Firming up plans to drastically reduce availability of liquor, the Congress-led United Democratic Front government on Tuesday decided to issue notices to hoteliers below the five-star category to shut their bars by September 12.
Royal Challengers Bangalore will be aiming for revival when they clash against out-of-sorts Gujarat Lions in an Indian Premier League match.
In commercial real estate, leasing of office space was higher although the activities were subdued in retail segment.
Provisions of long-term capitals gains tax is now applicable after only two years.
In his Budget speech, the finance minister said: "We propose to facilitate higher investment in affordable housing. Affordable housing will now be given infrastructure status, which will enable these projects to avail the associated benefits."
Housing market in Mumbai Metropolitan Region recording worst half-yearly performance since global financial crisis in 2008 has worsened the situation for them
With real estate -- NRIs's favourite investment vehicle in the past -- unlikely to do well in the near future, there is a strong case for NRIs to shift to equity and debt mutual funds, says Prateek Mehta.
December is a month of high retail sales for cars, as companies and dealers push stocks to clear inventories
Agriculture and processed food exports dropped to a five-year low of $24 billion in 2015-16.
FMCG, durables, pharma firms say they remain unclear about transition gains and losses
Cheap milk prices, rising fodder cost and the difficulties in buying new cattle and selling old ones on account of cow vigilantism have cast a triple shadow on this sunshine sector in Indian agriculture, reports Sanjeeb Mukherjee.
From working as a labourer on a daily wage of Rs 60 to fetching an Indian Premier League contract worth Rs 20 lakh, Jammu and Kashmir batsman Manzoor Dar has covered a distance more awe-inspiring than the 100-metre sixes he is known for.
A fourth of the property market is cash-based and this has affected home sales after high value notes were scrapped.
Among those who have the most to lose from India's haphazard policies are dealers selling cars made by Toyota, Mahindra & Mahindra, Daimler AG's and Tata Motors' luxury arm, Jaguar Land Rover
Every housing finance company, and every bank with a large housing finance exposure, will see loss of volumes in this quarter.
N Sundaresha Subramanian, Karan Choudhury and Shreya Jai report on the sorry condition of homebuyers who invested in Jaypee Infratech and the Amrapali group's Noida-based projects.
Liquor sales will obviously be hit. So, will real estate prices at what used to be prime locations, close to major thoroughfares. Food and snack sales close to highways will also, in all probability, be affected.
However, Hyderabad had clearly done their homework as Rashid grabbed the top wicket-taker's 'purple cap' on Sunday after his 3-19 set up a comprehensive win over Gujarat Lions.
'I expect fourth quarter GDP growth to be sharply down.' 'I would imagine it would shave off at least one percentage point, if not more, as compared to the third quarter.'
BlackBerry has no plans to sell its devices business even as the Canadian smartphone maker faces losses and inventory pile
Home loans also pose lower bad-debt risks for the banks than corporate loans.
All-rounder Irfan Pathan said he is ready to fit into any role that his new franchise Chennai Super Kings is going to offer him in the forthcoming eighth edition of the Indian Premier League.
In the global markets, pulses prices have slumped because of a bumper harvest.
Will help the government expand mobile and broadband penetration in the country
Facebook has launched an 'internet.Org' initiative
England were thumped 4-1 in Australia in their One-day International series at the beginning of the year and also lost recent series at home against Sri Lanka and India.
Among these, Hindalco and Vedanta from the metal pack have become multi-baggers, gaining 100 per cent in 2016
Stylish batsman Cheteshwar Pujara comes with the reputation of a good Test cricketer, according to former opener Virender Sehwag, who hoped that the Indian batting mainstay improves his skills in T20 cricket and gets picked by an Indian Premier League franchise in the next season.
Samsung shipped 83.2 million smartphones worldwide and captured 24 per cent market share
Its net profit stood at Rs 100.05 crore (Rs 1 billion) in the year-ago period.
The Chinese e-commerce giant has outlined its vision, but hasn't really explained the logic behind a recent spree of investments.
Surendra Hiranandani -- chairman and managing director, House of Hiranandani -- explains what ails India's housing sector and indicates the way forward.
What the railways need to do is to establish a clear link between higher fares and better service, says T N Ninan.
Realtors are still flexible with buyers' demands.
Dealer despatches will probably be a good signal of economic turnaround or further deterioration, says Devangshu Datta.
Is looking to raise Rs 3,000 cr.
The real estate subvention scheme or 80-20 home buying plan, recently banned by the Reserve Bank of India, is now being replaced by other offers to attract buyers.
Contrary to popular belief, it does make sense to live on rent in your dream house, and own a smaller property, says Manish Shah.
Good pay hikes, positive macroeconomic factors and the taming of inflation have had a positive effect on purchases
Madhuri praised him in Sinhalese, saying, 'Gondhak hundai (Very good)', which instantly made Sanath smile.
