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RIL to invest $1 bn in Orissa gas blocks

RIL to invest $1 bn in Orissa gas blocksPress Trust of India / New Delhi January 18, 2008Reliance Industries (RIL) would invest $1.139 billion in putting to production the gas fields the company had discovered off the east coast, a DGH official said.RIL has submitted an initial development plan�.. more »

Matrix Partners invests $10 m in BMI

Matrix Partners invests $10 m in BMIPress Trust of India / Mumbai January 18, 2008Matrix Partners India has invested $10 million as the sole investor in the first round of funding of Brand Marketing India (BMI), a leading foreign brand marketer.BMI has relationships with Gucci, Calvin Klein, French Connection, Jimmy Choo and several other�.. more »

GoM on petro hike likely to meet tomorrow

GoM on petro hike likely to meet tomorrowPress Trust of India / New Delhi January 18, 2008A Group of Ministers (GoM) on fuel pricing is likely to meet tomorrow to seal a decision on raising prices and duty rationalisation, which may be considered by the Cabinet as early as Monday.'Yesterday's GoM meeting was inc�.. more »

Rupee appreciates against dollar

Agencies Posted online: Friday , January 18, 2008 at 1026 hrs Mumbai, January 18: The rupee on Friday appreciated after a weak start and was quoted marginally higher against the US currency in late morning deals amid weakness in Asian equity markets and fresh dollar..... more »

Emaar MGFs Rs 7000cr IPO gets Sebi nod

Emaar MGF's Rs 7000cr IPO gets Sebi nodPress Trust of India / New Delhi January 11, 2008Real estate major Emaar MGF has received market regulator Sebi's approval to launch an initial public offer to raise about Rs 7,000 crore.The issue is likely to hit the capital market in the first week of February, and is..... more »

Kohinoor to buy Tagore theatres

Kohinoor to buy Tagore theatresBS Reporter / Mumbai January 7, 2008Kohinoor Broadcasting Corporation, a media firm, has approved inprincipal, the proposed takeover of the multiplex Tagore Theatres in Chandigarh valued at Rs 100 crore. The decision was taken in the company's board meeting today.The company also approved the openin�.. more »

Aussie cricketers crude, crass vulgar

'Aussie cricketers crude, crass & vulgar'Agencies / Sydney January 7, 2008The Australian cricket team as a whole and Ricky Ponting in particular is a disgrace to the country and the cricket fraternity at large, is what most Australians feel, say agency reports.Australian spectators and sports fans in Sydney have said….. more »

Nokia Siemens bags Bharti Airtel contract

Nokia Siemens bags Bharti Airtel contractBS Reporter / Mumbai January 03, 2008Telecom infrastructure company Nokia Siemens Networks today announced it has won a pan India contract from GSM major Bharti Airtel for deployment of a single interactive voice response (IVR) platform across 23 circles.The new IVR solution will enable Airtel to d�.. more »

Sensex down 110pts, NTPC zooms 7%

Sensex down 110pts, NTPC zooms 7%BS Reporter / Mumbai January 03, 2008The Sensex is still down nearly 110 points at 20,358.ICICI Bank has dropped 3% to Rs 1,228. TCS and Wipro are down 3% each at Rs 1,018 and Rs 495, respectively. Infosys is down 2% at Rs 1,709.L&T has declined 2% to Rs 4,059...... more »

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Maharashtra ups realty prices in reckoner

Maharashtra ups realty prices in reckonerBS Reporter / Mumbai December 31, 2007Real estate buyers in Maharashtra will have to shell out more for stamp duty and registration as the state government has increased the market value of properties in its Ready Reckoner 2008.The new reckoner will be effective January 1, 2008. The govern�.. more »

Jamshedpur plant to be single largest unit

'Jamshedpur plant to be single largest unit'Press Trust of India / Jamshedpur January 01, 2008On completion of the 10mtpa capacity expansion by Tata Steel in 2010, the Jamshedpur plant will become the single largest unit and one of the most modern plants in the world, according to B Muthuraman, MD, Tata Steel.'W�.. more »

Sensex still up over 60pts, Rel Energy up 4%

Sensex still up over 60pts, Rel Energy up 4%BS Reporter / Mumbai January 01, 2008The Sensex is still up over 60 points at 20,348.Reliance Energy has gained over 4% to Rs 2,227.ITC is holding 4% gain at Rs 219. HUL is still up 2% at Rs 219.NTPC has moved up nearly 2% to Rs 255.HDFC,..... more »

Work on Mumbai port terminal to start by Mar

Work on Mumbai port terminal to start by MarPress Trust of India / Mumbai January 1, 2008Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has begun 2008 on an upbeat note in updating its facilities by planning to start construction work by March on its Rs 1,228crore offshore container terminal.'The consortiumled by Gammon India, which has been awarded t�.. more »

Adarsh Plant to sell 4.5% stake

Adarsh Plant to sell 4.5% stakeBS Reporter / Mumbai January 01, 2008Adarsh Plant Protect has received a letter of intent (LOI) from Sisa Tradelink Inc, USA for buying 4.5% stake in the company.According to a release issued by Adarsh Plant to the BSE today, the price of equity/warrant would not be less that Rs 55..... more »

Sensex up 90pts; Infosys, HDFC slip

Sensex up 90pts; Infosys, HDFC slipBS Reporter / Mumbai December 31, 2007The Sensex is now up 90 points at 20,297.Bharti Airtel has zoomed 6% to Rs 997. Mahindra & Mahindra has soared 3.4% to Rs 863.NTPC has surged over 3% to Rs 249. Ranbaxy and Reliance Communications have gained 2.4% each at Rs 426 and..... more »

