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Premier League approves proposed takeover of Chelsea

Premier League approves proposed takeover of Chelsea

Rediff.com25 May 2022

The Boehly-Clearlake consortium, which agreed terms to acquire Chelsea for 4.25 billion pounds ($5.33 billion) earlier this month, will take over ownership of Chelsea FC

New ICC chief Jay Shah to stay as BCCI secretary till December

New ICC chief Jay Shah to stay as BCCI secretary till December

Rediff.com24 Sep 2024

Jay Shah will not step down from his current role as BCCI Secretary during the upcoming AGM, as he is scheduled to assume his new position only from December 1.

Urban Realtors Ride Redevelopment Bandwagon

Urban Realtors Ride Redevelopment Bandwagon

Rediff.com8 Oct 2024

15 to 25 per cent of property registrations in Mumbai come from redevelopment, with over 3,500 projects approved by May 2024.

Maruti Suzuki Q2 net profit dips 18%; revenue at Rs 37,449 cr

Maruti Suzuki Q2 net profit dips 18%; revenue at Rs 37,449 cr

Rediff.com29 Oct 2024

Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday reported an 18 per cent year-on-year dip in consolidated net profit at Rs 3,102 crore for the second quarter ended September hit by the withdrawal of indexation benefit and change in the tax rate on long term capital gains on debt mutual funds. The country's largest carmaker had posted a net profit of Rs 3,786 crore in the July-September quarter of last fiscal.

SC agrees to list plea related to Byju's insolvency proceedings

SC agrees to list plea related to Byju's insolvency proceedings

Rediff.com6 Sep 2024

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to list for an early hearing the appeal of US-based creditor Glas Trust Company LLC against a judgment of the NCLAT, which had stayed insolvency proceedings against ed-tech firm Byju's and approving its Rs 158.9 crore dues settlement with the BCCI. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was urged by senior advocate NK Kaul, appearing for the ed-tech major, that the case needed to be heard at the earliest.

New ICC boss Jay Shah to continue as BCCI secretary till...

New ICC boss Jay Shah to continue as BCCI secretary till...

Rediff.com5 Sep 2024

No election for BCCI secretary's post at BCCI's Annual General Body Meeting later this month.

Vande Bharat completes trial run in JK, reaches Srinagar

Vande Bharat completes trial run in JK, reaches Srinagar

Rediff.com25 Jan 2025

The train, on its maiden trial run, arrived at Srinagar station in the Nowgam area on Srinagar's outskirts from Katra in Jammu.

Pakistan gets $70 million for hosting Champions Trophy

Pakistan gets $70 million for hosting Champions Trophy

Rediff.com1 Aug 2024

The ICC has approved a budget of approximately USD 70 million for holding the Champions Trophy in Pakistan early next year.

Sebi approves sharing KYC details with financial regulators

Sebi approves sharing KYC details with financial regulators

Rediff.com19 Jun 2014

Currently, the facility of sharing of KYC information is available only among Sebi-registered intermediaries.

Payout to top NBFC execs on RBI radar

Payout to top NBFC execs on RBI radar

Rediff.com5 Jul 2024

Payouts to key management personnel in non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are under the banking regulator's scrutiny. Top industry officials said this is a follow-through on the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) circular of April 29, 2022, which asked NBFCs in the "middle" and "upper" layer of its four-tiered scale-based regulatory (SBR) framework to put in place a board-approved compensation policy.

Team India's fate in Govt's hands

Team India's fate in Govt's hands

Rediff.com30 Sep 2024

It's up to the government to decide whether our team should go to any country or our team should not go to any country, BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla on India's travel to Pakistan for Champions Trophy in 2025.

Why Wayanad's Landslide Survivors Are Protesting

Why Wayanad's Landslide Survivors Are Protesting

Rediff.com27 Mar 2025

In the months immediately following the 2024 tragedy, reporting on the landslide per se had been a straightforward affair. On one side was death and destruction. On the other side, survivors and the business of survival. It was black and white. What direction to take was clear. Rehabilitation in comparison, felt like a complex situation. One that is fraught with shades of grey. As grey as human life, explains Shyam G Menon.

