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Sachan behind CMO Singh's murder: Police

Sachan behind CMO Singh's murder: Police

Rediff.com6 Jul 2011

The district police on Wednesday filed a charge sheet in the Chief Medical Officer B P Singh murder case, holding Deputy CMO YS Sachan responsible for hiring shooters to kill him. The charge sheet was filed by Gomti Nagar police station Station House Officer Abhimanyu Dhar Dwivedi in Chief Judicial Magistrate Rajesh Upadhyay's court.

RIL's KG-D6 has less reserves than estimated: Niko

RIL's KG-D6 has less reserves than estimated: Niko

Rediff.com21 Jun 2012

Reliance Industries' flagging KG-D6 gas block holds 80 per cent less reserves than previously estimated, the firm's junior partner Niko Resources of Canada said.

America's 20 most reputable companies

America's 20 most reputable companies

Rediff.com17 May 2011

The reputation of corporate America after the economic crisis has turned positive.

IOC Should Not DIE!

IOC Should Not DIE!

Rediff.com23 Aug 2021

If IOC is not allowed to run its own affairs, then we can see it close down in the next 10 to 15 years, warns Sudhir Bisht.

Jio more valuable than rest of RIL

Jio more valuable than rest of RIL

Rediff.com23 Apr 2020

FB deal puts RIL on course to be debt-free next year; Reliance Retail biggest gainer from WhatsApp, JioMart arrangement.

Stake transfers in oil fields to NRIs to come under FEMA: RBI

Stake transfers in oil fields to NRIs to come under FEMA: RBI

Rediff.com16 Nov 2011

The Reserve Bank has notified that all transfer of stake or interest in an oil and gas field to non-residents will be treated as FDI and will have to be reported under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).

Setback for RIL's gas pricing freedom dream

Setback for RIL's gas pricing freedom dream

Rediff.com11 Mar 2016

RIL has more than half a dozen undeveloped discoveries.

Lifting the veil on high priests of globalization

Lifting the veil on high priests of globalization

Rediff.com19 Apr 2011

Bilderberg, which has been called the high priests of glabalization, is accused of running a shadowy global government.

RIL to give up KG basin gas discovery block

RIL to give up KG basin gas discovery block

Rediff.com24 Dec 2014

RIL, which had made four consecutive gas discoveries with close to 500 billion cubic feet of in-place reserves in block, proposed immediate relinquishment, its minority partner Hardy Oil and Gas plc of UK said on Wednesday.

Wharton Economic Forum to highlight India's rise

Wharton Economic Forum to highlight India's rise

Rediff.com8 Apr 2011

The theme for this years conference is 'India: Gaining Momentum'.

Sachan death: Court seeks autopsy report

Sachan death: Court seeks autopsy report

Rediff.com28 Jun 2011

The Chief Judicial Magistrate probing the mysterious death of Deputy Chief Medical Officer Y S Sachan in district jail hospital in Lucknow has summoned the jailor and sought the post-mortem report and its video recording.

AAP welcomes EC's order to defer doubling of gas price

AAP welcomes EC's order to defer doubling of gas price

Rediff.com25 Mar 2014

The commission asks for notification to be deferred; RIL's KG-D6 pricing issue may return to Cabinet

CNG, cooking gas will now be cheaper

CNG, cooking gas will now be cheaper

Rediff.com31 Mar 2020

Prices of natural gas, which is used to produce fertiliser and generate electricity and is also converted into CNG for use in automobiles as fuel and cooking gas for households, are set every six months -- on April 1 and October 1 each year.

Balbir, Sita retained in HI selection panel

Balbir, Sita retained in HI selection panel

Rediff.com5 Jan 2011

Former India captain Col. Balbir Singh and Arjuna awardee Sita Gusain Mehta have been retained in the newly-constituted 10-member selection committee announced by Hockey India, in Delhi, on Wednesday. Apart from Balbir and Sita, none of their former colleagues -- BP Govinda, Muneer Sait and Arjuna awardee Madhu Yadav -- found a place in the new panel, which has three female representatives in Rekha Bhide, Rajbir Kaur and Sita.

