As the government submitted a list of 627 foreign account holders to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the spotlight is on family of former Maharashtra chief minister, former minister in the UPA government, a Mumbai-based corporate among others. Vrishti Beniwal reports
'The Pakistani move to ban militant outfits and placate international opinion and Islamabad's openness to a UN security council resolution on Azhar -- instead of beseeching China to cast yet another veto -- enables Islamabad to occupy the high ground,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 190 points up at 23,382.
Modi government has to come up with a robust economic agenda to impress the masses.
In South Asia, the poverty would fall to 13.5 per cent in 2015.
Although the markets could see a knee-jerk reaction, they rule out a sharp fall.
Provisioning for bad investments, finance costs shoot up in FY14.
Sources said the spin-off, a joint venture company, was yet to be named.
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According to sources, the company has identified smaller markets such as Peru, which do not contribute significantly to profits, where it might shut shop in the near term.
There's a long way to go before human beings are replaced by machines -- in banks at least.
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Markets ended tad lower with financials declining the most ahead of RBI policy review tomorrow.
The BSE and the NSE have also been asked to provide inputs.
Diane Wang's DHgate makes inroads into India's e-commerce ahead of Jack Ma's Alibaba.
CBI officials, who questioned former RBI deputy governor H R Khan on Friday, wanted to understand from him why the gold scheme was rushed through without taking into the account the impact and potential misuse.
New strategy for Infosys by October, says Nandan Nilekani. New chairman's other priorities: Hiring CEO, reviewing Panaya probe reports.
He says he does not share IMF's pessimism.
Flipkart might consider Singapore, too, as listing norms aren't very strict.
DGCA sources pegged SpiceJet's total dues at Rs 1,600 crore (Rs 16 billion), which the airline owes lessors, vendors, income-tax department and airport operators.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
The current bear run has already been the second longest since 1975.
RBI is unlikely to stem the slide against the dollar as the greenback is rising rapidly against all currencies in the world.
India's near-term growth has improved: IMF
Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis
After the wedding, Sheena and Mekhail did not meet again. Four or five months later she met her death. Mekhail referred to their last meeting without overt emotion, clear-eyed.
Furthering Indo-US cooperation on terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama on Tuesday agreed to make "joint and concerted efforts" to dismantle safe havens for terror and criminal networks like Lashkar-e-Tayib, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Dawood-company, Al Qaeda and the Haqqani network.
Special 301 Report expresses concern over weak IPR laws, to conduct reviews.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
'The Modi government has been taking credit for improvement in respect of the ease of doing business in India.' 'But when I look at the scams I cannot help feeling that it is too easy to do business with banks in India, if one is a Harshad Mehta, Vijay Mallya or Nirav Modi and their tribe,' says former Union home secretary Madhav Godbole.
The choice clearly is between prompt corrective action and slow but sure destruction, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
'This novel format of diplomacy -- the informal summit -- will not only facilitate bilateral communication and reduce miscalculations at the very top level of the two governments, but possibly open the space for China and India to speak in one voice on various issues of mutual concern,' note Feng Renjie and Ding Kun Lei
Against National Democratic Alliance's 75 million target, United Progressive Alliance added 61 million in 2013-14.
'It has taken bombings in Beirut, bombing of a Russian airliner and now terror attacks in Paris for people to realise that we are not going to achieve our objectives of destroying ISIS if we drive in second gear. We need to get into top gear.'
We need a change in mindset, says the RBI Governor.
Rising skills gap, falling exports, low productivity, rising debt and low foreign investment is jeopardising the target set for the textile and apparels sector
An estimated $344 billion has been illegally removed from the Indian economy between 2002 and 2011
'You need to polish your skills and be prepared to be an asset in the 'new normal' work environment.' 'Access MOOCs (massive open online courses) and keep your brain razor sharp, despite not having a job offer or having your job offer rescinded.'
Jaitley's team presents a quintessential mix of foreign-educated, intellectual technocrats and seasoned bureaucrats
The San Francisco-based giant has acquired a Delhi-based company.
The evolving RBI-government relationship, a reversal in the interest rate cycle and return to profitability will dominate bankers' conversation this year, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The former RBI deputy governor talked about the prospects of an economic revival, reforms in IMF, etc.
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