Soft on reforms, Mamata signals return to socialism

More attention to the ?inclusive? credentials of the UPA and Banerjee herself; complete disregard for finances

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Fiscal constraints fail to curb populist ambitions

Mamata Banerjee took it up from where she left off during the election campaign for the 15th Lok Sabha and revived her evocative slogan -- maa, maati, manush -- to underline the socialist underpinnings of the Railway Budget

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Bare basics elude Bihar?s schoolgoers on govt negligence

According to data compiled by the human resource development ministry, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar are large states that do not use enough of the money given to them under SSA

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Proposals signal reliance on private investment

Some projects such as starting a power plant are capital-intensive; private cos have shown interest in investing

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Quick Edit | The world this week

The US labour department said on Thursday that job losses kept mounting, a clear indication that the world?s largest economy is still in trouble

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Stocks gain 1% this week on budget hopes

In the week ended 3 July, the Sensex rose 1.01% and the Nifty gained 1.11%

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For India, this downturn is not as bad as previous ones

The survey points out that the growth rate of GDP at factor cost is 6.5% higher than the average of the last two slowdowns

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Sensex lifeline: high beeps and pratfalls

CNBC-TV18 meets the top gainers and losers and finds out what the players feel about Friday?s markets

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Close: Populist Rail Budget nudges Sensex by 250 pts

The 30-share BSE index provisionally ended up 254.56 points at 14,915.61, with 23 stocks advancing

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Oil falls towards $66 after bleak US jobs data

The dollar held onto gains made in the wake of the US jobs numbers, hovering near its highest in a week against the euro

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