Union ministers fanned out across the country to highlight the crackdown on black money to mark the first anniversary of demonetisation on Wednesday which the Bharatiya Janata Party celebrated as "Anti Black Money Day" while the Congress-led Opposition observed it as "Black Day" with street protests.
Discount chain to expand to the east and west, continue with third-party brands.
Elaborating on this theme, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan pointed out that if the power sector had not been opened up through reforms initiated in 2003, India would still have been in darkness.
Likely to be merged with Union Budget from FY18
The Survey shows fiscal consolidation despite slowdown in growth.
The announcement of a deferral is expected to be part of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Budget speech on February 29.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' stock market queries. Ajit will offer his unbiased views on a weekly basis
'Markets should be driven more or less by earnings growth.'
Openers Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum shared a breathtaking 109-run stand off 44 balls as Chennai Super Kings outplayed Mumbai Indians by six wickets to maintain their unbeaten run in the IPL.
Wipro Ltd, India's third-biggest software services exporter, posted about an 8 per cent rise in quarterly profit as clients in North America and Europe spent more on technology.
There would be a marginal 3% increase in freight rates.
The company's net profit went up 27% in December quarter, sequentially better than peers; core IT services up 33%..
Experts say Dhoni will continue to be relevant.
The railways continue to lose market share with an actual fall in the number of passengers and stagnant freight tonnage, says Subir Roy.
Rohit Sharma blasted a record-breaking 209, including a world record 16 sixes, which propelled India to a 57-run victory over Australia in the seventh and final One-Day International.
In a chat on rediff.com, Feroze Azeez offered valuable tips.
Inviting private sector in Indian Railways is a good idea.
Australian batsmen yet again took the Indian bowling attack to the cleaners as they scored a massive 359 for five, equaling their highest ever total against India, in the second cricket ODI in Jaipur on Wednesday.
India was the flavour of the year, at least in the FMCG sector, as multinationals hiked stakes in their subsidiaries lured by long term potential of the country, while homegrown executives made their way to top hierarchy of global firms in 2013.
Raja Krishna Menon, who had directed Airlift before he moved to Chef, shares his movie experiences.
Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies.
There is lack of scientific basis in computing the poverty line, says govt.
Nescaf is leading the company's efforts to widen the public lens on its portfolio of brands
'The critics were writing so well about me, I was shocked!' 'My phone didn't stop ringing!' 'This is the biggest tribute for a senior actor.' 'Now, I can pack up.'
Govt wants to up investment in Railways
The Jain brothers' $300 mn-worth Girnar Software has really humble roots.
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Indian Railways plans Rs 39,000 crores non-fare revenue. Via: Branding of trains. Vinyl-wrapping of Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Garib Raths. Moving billboards.
Inaugurations and foundation-stone laying ceremonies might have been low-key but that doesn't mean Tamil Nadu stood still while J Jayalalithaa was out of office, Aditi Phadnis opines
The problems are being compounded by perceptions that India is ill suited to defend the currency in the near-term.
A new leadership is needed to replace the present culture of indifference.
Here is a lowdown of all the light-hearted, fun news from around the ICC World Cup.
Spends by e-commerce players have now touched Rs 1,000 crore.
Times Now, the English news channel Arnab Goswami headed until recently, had an average daily reach of 1.7 million people. That may be a fraction of the 48 million Aaj Tak reached every day in 2016, but Goswami had no trouble getting investors for his new venture.
Andhra Pradesh now comes third in ease of doing business.
In an online chat with readers, overseas consultant NNS Chandra shares career advice.
Demonetisation hit informal sector hard and caused job losses which was not addressed by the budget, Moily said.
India defeated Pakistan by six wickets in a Super 10 Group 2 match to record their first win in the ICC World Twenty20 in Kolkata on Saturday. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 55 to guide India home in their chase of 119.
