Dev Chatterjee, Aneesh Phadnis And Shine Jacob

Stories by Dev Chatterjee, Aneesh Phadnis And Shine Jacob

Newbies dream to become oil barons in limbo

Newbies dream to become oil barons in limbo

Rediff.com   3 Oct 2020

22 companies won bids for the 31 contracts on offer; 15 were new entrants to the oil and gas business. Three years on, none of them have started production.

Long weekend brings cheer to hotels, travel firms as demand picks up

Long weekend brings cheer to hotels, travel firms as demand picks up

Rediff.com   3 Oct 2020

While airlines are seeing improved demand and industry-wide seat occupancy has increased to over 60%, it is road trips which are generating higher traction. Booking trends show that customers are also choosing homestays or four- star and five-star accommodations, as hygiene and safety is a priority now.

Indian Railways back on track, stems fall in freight traffic

Indian Railways back on track, stems fall in freight traffic

Rediff.com   2 Oct 2020

Revenue from freight operations also increased by 14 per cent to Rs 9,903 crore in September.

SBI Caps, JM Financial to sell Reliance Capital assets

SBI Caps, JM Financial to sell Reliance Capital assets

Rediff.com   2 Oct 2020

The key assets put on the block include its entire stake in Reliance General Insurance Company, the third-largest private sector insurer, and a 49 per cent stake in Reliance Nippon Life Insurance, a joint venture with Nippon Life, which is among the top five private-sector insurance companies.

As domestic sales decline, drug makers focus on exports

As domestic sales decline, drug makers focus on exports

Rediff.com   1 Oct 2020

While sales in the domestic market declined 4.2 per cent during the April-July period, exports grew steadily at 9.5 per cent during the same period.

Lufthansa cancels flights to India till October 20

Lufthansa cancels flights to India till October 20

Rediff.com   30 Sep 2020

The move comes after the government rejected its plan to operate 20 flights a week.

Bharat Petroleum likely to sell 7.3% treasury stock in bulk deal

Bharat Petroleum likely to sell 7.3% treasury stock in bulk deal

Rediff.com   29 Sep 2020

Going by the current market cap of Rs 83,451.15 crore, 7.33 per cent stake in BPCL is expected to be valued around Rs 6,117 crore.

Vi starts upgrading 3G subscribers to 4G

Vi starts upgrading 3G subscribers to 4G

Rediff.com   28 Sep 2020

Vi will continue to offer basic voice data services to its 2G users.

L&T, 2 mega consortia in race for India's first bullet train project

L&T, 2 mega consortia in race for India's first bullet train project

Rediff.com   24 Sep 2020

The first consortium includes Afcons Infrastructure, IRCON International and JMC Projects, while the second group of companies include NCC, Tata Projects and J. Kumar Infra Projects.

Adani, GMR among 20 firms keen on rebuilding New Delhi railway station

Adani, GMR among 20 firms keen on rebuilding New Delhi railway station

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2020

The Rail Land Development Authority has invited online bids from private players to redevelop the station into an integrated commercial, retail, and hospitality hub.

Threat of demolition still hounds 300,000 Delhi slum-dwellers

Threat of demolition still hounds 300,000 Delhi slum-dwellers

Rediff.com   19 Sep 2020

'The people, media and politicians are ready to listen to the troubles of Kangana Ranaut, but we are unwanted lives in the heart of Delhi.' Shine Jacob reports.

Railways to allow private players for bullet train projects

Railways to allow private players for bullet train projects

Rediff.com   18 Sep 2020

The projects - Delhi-Varanasi, Mumbai-Nagpur, Delhi-Ahmedabad, Chennai-Mysore, Delhi-Amritsar, Mumbai-Hyderabad, and Varanasi-Howrah - are expected to cost around Rs 10 trillion.

Prayagraj to house Indian Railways' ambitious freight programme

Prayagraj to house Indian Railways' ambitious freight programme

Rediff.com   15 Sep 2020

Built by the French railway technology company Alstom, it will host a 90-metre-long digital wall for train operation, said to be the second largest in Asia.

The real story behind Adani-Mumbai Airport deal

The real story behind Adani-Mumbai Airport deal

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2020

What made the tide turn in favour of the Adani group was the Covid-19 pandemic, which shut down airports the world over, including Mumbai. There was no cash flow and the firm started defaulting on salaries July onwards.

BPCL privatisation move make workers jittery

BPCL privatisation move make workers jittery

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2020

Older workers are headed for the VRS exit in larger-than-expected numbers even as unrest stirs over unrevised wage settlements.

Govt banks to invoke personal guarantee of defaulters

Govt banks to invoke personal guarantee of defaulters

Rediff.com   5 Sep 2020

Finance ministry advises banks to invoke personal guarantees of all promoters whose companies have gone to NCLT for debt resolution.

Railway Board restructuring gets green flag

Railway Board restructuring gets green flag

Rediff.com   4 Sep 2020

The board will now be headed by Vinod Kumar Yadav as chairman and CEO, and it will have four other members.

RBI rejects BoB's plan to send Anil Ambani firms to NCLT

RBI rejects BoB's plan to send Anil Ambani firms to NCLT

Rediff.com   31 Aug 2020

The RBI rejection is a second blow to BoB - the lead bank of both companies -- after a Delhi high court order on August 18 stayed a move by BoB and the entire consortium of lenders to classify these accounts as fraud, restraining them from taking any other coercive action till the next hearing.

Biyani's Future board to meet on Sep 7 to decide on RIL offer

Biyani's Future board to meet on Sep 7 to decide on RIL offer

Rediff.com   29 Aug 2020

According to the plan made by the lenders and RIL, all Future group listed companies will be merged into Future Enterprises. RIL will then invest Rs 8,500 crore in the merged entity which will include the retail business.

Will Khona's return as CEO give GoAir its second wind?

Will Khona's return as CEO give GoAir its second wind?

Rediff.com   29 Aug 2020

Kaushik Khona's second innings at GoAir will be more challenging than the first. Globally, the aviation industry is in deep distress because of the pandemic, reports Aneesh Phadnis.