A GST roll-out by April 1 looks difficult, giving the companies some succour.
While members of Samajwadi Party raised the issue of Kasganj violence, the newly-elected Aam Aadmi Party members protested against the sealing drive in Delhi.
'Politics is about caste in Eastern UP and religion in Western UP.' Rediff.com's Archana Masih gets a sense of the fault lines in this election's most volatile region -- that can make or break the future of political parties in UP.
Sanjay Mookim, India equity strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, tells Puneet Wadhwa that this is not a time for investors to dabble in relatively small and illiquid stocks.
India isn't just a testbed for SHAREit to find and perfect a new business model, but also the start of the company's globalisation dreams.
Rumours of acute scarcity of salt triggered panic buying in half dozen districts of Bihar
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar visits Pallikaranai, once a marshland and now a bustling neighbourhood. The effect of Cyclone Verdah is startling on an area that was once a water body and now has been built over.
Unlike football, which offends the sensibilities of some very conservative Muslims because it is normally played in shorts, cricket is played in long sleeves and trousers, in line with traditional dress codes. It also bears some resemblance to traditional Afghan children's games involving throwing and using sticks to hit smaller sticks or balls.
'How better can we depict the Mughal heritage?'
The rupee closed at 59.90 in Wednesday's trade, gaining just one paisa from its previous close.
Even as traders in Tamil Nadu continue to boycott Coke and Pepsi, a few homegrown beverage brands are raking in the profits, says T E Narasimhan.
A cracker blast killed one person and injured four others in north Delhi's Naya Bazar area on Tuesday setting off panic among the people in the wake of high alert in the city, even as police ruled out any terror angle in it.
For its development, India needs a movement akin to the freedom movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday.
Despite the language barrier, Beijing is a city where getting lost is not necessarily a bad idea
10 central trade unions have called a nationwide shutdown against 'anti-worker policies' of the central government. Apart from being successful in Bengal, Kerala and NE states, the bandh has also got support from Cong leader Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.
Prohibitory orders were imposed in Delhi and parts of Karnataka. Police kept tight vigil in Kerala. In Gujarat, 50 people were arrested for Thursday's violence.
Pammi Aunty's gappe-shappe sessions with Sarla Bahenji have made Ssumier S Pasricha an internet star, says Manavi Kapur.
'And when Sarla said she preferred Europe to living in India, my wife's indignation knew no bounds.'
Even hours after the Bihar government on Thursday denied shortage of salt in the state, thousands of people rushed to the markets to buy salt at Rs 50 to 100 per kg in the black market.
Bhendi Bazaar faces a fairytale future as the Dawoodi Bohras initiate a Rs 3,000-crore project to change it from a squalid marketplace to a swanky neighbourhood, says Ranjita Ganesan
Uttar Pradesh Police claimed that the situation was now again turning normal.
Uneasy calm prevailed in areas around Jawaharbagh in Mathura a day after violent clashes between police and members of a sect claimed 24 lives as a large posse of police and paramilitary personnel kept strict vigil forcing locals to stay indoors.
In another incident of attack on a person from the northeast in the national capital, a 22-year-old Manipuri youth was allegedly stabbed and robbed by some unidentified assailants in Mehrauli area in New Delhi in the wee hours on Wednesday.
A list of legislators who have brought shame to Nitish in the last 6 months
Gandhi accused BJP of re-inaugurating projects launched by the UPA dispensation.
The thousands of Barcelona and Juventus fans streaming into Berlin's Olympic Stadium for the Champions League final later on Saturday were confident the showpiece would knock the FIFA scandal off the front pages and out of people's minds.
Even the well heeled in metros find it difficult to go completely digital. Cash withdrawals from ATMs are back at the same level as they were before demonetisation
Reputed brands must learn few lessons from the ongoing Maggi controversy.
Bangalore resident Ramesha SG tells us how he left his card at the ATM and lost Rs 26,000.
Parents of Arunachal Pradesh youth Nido Tania, who died following an alleged racist attack in Delhi, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday and demanded capital punishment for the perpetrators.
'It will cause problems for people who deal in small amounts of cash.' 'I hope it does not cause law and order problems.'
She, however, did not talk of the Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance and sought support for only her party's candidates.
Ahead of BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation polls, BJP is reminding Shiv Sena it is not the sole claimant of intellectual property rights for Marathi Manoos and Hindutva.
What once used to be a hut in this village in Faltan tehsil of Satara district in western Maharashtra has been replaced by a mansion, the best in the vicinity.
'Modi came out with this huge announcement that he has given a historic price rise to farmers.' 'It was actually a fake price. He did not give the price mentioned in the BJP's election manifesto.' 'So, Modi gave an incomplete price rise and publicised it as if he has completed his job.' ''This government has surely proved that it does not care about farmers in any way.'
Surat -- Gujarat's diamond city and the epicentre of the Patidar quota movement -- is set for a tough assembly poll battle as the Congress has added the face of the Patidar agitation Hardik Patel to its arsenal this time.
It's five months after 8/11. But this is not the first time that India's currency of the time faced the axe. The Mughals, after invading a territory, would effect the demonetisation of the local currency with the aim to cripple the economy of the land.
Why should Reliance Digital position itself as an alternative to Chadhaji's store? It simply doesn't make good business sense, says Sudhir Bisht.
Unlike the Mughal emperor's monument that is a popular tourist destination, Faizul Hasan Qadri wants his Taj to remain just a shrine of his love for his wife.
