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How the tide turned for BJP in Ishrat case

Amid differing versions of encounter that killed Ishrat Jahan & three others in Gujarat in 2004, David Headley's reported revelations on her links with LeT have added a new spin to the case, givin

Newsmaker: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The making of a New Age guru

Ramesh Chauhan brings fizz back into beverages

Twenty three years after selling Thums Up to Coca-Cola, Chauhan is taking a second shot at soft drinks with Bisleri Pop. But this time he is doing things differently

It's good to fund plans on napkins, but not always: Sanjay Nath

Interview with Managing partner & co-founder, Blume Ventures

CX Partners turns focus on exits

The home-grown private equity firm set to launch its second fund in 6 months

Flipkart's woes sound alarm over start-up valuations

Morgan Stanley writing down its investment in the e-commerce leader by 27 per cent does not augur well for the sector

Paragon Partners starts $200 mn India-focused mid-market PE Fund

The fund founded by Siddharth Parekh and Sumeet Nindrajog raised $50 mn and announced first investment of $10 mn in Capacite Infraprojects

The mystery of PNB's vanishing loans

Eleven companies, which owe the bank Rs 843 crore, are untraceable. Many of them have common directors and have repeatedly taken loans from the same branch

How Maruti Suzuki is putting S-Cross back on track

High price, combined with the decision to go only for diesel and position it as a crossover, resulted in its limited success

Story in numbers: Bounties for the Well-off

ONGC rapped over blacklisting of firm

Dual service tax regime for legal fraternity

A forward-looking approach in conflict management

Budget proposals need not be a limitation on resolving litigation

Equalisation levy warrants public debate

Data Tracker: Personal healthcare ads on the rise

When the taxman pops up online

The proposed equalisation levy will have to stand the test of international tax laws, and the bilateral investment treaty framework

The Strategist Quiz (#451)

Which is the world's largest planned township or city?

Answers to the Strategist quiz (#450)

This company founded the 1880s was in the business of luxury ship fitting, producing rail carriages, goods vans, luxury coaches and engines, trams and special truck bodies till WWII

Statspeak: Virtual Leap

More than 80 per cent of Indian marketers use technology to power their marketing

It is incredible how blessed this project has been: Atul Kasbekar

Interview with noted fashion photographer and film producer