Court asks Binayak to surrender his passport

Court asks Binayak to surrender his passport

Rediff.com18 Apr 2011

Additional District and Sessions Judge BP Verma directed that Sen be released on a personal bond and surety of Rs 50,000 each, three days after the activist, who was sentenced to life imprisonment on sedition charges for helping Naxals set up a network, was granted bail by the apex court.

Bharti, Reliance buoy markets

Bharti, Reliance buoy markets

Rediff.com25 Jul 2011

The BSE market breadth was positive. Out of 3,004 stocks traded, 1,605 advanced while 1,277 declined.

Fitch cuts India growth forecast for FY20 to 6.8%

Fitch cuts India growth forecast for FY20 to 6.8%

Rediff.com22 Mar 2019

According to Fitch rupee is expected to weaken to 72 to a dollar by the end of December 2019, and further to 73 by December 2020, from 69.82 to a dollar in end December 2018.

Rate cuts may adversely impact bank margins

Rate cuts may adversely impact bank margins

Rediff.com11 Jan 2017

While rate cuts may increase churn between banks, these may not boost credit offtake meaningfully.

VIDEOS: Being Salman is such fun!

VIDEOS: Being Salman is such fun!

Rediff.com15 Jun 2017

Salman Khan does not always make for a good interview, but he can be entertaining when he's being interviewed.

Active telecom user base falls in August

Active telecom user base falls in August

Rediff.com22 Oct 2019

Active subscriber base declined by 2.2 million on a month-on-month (MoM) basis to 970.2 million in August 2019, on the back of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea losing customers. Jio was the only operator to add 7.2 million active subscribers in the same month.

ONGC to sell 30% stake in K-G block

ONGC to sell 30% stake in K-G block

Rediff.com16 Jun 2011

The company is in talks with BG India and Italian E&P major, ENI.

Will there be another rate cut in April?

Will there be another rate cut in April?

Rediff.com5 Mar 2019

Chances of a rate cut in April improve if core inflation continues to ease, growth falling below the projected 7.2% for FY19 and if the global trade slowdown exacerbates.

Foods to lower high blood pressure!

Foods to lower high blood pressure!

Rediff.com4 May 2011

Keeping your blood pressure under control can be quite a task. Try out these foods to make sure it doesn't shoot up.

Reliance sells 2.32% stake in Jio for Rs 11,367 cr, 3rd deal in 2 weeks

Reliance sells 2.32% stake in Jio for Rs 11,367 cr, 3rd deal in 2 weeks

Rediff.com8 May 2020

Reliance Industries on Friday announced the sale of 2.32 per cent stake in its digital unit to US-based Vista Equity Partners for Rs 11,367 crore, the third deal in a little over two weeks that will inject a combined Rs 60,596.37 crore in the oil-to-telecom conglomerate to help it pare debt. The US-based private equity firm will buy a stake in Jio Platforms, which houses the country's youngest but biggest telecom firm Jio, at an equity value of Rs 4.91 crore and an enterprise value of Rs 5.16 crore.

Reliance clarifies on KG-D6 penalty

Reliance clarifies on KG-D6 penalty

Rediff.com17 Jul 2014

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) said on Wednesday that the government's move to disallow it recovery of certain costs relating to the D6 gas block in the Krishna-Godavari basin (KG-D6) did not amount to a penalty and was also not in line with the contract the two had signed.

Group of Ministers' report on Bhopal is a letdown

Group of Ministers' report on Bhopal is a letdown

Rediff.com25 Jun 2010

The entire effort to artificially bury the Bhopal legacy is misguided. Unfortunately, the legacy lives on. Justice demands that it is brought to an honourable, dignified closure in a fair and transparent manner. The Group of Ministers has failed to do that, writes Praful Bidwai.