Tatas to be India's first homegrown iPhone maker

Tatas to be India's first homegrown iPhone maker

Rediff.com27 Oct 2023

Tata Group is set to become India's first homegrown iPhone maker after Taiwan's Wistron Group agreed to sell a plant in Bengaluru to India's largest conglomerate. Wistron's board approved the sale of Wistron InfoComm Manufacturing (India) Private Ltd to Tata Electronics for $125 million, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer said in a statement on Friday. The unit operates an iPhone assembly plant near Bengaluru.

Payments banks bat for new model, pin hopes on lending licence amid stress

Payments banks bat for new model, pin hopes on lending licence amid stress

Rediff.com29 Apr 2024

Payments banks are expecting to get the rights to offer small-ticket loans sometime soon, according to an industry source familiar with the matter. The industry has been in talks with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for some time in seeking lending rights.

Lack of charging infra a shock for booming EV market

Lack of charging infra a shock for booming EV market

Rediff.com11 Feb 2025

Proliferation of home chargers of around 7 KWh and above, which take six to seven hours to fully charge a car depending on the model, bring running costs down by a third or so. That, coupled with the increasing range of modern electric cars, can lead to a massive increase in sales.

New era for yoga: Historic Asian Games debut looms

New era for yoga: Historic Asian Games debut looms

Rediff.com5 Sep 2024

If approved, yoga could debut as a demonstration sport in the 2026 Games in Nagoya, Japan, marking a significant milestone in its journey from a spiritual practice to a recognised competitive discipline.

RIL board okays buyback @ Rs 570; Anil abstains

RIL board okays buyback @ Rs 570; Anil abstains

Rediff.com27 Dec 2004

The Reliance Industries Ltd board, under the chairmanship of Mukesh Ambani, on Monday fully supported the buyback of shares brushing aside the criticism and objections raised by vice-chairman Anil Ambani

SBI's Q1 net profit almost flat at Rs 17,035 crore

SBI's Q1 net profit almost flat at Rs 17,035 crore

Rediff.com3 Aug 2024

State Bank of India (SBI) on Saturday reported an almost flat standalone net profit at Rs 17,035 crore for the first quarter of the current financial year. The country's biggest lender had posted a net profit of Rs 16,884 crore in the April-June quarter of 2023-24. The bank's total income increased to Rs 122,688 crore in the first quarter against Rs 108,039 crore a year ago, SBI said in a regulatory filing.

Ready to pay entire money to lenders, if...: Byju

Ready to pay entire money to lenders, if...: Byju

Rediff.com17 Oct 2024

Troubled edtech firm Byju's founder Byju Raveendran on Thursday said that he is willing to pay back the entire money to lenders if they are willing to work with him. During a two-and-a-half-hour call with the media, Raveendran said that lenders will not get any money if the process of insolvency against the company continues. "If they are willing to work with me, I am willing to give them money back before I take a single rupee out.

Delhi Capitals to buy stake in English county side Hampshire?

Delhi Capitals to buy stake in English county side Hampshire?

Rediff.com11 Jan 2024

If the deal comes to fruition, it will make Hampshire the first county side to be owned by an overseas franchise.

Why RBI Flagged Small Loans As Risky

Why RBI Flagged Small Loans As Risky

Rediff.com6 Aug 2024

In FY24, loans given out by such firms had topped a whopping Rs 146,517 crore, up by 49 per cent year-on-year and spread over 10.19 million accounts (up 35 per cent).

Roger Binny, Rajeev Shukla accept PCB's invitation

Roger Binny, Rajeev Shukla accept PCB's invitation

Rediff.com25 Aug 2023

BCCI president Roger Binny and vice-president Rajeev Shukla have accepted the invitation of the Pakistan Cricket Board and will be in Lahore from September 4-7 during which they will watch a couple of Asia Cup games.

