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Hemant Soren wins trust vote in Jh'khand assembly amid Oppn walkout

Former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren and 10 other leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led coalition took oath as ministers in the Hemant Soren government after it won a trust vote in the......

Soren out, Soren in, in Jharkhand; Champai steps down, Hemant stakes claim

Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren resigned on Wednesday and Hemant Soren, who is out on bail in a money laundering case, staked claim to form the government, hours after leaders of the......

Won't give even a single LS seat to Congress in Bengal: Mamata

Amid efforts by the Congress to mollify the Trinamool Congress following a seat-sharing impasse in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday declared she would not leave any Lok......

It's BJP vs INDIA in bypolls in 4 states, except in Kerala and WB

Polling will be held on Tuesday for by-election to seven assembly seats in six states, the first electoral test of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance opposition bloc......

SP beats BJP in UP's Ghosi, makes it 4 for INDIA, 3 for NDA

The by-election results for seven assembly seats in six states declared on Friday were a mixed bag for the BJP and the opposition INDIA bloc, with the saffron party winning three seats and one each......

India becomes dearer for high street retailers

Retailers will have to shell out more money to set up shops at India's high streets as rentals have gone up considerably, led by Khan Market in New Delhi, which is now the 21st most expensive......

Death of India's marketplaces

It will be a sad day when most of India will shop only inside enclosed, characterless shopping malls, writes Arvind Singhal. Not so long ago, Delhi's South Extension market was not only the best......

Brijmohan Lall Munjal did something MNCs could never do

Brijmohan Lall Munjal had business rivals but no enemies, notes Bhupesh Bhandari. Several years ago, at the Delhi Auto Show, I saw Rajiv Bajaj get up from an interview, in which he was castigating......

Modern retail may spell doom for old markets

As new, modern shopping centres come up in more than 100 cities across the country, shoppers of all strata will happily desert the congested, filthy traditional markets in those cities, writes......

Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda peppered Jaitley's Budget speech

Jaitley began his speech by saying that today is the auspicious day of Basant Panjami and that "spring is the season of optimism". It was a bumpy start for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley when he......

The rising of Bollywood's unlikely hero

There's a rather cute story doing the rounds in the media about how Omkar Das Mainkpuri, or Natha as his character in the film Peepli [Live] is called, wanted to meet Katrina Kaif. He was dying to......

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Hemant Soren wins trust vote in Jh'khand assembly amid Oppn walkout

Soren out, Soren in, in Jharkhand; Champai steps down, Hemant stakes claim

Won't give even a single LS seat to Congress in Bengal: Mamata

It's BJP vs INDIA in bypolls in 4 states, except in Kerala and WB

SP beats BJP in UP's Ghosi, makes it 4 for INDIA, 3 for NDA

India becomes dearer for high street retailers

Death of India's marketplaces

Brijmohan Lall Munjal did something MNCs could never do

Modern retail may spell doom for old markets

Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda peppered Jaitley's Budget speech

The rising of Bollywood's unlikely hero

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