The Government wants to keep track of Internet user behaviour, including the Web sites visited and how much time is spent browsing. The Department of Telecom is planning to make it mandatory for t... »

Meiyappan will be quizzed on spot-fixing too: Mumbai Police

(L) Gurunath Meiyappan and Vindoo Randhawa (R)

As Chennai Super Kings team owner Gurunath Meiyappan landed here for questioning in connection with the raging betting scandal, Mumbai police today said for the first time that they would also qui... »

Narendra Modi calls popular power of media, the victory of technology

Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, launching the Gujarat edition of Business Line in Ahmedabad on Friday. — Paul Noronha

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi described as a “healthy trend’ the media following popular aspirations, but regretted that those who had protested against censorship during Emergency in 1975-... »

Reliance Ind announces gas find in D6 block

Reliance Industries Ltd and its partners BP and NIKO have announced a gas and condensate discovery in the KG D6 block off the eastern coast of India. The discovery has been notified to th... »

Sensex ends flat; Consumer durables, metal stocks shine

Indian markets ended the session on Friday with a gain of about 0.15 per cent led by »

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Sharad Yadav

Root causes of farm distress

Increasing productivity is crucial, given the land constraint.

The alarming decline in the area under cultivation needs to be addressed amidst rising food security concerns. »

V. K. Sharma

Don’t leave banking to machines

Technology is a good servant, but a bad master. — P.V. Sivakumar

High-speed banking ramps up efficiency, but can lead to instantaneous ruin. »

Editorial

Tackling rogue algorithms

SEBI needs to work with other global regulators to clamp down on the more virulent algos while allowing the benign ones to thrive. »

Opinion

Are housing finance companies relevant? - YES

Housing loans in India are offered both, by banks as well as housing finance companies (HFCs). »

Are housing finance companies relevant? - NO

The current demand for bank credit is being driven by the retail segment, particularly housing loans ... »

R Srinivasan

SEBI – from an era of closed shops to open governance
It has been a rollercoaster ride for India’s markets regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India, which completed 25 eventful years of existence on Friday. If India today ranks a... »

Logistics

Air India spent Rs 1,803 cr on pending staff salaries last year
Air India spent over 85 per cent of its Rs 6,000 crore equity infusion last year on clearing pending staff salaries, paying off aircraft loans and interest and its debt to oil companies and airpor... »

Economy

UIDAI launches 3 Aadhaar-enabled services, permanent enrolment centres
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia may not use his unique identity number ‘Aadhaar’ frequently, but he was certainly worried when he lost the card containing this number. »
Sports

Viewership for IPL 6 stable, says SET Max
With the final match of IPL 6 set to be played tomorrow, television viewership ratings have remained stable despite controversies of spot fixing surrounding the tournament. “It is stat... »

Sports

It will take a lot out of Indian govt to make betting legal: Boycott
India should legalise betting to stamp out corruption in cricket, says former England captain Geoffrey Boycott who feels the menace of fixing, which has currently dented the IPL’s reputation, emer... »

Sports

Can India Cements distance itself from IPL allegations?
India Cements, which owns the Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise, has said Gurunath Meiyappan is neither the owner nor CEO/Team Principal of Chennai Super Kings. Meiyappan, the son-in-law... »
Info-tech

More contracts up for grabs this year, says Nasscom V-P
There is a flux right now about what is happening in the US. But in terms of business, this is definitely going to be a better year than the years gone-by. »

Info-tech

Samsung launches cheapest Galaxy phone at Rs 5,240
Intensifying the price war in the fast-growing smartphone category in India, South Korean mobile handset maker Samsung Electronics today launched its cheapest Galaxy series phone `Star’ at a price... »

Markets

Take lead role in helping fund infrastructure, PM tells SEBI
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday urged capital market regulator SEBI to take the lead role in facilitating infrastructure development funding. “India needs infrastructure funding o... »

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Narendra Modi, Gujarat Chief Minister, with Kris Gopalakrishnan, Executive Co-Chairman, Infosys, Arun Anant, CEO, Kasturi & Sons Ltd, D. Sampath Kumar, Editor, The Hindu Business Line, and Mukund Padmanabhan, Editor-designate, at the launch of Business Line's Gujarat edition in Ahmedabad on May 24, 2013. Photo: Paul Noronha

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