We hope GAS will be a Rs 200 cr brand

'We hope GAS will be a Rs 200 cr brand'IN CONVERSATION/ Claudio GrottoTejal A Deshpande / Mumbai December 31, 2007One year ago Raymond Ltd entered into a joint venture with the Italian company Grotto SpA to launch GAS, a premium denim brand in India. Claudio Grotto, chairman and CEO, Grotto SpA, was in Mumbai recently �.. more »

Canara Bank redesigns brand identity

Canara Bank redesigns brand identityBS Reporter / Bangalore December 31, 2007In an effort to fight the growing competition and to attract new customers, Canara Bank on Saturday announced a new brand identity. The new logo, which depicts interlocking triangles ? one rich blue and the other a bright yellow ? was unveiled by Unio�.. more »

ITC to make paper cups in Hyderabad

ITC to make paper cups in HyderabadBS Reporter / Hyderabad December 31, 2007ITC Limited is setting up a 25,000tonne per annum capacity facility at a cost Rs 35 crore at its Bollaram unit in Hyderabad for production of elemental chlorinefree (ECF) paperboard to be used for manufacture of paper cups. The paperboard produced at th�.. more »

`Infancy protection` for Sangam Spinners

`Infancy protection` for Sangam SpinnersLEGAL DIGESTBS Reporter / New Delhi December 31, 2007The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Rajasthan High Court and granted 'infancy protection' to Sangam Spinners under the Employee Provident Fund Act. The company had started production in 1995. According to ….. more »

BVM agitators back Tata Bastar project

BVM agitators back Tata Bastar projectR Krishna Das / Kolkata/ Raipur December 31, 2007The Tata Steel plan to set up a plant in Bastar region was now being supported by a group called the Bastar Vikas Manch (BVM). Violent BVM protestors prevented Communist Party of India (CPI) members from entering Bastar on December 29, where �.. more »

Edible oils: Latin America may prove to be El Dorado

Edible oils: Latin America may prove to be El DoradoANALYST'S VIEWKunal Bose / Mumbai December 31, 2007In the season ended October 2007, India was required to import nearly 4.72 million tonnes of edible oils in order to supplement domestic supply. Perennial large imports are occasioned by shortfalls in domestic oils production, w�.. more »

Govt failed to handle education sector after Independence

Express news service Posted online: Monday , December 31, 2007 at 0419 hrs Ludhiana, December 30He was recently appointed as the president of the Gujranwala Khalsa Education Council (GKEC), Prithipal Singh Kapur, an academician, started off his career as a research scholar at National Archives of..... more »

Pak TV channel air snaps of suspected killers

Pak TV channel air snaps of suspected killersPress Trust of India / Islamabad December 30, 2007A Pakistani TV news channel today aired photographs of two men it said were involved in the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto after an election rally in Rawalpindi on Thursday.One of the two grainy photos which Dawn News..... more »

Benazirs last speech: Pakistan in danger

Benazir's last speech: Pakistan in dangerPress Trust of India / Islamabad December 28, 2007Minutes before she was assassinated, Benazir Bhutto had said her Pakistan People's Party would 'save the country' from extremists and terrorists if it was voted to power. 'The country is in dan�.. more »

Unity Infra gets LoI for Kurla mall

Unity Infra gets LoI for Kurla mallBS Reporter / Mumbai December 28, 2007Unity Infraprojects, realty has received the letter of intent from Mumbaibased Offbeat Developers for civil construction work for construction of mall named Market City at Kurla in Mumbai.The contract is worth Rs 57.41 crore excluding cost of concrete and it is to be�.. more »

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Benazir Bhutto: Last moments

Benazir Bhutto: Last momentsPress Trust of India / Rawalpindi December 27, 2007Here is the chronology of events leading to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto here today although details are still sketchy�.* Bhutto goes to address an election rally in Liaqat Ali Bagh* Finishes her address and gets into her car at 5.30 P.M.* Two men..... more »

DMRC approves extension of metro linkage to Faridabad

Agencies Posted online: Friday , December 28, 2007 at 1515 hrs New Delhi, December 28:In a bid to connect the adjoining cities of the capital with a faster mode of transport, the board of directors of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has approved the extension of..... more »

NMDC board nod for 1:2 bonus, 1:10 split

NMDC board nod for 1:2 bonus, 1:10 splitPress Trust of India / Mumbai December 27, 2007NMDC will issue bonus shares in the ratio of 1:2 (two bonus shares for every share held), and also split shares 1:10 i.e one equity share of Rs 10 each would be split into 10 shares of Re 1 each.According..... more »

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BENAZIR BHUTTO DEAD IN SUICIDE BOMBER ATTACK

A suicide bomber attacked a rally for Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi on Thursday and at least 25 people are feared dead. BENAZIR BHUTTO DEAD IN SUICIDE BOMBER ATTACK, police sources said. Body parts and flesh were reported scattered at the back gate of the Liaqat Bagh park where Bhutto had spoken. Bhutto was about 50 yards .. more »

India ready to join OECD steel panel

India ready to join OECD steel panelPress Trust of India / New Delhi December 27, 2007The government today made it clear that it is ready to join the OECD's Steel Committee provided no additional conditions are imposed 'over and above' the obligations under the World Trade Organisation.'We have received�.. more »

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