Left parties have also asked its affiliated unions to actively extend their support to the Bharat Bandh call given by these trade unions.

After a dozen winning Congress MLAs didn't attend the party meeting on Wednesday, the Congress party has decided to move all winning MLAs to Eagleton Resort in Bengaluru where they will stay for the next few days. Interestingly, it was the same hotel where 44 Congress MLAs from Gujarat were flown in during the Rajya Sabha elections last year.

Banking stocks led the losses with the BSE bankex falling 349 points or 1.17% to 29,357. 48 level. Bank Nifty too fell 291 points or 1.10% to 26,182 level.

The oil marketing companies incurred a loss of Rs 35 crore per day during the 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus in fuel price hikes.

While there are many speculations for this shortage, the government and the Reserve Bank have said it's a temporary disruption and normalcy will return within three days. Also, the RBI is ready to go in for a five-fold increase in the printing of Rs 500 notes to deal with cash shortages.

Bengaluru businesses have faced four days of disruption this month after the water protests and an unrelated strike, hitting operations in a city that accounts for a significant chunk of India's $97 billion in information technology exports.

Acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh talks about the vulnerability of the Asian region, its under-preparedness to deal with climate change, and the need to bring these issues to the fore.

With over 200 million smartphone handsets in use in India, we are the second largest nation in the world in terms of smartphone usage. With the prices of smartphones reducing and internet tariff plans becoming more affordable, the mobility platform for brands to connect, engage and transact with the rural population is already there for the taking.

The 'things' that make up the IoT range from smart phones, RFID chips, sensors built into vehicles, medical devices, buildings (basically anything that needs to be monitored) - all with a unique identity on the network and with the ability to 'machine talk'.

National networks are aggressively putting in place regional strategies to consolidate their positions.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday presented his maiden full-year Budget for the 2015-16 financial year in the Lok Sabha. Read the full text of his speech here:

Frederic Rose, the CEO of Technicolor speaks to Business Today's deputy editor Venkatesha Babu on the current business and future palns of his company.

Star India's Uday Shankar, already top dog in general entertainment, wants to prove his mettle again in sports TV. The hardnosed drive into sports is expected to add fat revenues at Star India.

Sesa Goa managing director Prasun Kumar Mukherjee met Suman Layak in June. That was well before Goa imposed a temporary mining ban and the central Ministry of Environment and Forests withdrew all mining licences in Goa in September in the wake of the MB Shah Commission's report.

We bring you four rising stars in Indian stand-up comedy who are redefining what makes Indians laugh.

Compulsory licences have brought domestic and multinational pharma companies face to face. Although domestic firms are getting to make cheaper versions of patented drugs, will this be enough to cure the country of its health care ills?

Bangalore’s image as India’s pub capital has taken a pounding, with confusing local laws and overzealous law enforcement acting as party poopers. And for the moment, it looks like Bangaloreans will have to mothball their dancing shoes. A report by BT's Rahul Sachitanand.