'At the risk of upsetting Mumbaikars, I would have to say that New Delhi is leaps ahead of other Indian cities in its sense of fashion and style,' says Kishore Singh.
On the sectoral map, consumer durables stayed in the lead by surging 2.39 per cent, followed by realty index, oil and gas and infra.
The contraction in M&A activity in India contrasts sharply with the upbeat global picture, much of it led by a reviving US economy.
Initially, hair care products such as Vatika hair oil and shampoos, Meswak toothpaste, Chyawanprash and honey would be made available.
2015 was characterised by some interesting events and trends.
Import curbs on Chinese panels and modules may help, but low demand and capacity remain problem areas, says Shreya Jai.
'I play a suicide bomber and while doing this job if my character suddenly breaks into song and dance, it won't look good.'
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
Modi-Shah BJP has resurrected dangers and the enemy from the past and built a scary jingoism. It's a great diversionary tactic but history shows it never ends well, points out Shekhar Gupta.
Between 2001 and 2011, the number of rural habitations with population of less than 1,000 has declined sharply
Companies write off investments, shed assets as initial projections go haywire
The People's Choice Survey is an annual report by CashKaro.com, which identifies key trends in online shopping in India.
Over 200 noted authors, including Salman Rushdie and Neel Mukherjee, have asked British Prime Minister David Cameron to raise the issue of "rising climate of fear" and "growing intolerance" in India during his talks with his counterpart Narendra Modi.
Investors brace up ahead of the key macrodata- IIP and CPI numbers due to be unveiled tomorrow.
For the first time since 2008, first quarter of 2014 (Jan-March) saw signing of 10 mega-contracts worth $100 million in ACV.
'While dairy farmers are suffering from low prices, consumers are paying a high price for milk.'
Hometown diplomacy mixed with a Silk Road touch is expected be part of Chinese President Xi Jinping's reciprocal gesture when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits China before end of May.
'With 27 days to go, the total bank deposits has come tantalisingly close to the Rs 14 lakh crores of banned notes which was in the financial system on November 8.' 'Black money hoarders may have actually laundered their black money into white,' argues Rajeev Sharma.
He is talking, making sense, and India is listening. Rahul Gandhi needs to listen to him, too, says Shekhar Gupta.
There will remain those, though, who will remain in opposition to this massive endeavour for world peace with an aim not to improve, but to scuttle the project. But for the rest of us, a cultural and spiritual event of this significance and scale is a feast for the mind and soul, say Sankrant Sanu.
The BJP will be the obvious gainer while the DMK will lose a major chunk of its vote bank.
This will be an area where bilateral or regional trade pacts may not be able to perform well.
Both have made factory jobs the centre of their economic agendas. Kanika Datta explains the practical limits to their ambitions.
They will grow at 5.8 per cent a year.
Bollywood inspired weddings, Dharmendra's cringe-worthy attempt at realism, Sridevi and Aishwarya's painful connection and more in Sukanya Verma's Super Filmi Week.
Bollywood star Salman Khan's appointment as the Indian Olympic contingent's goodwill ambassador has not gone down well with star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, who feels a sportsperson should have been chosen for the role. Salman, who is playing the role of a wrestler in his upcoming film 'Sultan', was named goodwill ambassador by the Indian Olympic Association on Saturday in the presence of star woman boxer M C Mary Kom, hockey captain Sardar Singh, and shooter Apurvi Chandela among others. Yogeshwar, the London Olympics bronze-medallist, said he cannot understand what purpose such an appointment will serve for the athletes. "Everybody has the right to promote movies in India, but Olympics is not a place to promote films." Yogeshwar tweeted in Hindi. "Can anyone tell me what the role of goodwill ambassador is? Why are you fooling the public?" he added.
Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily has asked the finance ministry to cut duties on branded petrol and diesel that offer better mileage and help cut fuel consumption.
Given the current global cues, if the next six months do not turn out to be the way we would want it to, we are definitely looking at a very gloomy start to 2016.
The government should now focus on governance and monitoring the supply side to manage inflation, says M V Subramanian.
With a middle class still so small and no apparent leaps in productivity on the farm or in manufacturing on the horizon, India faces its own age of diminished expectations.
Sensex in green in afternoon trade.
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It all started from Mumbai. Now, Khan's fan base has spread from the US, UK and West Asia to Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Germany, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Kuwait and Palestine. Of the top 10 Bollywood movies that earned the most overseas, seven had Khan in them.
Keep exit plans handy, D-day could be the second week of August, writes Sonali Ranade in Market Notes.
The success story of Adani's Mundra Port in Gujarat, in terms of efficiency, technology and management, should be replicated at Vizhinjam to ensure that this ambitious project does not fail, say Shehzad Poonawalla and Riya Sinha.
'India and Indian Americans cannot rely on wishful thinking about the checks and balances in the US system to magically take care of the many dangerous things that Trump could do,' says Chicago-based writer Ram Kelkar.
The 17th Asian Games came to a close on Saturday, bringing an end to two weeks of intense competition, drama and controversy that shone a light on the best and worst of a region that will host the world's biggest events for the next decade.
Have committed themselves to investing Rs 1,85,000 crore since last year.
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