Sohini Das &Amp; Namrata Acharya In Kolkata

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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.

Maruti's first Gujarat site faces land hurdle

Maruti's first Gujarat site faces land hurdle

Rediff.com   4 Apr 2013

For a contiguous plot, the company may need to pay almost three times more for 40 acres at Hansalpur.

Mahindra plans to launch 4-5 variants of electric cars

Mahindra plans to launch 4-5 variants of electric cars

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2013

Company has already put in place around 100 charging points across Delhi and Bangalore.

Maruti hiring for Manesar from Guj

Maruti hiring for Manesar from Guj

Rediff.com   12 Feb 2013

Company has taken preliminary tests of 1,181 candidates from state ITI.

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.

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.

Online travel portals see rise in festive bookings

Online travel portals see rise in festive bookings

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2012

While the peak holiday season failed to bring in much business to the hotel industry, the online travel booking space has done reasonably well.

Maruti to regularise contract workers

Maruti to regularise contract workers

Rediff.com   17 Oct 2012

Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), which witnessed labour unrest at its Manesar facility, is set to complete the process of regularisation of contract workers at the unit by November-end.

Maruti plans to export Alto 800 from December

Maruti plans to export Alto 800 from December

Rediff.com   17 Oct 2012

Going all out to market the all new Alto 800, pricing the base variant of the new car lower than the outgoing model, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), today said it will start exporting the car from Gujarat's Mundra port from December this year. The first export market is likely to be Chile in South America.

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.

Maruti's entry sees land prices soar in Hansalpur

Maruti's entry sees land prices soar in Hansalpur

Rediff.com   7 Sep 2012

As expected, land prices in the region have shot through the roof in the last three to four months, rising about 12 times compared to prices a couple of years earlier.

Nestle India enters Amul's home with Gujarat factory

Nestle India enters Amul's home with Gujarat factory

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2012

Nestle India, the subsidiary of Swiss dairy major Nestle, is all geared to set up its ninth plant in the country. The company had acquired about 50 acres of land at Sanand, nearly 30 kilometres from Ahmedabad, for a manufacturing plant, said Gujarat government officials.

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).

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.

Calcutta stock exchange to launch trading platform

Calcutta stock exchange to launch trading platform

Rediff.com   21 Jun 2011

The 100-year old Calcutta Stock Exchange is finally set to launch a trading platform, which will enable its members to trade on National Stock Exchange (NSE)-listed securities in the next one month, a move that will give the ailing exchange a fresh lease of life.

Cash portion in car buying on the rise

Cash portion in car buying on the rise

Rediff.com   13 Jun 2011

The double whammy of spiralling petrol prices and volatile interest rates on loans is driving car buyers to make payments out of their pockets rather than opting for bank loan.

Ups and downs of regional stock exchanges

Ups and downs of regional stock exchanges

Rediff.com   16 Mar 2011

Dogged by brokers' interference, exits at the top and clash of opinions, regional stock exchanges still struggle to launch their trading platform.