I-T lens on current account deposits over Rs 12.5 lakh. All the news and more post demonetisation.
N Sundaresha Subramanian, Karan Choudhury and Shreya Jai report on the sorry condition of homebuyers who invested in Jaypee Infratech and the Amrapali group's Noida-based projects.
'They don't always agree with our governments, their teachers or their parents, but it is the conviction of their ideas, and their determination to share them with the world that, I believe, is one of the greatest sources of hope for our planet.' 'The colonisation of space, understanding the very building blocks of matter and the universe, utilising our understanding of the human genome to conquer disease -- these are the tasks waiting for a fellowship of minds to realise new triumphs in our collective destiny.'
Air India's outgoing CMD Rohit Nanda helped the airline tide over crisis.
The ordinance has returned near absolute power of discretion in land acquisition, except in tribal areas, into the hands of the bureaucracy yet again
Both countries will advance maritime security and strengthen disaster response in the region, says Modi.
Sticky labour laws and a difficult business environment have led to employers shifting their new hiring in favour of contract labour where social security is much lesser, says Mahesh Vyas.
'The India-Canada relationship has suffered benign neglect. Its full potential has not yet been realised,' says Rup Narayan Das.
Sensex firm on favourable GDP numbers for FY16.
'SBI is already too big. Too big to fail.' 'It already is a moral hazard. What will it do with 20,000 branches that it cannot do with 14,000, especially in these days of online and mobile banking?'
CEOs fear any change in status of the mines will mean disruption in production, loss of investment and increased production cost for user industries.
The elements are all aligned to make India a global powerhouse, says IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
RBI's out-of-turn rate cut has surprise few economists.
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
Lt Gen Bakshi announced 'full support' to the new chief and made it clear that he won't resign.
You could step aside from the BJP membership, don the mantle of a full-time journalist again and then go ballistic against the government, Sudhir Bisht tells Arun Shourie in this open letter.
Indian roads are far more unsafe than its railways. A sense of urgency is required to tackle India's embarrassing record on road safety.
ISB professor Krishnamurthy Subramanian tells Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com that Modi government's continuation of tax terrorism is driving away investors.
'The corporate sector says by 2022 they will create 300 million jobs.' 'In the last 70 years we didn't do it, how will we do it in 5 years?' 'Only agriculture can bail out the economy. Unfortunately, it is not being looked into.'
'India's biggest loss is that we will not have anyone as principled and as courageous as Rajan.'
Maruti will showcase its first concept electric vehicle, the e-SURVIVOR; M&M it's six new EVs, including two futuristic concepts
If the people of Tamil Nadu stop deifying their leaders and start evaluating them more objectively, the political masters too may change their wayward behaviour, argues Sudhir Bisht.
To curb mis-selling of policies and rationalise commissions, radical changes have been proposed to help investors.
Recently, The World Bank has come up with the latest figures on the wealthiest countries in the world.
'It is not impossible that there will be some arrangement with the Congress in West Bengal after the ongoing local body polls.'
President Xi said that the Chinese side is ready to work with the Indian side to carry forward the fresh impetus of bilateral relations.
One can see the scale of recalls going up as the market expands.
A big hit to China's growth or to Europe's financial system could certainly tip the global economy.
Urjit Patel as the new RBI governor whose focus is on taming inflation has lowered the probability of interest rate cut soon
Who are the men the prime minister relies on to execute his impressive agenda?
Growth in India will pick up from current levels, says LEO Puri, managing mirector, UTI Asset Management Company.
Since 2000, India has had three serious droughts.
We are in this mess as the machinery of the government in a market economy is broken. We need technically sound banking regulation, so that capital is not misallocated, and the landscape does not get littered with zombie firms kept alive through evergreening, says Ajay Shah.
Then chief minister Jyoti Basu once told an industrialist that capitalists were class enemies and he should expect no sympathy.
Ministry considering tax sops for India's first global financial centre, steps to liberalise futures and options markets.
The greatest progress on civil rights in the United States since Abraham Lincoln was under the Southern Democrat Lyndon Johnson, the past master of wheeling and dealing in Congress.
The government is looking at building by-laws and floor area ratio so that you can build up instead of out, thus requiring less land.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Abuu Dhabi on Sunday on a two-day visit to the strategically important United Arab Emirates during which he will hold talks with the country's top leadership to enhance cooperation in key areas of trade and security and address the Indian diaspora.
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
Why Dalit leaders cross over to the BJP
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