Google picks up 7.7% stake in Reliance for Rs 33,737cr

Google picks up 7.7% stake in Reliance for Rs 33,737cr

Rediff.com15 Jul 2020

"We are delighted to welcome Google as a strategic investor in Jio Platforms. We have signed a binding partnership and an investment agreement under which Google will invest Rs 33,737 crores for a 7.7 per cent stake in Jio Platforms," Mukesh Ambani said at the company's annual general meeting.

India records highest rise in gas output worldwide

India records highest rise in gas output worldwide

Rediff.com9 Jul 2010

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries Limited began gas production from the Krishna-Godavari basin in April, 2009, and its 60 million standard cubic metres per day output led to a 75 per cent jump in natural gas availability in the country to 140 mmscmd.

Crude oil prices may have bottomed out

Crude oil prices may have bottomed out

Rediff.com18 Nov 2014

Crude oil's long price slide might be ending, feel some experts. Last Friday, the price of Brent crude, seen as a benchmark for what India uses, saw a low of $75.3 a barrel - it is now trading around $79. The fall has been nearly a third from its high seen in June, only five months earlier.

Is US considering a long-term stay in Afghanistan?

Is US considering a long-term stay in Afghanistan?

Rediff.com21 Jun 2010

'Unfortunately, the most likely outcome is that they will press India to give in to the ISI, or, equally disastrously, ask for Indian troops to join them in Afghanistan.'

US Gulf moratorium to hit Indian drilling firms

US Gulf moratorium to hit Indian drilling firms

Rediff.com15 Jun 2010

The six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is likely to delay the deployment of idle rigs by Aban Offshore and impact the day rates for support vessels that companies such as Great Offshore supply.

Reader speak: How to stop drunk driving

Reader speak: How to stop drunk driving

Rediff.com5 Feb 2010

Get Ahead readers suggest how tragedies related to drunk driving cases can be avoided. Share your suggestions!

ONGC bids for oilfields in Russia

ONGC bids for oilfields in Russia

Rediff.com21 Sep 2010

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp has bid for Russia's Trebs and Titov oilfields and is pitted against local giant LukOil and a venture owned by energy major BP Plc for rights to develop the giant reserves.

Kevin Costner's company to help clean up oil spill

Kevin Costner's company to help clean up oil spill

Rediff.com20 May 2010

BP spokesman Mark Proegler said that the oil major had approved a test of Costner's Ocean Therapy device to help the company clean up the Gulf after its Deepwater Horizon drill rig exploded and began spewing oil into the water.

RIL's MJ-1 discovery may hold huge gas reserves

RIL's MJ-1 discovery may hold huge gas reserves

Rediff.com7 Apr 2015

If proved correct, MJ-1 would the third biggest gas field in KG-D6 after D1&D3.

The dating series: Hazards of wooing a doctor!

The dating series: Hazards of wooing a doctor!

Rediff.com25 Aug 2010

As part of our weekly series on dating, we bring you the dos and don'ts of the love game broken up into different career choices. Today: The Hazards of Dating a Doctor!

'Nothing was off-limits for Dr Watsa'

'Nothing was off-limits for Dr Watsa'

Rediff.com29 Dec 2020

'He would never make fun of the person asking the question, however way-out the question may have been,' says Meenal Baghel, former editor, Mumbai Mirror.

RIL loses bid for Canadian firm

RIL loses bid for Canadian firm

Rediff.com17 Mar 2010

Second setback for the company in less than a month.

Coming soon near you: Privately-run petrol pumps!

Coming soon near you: Privately-run petrol pumps!

Rediff.com24 Oct 2019

With the government reducing the net worth for new entities in fuel-marketing space to Rs 250 crore, the market is open for new players like Total, Adani, and Saudi Aramco -- and even supermarkets - to open fuel outlets.

Gulf of Mexico oil spill worsens, hits US shores

Gulf of Mexico oil spill worsens, hits US shores

Rediff.com30 Apr 2010

It is unclear how much of the estimated 700,000 gallons (approximately 16,700 barrels) of #2 fuel onboard burned before it sank.