But the question before the leadership will be whether to retain the BJP alliance or dump it, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Launch of new residential projects in top eight cities -- Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, National Capital Region (NCR) and Pune -- came down by 41 per cent in first half of 2017.
India's e-commerce sector is expected to touch $22bn in 2015.
The stocks could tank more than what it did after the United Progressive Alliance-1 came to power in 2004, as the market has not yet priced in a Bharatiya Janata Party defeat, says Raj Bhatt.
Trading in Samvat 2074 on Thursday got off to a rocky start, with the benchmark indices ending more than half a percent lower and the gauge for banking stocks dropping 1.25%.
The Shanghai Composite Index eased 0.2 percent in subdued trading on Wednesday morning.
In the first of a two-part series, Tamal Bandyopadhyay explains why the ICICI Bank's board first rushed to deny all allegations against Kochhar and then took the extreme steps against her.
As per a PMO statement, Modi told the investors that "he believes in a fair, predictable and consistent tax system
The domestic currency resumed higher at 62.30 per dollar as against the last closing level of 62.41 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market and firmed up further to 62.20 a dollar.
Fatca aims to track all US residents with non-US accounts and US citizens, too.
India is likely to attract increasing notice from global investors.
Sitharaman also highlighted the steps taken by the government to achieve ease of doing business by digitisation of approvals and making more stable policies to make India a favourable destination for investors.
A new CBDT directive actively makes India-dedicated funds comparatively unattractive for institutional investors. It makes no sense, says Akash Prakash.
Modi tells global investors to invest in India.
The government sought to assure investors that India has a "fortress" like balance sheet and is well prepared to deal with the impact of global economic turbulence.
Referring to long-pending insurance bill, he said "we are on the verge" of opening the sector a little more.
These include Great Eastern Energy Corporation and Shemaroo Entertainment.
As the stock markets scale new peaks almost every day in a pre-poll rally, a vast majority of Indian investors expect a further rise in equities in the current year, says a survey.
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan expressed confidence in India's growth and said the country is on target to meet Jan inflation target of below 6%.
To fly 10 start-ups to San Francisco HQ of the company
The world's fifth largest wind turbine supplier Suzlon Energy will invest close to Rs 15,000 crore in the next five years to set up power projects of 2,000 MW capacity in Madhya Pradesh.
They now believe their money will be repaid after completion of the tenure of the instruments they have invested in, says Anup Roy.
Initial estimates suggest the state government will need to spend over Rs 8,000 crore in reconstruction.
Given the macro setting, the outlook remains positive for each of the four key parameters - inflation, current account deficit, fiscal deficit and currency stability, says Rahul Bhushkute.
'One way to deal with these is to address these quickly and have rapid reaction teams in New Delhi, the state capitals and wherever possible.'
Avoid fresh investments, as there might be more opportunities in the coming months, market experts tell Joydeep Ghosh
2nd time within a few days RIL has hit the forex debt market.
The Cabinet on Thursday approved 49 per cent foreign investment in insurance companies through the Foreign Investment Promotion Board route ensuring management control in the hands of Indian promoters.
Amazon has emerged a competition for posterboy of Indian e-commerce Flipkart.
Market players said the sell-off was triggered by pessimism that the government may not be able to balance growth with macro-stability.
'Maybe, India will never be reformed and maybe India will continue to have a quagmire for the rest of history.'
Interestingly, the full service carrier's launch coincides with the concluding day of the the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations scheduled to be held in Gujarat's capital city Gandhinagar, near Ahmedabad, from January 7 to January 9.
Covering-up of short positions ahead of Thursday's expiry of August series in the derivatives segment gave equities a slight push
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To a question on by when he expects investments to pick up, Jaitley said: "We are quite close to that point because there are a large number of investors who are waiting to come in and they only want to be doubly sure about the credibility of the decision making process and the stability of the policies."
Similarly, the wide-based 50-issue CNX Nifty of the NSE jumped 109.30 points, or 1.46 per cent, to end above 7,500-mark for the first time at 7,583.40.
The broader Nifty, after touching a high (intra-day) of 10,555.50 points, finished at 10,539.75, up 84.80 points, or 0.81 per cent.
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