The 30-share Sensex jumped 729 points to end at 28,076 and the 50-share Nifty soared 217 points to end at 8,494.
Criterion for corporates will effectively rule out entry for business houses.
P Chidambaram accused the BJP of making a u-turn on bills like GST after having stalled them during the UPA regime.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a frontal attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, charging it with pursuing "politics of strife" and questioning its alliance with Shiv Sena even as he rubbished Narendra Modi's claims of development in Gujarat.
Data also show that several other leading domestic pharma companies have recalled their products from the US
'We have to find a way out of this confrontational politics.'
No one can fault India Inc for not taking care of shareholders; in fact, it has been extra generous.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was back in action on Saturday after he met farmers over land bill in Delhi, a day before the party's big kisan rally.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a package of Rs 80,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir.
We bring you excerpts from Mother Teresa's Nobel Prize acceptance speech
Each story is sadder than the next, but what is most heartbreaking is to see the indifference shown towards these children by the police.
P Chidambaram rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi's veiled charge that Sonia Gandhi was an "unconstitutional authority."
While PM Narendra Modi-Amit Shah dominated the national executive, senior chief ministers and 'margdarshaks' LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi were ignored
Analysts sceptical whether company will sustain rise in operating profits.
A look at few gurus who have attracted controversy in recent times.
Mehbooba Mufti said that incidents like the ones at Handwara and Nathnusa are "unacceptable" and come as a major setback to the efforts of the state government in consolidating peace dividends in the state.
'I might die a little earlier than others, but I have time to finish off unfinished businesses.'
It is as much about farmer woes and the lack of job opportunities as about the mixing of religion and politics.
'Studying History, we come close to all of the messiness of human life -- we understand what motivates people, what makes them get along or go to war, what dreams they had for themselves and their futures.'
Investor forum wants govt to take over exchange, raises doubts on claims of matching stocks; NSEL says default by brokers to be dealt with legally.
Meet Bollywood's finest casting director Mukesh Chhabra.
Companies from the capital goods space will under-perform.
Wielding the broom, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the country's biggest-ever cleanliness drive that is expected to cost over Rs 62,000 crore, asserting that the "Swachh Bharat" mission is "beyond politics" and inspired by patriotism.
Ending open defecation by 2019 will require changing minds, not just allocating money to build latrines for people that will either go unused or not be built at all.
Maine Pyar Kiya, Biwi No 1, Dabangg, Kick... the list is endless!
The Congress party's first list of 194 Lok Sabha candidates released on Saturday night has no major surprises. Anita Katyal reports
'When you read that for the first time, areas in Gujarat dominated by Patidars/Patels have been declared 'sensitive' for the civic polls that were held this week, you sit up and take note,' says Jyoti Punwani.
The economic slowdown has made it difficult for companies to record financial closure of a few awarded projects.
Most experts said indices would open higher on Monday and rally might sustain for a few sessions
'The BJP should know that simple caste arithmetic may have ceased to follow the basic law of addition.' 'Adding up seemingly distinct vote banks can even cause overall reduction in numbers,' says Sudhir Bisht.
Govt rules out controls on FII capital as Sensex tanks 3.97%, rupee breaches 62 intra-day & gold surges the most in two years
Key relaxations traced in final regulations.
When Pope Francis canonizes the late Mother Teresa at the Vatican on September 4, she will officially be recognised as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. However, for her followers in Kolkata, the title is a mere formality.
Import alert on Ranbaxy's Mohali unit; Strides' injectible arm gets warning letter
Expelled BJP ideologue Prof Hari Om speaks to Pervez Majeed.
Tragic as it is, the submarine accident is more tactical in nature and it is the deeper strategic malaise across the board -- political, economic, security, judiciary, bureaucracy and even the media -- that has led to this dark mood of gloom and despondency, says Commodore (retd) C Uday Bhaskar.
Farhan Akhtar's Bhaag Milkha Bhaag does not offer anything new
It has been said that by 2025, India could become among the top five economies in the world. If India does become a $5 trillion economy but gets all its rivers polluted, food chain poisoned and genetic pool depleted and biometric database of Indians sold or stolen at the behest of commercial czars, will it not be a pyrrhic economic victory, asks Gopal Krishna.
