The finance minister has labelled about 65 per cent of the fuel excise revenue as cess, including the restructured road and infrastructure cess
Paytm is just embarking on building a TaoBao like entity in India, it may want to address a challenge that the latter faced a few years after its launch.
'His contributions in setting up transparent precedents of governance are still basically intact despite the cynicism of several of his successors,' notes Jamini Bhagwati.
Every psychiatrist and psychologist Rediff.com spoke to said one thing: Avoid news channels and social media.
Hyderabad-based Pi Datacenters wants to be the first destination of choice for enterprises in data and cloud services.
Modi govt must bring about reforms to kick-start big-ticket infra projects.
The current broadcasting platforms believe the road ahead for Netflix might not be a cakewalk
'Neither the Centre nor the state is helping us, rather they are coming up with new ways to create stumbling blocks for the return of money.'
After raping the child, the man threw her on the ground from a height and she died, police said.
The company will now focus on value creation for shareholders in the defence and construction businesses.
The repo or short term lending rate remains unchanged at 6.75 per cent and the reverse repo rate at 7.75 per cent.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'No right thinking student of politics can name one state where the BJP gains in double digits.'
XTI Aircraft, a Denver, Colorado-based aerospace startup firm, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign.
Analysts mostly prefer domestic plays beside select films with foreign exposure.
More important is to diversify the country's farm production base.
From the rented home where he paid Rs 500 a month in the 1990s to the flat he will buy from the one crore won on KBC, Ajeet Kumar's personal journey is a story worth cheering for.
'The recent US jobs report has eased fears of a hike in the Fed meeting.'
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday indicated that the post of Chief of Defence Staff could be a reality soon, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked defence reforms as a priority and stressed that "jointness at the top" was a need long overdue.
The Kambli family has been crafting the idol for Mumbai's most famous Ganesha pandal, Lalbaugcha Raja, since 1935.
Making woollen garments empowers women in two Uttarakhand villages.
'If a gaming regulator is able to save even a single player's life or is able to just enforce the existing laws of the land, it works,' says cyber policy expert Prashant Mali.
Nitish is resigned to his fate; Smriti's an unknown; Modi's weighty issues; Will Jaitley win? All this and more from the election battlefield.
Calculated or otherwise, if Azhagiri's firing of the first salvo after Karunanidhi's death does not create some space for him to politico-electorally exploit at a later date, there may not be any space left for him at all, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
1mg has made buying medicines easy and it aims to do more in online health care.
With an eye on beefing up maritime security, India is negotiating a deal with 24 countries for exchange of neutral merchant shipping data as it rolls out a national hub to tackle all aspects of coastal security to prevent another 26/11-like attack.
Accusing Narendra Modi of misguiding people about his marital status for several years, the Gujarat unit of the Congress threatened to take legal action against him today, for providing false information in the affidavit submitted along with his nomination papers.
Top 5 losers include Lupin, Cipla, Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy's Lab and GAIL down 1.6%-11%.
'Both Doval and Jaishankar are savvy enough to know what is good for them and won't want to meet the fate of Icarus in Greek mythology,' argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Reflecting the woes of transgenders who have remained social 'untouchables' with restricted access to education and jobs, only a minuscule 2,996 transgenders in Tamil Nadu enrolled themselves in the 5.3 crore strong voters list.
In good times, analysts justify valuations giving interesting investment rationale.
Naval warship INS Kochi, the stealth guided missile destroyers, has been commissioned by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
Amid subdued demand for traditional information technology (IT) services offerings, Indian IT services players are betting on big data, as this is high on clients' agenda.
The S&P BSE Sensex shed 286 points to close at 24,539 and the Nifty50 lost 100 points to end at 7,456.
Traders are closely watching the progress of the monsoon.
Ranjita Ganesan and Nikita Puri chronicle the journey of Abhishek Poddar, one of India's leading art patrons.
On an average most commodities are up between 20-30 per cent compared to a year ago levels.
The fixed line broadband will offer "ultra high-definition entertainment on large screen TVs, multi-party video conferencing from your living room, voice-activated virtual assistants, virtual reality gaming, digital shopping, immersive experiences," Ambani said.
Within Sebi, the chairman should hold an umbrella for both young and old employees, says Somasekhar Sundaresan.
For the first time in our political history, Pakistan has become centre stage of the incumbent's campaign, points out Shekhar Gupta.
