisher Airlines seeking recovery of around Rs 13 lakh (Rs 1.3 million), his outstanding salary for three months from the airline.
'The hour is very late, and the choice between triumph and tragedy knocks at our door,' says Ajay Shah.
The new norms also seek to ensure that sufficient safeguards are put in place to avoid any misuse of its new powers and the required privacy of individuals is granted while conducting search and seizure operations.
Non-uniform definition of control makes foreign investors wary, raise corporate governance issues.
The government has provided a long-term vision.
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.
'The BJP has shown signs lately of returning to its trader mindset.' 'Several strong emotions get meshed in this: Nationalism, protectionism, mercantilism, and arrogance,' points out Shekhar Gupta.
Stating that a weak fiscal position continues to constrain India's sovereign ratings, Fitch said the next government's medium-term fiscal policy will be of particular importance from a rating perspective.
The rape survivor, who is a postgraduate student at one of the colleges run by Chinmayanand's organisation, has alleged that she was raped and "physically exploited" for a year by the former Union minister.
The financial year ending Saturday saw such big-ticket events that set the directional tone for the country's business journey.
The Budget has to provide for capex on roads, railways, defence and other infrastructure sectors.
The Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid title dispute case, the Sebi-Sahara payment row, the Aadhaar privacy issue and the Cauvery water dispute are only some of the legal puzzles he will have to deal with.
Contentious issues such as the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, abrogation of Art 370 giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir and enactment of Uniform Civil Code have been included in the Bharatiya Janata Party's election manifesto with the party making promises on them.
It is worth reconsidering if this fascination with either having a single party majority or Modi's leadership or, indeed, both, is such a great idea for India, says Udit Misra.
