Raghuvir Badrinath &Amp; T E Narasimhan

Stories by Raghuvir Badrinath &Amp; T E Narasimhan

Show us the coal, banks tell power companies

Show us the coal, banks tell power companies

Rediff.com   14 Nov 2011

Link loan disbursals with firming up of steady supply of raw material.

GMR Infra set to bag Rs 1,500-cr Andhra highway project

GMR Infra set to bag Rs 1,500-cr Andhra highway project

Rediff.com   8 Nov 2011

According to senior officials of the National Highways Authority of India, this project is part of a larger 245-km highway development project connecting Hyderabad and Solapur.

GMR Infra wants govt to privatise airports

GMR Infra wants govt to privatise airports

Rediff.com   5 Oct 2011

GMR Infrastructure, which manages two airports in India, at Delhi and Hyderabad, seems hungry for more.

Maran to up stake in SpiceJet

Maran to up stake in SpiceJet

Rediff.com   30 Sep 2011

SpiceJet, the low-cost air carrier, on Thursday got its shareholders' approval to issue additional equity shares to promoter Kalanithi Maran, who in turn will infuse Rs 130 crore (Rs 1.3 billion) into the airline. Maran's equity holding would go up from 38 per cent to 43 per cent of the company's shares.

Capt Gopinath to sell Deccan 360

Capt Gopinath to sell Deccan 360

Rediff.com   2 Sep 2011

Discussions have been initiated to sell the company to a Mumbai-headquartered, highly diversified, multi-billion dollar corporate group which has interests in retail and logistics, among various others.

Deccan 360 into fire fighting; may raise Rs 200 cr

Deccan 360 into fire fighting; may raise Rs 200 cr

Rediff.com   15 Jun 2011

Deccan 360 is not taking orders, as it claims it is re-aligning its services.

NDTV-Hindu joint venture on the block

NDTV-Hindu joint venture on the block

Rediff.com   9 Jun 2011

The channel is an equal joint venture between NDTV and Chennai-headquartered newspaper group The Hindu.

Infy co-founder expands role in hospitality space

Infy co-founder expands role in hospitality space

Rediff.com   29 Apr 2011

N S Raghavan, one of the co-founders of Infosys, is expanding his presence in the hospitality sector.

Automobile sector will drive economy: Kirloskar

Automobile sector will drive economy: Kirloskar

Rediff.com   20 Apr 2011

We are upbeat on the opportunities in India, says Vikram Kirloskar.

CSK scores for India Cements

CSK scores for India Cements

Rediff.com   15 Apr 2011

The company says it is gaining fast because of its strategy extending brand CSK into the market by being associated with cricket's most valuable property, the Indian Premier League that consists of 10 teams.

PremjiInvest, Milestone up stake in Healthcare

PremjiInvest, Milestone up stake in Healthcare

Rediff.com   8 Apr 2011

PremjiInvest has invested close to $20 million in the hospital chain in the last three years.

M&M to bring acquired Boeing unit to Bangalore

M&M to bring acquired Boeing unit to Bangalore

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2011

Mahindra & Mahindra has decided to dismandle its recently acquired Boeing plant in Melbourne, Australia, which makes machinery for aircraft, and shift it to Bangalore.

LCV unit: Leyland, Nissan to invest Rs 2,500 crore

LCV unit: Leyland, Nissan to invest Rs 2,500 crore

Rediff.com   21 Mar 2011

The two partners have said they'd produce 150,000 vehicles as part of the phase-I plan from their existing facilities in the state, till the new factory goes on stream.

Renault to launch 5 models before 2012

Renault to launch 5 models before 2012

Rediff.com   24 Feb 2011

French car major Renault is set to launch five new cars in India before 2012.

Kirani creates value with start-ups

Kirani creates value with start-ups

Rediff.com   15 Feb 2011

Kirani, is passionate about working with start-ups when they are at the ideation stage.

Renault-Nissan trains its global staff in Chennai

Renault-Nissan trains its global staff in Chennai

Rediff.com   10 Feb 2011

The Renault Nissan Alliance has said that its Oragadam greenfield facility near Chennai - its first in the world - will be a template for its upcoming Morocco facility, with a few changes only in the back-end engineering. The company is training 30 senior employees drawn from various verticals at its Oragadam plant.

Stanchart, 3i want to invest in expressway

Stanchart, 3i want to invest in expressway

Rediff.com   31 Jan 2011

Global private equity majors - Standard Chartered Private Equity and London-headquartered 3i - are understood to have shown keen interest to invest in the litigation-prone Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) Bangalore-Mysore expressway being developed by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Limited (NICE).

GMR close to clinching Indonesian mine

GMR close to clinching Indonesian mine

Rediff.com   27 Jan 2011

GMR Infrastructure, the Bangalore-based developer of power plant, airports, roads and urban infrastructure, is understood to be closing in on its second coal mine acquisition in Indonesia. The mine is expected to cost close to $150 million and has reserves of close to 200 million tonne.

India largest borrower of IDA

India largest borrower of IDA

Rediff.com   27 Dec 2010

India is also the third largest borrower of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the World Bank), with a total portfolio of $21.9 billion (Rs 98,590 crore).

Upswing in auto sector hiring

Upswing in auto sector hiring

Rediff.com   24 Nov 2010

The index began tracking jobs in the sector from July 2008 and there was a sudden dip of 29 per cent in the month of December 2008, said V Suresh, executive vice president and national head of sales for the portal.