*Clarity on GST likely in Budget; bullish on banks: Nomura
*Budget may disappoint; Nifty to drift lower: Elara Capital
*UPA should be credited for successful PSLV C23 launch: Manish Tewari
*Mamata flays Centre over food security act
*Modi govt’s political management of tough economic decisions
*Sushma meets French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius
*MP Assembly pays tributes to Munde, others
*BSE moves 300 stocks to trade-to-trade segment
*Sun Pharma at record high as Taro gains 17% post price hike
*Thomas Cook up 4%, arm buys Hofincons Infotech & Industrial
*Union Bank surges 6%, shareholders’ approval for QIP
*Torrent up 2% on buy JP Morgan OW
*Dr Reddy’s, Cipla up on buy plan
*Kirloskar Brothers soars 18% on promoter stake buy
*Hind Zinc eyes 36% output increase in next 4-5 years
*Gold to slip below 25K only on drastic revision in import duty: Naveen Mathur
*Crisil amongst early beneficiaries of capex revival
*Private power producers pitch for gas price pooling
*Teesta III hydropower project to go on stream in early 2015
*Rupee falls on RBI intervention – dealers
*India to auction unused govt debt limit to foreign investors
*Need for annual 10% urea price hike for 5 years: Tata Chem
*Madras Fertilizers plans Rs 4,500-cr urea plant
*NBFCs should not be seen as shadow banking: Muthoot
*ISRO’s PSLV C-23 launched with 5 foreign satellites
*Cipla to buy Yemeni pharma company for $ 21mn
*Tribunal upholds insider-trading penalty on RIL unit
*Sensex jumps 314 pts, Nifty ends above 7600; Sun Pharma, Tata Power gain 4%
*Oil Min keen for $60-65/bbl fixed realisation for ONGC, OIL
*Global M&A at seven-year high as big corporate deals return