When Jaipur's Maharaja Madho Singh was invited to attend King Edward VII's coronation in 1902, he chartered a ship for Rs 15 lakh for the journey.He also carried 27,000 litres of Ganga jal on......
'He was always opposed to a form of nationalism that was narrow, selfish and arrogant.''He will always remain a beacon of inspiration for freedom-loving people across the world and for movements of......
Warning that the new year will be riskier than the previous two in terms of growth, inflation and the perils of monetary policy normalisation on consumption demand in particular, along with other......
As the Modi Express chugs along, with less steam and shine, Business Standard reporters travel across the country by train to listen to what people say about the Modi govt one year on. 'Promise......
The troubles of 2013 are the second slowdown phase in the past five years. For P Ravikumar (name changed), the large office floor in the media house he worked for ‘looked like a post office......
Employees of Sheena textiles, which is lying closed for past over one year, met Congress President and local Member of Parliament Sonia Gandhi in whose presence the management assured them that the......
India's stock market has been on a tear. On September 8, the Bombay Stock Exchange's sensitive index -- the Sensex -- crossed the 8,000 mark to close at a record 8,052.The 12.5% surge came just 55......