Several relatives of the killed workers said they were not officially informed about their loved ones by any government authority.
Higher disposable incomes, rural push and infra push to boost auto sector
Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
Sanjay Khan goes back in time with memories of the Mysore fire tragedy.
Bombay House turns evangelist for new Tata products.
The Bill comes at a time when prospective home buyers are avoiding under-construction projects, almost everywhere in the country, thereby drying up sources of interest-free funds for debt-ridden developer firms
The sluggish legal system in India makes it extremely difficult for law-enforcing agencies in the ministry of finance to punish violations of foreign exchange laws. Unfortunately, it is not just FEMA. The Prevention of Money Laundering Act too has significant infirmities, say Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Pranati Mehra.
'Till the time the MSM and Modi don't trust one another, expect more Nirmala Sitharamans springing out from nowhere,' says Sudhir Bisht.
Deep down, Katragadda is still that boy who makes as well as sells soap
As the new ecommerce paradigm works its way through multiple sectors of the economy it is likely to encounter legal challenges, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
HDFC twins, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and SBI from the financial space gained between 1-2.7%.
Managing expectations is a challenge for policymakers.
Jacob Fugger could always add value for his customers. He made himself indispensable. That kept him in the game
Why are the 'secular' parties silent about the lynchings on our streets? Are they so busy forging political alliances that they ignore the numerous distortions of Constitutional values?
Shares of ING Vysya Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank rallied by up to 6% on the BSE on reports that Kotak Mahindra Bank in final stages to buy the bank.
The 7th Pay Commission recommendations are a major challenge for the Railways.
'If the government had not spent an incredible amount of energy on demonetisation it may -- may, because it had not done anything the previous six months either -- have been able to pay attention to the deeper problems of low investment and job creation.'
Dr Manmohan Singh's role in the sordid saga of the Coal Allocation Scam was always Delhi's worst-kept secret; calls for his interrogation will mushroom after he was named by P C Parakh, says T V R Shenoy.
The shift to gross calorific value-based grading of coal aligned domestic prices with international benchmarks.
The means to do so via an expanded Aadhaar system is easily at hand, too.
'The summer of 1857 saw violence, perpetrated by the Indians and the Britons, on an unprecedented scale.' 'Never before and never after in the history of British rule in India was there violence at the level that 1857 witnessed.'
However, the budget arithmetic is slightly optimistic.
Global disinflation has finally caught up with India's high-cost economy.
The Opposition on Monday charged the government with trying to promote crony capitalism, creating fear by giving "unbridled power" to taxmen, trying to snoop into people's lives through increased use of Aadhaar through the provisions of the Finance Bill.
Sensex hit a record high of 27,225.85 and Nifty hit a record high of 8,141.90 in the intra-day trades today.
This festive season, put on your apron and whip up exquisite, progressive desserts, MasterChef-style.
'In being dismissive of Naveen, his colleagues showed incredible naivety.' 'On the few occasions that he put his foot down, the overconfident party leaders, who believed they were using him and not the other way around, failed to read the signs of what was to come.'
Indian cities will go down like a pack of cards if hit by a powerful earthquake, seismologists tell Rashme Sehgal.
Two skyscrapers were decimated the day 2,996 died, one and a half decades ago. George Joseph profiles the monument that has replaced them.
'The army has stopped short of exerting the sort of influence it may have done historically.' 'It is comfortable with its relations with the civilian government as the superior partner.'
Money is being released and the government knows it will have to front-run private investment.
Sanjeev Nayyar visits an Amma canteen in Chennai, and comes back impressed
The govt must fix regulatory hurdles to ensure growth.
Their coal block bids may be referred to CCI.
Smart cities are really about clustering smart people and institutions.
The Sino-Pakistan relationship remains fundamentally asymmetrical: Pakistan wants more out of its ties with China than China is willing to offer. Today, when Pakistan's domestic problems are gargantuan, China would be very cautious in involving itself even more, says Harsh V Pant.
What happens when someone working in one of India's large public sector companies ends up there, hoping IIM-A is all about leadership?
Fifty years ago, India and Pakistan fought a short but bloody war. The author finds out how Sainik Samachar, the defence ministry's journal, reported it.
'I ask for bail in the name of justice.' 'Give me a chance to stay alive and see the trial till its end.'
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