ITC's hotel demerger plan gets CCI nod

ITC's hotel demerger plan gets CCI nod

Rediff.com28 May 2024

Fair trade regulator CCI on Tuesday said it has approved the demerger of the hotel business of diversified entity ITC Ltd into a separate entity. After the completion of the demerger, shares of ITC Hotels Ltd, a new entity, will be listed on the stock exchanges. The proposed combination relates to the demerger of the demerged undertaking to ITC's wholly-owned newly incorporated subsidiary, ITC Hotels.

IOC penalises IOA over ongoing internal row

IOC penalises IOA over ongoing internal row

Rediff.com11 Oct 2024

Withholds Olympic Solidarity fund

Ahead of FPO, Vodafone Idea garners Rs 5,400 cr from anchor investors

Ahead of FPO, Vodafone Idea garners Rs 5,400 cr from anchor investors

Rediff.com17 Apr 2024

Just ahead of its mega FPO opening to public investors, Vodafone Idea (VIL) has announced closure of its anchor book allocation, raising about Rs 5,400 crore from marquee global as well as domestic investors, according to a statutory filing by the telco. This could be the third-largest anchor book after One 97 Communications and Life Insurance Corporation (LIC). One 97 Communications and LIC had raised Rs 8,235 crore and Rs 5,627 crore in the anchor round, respectively.

RBI to pay Rs 30,307 crore dividend to govt for FY22

RBI to pay Rs 30,307 crore dividend to govt for FY22

Rediff.com20 May 2022

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said its board has approved a dividend payment of Rs 30,307 crore to the government for the financial ended March 2022. The board approved the transfer of Rs 30,307 crore as surplus to the central government for the accounting year 2021-22 while deciding to maintain the Contingency Risk Buffer at 5.50 per cent, RBI said in a statement. The decision on the dividend payment was made in the 596th meeting of the Central Board of Directors of RBI, headed by Governor Shaktikanta Das, held on Friday.

Wipro Q4 net profit dips marginally to Rs 3,074.5 cr

Wipro Q4 net profit dips marginally to Rs 3,074.5 cr

Rediff.com27 Apr 2023

IT major Wipro on Thursday reported a marginal year-on-year decline of 0.4 per cent in net profit to Rs 3,074.5 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2023 and announced a share buyback of up to Rs 12,000 crore. The Wipro board approved the buyback of 26.96 crore equity shares at a price of Rs 445 apiece. "Board...of Wipro...has approved a proposal to buyback up to 26,96,62,921 equity shares, being 4.91 per cent of the total paid-up equity shares of the company, for an aggregate amount not exceeding Rs 120,00,00,00,000 at a price of Rs 445...per equity share," the company said a regulatory filing.

The two contenders to replace Jay Shah as BCCI secretary

The two contenders to replace Jay Shah as BCCI secretary

Rediff.com28 Sep 2024

Anil Patel, the secretary of Gujarat Cricket Association and Rohan Jaitley, son of late Arun Jaitley and the president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association are the two names in running to take over as BCCI secretary.

Jolt for transgender cricketers in England

Jolt for transgender cricketers in England

Rediff.com18 Oct 2024

In March, the United Kingdom's then sports minister Lucy Frazer called on sporting bodies in the country to reassess their rules on transgender athletes competing in women's sports to ensure fairness.

HC directs MP to act on Union Carbide waste disposal in 6 weeks

HC directs MP to act on Union Carbide waste disposal in 6 weeks

Rediff.com7 Jan 2025

The Madhya Pradesh high court in Jabalpur on Monday directed the state government to take steps within six weeks for disposal of Bhopal-based Union Carbide's 337 tonnes of hazardous waste as per safety protocols, while restraining the media from publishing any fake news on the same.

