Allegedly under pressure, former Aircel owner Sivasankaran sold his company to Malaysian entrepreneur T Anandakrishnan, who is reportedly close to senior DMK leaders.

In the steepest hike ever, state-owned oil companies increase petrol price by about Rs 5 per litre. The hike comes a day after election results of five state assemblies were announced.

The special court dismissed the interim bail applications of the five in which they had sought protection from arrest for the next seven days on grounds that they had to make arrangements to manage their business responsibilities in their absence.

At 38, he is not given to mincing words. James Murdoch, Chairman and CEO, Europe and Asia, of the $32.8-billion News Corporation, openly criticised the foreign direct investment norms in India that cap the entry of global players in the news and digital broadcasting space. In an interview with Shamni Pande he opens up on the group's plans for India.

The chairman of Wipro says he is against any legislation that would make it mandatory for corporate India to earmark two per cent of a company's revenue towards corporate social responsibility activities.

Ficci's new chairman and chairman of Marico Industries says successful implementation of the Goods and Services Tax and manufacturing sector reform tops the agenda of the industry body.

While the national debate over revamping anti-corruption strategy would take some time, we must also initiate a national experiment in 'culture change to combat corruption'.

Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said about 500 tax information exchange agreements have been signed between different countries across the globe, a development that will help fight the menace of tax evasion and track ill-gotten money.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his TV-only press conference came across as the Great Stoic, writes the Business Today editor.

During his interaction with editors of Indian television channels, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said A Raja, the former telecom minister, had assured him that the 2G spectrum allocations were being done in a transparent manner and the decisions rested with A Raja.

The RBI governor and former finance secretary D. Subbarao tells the PAC that the finance ministry had informed the PMO about the reservations it had on the 2G licence distribution.

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While Lok Sabha passed the supplementary demands of Rs 1,024.61 crore for railways, Rajya Sabha passed the Supplementary Demands (General) for Rs 45,000 crore.

After the hour-long meeting with Opposition parties, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said he would get back to them after consulting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issues discussed.

Is the controversy that has reared its head ahead of an IPO by India's first private-led hill station project genuine or just greenmail? Suman Layak reports from the ground.

The termination of the proposed Bharti-MTN deal had more to do with the protectionist attitude of the South African government and a sneaking suspicion that India wasn’t playing clean.

To win requires breaking out of that comfort zone and pushing oneself to be the very best one can be. It really is, as the cliche goes, all in the head.

P. Chidambaram’s record as Finance Minister resembled that of the economy he presided—high on potential, low on performance.

The liberalisation of the economy brought with it a fresh wave of thinking—one that was unfettered by historic baggage. That, however, proved to be a flash in the pan as one now risks being branded by ideology, or, rather, by the lack of it.

This picturesque town in West Bengal's Hooghly district has long turned into political hot potato over Tata’s land acquisition. Kushan Mitra tells the villagers’ side of the story.