Sumeet Chatterjee And Clara Ferreira Marques

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Sahara gets more time to raise bail to free boss

Sahara gets more time to raise bail to free boss

Rediff.com   23 Mar 2015

The Supreme Court on Monday gave conglomerate Sahara another three months to come up with a final proposal to raise funds against its assets to secure bail for its founder Subrata Roy, who has been held in a New Delhi jail for more than a year. Sahara has made several failed attempts to raise $1.6 billion in bail money. Roy was jailed after Sahara failed to comply with a court order to refund billions of dollars to investors in a bond programme that was ruled illegal. The Supreme Court last week gave Sahara, a sprawling conglomerate that ranges from property to Formula One motor racing, a final chance to raise funds in order to bail out Roy. On Monday, the country's top court allowed Sahara to sell part of its Aamby Valley township outside Mumbai, which has luxury villas and a golf course, to raise funds.

Tough decisions as endgame nears for Sahara

Tough decisions as endgame nears for Sahara

Rediff.com   23 Mar 2015

The top court last week gave Sahara a final chance to raise funds.

Sky-high valuation of India's start-ups worries global investors

Sky-high valuation of India's start-ups worries global investors

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2015

As billions of dollars flow into India's booming online economy, some investors are beginning to fret that soaring valuations could hamper market listings.

Some staff say Sahara has not paid salaries for months

Some staff say Sahara has not paid salaries for months

Rediff.com   27 Feb 2015

Sahara told the top court this week it was considering other proposals to raise funds, including selling a luxury development outside Pune.

Subrata Roy's get-out-of-jail deal is mired in mystery

Subrata Roy's get-out-of-jail deal is mired in mystery

Rediff.com   5 Feb 2015

Sahara relied on a letter from bank saying the funds were there.

'Surprise rate cut by RBI is just a start but we need more'

'Surprise rate cut by RBI is just a start but we need more'

Rediff.com   16 Jan 2015

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley last month pointed to the high cost of capital for India's businesses as a key factor behind a manufacturing slowdown.

Xiaomi's India smartphone ban exposes wider patent risk

Xiaomi's India smartphone ban exposes wider patent risk

Rediff.com   14 Dec 2014

Xiaomi said in a statement that "it isn't easy" to build up a patent portfolio as a start-up company, but it aims to have filed 8,000 applications by 2016.

Can Snapdeal become India's Alibaba?

Can Snapdeal become India's Alibaba?

Rediff.com   30 Oct 2014

The 24-hour delivery offer applies only to select postal codes and is not available across the country.

Banks pile pressure on Mallya over airline loans

Banks pile pressure on Mallya over airline loans

Rediff.com   6 Sep 2014

Mallya, once known as the "King of Good Times" for his flamboyant lifestyle, has until Friday to appear before an IDBI committee to explain why he should not be declared a "wilful defaulter".

Piramal, Dutch fund tie up for $1 bn infra investment

Piramal, Dutch fund tie up for $1 bn infra investment

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2014

Piramal, controlled by billionaire Ajay Piramal, and APG will invest in local infrastructure companies through rupee-denominated mezzanine instruments.

Riding on Modinomics hopes, indebted cos rush to lock in funds

Riding on Modinomics hopes, indebted cos rush to lock in funds

Rediff.com   7 Jul 2014

A sluggish economy and stalled bureaucratic decision-making for the past two years thwarted capital investment and dented earnings, making it tough for the companies to raise funds.

Rajasthan block: Cairn India gets nod for raising oil output

Rajasthan block: Cairn India gets nod for raising oil output

Rediff.com   17 Jun 2014

The panel, however, set some conditions for the company, including that Cairn India will have to upload the status of environment compliance, including results of monitored data, on its website and update it periodically.

Modi's landslide win may bring IPOs back to table

Modi's landslide win may bring IPOs back to table

Rediff.com   21 May 2014

Several brokerages lifted their outlooks for the BSE Sensex and companies were queuing to ride the wave of political euphoria

Vodafone begins arbitration against India in tax dispute

Vodafone begins arbitration against India in tax dispute

Rediff.com   8 May 2014

The British mobile phone operator was widely expected to go for an international arbitration after its talks with the Indian government failed to find a solution last year.

India's drug inspectors hard-pressed to scrutinise factories

India's drug inspectors hard-pressed to scrutinise factories

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2014

There are just 1,500 drug inspectors responsible for more than 10,000 factories in India

3 banks to help govt sell Axis shares

3 banks to help govt sell Axis shares

Rediff.com   21 Jan 2014

At the bank's current market price, the stake on offer is worth about Rs 5,700 crore

USFDA raises concerns about Ranbaxy's Toansa plant

USFDA raises concerns about Ranbaxy's Toansa plant

Rediff.com   13 Jan 2014

All of Ranbaxy's India-based factories are currently banned by the FDA from exporting medicines to the United States, the company's largest market, after the regulator's inspection found violation of its so-called good manufacturing practices.

Wockhardt hit by FDA alert on another plant

Wockhardt hit by FDA alert on another plant

Rediff.com   27 Nov 2013

Its factory in Chikalthana in western India was last month hit by the British drug regulator's curb on imports from the plant over manufacturing deficiencies.

Suspected human hair in tablet cited in Ranbaxy ban

Suspected human hair in tablet cited in Ranbaxy ban

Rediff.com   18 Sep 2013

Ranbaxy, which is 63.5 per cent-owned by Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Co and gets more than 40 per cent of its sales from the United States, did not immediately respond to a request on Wednesday for comment on the FDA observations.

Drugmakers draw more FDA scrutiny as US imports rise

Drugmakers draw more FDA scrutiny as US imports rise

Rediff.com   13 Sep 2013

And when an inspector asked about the contents of unlabelled vials in the laboratory glassware washing area, a plant worker dumped them down a sink and said the contents could not be determined, according to a July 18 letter from the US Food and Drug Administration to Wockhardt, which makes sterile injectable drugs and various forms of insulin.