Violent protests broke out on Wednesday in several areas in the national capital against power cuts which continued to make life difficult for people in the sweltering heat on a day the city recorded the highest electricity demand in the current year.
Modi is keen to restart big projects which are stuck for various reasons.
Rates to go up as Delhi power regulator works out plan to liquidate past dues.
Markets extended gains for the fourth consecutive day tracking gains in banks, capital goods and oil and gas majors.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
Budget 2014-15 has done away with the tax sunset clause of March 2014.
After Singapore this is the second such nodal office opened by the new group chairman.
Benchmark share indices ended at record closing highs, amid a volatile trading session on Monday, with IT majors leading the gains.
What would happen to the ownership after Ratan Tata? The succession plan for the 263,862 Tata Sons promoter shares owned by seven Tata Trusts and other holdings of Tata brothers? Would a younger family member inherit?
Dividend pay-out by the group companies grew at a compounded annual rate of 15.7% under Cyrus, sharply up from 2.5% in the previous three years
While consumers will be paying a higher upfront cost for smart metering, the share in the efficiency gains could more than offset this higher spend
The 30-share Sensex closed up 34 points at 27,831 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 15 points at 8,356.
ITC, Sun Pharma, HDFC and Coal India were among the top gainers.
With their balance sheets under stress, private companies have lost interest in them.
The hike in clean energy cess is likely to impact input cost for thermal power producers
Domestic market is losing its trend to rate sensitive stocks post the announcement of the new RBI governor who is likely to maintain a cautious stance on interest rate cut
Will private firms really boost Make in India in the defence sector? Ajai Shukla seeks answers.
Markets end higher ahead of Fed outcome, China stimulus
Power firms can pass on burden to consumers, stocks rise up to 2%
'Nehru once told JRD, "I hate the mention of the very word profit".' '"Jawaharlal, I am talking about the need of the public sector making a profit!" JRD replied.' 'Nehru reiterated, "Never talk to me about the word profit, it is a dirty word".' A fascinating excerpt from Shashank Shah's The Tata Group: From Torchbearers To Trailblazers.
This measure will ensure that the price of a scrip cannot move upward or downward beyond a limit set for the day.
The NSE Nifty, comprising 50 shares, breached the 8,300-mark for the first time to hit a new lifetime high of 8,330.75.
Insurer likely to support Ratan Tata; reduction in stake might have been profit booking.
Experts view this as a case of "failed experiment" in succession
TCS, Infosys and Wipro were down 0.4-2% each. Capital goods majors also ended lower with L&T and BHEL down 1.4-3.9% each.
High interest costs and a weak rupee may raise overall debt, even as refinancing may not be an issue.
De-allocation could raise import bill by $3 billion, add to coal shortage.
The market breadth in BSE remains healthy with 1,829 shares advancing and 721 shares declining
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RIL had objected to the state government's decision to receive bids in sealed envelopes instead of an open auction.
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Russia, defence ministry's top acquisition council on Thursday cleared the purchase of an estimated Rs 40,000 crore Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems, besides giving the go-ahead to other projects worth over Rs 25,000 crore.
'... it must network its battlefield units quickly, securely, robustly,' notes Ajai Shukla.
Cyrus Mistry undertook quite a few significant initiatives at the Tata Group in the past two years.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 297 points at 27,438 and the 50-share Nifty closed 93 points lower at 8,305.
A high-level three-member committee is formed to grow awareness about fraudulent job offers.
These are old nuggets which have been dished in the past. repeating them and frankly do not care if you do follow or not.
In a live chat on rediff.com held on Friday, July 11, well-known equity specialist Devang Mehta discussed what effect the Budget will have on the stock markets -- from how NOT to lose money in the markets to which are the safest stocks.
Delhi, reeling under high temperatures and an acute electricity shortage, will get additional gas supplies from the National Thermal Power Corporation and Dabhol to increase power generation and help meet demand in the national capital.
Tata's Vistara has a very strong core team to look into daily operations.
Cyrus Mistry, who was replaced as chairman of Tata Sons last Monday, October 24, still serves as the chairman of Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services, Indian Hotels, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Chemicals, Tata Industries and Tata Teleservices.
Benchmark indices gain 30% this year, buoyed by global liquidity, new government
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