Under the new plan, a company need not purchase land or equipment but could lease them on long-contract basis helping lower costs and cut down time on setting up operations
Naidu, whose party pulled out of BJP-led NDA, recalled that as a party supporting the Vajpayee govt, he was the first to demand the resignation of Modi as Gujarat CM in the wake of post-Godhra riots
Government sources pointed out that when security forces are deployed for the Lok Sabha polls in the state, it would be convenient for election authorities to hold the Assembly polls simultaneously
Instead of writing to the two parties, the EC preferred to write to Twitter and Facebook, urging them to ensure that election law is not violated
With state elections slated over coming months and a general election scheduled for May, Indian shares could remain subdued until the results become clear
Presently, India has 56,000 retail petrol pumps of the three government oil marketing companies
Both the Sabarimala and Ayodhya controversies are essentially born out of faith, and the Sangh and BJP are ready to wring electoral mileage out of such emotive issues ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019
Investing five to six months before the elections in 2009 and 2014 earned an average three to six per cent more than the Indian benchmark return in the five-year period to the next vote
Local anti-incumbency in the state elections has got intertwined with anti-incumbency against the Modi government at the centre
For the first time, the OMCs have invited bids from private players online to ensure transparency and the bidding process would be conducted by an independent agency
Rawat said the tallying of VVPAT slips with the votes cast and stored in the EVMs will be done to demonstrate that the voting system has been working perfectly
Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is scheduled to visit Ayodhya on November 25 as part of his party's push to build a Ram temple there
Since 1996, bourses have registered strong six-month gains on five out of six occasions
Congress backed their demand with fact that pink is the official colour of the Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) and that ballot papers of same colour will give party "an undue advantage" over others
Political uncertainty is emerging as the key risk as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party faces elections in five states before a national vote to be held by May
Sushma Swaraj was Delhi's first woman chief minister
Rakesh Asthana has been divested of his duties and sent on leave along with CBI director Alok Verma
Last year, the state had increased the State Advised Price (SAP) by Rs 10/quintal from Rs 305/quintal to Rs 315/quintal for the common variety of sugarcane
Voting will take place on December 7 for 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan, which has about 4.75 core registered voters
'They just want to get rid of Modi from the prime minister's post, while we want to get rid of poverty, air pollution among other things,' said the BJP president