Hyundai to Swiggy: Sebi nod for IPOs paves way for bumper festival season

Hyundai to Swiggy: Sebi nod for IPOs paves way for bumper festival season

Rediff.com1 Oct 2024

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has given green light to several mega initial public offerings (IPOs) last week, paving the way for bumper launches during the ongoing festival season. According to the update on Sebi's website, Hyundai Motor India, which will be the country's largest IPO of nearly Rs 25,000 crore, received the observation letter from the market regulator on September 24. The regulator also gave the final observations on the offer documents of Vishal Mega Mart and Swiggy.

Munambam: The Politics Of Waqf Land

Munambam: The Politics Of Waqf Land

Rediff.com27 Nov 2024

The specter of how the Munambam issue was exploited during the November by-elections is proof of the price Kerala is paying for its emergent politics. Controversies become the stuff of slow-burn and brinkmanship. The former promises mileage; the latter searches for an advantage, notes Shyam G Menon.

Olympics: Asian Games medallist Jyothi Yarraji to train in Spain

Olympics: Asian Games medallist Jyothi Yarraji to train in Spain

Rediff.com11 Apr 2024

Asian Games medallist sprinter Jyothi Yarraji's proposal to train in Tenrife, Spain ahead of the upcoming season and Paris Olympics was on Thursday cleared by the government.

IPO-bound OYO gets listing approval from BSE, NSE

IPO-bound OYO gets listing approval from BSE, NSE

Rediff.com25 Jan 2022

Oravel Stays Limited, the parent company of travel-tech firm OYO, has received in-principle approval from BSE and NSE to list on the respective bourses, sources said. OYO has filed preliminary documents for a Rs 8,430 crore initial public offering (IPO). The offering will consist of a fresh issue of shares of up to Rs 7,000 crore and an offer-for-sale of as much as Rs 1,430 crore.

Equity NFO pipeline remains strong despite mkt weakness

Equity NFO pipeline remains strong despite mkt weakness

Rediff.com6 Nov 2024

The equity market's recent downturn appears unlikely to slow the brisk pace of mutual fund (MF) scheme launches, at least in the coming weeks. Last month, fund houses introduced 21 new equity schemes, with another five launches already lined up for November. The number of filing with markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), suggests this momentum will continue with asset management companies (AMCs) seeking approval for 21 more equity schemes in October.

ISRO names 'Prime Astronaut' for space station mission

ISRO names 'Prime Astronaut' for space station mission

Rediff.com3 Aug 2024

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair have been selected for an upcoming Indo-US mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on Friday.

Now protesters demand demolition of Kullu mosque, clash with police

Now protesters demand demolition of Kullu mosque, clash with police

Rediff.com30 Sep 2024

Hindu outfits that took out a march in Kullu demanding the demolition of the mosque were involved in a scuffle with the police on Monday.

CBI gets sanction to prosecute Chitra Ramkrishna

CBI gets sanction to prosecute Chitra Ramkrishna

Rediff.com13 Feb 2023

Leading stock exchange NSE's board has given its approval to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute its former MD and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna in the co-location scam case, sources said on Monday. The CBI was awaiting the go-ahead of the board of National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) to prosecute Ramkrishna following her arrest in March last year. She was arrested in the co-location scam nearly four years after an FIR was registered by the agency in May 2018.

Securities transaction tax on F&O hiked from October 1

Securities transaction tax on F&O hiked from October 1

Rediff.com23 Jul 2024

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the securities transaction tax (STT) will be increased on futures and options (F&O) trade from October 1 to discourage retail investors from investing in the risky instrument.

Related-party transactions: Rs 2.68 trn awaits shareholder nod this week

Related-party transactions: Rs 2.68 trn awaits shareholder nod this week

Rediff.com24 Jun 2024

Shareholders of industry giants Adani Enterprises, Reliance Industries, and Tata Motors - the latter two are part of the Sensex - will decide on combined related-party transactions of more than Rs 2.68 trillion proposed for this financial year and later. Related-party transactions for BSE 500 companies touched at least a six-year high of Rs 42.1 trillion in FY23, the Capitaline data shows. The Rs 42.1 trillion includes related-party transactions both at balance-sheet and profit-and-loss levels.