Why are states important to win for national parties? What is the significance of local power? That was what we should have a look at because the Congress has been squeezed out of power in more states today than it has ever been in history.
RCom is expected to have a 50% stake, Aircel 40% and MTS 10%
The Commerce Ministry earlier this week commissioned a study to assess the impact of free trade agreement with South Korea, with which India had a trade deficit of about $9 billion in 2012-13.
Infosys was the top Sensex loser along with other index heavyweights ITC and HDFC.
Sensex, Nifty under pressure on weak global cues.
The stock market, the Survey felt, had run away from underlying real economy indicators and asked if this indicated rational confidence or irrational exuberance.
A brief report card on Modi's ministers.
There are a couple of proposals, however, whose goals are not easily achievable.
'On the tax front, most of the Budget proposals are sensible'.
One of the urgent tasks ahead for the new government should be to improve public trust in the executive.
The Essar Oil, Rosneft deal also helped Arpwood Capital, boutique investment bank, co-founded by Rajeev Gupta and Raj Kataria, to grab the second spot in the mergers and acquisitions league table.
E-governance roll-out needs better infrastructure, privacy protection.
Almost half the overall projects costing at least Rs 150 crore (Rs 1.5 billion) are facing a time lag as on March 31. Of 558 projects, 272 were running late when FY13 came to an end, official data showed.
Most top industrialists rate PM's first 100 days in office as 'good', primarily due to his intentions, not concrete policy measures.
'The domestic scenario is much better than earlier, demonstrated in the March quarter earnings.'
Since Parliament is still in session, the government refrained from making an official statement but the ministers said there were ample 'precedents by the Congress governments in the past' of Bills being pushed through the ordinance route.
Experts tell Ujjval Jauhari that investors need to be careful in picking stocks given high valuations and with markets possibly ignoring potential risks
Is the demoralised party trying to open its account as an Opposition party?
The United Progressive Alliance government's efforts to rein in the judiciary may come unstuck as its ambitious bill scrapping the collegium system of appointing judges to the Supreme Court and high courts as the Bharatiya Janata Party is unlikely to allow the passage in the ongoing Parliament session.
After 3 weeks of consecutive rally, this week was a breather for the index, which corrected by almost 1.5%.
Former Comptroller Auditor General Vinod Rai has come out with a stinging criticism of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying integrity is not just financial but intellectual and professional too and claimed that Congress leaders had sought to apply pressure on him to keep the PM's name out of audit reports.
Modi's minimum government, maximum governance will go a long way?
Auto stocks led the rally with Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp and Maruti Suzuki leading the gains.
The apex court's five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said Aadhaar is meant to help benefits reach the marginalised sections of the society and takes into account the dignity of people not only from personal but also from community point of view.
Markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday on account of Holi and Good Friday, respectively.
Britain's vote to leave the European Union means uncertainty for markets and companies as London initiates at least two years of negotiations with the EU.
The minister also cautioned the social media giant and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg of repercussions under the IT Act in case of any data breach came to light.
Landmark judgments follow new CJI's assumption of office.
How the 4 ministries have performed
'The recent US jobs report has eased fears of a hike in the Fed meeting.'
"We will work out the parameters then we will see as to how mentioning will be done," he said.
Moving from pricing control to a free market means stiff competition.
The Finance Ministry is of the opinion that Vodafone might drag its tax dispute to court.
An exchange which preaches others on governance must start practising it first, says Shyamal Majumdar.
Delhi Police claims that the FIR reveals serious cognizable corruption & cheating offences, so matter is within its jurisdiction.
Monday's surprise meeting is an admission by the Bharatiya Janata Party that their purported strategy of hoping to ride the popular 'Modi wave' in a Tamil Nadu without Jaya and a bed-ridden Karunanidhi does not have much chance of success, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
An expectation of tax sops in Budget, weakness of dollar and robust tax collection are adding positive sentiment
The government has made its initial moves, good and not-so-good, while the roll-out in some cases has been slow.
Modi govt says its economic score on all coutns is very good.
'Let us also not expect that there will be a clean break with the past, much though the new government might like to think about it. In a functional democracy that is neither feasible nor desirable. But basic change it must be,' says Shreekant Sambrani.
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