No doubt the city’s infrastructure is improving, but its satellite towns are still a mess and, worst of all, crime continues to be a serious problem.

The sheer amount of manufacturing activity taking place in small towns of India is mindboggling. Shops are being set up at breakneck speed and there is massive expansion. Where are these clusters located, and can they really deliver on their promise? Here is what Business Today discovered.

The 43-year-old school dropout, Gautam Adani, who was recently ranked #10 among Indian billionaires by Forbes, is thinking big—and ahead—for ways to expand his business empire. He already runs the Mundra Port in Gujarat. That’s only Act I in his plan of becoming India’s largest infrastructure player. A report by BT's Anand Adhikari.

Hyderabad’s new airport is ready, but has yet to take off.

Bankers, ad professionals, movie makers and journalists— people from across the professional spectrum are turning angel investors. And money isn’t the only thing they offer.

The Ambanis revive the equity cult their father pioneered.

By drawing on ITC’s strengths in businesses as diverse as cigarettes to hotels to agri-business, Chairman Y.C. Deveshwar has built an FMCG machine that’s become the market leader in several segments. Now, it’s eyeing the No. 1 slot.

As India Inc. racks up acquisitions overseas, it’s come square up against a new challenge: managing across cultures. Here’s how industry vanguards are dealing with it.

Taking advantage of an upbeat economy the central government has launched or revamped major schemes aimed at rural India. But have they really worked for the aam aadmi? Shalini S. Dagar finds out.

Newsmakers: PM Modi reviews infra projects, Essar Oil completes delisting and more

Here’s another carrot that real estate developers are using to entice buyers— several realtors, especially in Bangalore, are offering no-neighbour apartments to attract big-spending customers to their properties.

Billions of dollars are to be poured into setting up more than 200 integrated townships across the country. While these could be the answer to India’s urban problems, there are several risks that developers and investors must negotiate. A BT-DTZ study.

Two of the state's industry-friendly cities, Ahmedabad and Surat, climb up the rankings in the Best Cities for Business survey. That may have something to do with Chief Minister Narendra Modi's avowed goal of achieving economic growth in the state that's even faster than that of China. 

The IT boom has turned Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Gurgaon into cities of opportunities. But on the flip side, it has turned these cities into urban nightmares.

Today, Indian animation studios are increasingly realising the need to create their own IPS. The Indian animation industry has proved its mettle in the global markets.