JSPL set to lose Al Mutun rights DNA India | Mumbai: Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) is about to lose mining rights at the world’s largest iron ore site, Al Mutun Bolivia, as the Naveen Jindal-led company has failed to make the necessary investments in the mine as per a contract signed with the Bolivian government in 2007. | The Bolivian...
Anil Ambani's new 'game' plan DNA India | Mumbai: Even as people are talking about his association with Hollywood film-maker Steven Spielberg, corporate tycoon Anil Ambani reiterates that his eyes are firmly fixed on Bollywood. In one of the biggest deals in global cinema, Anil had signed a $825-million deal with Steven last year. | Anil ...
Delhi to have Lord Venkateswara temple Zeenews Hyderabad: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the body that manages activities and funds at the Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, is constructing a grand Balaji temple in Delhi. | "Construction of the Venkateswara temple i...
Rs 25-crore bank draft fraud: Cops arrest trustee of education body Indian Express | Two months after a complaint was lodged against former Union Industry Minister Vallabh Kathiriya’s brother, Chhagan, and three others for trying to deposit a fake draft of Rs 25 crore, the police today arrested Joseph Rozario, trustee of Rajkot-bas...
AB Minacs buys UK-based BPO The Times Of India BANGALORE: The Aditya Birla Group's BPO/IT arm Aditya Birla Minacs has acquired UK-based Compass BPO, a pure-play finance and accounting (F&A) services provider. | Compass has about 600 people, most of them in Mumbai and Bangalore, and a few in UAE, ...
FMCG firms jack up prices The Times Of India MUMBAI/CHENNAI: Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies such as Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL), CavinKare and Britannia Industries have decided to increase prices of its products ranging from diapers to biscuits. | While the trigger for Godr...
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Rupee near 2-month peak on dollar fall; firm shares The Times Of India MUMBAI: The rupee climbed to its highest level in nearly two months on Monday, riding on a firm start to the local sharemarket and broad weakness in the dollar versus major currenc...
Book on Pranab, 'the all season man' The Hindu | Ananya Dutta | 'A great builder of modern India,' says Narayanan | West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan (right) with Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Sukhendu Sekhar Ra...
Corporate affairs in rural woman's world The Times Of India In 2000, two women Vishakha Rao-Jathar and Sharmistha Gandhi, both MBAs, quit lucrative jobs as management specialists in the corporate world of Mumbai and returned to Nagpur aspir...
Maharashtra's countryside springs new weekend destinations DNA India | Mumbai: An innovative mix of countryside hospitality and big city business acumen is rapidly changing lives of locals in two of the state’s villages. Residents of Purushwadi and Kohane, two non-descript villages, are enjoying the economic ben...
Sonia Gandhi, Nooyi in Asia's 8 top power women The Siasat Daily | Washington, March 08: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Pepsico's India-born CEO Indra Nooyi and ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar figure in CNN's list of eight of Asia's top power women. | Taking a "look at the key women who are shaping Asia's politi...
Govt plan to recapitalise PSU banks is credit positive The Times Of India MUMBAI: In last week's announcement of the Union Budget for the fiscal year ending March 2011, the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said that Rs 165 billion will be used to ensure that public sector banks are able to attain minimum 8% Tier 1 capital...
Soon, broadband in every Indian village: Sachin Pilot The Times Of India NEW DELHI: India is charting a grand scheme targeting its rural outback to reach telecom and broadband services to each of its 626,000 villages, using funds to the tune of $3.5 billion lying unutilised in a dedicated fund. | Outlining the contours of this ambitious programme, Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot said in an inter...
Govt may ban FDI in cigarette making The Times Of India | NEW DELHI: Government is all set to ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in cigarette manufacturing. A cabinet note towards this end has been prepared by the commerce and industry ministry and circulated among the other ministries of the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA). | A ban on FDI in manufacturing of cigarettes will affect existin...
