Anil Ambani group company Reliance Communications on Wednesday posted a 198 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 924 crore (Rs 9.24 billion) for the quarter ended December 31.
Anil Ambani Group company Reliance Communications introduced on Thursday a new tariff plan for its post paid subscribers, who can now make STD calls at Rs 1.20 per minute.
Total income decreased to Rs 66.16 crore (Rs 661.6 million) during the July-September quarter of the current fiscal, from Rs 80.91 crore (Rs 809.1 million) in the corresponding period a year-ago.
The telecom services provider had a net profit of Rs 1,395.14 crore (Rs 13.95 billion) in the third quarter of FY'08, RCom said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. RCom's total income rose by 18.75 per cent to Rs 5,671.82 crore (Rs 56.71 billion) for the quarter under review from Rs 4,776.26 crore (rs 47.76 billion) in the corresponding period last fiscal.
The total income for the second quarter stood at Rs 56.96 crore, while its cash and liquid balance stood at Rs 10,756 crore, the filing said. However, the firm reported a loss from operations (before other income) of Rs 19.59 crore for the second quarter, while its operational loss was Rs 36.96 crore for the six months ending September 30. For the half year ended September 30, the firm had a net profit of Rs 98.44 crore, Reliance Power said in a filing to the BSE.
The total income of the company rose 32 per cent to Rs 80.91 crore for the quarter under review, from Rs 61.31 crore in the year-ago period. For the six months ended September 30, RNRL reported a net profit of Rs 36.17 crore, a 5.72 per cent growth over the corresponding year-ago period. The firm had a net profit of Rs 34.21 crore in the same period last fiscal.
Reliance Power Ltd's public issue has so far generated demand for shares worth more than $179.5 billion (Rs 706,000 crore) as bids continued to pour in on the last day of the Anil Ambani Group firm's IPO.
India's 32 mutual fund houses saw an erosion of over Rs 32,200 crore (Rs 322 billion) in their total asset under management last month, with a weak stock market robbing off some shine from their over Rs 5 trillion portfolio.
The Delhi high court will pronounce its verdict on Friday on whether to admit the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) appeal challenging the acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja, firms and others in the 2G spectrum allocation 'scam' case.
The tariff war has now spread to all possible sections, with Anil Ambani group company Reliance Infocom on Wednesday announcing a 36 per cent reduction in ISD rates to all Gulf countries at Rs 6.99 a minute.
Reliance Jio to take over mobile business assets of troubled RCom at an estimated value of Rs 24,000-Rs 25,000 crore.
Two of the country's top business houses -- the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and the Subhash Chandra-controlled Essel Group -- have come together to set up gaming centres across the country. Groundwork for these centres will begin on April 1. Chandra's E-City Media has struck an alliance with Zapak Digital Entertainment to this effect.Globally, gaming is one of the leading entertainment businesses with the industry size pegged at around $35 billion today.
A day after the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group declared it will be interested in buying out the Dabhol project whenever it is up for sale, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora categorically denied the Central government was considering any such proposal.
Hit by a massive sell-off in stocks of various group companies, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group today said it is a victim of a bear cartel that has caused a market value loss of over Rs 3 lakh crore (Rs 3 trillion) across the infrastructure sector in the past two weeks.
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The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, which is raising Rs 11,700 crore through the public offer of Reliance Power, has seen a value erosion of Rs 48,000 crore in the last seven days.
Mitra said that Tata group firm TCS was creating additional 20,000 jobs.
In a setback to Tata Power, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the company's challenge to the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission's (MERC's) decision to award a Rs 7,000-crore transmission project near Mumbai on a nomination basis to Adani Electricity. The court upheld the order by the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) in this case and directed all State Electricity Regulatory Commissions to frame guidelines on tariff determination in accordance with Section 61 of the Electricity Act and the national policy. The verdict has implications for the Mumbai power market, said Ashok Pendse, an energy expert based in the city.
Analysts said with more power sector companies referred to the NCLT by banks, large companies would be at an advantage.
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An industry source said Reliance Industries did not have a controlling stake in Yatra.com through its acquisition of Network 18. It was just a financial investment.
The much-awaited trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, involving high-profile accused, including former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, top corporate honchos and telecom firms, is likely to commence from Friday before a Delhi court.
The list of guests included celebrities from across the globe, politicians, the who's who of Hindi and south Indian cinema world and almost all the top cricketers of the country.
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Big 92.7 FM, which plans to reach 45 cities, 1,000 towns and 50,000 villages, will see the group making an investment of Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) towards transmission equipment, infrastructure and licencing.
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani will appeal against the fine imposed by market regulator SEBI over alleged irregularities in a two-decade-old share issue in the company, the firm said on Thursday. Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) had issued debentures with convertible warrants in 1994 and allotted equity shares against the warrants in 2000. This was when Dhirubhai Ambani was heading the undivided company.
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the demerger scheme worked out with his brother Anil Ambani was categorical that the gas supplies from the KG Basin to his group was not for trading and meant for promoting power generation plant.
The Bharti group has applied to the government for a licence to operate direct-to-home television services.
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Thursday allowed a petition filed by lenders of Reliance Capital seeking another round of auction for the debt-ridden firm undergoing insolvency process. A two-member bench set aside an order passed by NCLT and said the Committee of Creditors (CoC) has the power to negotiate and call for a higher bid. The appellate tribunal permitted the CoC to continue with the challenge mechanism and invite bids after two weeks.
The Adani group said Reliance Infrastructure, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, had initiated arbitration on one specific dispute under the Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) in December 2021 with a claim for just Rs 500 crore. Adani said it has filed counterclaims against the Ambani company. The Adani group firm, Adani Electricity was reacting to a Reliance Infrastructure statement of last week, which said it has filed an arbitration claim of Rs 13,400 crore against Adani Group in the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA). Reliance had cited a breach of a December 2017 share purchase agreement relating to the transfer of its Mumbai power distribution business to Adani Transmission.
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Hollande said only Dassault can comment on whether India had put pressure on Reliance and Dassault to work together.
Anil Ambani controlled Reliance Power, which received a tremendous response for its initial public offer, has fixed the issue price at Rs 450 per share, but it will be offered at Rs 430 to retail investors, a discount of Rs 20. "The company's board has fixed the issue price at top-end at Rs 450 per share for the Reliance Power issue and for retail investors at Rs 430 per share," Reliance Power chairman Anil Ambani said on Saturday.
These businessmen represent the top five firms that have taken loans from the crisis-hit Yes Bank and these debts were either in the red or were stressed, officials said.