It has been a difficult year for Singh, whose fate from the start has been closely tied to that of the Gandhi family.
The outcome is beyond the market's expectation and will be a sentimental boost, say analysts.
It hopes to leverage the growing number of mobile transactions
The Chinese e-commerce giant has outlined its vision, but hasn't really explained the logic behind a recent spree of investments.
While the Rafale deal seems to be the main order of business during French President Francois Hollande's visit, other aspects could help sweeten the deal, says Claude Arpi.
FIIs accumulated India's top-listed companies at an average valuation of around 16 times.
On the last day of FY!5, the Sensex ended lower by 18.37 points at 27,957.49.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
The threshold limit for deduction of tax at source has been raised for unusual income such as winnings from horse race, commission
India rode on a solid all-round performance to comfortably crush Zimbabwe by 62 runs in the second One-day International, thereby taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series in Harare on Sunday.
Sensex climbs higher at close, bluechip stocks in focus.
After Urjit Patel's appointment as RBI governor-designate, the bond market witnessed a sell-off, as it became evident that there won't be any significant change in stance
Private-equity funds made an average annual return of just 7 per cent between January 2007 and December 2013 while the Sensex was up 11 per cent.
Usain Bolt is perhaps the only man who can salvage a dismal year for athletics with one final flash of lightning, says Dhruv Munjal.
For an industry which saw sales shrinking in 2013-14, this is hope indeed.
Indices reversed all its losses during late trades.
The share capital of the company is Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million).
In this scenario, the Indian information technology industry and government have two distinct items on the agenda before them.
We could be on the brink if our export industries actually start losing jobs, says Shreekant Sambrani.
Microsoft saw its shares fall 2.6% on Monday.
'We aren't so unreasonable as to demand that he should have fully reversed Indira Gandhi's worst economic legacy, bank nationalisation.' 'But he could have made a beginning by selling off the two most stressed small public sector banks, and then announced that each year for the next 10, one government bank with the most messed-up balance sheet will be sold.' 'It would have electrified the markets, shocked his other banks into better behaviour, and marked his name among the great reformers,' argues Shekhar Gupta.
'When Hindus converted through inducements there was no hue and cry, but when reconversions took place, everyone cried foul. If re-conversions are bad, so are conversions.' 'Our government is not getting involved either in conversions or re-conversions. The BJP has nothing to do with it.' Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu in a candid interview.
The new office will have its base in the national capital.
The redevelopment of stations is good news for construction companies.
Xiaomi is the third largest smartphone brand in the top 30 cities in India.
The government package for public sector banks, announced last Friday, has been welcomed by the stock market with the PSU banking index booking smart gains.
The first six months of the financial year (Siemens follows an Oct-Sept calender) has not been encouraging.
Sensex ends 134.91 pts down at 28,709.87; Nifty falls 44.70 pts at 8,712.05.
The project is expected to be activated by the end of this month.
Going ahead with its "game changer" measure for next Lok Sabha polls, the Congress on Tuesday rolled out the ambitious food security scheme in three states -- Delhi, Haryana and Uttarakhand with party President Sonia Gandhi hailing the measure as "historic" and "unparalleled".
The Yadavs will visit Azamgarh with a huge hamper of 'gifts' on February 6.
Former chairman of the UIDAI Nandan Nilekani, elucidates how Aadhaar could become the spine for alternative banking and could replace government services with cash benefits.
India face one of the most ferocious Davis Cup challenges at home as nothing less than their best would be required to challenge world number two Serbia, who will test skill and strength of the hosts even without world number one Novak Djokovic in Bangalore from Friday.
E-mobility is only one among the several fronts on which Mahindra is waging a battle of aspirations, to future-proof the $19-billion tractor-to-technology conglomerate, says Nikhil Inamdar.
Markets rebound with financials leading the gains on hopes of a peaceful solution to the turmoil in Ukraine
This is how films that bring to life man-made industrial disasters should be made, says Prasanna D Zore.
The market players are expected to react to the better than expected factory output data for the month of August, which revealed that the industrial production grew by 6.4%.
The new Budget would do well to fill up the gaps and pave a strong way forward to ensure that the optimism surrounding it is not short-lived.
Frankly, there is no reason not to open a PPF account and start investing in PPF
An online platform suits many new angel investors who are professionals with tech companies or start-up founders.
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