Digbijay Mishra, Probal Basak And Namrata Acharya

Stories by Digbijay Mishra, Probal Basak And Namrata Acharya

Tollywood benefits from chit funds

Tollywood benefits from chit funds

Rediff.com   28 Apr 2013

30 per cent of all movies made in Tollywood are produced by chit fund companies.

West Bengal's 'chit fund'-fuelled media boom

West Bengal's 'chit fund'-fuelled media boom

Rediff.com   24 Apr 2013

70 per cent of the total ad market in the state was driven by these companies.

Govt to help 1,200 media people who lost their jobs in Bengal

Govt to help 1,200 media people who lost their jobs in Bengal

Rediff.com   17 Apr 2013

A day after about 1,200 media persons from Saradha Group media entities lost their jobs in West Bengal, the state government extended a helping hand. On Wednesday, government officials are set to meet these employees to try and find a resolution to the issue.

ITC officially raises cigarette prices

ITC officially raises cigarette prices

Rediff.com   17 Apr 2013

Stockists and dealers have been charging more since early March.

MRPL retracts Haldia PetChem buyout plan

MRPL retracts Haldia PetChem buyout plan

Rediff.com   14 Mar 2013

Cites legal battle among latter's promoters as reason for staying away from cash-strapped venture.

Sunfeast targets the creamy layer

Sunfeast targets the creamy layer

Rediff.com   11 Mar 2013

ITC's biscuits, which have a sweet spot in the cream segment, now want a bigger piece of the cookies market

Oz miners eye India's PPP model for Coal India

Oz miners eye India's PPP model for Coal India

Rediff.com   8 Mar 2013

NRW is one of the leading providers of construction and mining services with a turnover $1.35 billion in 2011-12.

ITC to enter the dairy market in 14 months

ITC to enter the dairy market in 14 months

Rediff.com   7 Mar 2013

The product portfolio includes milk powder, long-life packaged milk, fortified milk, etc.

Salboni: Bengal govt gives ultimatum to JSW

Salboni: Bengal govt gives ultimatum to JSW

Rediff.com   6 Mar 2013

Yet to achieve financial closure for project because of pending draft agreement.

Strikes, lockouts haunt Bengal jute industry

Strikes, lockouts haunt Bengal jute industry

Rediff.com   5 Feb 2013

Given the hardships faced by the jute mill industry in West Bengal, one of the few surviving manufacturing sectors in the state, industry experts say a strike threat is looming large, which could lead to more lockouts.

Kolkata's iconic Coffee House faces commercial dilemma

Kolkata's iconic Coffee House faces commercial dilemma

Rediff.com   25 Jan 2013

Kolkata's iconic Coffee House decides to rent out premises on Sundays, 'as long as it's related to culture'

Rights issue on cards for govt banks

Rights issue on cards for govt banks

Rediff.com   30 Nov 2012

Banks need to raise capital to comply with Basel III norms. This mode of raising money gives all shareholders equal investment opportunity.

Iran's currency crisis hits India's exports

Iran's currency crisis hits India's exports

Rediff.com   28 Nov 2012

India pays 55% of the value of oil its imports from Iran in euro payments through Turkey's Turkiye Halk Bankasi.

Public sector banks rule out rate cut

Public sector banks rule out rate cut

Rediff.com   2 Oct 2012

SBI too rules out cut in base rate in short term, to launch concessional schemes.

Bengal exhausts one fourth borrowing in 2 months

Bengal exhausts one fourth borrowing in 2 months

Rediff.com   23 May 2012

So far, the West Bengal government has raised Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) as SDL from RBI, which is almost one-fourth of its total borrowing plans of Rs 20,071 crore (Rs 200.71 billion).

Mamata nods power tariff hike, mulls VRS for transport staff

Mamata nods power tariff hike, mulls VRS for transport staff

Rediff.com   23 Apr 2012

According to an official in the state power department, the government has given nod to the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company to approach the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission for a further tariff hike and a proposal has been moved in this regard

Bengal's job sops land it in soup

Bengal's job sops land it in soup

Rediff.com   20 Jan 2012

The 2,75,000 new jobs would cost a monthly Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion), officials with knowledge of the development said.

Company directors rush for insurance cover

Company directors rush for insurance cover

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2011

It is this increasing vulnerability of senior corporate executives towards litigations that has set the ball rolling for directors and officers' liability cover for insurance companies.

Exports to Greece, Syria risky: ECGC

Exports to Greece, Syria risky: ECGC

Rediff.com   31 Oct 2011

This month, ECGC -- the government organisation that provides insurance cover to exporters -- reclassified exports to Greece as 'risky' by withdrawing open cover insurance scheme for them.

Kingfisher, Jet keen on BAPL's proposed airport

Kingfisher, Jet keen on BAPL's proposed airport

Rediff.com   25 Jul 2011

Jet Airways and Kingfisher have shown interest to operate in the proposed airport in the industrial belt of Asansol-Durgapur region of West Bengal, Subrata Paul, chief executive officer of Bengal Aerotropolis Projects (BAPL) which is setting up the 10,000-crore airport city project, said.