Surajeet Das Gupta And Mihir Mishra

Stories by Surajeet Das Gupta And Mihir Mishra

Galleon under Sebi watch

Galleon under Sebi watch

Rediff.com   21 Oct 2009

The Securities and Exchange Board of India said it is 'closely watching' investments made by New York-based hedge fund Galleon, whose Sri Lankan founder Raj Rajaratnam was arrested for alleged insider trading on Friday.

SpiceJet plans to fly overseas

SpiceJet plans to fly overseas

Rediff.com   15 Oct 2009

Low-cost carrier SpiceJet Airlines, promoted by a group of investors led by the Kansagra family and Delhi-based Ajay Singh, is working on a plan to start international operations next year, making it the third private Indian carrier after Jet Airways and Kingfisher to fly overseas.

Zain deal gets okay after panel rejection

Zain deal gets okay after panel rejection

Rediff.com   14 Oct 2009

BSNL, MTNL respond to Vavasi despite advice to the contrary

New mobile competitors call on tariff cuts to grow

New mobile competitors call on tariff cuts to grow

Rediff.com   9 Oct 2009

About five new operators are ready to start operations by the end of this year, adding to the over eight incumbents slugging it out to grab a share in a mobile market that is expected to grow to 750 million subscribers by 2012 against over 450 million at present.

NHAI to halve time taken for land buys

NHAI to halve time taken for land buys

Rediff.com   5 Oct 2009

To centralise process by setting up special units in each state.

Indian firms best in terms of staff satisfaction

Indian firms best in terms of staff satisfaction

Rediff.com   5 Oct 2009

Reveals study by a leading global HR solution provider.

'Wealth doesn't create roads; roads create wealth'

'Wealth doesn't create roads; roads create wealth'

Rediff.com   5 Oct 2009

In an interview with Mihir Mishra and Jyoti Mukul, Nath, who as the commerce and industry minister in the previous United Progressive Alliance government was part of the fire-fighting to minimise impact of the slowdown, says that the current year will be better than the last year.

Bharti may take on MTN in bid for Zain

Bharti may take on MTN in bid for Zain

Rediff.com   5 Oct 2009

Essar group, which is buying out the Uganda and Congo assets of Warid Telecom -- a joint venture between the Abu Dhabi Group and Singtel and is present in Kenya, has also reportedly been sounded out by Zain shareholders. A company spokesperson, however, declined to comment on the issue.

Newsmaker: The man behind the Air India strike

Newsmaker: The man behind the Air India strike

Rediff.com   2 Oct 2009

The former Indian Airlines pilot won a good deal for colleagues protesting a pay cut; but others question whether the victory was good for the airline.

Bharti will keep dialling abroad, feel analysts

Bharti will keep dialling abroad, feel analysts

Rediff.com   2 Oct 2009

Slow domestic growth, global ambitions will prompt deals similar to MTN, say analysts

Jet to sell land in Mumbai to keep flying

Jet to sell land in Mumbai to keep flying

Rediff.com   30 Sep 2009

Jet Airways expects to raise over Rs 1,000 crore by selling 2.5 acres of premium land it owns in the Bandra-Kurla area in Mumbai. The move will partly help the company to raise about $400 million (roughly Rs 2,000 crore) to cut its debt burden of Rs 15,885 crore.

Not many flying business class yet

Not many flying business class yet

Rediff.com   28 Sep 2009

"The (number of ) people flying business class has seen a decline of over 40 per cent in the domestic routes and 20 per cent internationally," said Ajay Prakash, general secretary, Travel Agents Federation of India.

AI to convert 5 Airbuses into low-cost carriers

AI to convert 5 Airbuses into low-cost carriers

Rediff.com   22 Sep 2009

Launch on 10 sectors in the winter schedule.

Bharti-MTN deal:Govt not in favour of dual listing

Bharti-MTN deal:Govt not in favour of dual listing

Rediff.com   22 Sep 2009

Permission for dual listing would require full capital account convertibility and therefore changes in regulations under the Foreign Exchange Management Act.

Discounts pushed Jet's traffic by 20%

Discounts pushed Jet's traffic by 20%

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2009

After massive cancellations of Jet Airways flights during the five-day strike last week, the private carrier has seen a surge in the number of passengers that it has flown in the last three days - thanks to an aggressive discount of up to 50 per cent on some tickets on all its flights.

Bharti-MTN deal ready to be signed

Bharti-MTN deal ready to be signed

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2009

The deal, which will be the largest in the global telecom space, will be subject to South African government approval.

Airlines divided on impact of Jet deal

Airlines divided on impact of Jet deal

Rediff.com   14 Sep 2009

Airline managements are divided on the likely impact of the settlement of the Jet Airways imbroglio.

Govt aims at 17,661 km of new expressways by 2022

Govt aims at 17,661 km of new expressways by 2022

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2009

The Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry proposes to build a huge network of expressways by 2022, also the final year of the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan.The ministry plans to build expressways in 3 phases -- by 2012, 2017 and 2022 -- and, accordingly, it has prepared a draft report for a network of the proposed 17,661-km of stretches.The report has suggested the government set up the proposed expressways on both an annuity and a public-private partnership (PPP) basis.

Update FEMA for Press Notes 2&4: Govt to RBI

Update FEMA for Press Notes 2&4: Govt to RBI

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2009

The government has sought to put an end to the ambiguities in the implementation of Press Notes 2 and 4, which significantly relaxed foreign direct investment (FDI) guidelines, with the Commerce Ministry requesting the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to make changes in the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) to operationalise the guidelines. The direction from the government follows a number of references and queries from investors.

A-I misled by Reliance on insurance deal, say PSUs

A-I misled by Reliance on insurance deal, say PSUs

Rediff.com   7 Sep 2009

Claim breach in procedure, demand probes; Reliance denies charge