Although now free, Mangal's ordeal may be far from over.
The key proposals from the IT industry that were not addressed included removal of dual levies on software products
The broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices.
Balakrishnan, head of the BPO, Finacle and India business units at Infosys, is widely seen as a contender for CEO after the incumbent S D Shibulal's term ends in 2015.
Sensex ended at 26,272 up 125 points and Nifty ended at 7,831 up by 35 points.
With this subdued forecast, India is likely to record its worst growth performance since the 1991 liberalisation. However, it is among the only two major economies, which will register a positive growth rate in 2020. The other being China, for which the IMF has projected a growth rate of 1.2 per cent.
The RBI fixed the reference rate for the dollar at 65.2525 and for the euro at 72.1954.
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The 30 Sensex companies alone, which are among the biggest companies in the country, now account for nearly 50% or about Rs 47 lakh crore of total investor wealth.
As per the current market price, the government is expected to fetch Rs 5,300 crore (Rs 53 billion) by selling 10 per cent equity or 24.27 crore (242.7 million) shares at discounted price to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Oil India Ltd.
On the sectoral front, rate-sensitive sectors such as Bankex and Auto gained by 1% and 0.7% respectively while BSE Consumer Durables gained 1.4%.
The main losers on the Sensex were Tata Steel, Hero Moto, BHEL, ONGC & Maruti Suzuki.
Bandhan Bank is the first bank to be launched in eastern India post Independence.
"I never expected it. It was too good to be true," says the 20 year-old.
The BSE Sensex was down 326 points at 23,277 and the Nifty was down 107 points at 7,056.
Forbes said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "economic experiments" barely affected India's billionaires while none gained more than oil-and-gas tycoon Mukesh Ambani, who cemented his decade-long hold on the top slot by adding a staggering USD 15.3 billion (67 per cent) to his last year's wealth to become one of Asia's top five richest.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 162 points at 28,338 and the 50-share Nifty was down 67 points at 8,463.
'It is not impossible that there will be some arrangement with the Congress in West Bengal after the ongoing local body polls.'
Experts attribute the high valuation of Indian auto makers to the faster growth in India compared to the rest of the world.
He is betting on emerging firms to generate ideas and build wealth through Premji Invest
The breakdown of talks between Greece and its international creditors raised fears of Greece's exit from the euro zone.
The Zee saga will see a long-drawn-out court battle before shareholders get any chance to vote on any proposal by the management or Invesco, says Prosenjit Datta.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 31 points at 26,591 and the 50-share Nifty gained 10 points at 8,061.
'If you are ready to stomach the loss, you may invest 3-5 per cent of your portfolio in crypto assets.' 'Of this, 80-90 per cent should be in Bitcoin.'
The 30 share Sensex ended up 183 points at 27,470 and the 50-share Nifty gained 44 points to close at 8,295.
The founders of Gland Pharma, led by Ravi Penmetsa, and KKR, together own 96 per cent of the company.
As economic policy making moves from pragmatism to populism, the bulls begin to make way for cautious optimists.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday presented the Union Budget for 2016-17.
It has once again returned to strong growth after a brief hiatus, spurred by the return of investors' confidence (and cash) in India's online food ordering sector.
Sensex firm on favourable GDP numbers for FY16.
The offer of $196 per share represents a premium of 49.5 per cent to LinkedIn's Friday closing price
The 30-share Sensex ended up 12 points at 28,517 while the 50-share Nifty ended nearly unchanged at 8,660.
The 30-share Sensex and the 50-share Nifty ended flat at the mark of 29,008 and 8,767 respectively.
Profit taking in index heavweights RIL and HDFC weighed on sentiment while ICICI Bank surged 7%.
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Markets ended lower amid volatile trade with Sun Pharma leading the decline.
SBI was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging around 8 per cent. Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank, NTPC, Axis Bank and ICICI Bank also ended with firm gains. On the other hand, TCS, HUL, Bajaj Auto and Infosys were among the laggards.
Riding on a stock market boom since 2009, India Inc's chief executives have been able to salvage a lot of lost pride in their second innings.
Stock markets opening with losses too put pressure on the domestic unit.
Sensex plunges 322.39 points to over 1-month closing low of 27,797.01; Nifty tumbles 97.55 points to 8,340.70.
The job cuts will affect almost a fifth of the bank's workforce.
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