Starting with a family, which had a dealership of Bajaj Auto's scooters, to becoming the owner of a household name in consumer appliances who could afford to have Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan as the brand ambassador, Venugopal Dhoot's is a story of an aggressive small town businessman's pursuit to be on the top. Now arrested in connection with the ICICI Bank loan fraud case, Venugopal Dhoot during his heydays was not the one to simply sit on small achievements like Videocon becoming the largest television set manufacturer in India.
The Hinduja Group, Mukesh Ambani, Murugappa, and the Adani groups were the other gainers in the Modi regime, while Naveen Jindal and Sun Pharma groups saw the most erosion in their m-cap in the last five years, reports Krishna Kant.
Trai data show the company has no subscribers in Uttar Pradesh East & West and Bihar
ICICI Bank has quashed rumours of favouritism, nepotism and quid pro quo. The bank clarified that while Chanda Kochhar was on the credit committee, she was not the chairperson. Videocon Chairman Venugopal Dhoot said there was no impropriety in the deal.
How Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar find themselves in a huge controversy.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your stock market queries.
A host of high-profile personalities from the world of politics and business on Sunday paid homage to late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on his first death anniversary at the ShivajiPark grounds in Mumbai.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Licence winners are expected to be announced by the first quarter of 2014.
The RBI has agreed to consider the application of India Post in consultation with the government.
FMCG, durables, pharma firms say they remain unclear about transition gains and losses
A third of FMCG sales and half of motorcycle sales come from the hinterlands
Markets ended in green on rate cut hope.
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The RBI has accepted the application withdrawal request, according to the statement.
Brijmohan Lall Munjal was a perfectionist, who empathised with people who worked for him.
Markets snapped two-day losing streak and ended flat with a positive bias on Tuesday as gains in auto shares helped offset losses in IT majors.
Five of the 12 BSE sectoral indices ended at 52-week highs; the oil and gas index zoomed by nearly 5%.
Urban markets account for the major share of total revenues.
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