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Reliance hosts world's largest virtual AGM

Reliance hosts world's largest virtual AGM

Rediff.com15 Jul 2020

As many as 3.2 lakh shareholders attended the meeting on the newly-minted JioMeet platform from 550 cities in 48 countries.

Anil Kapoor: Sonam is recovering

Anil Kapoor: Sonam is recovering

Rediff.com4 Mar 2015

Sonam is expected to be out of hospital by the end of this week.

Mukesh Ambani a socialite, Anil an ascetic: Book

Mukesh Ambani a socialite, Anil an ascetic: Book

Rediff.com24 Aug 2010

Hamish McDonald, whose book on the saga of Reliance was banned in 1998 in India after the corporate house moved court, has come out with the poser in his book -- Mahabharata in Polyester: The Making of World's Richest Brothers and Their Feud -- to be released on September 1 in Australia.

Ambanis will find a way out: Kamath

Ambanis will find a way out: Kamath

Rediff.com10 May 2005

Amid speculations that negotiations between the warring Ambani brothers have resumed after the stormy board meeting of flagship company Reliance Industr

Why Narayana Murthy must be brought back to Infosys

Why Narayana Murthy must be brought back to Infosys

Rediff.com11 Aug 2017

Describing Murthy as a business icon, T V Mohandas Pai, former CFO of Infosys, said he is more than eminently suited to hold the position of Chairman Emeritus.

Reliance emerges as biggest wealth creator over last 25 years

Reliance emerges as biggest wealth creator over last 25 years

Rediff.com23 Dec 2020

Reliance Industries accounted for Rs 6.3 trillion in wealth created since 1995; closest rival was Hindustan Unilever which was at Rs 4.9 trillion.

Sale of Reliance Capital's assets gets resounding response

Sale of Reliance Capital's assets gets resounding response

Rediff.com3 Dec 2020

Blackstone, KKR, and Bain Capital, among others, are in the race for its general insurance arm, and Bandhan Bank, Bain, and Dabur Investments have shown interest for RCap's 51 per cent stake in the life insurance business.

Reliance Defence aims to export naval, military equipment

Reliance Defence aims to export naval, military equipment

Rediff.com27 Sep 2016

Anil said the company is in the process of signing a contract with the Indian Coast Guard for the first defence order for 14 fast patrol vessels

Reliance to hold its first-ever virtual AGM on July 15

Reliance to hold its first-ever virtual AGM on July 15

Rediff.com22 Jun 2020

In a regulatory filing, Reliance -- the country's most valuable company - said, 'The 43rd AGM will be held on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 2 pm though video conferencing / other audio-visual means.'

Saina likely to be out action for four months

Saina likely to be out action for four months

Rediff.com20 Aug 2016

Saina Nehwal, who underwent a knee surgery at a Mumbai hospital, is likely to be out of action for four months in a big setback for the badminton star, her father Harvir Singh said on Saturday.

'Dhirubhai obviated need for will'

'Dhirubhai obviated need for will'

Rediff.com15 Dec 2004

Affirming that whatever his mother Kokilaben considers 'fair' in resolving the ownership issue in the Reliance empire was acceptable to him

Injured Bajrang ruled out of World Championships

Injured Bajrang ruled out of World Championships

Rediff.com23 Aug 2021

Sources in the WFI said Ravi's coach Malikov will certainly get a fresh contract and even as the federation is still not completely satisfied with the performance of Bentinidis, it will still consider Bajrang's request if he wants to continue with him.

The Watchdog That Didn't Bark

The Watchdog That Didn't Bark

Rediff.com24 Feb 2023

In our mystery the watchdog agencies are silent, but it is the market that has barked and has not stopped barking. Till such time as it continues to do so, this headache will not go away, notes Aakar Patel.

Anil Ambani writes letter to Rahul Gandhi on Rafale deal

Anil Ambani writes letter to Rahul Gandhi on Rafale deal

Rediff.com25 Jul 2018

In a two-page letter written on December 12, 2017, the Reliance head said he was "personally saddened" by the "unfortunate statements" against him and his group by several functionaries of the Congress party.

Composer Aadesh Shrivastava dies of cancer

Composer Aadesh Shrivastava dies of cancer

Rediff.com5 Sep 2015

Music composer Aadesh Shrivastava who was battling cancer passed away post midnight on Friday. He was 51.

Chinese partner to dress up Vimal

Chinese partner to dress up Vimal

Rediff.com10 Dec 2014

According to the agreement, RIL will transfer its existing textile business under the Vimal brand into a newly incorporated company in which RIL will hold 51 per cent stake. The remaining 49 per cent stake will be sold to Ruyi.

RCom plans to monetise real estate assets

RCom plans to monetise real estate assets

Rediff.com5 Jul 2013

Telecom major Reliance Communications plans to monetise its real estate assets as it looks to pare debt.

Can't accept Amazon offer until legally viable: Future's ind directors

Can't accept Amazon offer until legally viable: Future's ind directors

Rediff.com24 Jan 2022

Future Retail's independent directors had last week asked Amazon if it was willing to give a long-term loan to avoid default on repayment of Rs 3,500 crore loan due on January 29. Amazon replied to that saying it was willing to financially assist Future Retail through the Samara Capital deal but the retailer must shelve Rs 24,713 crore deal with the Reliance group.

ED challenges acquittal of A Raja, Kanimozhi in 2G case

ED challenges acquittal of A Raja, Kanimozhi in 2G case

Rediff.com19 Mar 2018

The ED, in its chargesheet, had alleged that Rs 200 crore was paid by Swan Telecom (P) Ltd promoters to DMK-run Kalaignar TV.

Reliance buys British battery firm for 100 mn

Reliance buys British battery firm for 100 mn

Rediff.com31 Dec 2021

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday announced the buyout of British battery maker Faradion Ltd for an enterprise value of 100 million, as the oil-to-retail conglomerate continued with the acquisition of end-to-end technology for its multi-billion-dollar clean energy portfolio. Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (RNESL), a unit of the nation's most valuable company, signed definitive agreements to acquire 100 per cent shareholding in Faradion for an enterprise value of 100 million and will invest an additional 25 million as growth capital to accelerate the commercial roll-out, the company said in a statement. Based out of Sheffield and Oxford in the UK and with its patented sodium-ion battery technology, Faradion is one of the leading global battery technology companies.

Ankylosing Spondylitis: The back pain that should alarm young India

Ankylosing Spondylitis: The back pain that should alarm young India

Rediff.com8 Jan 2018

Nearly 30 to 40 lakh people in India suffer from Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Saina Nehwal vows to return stronger in December

Saina Nehwal vows to return stronger in December

Rediff.com8 Sep 2016

India's leading badminton player Saina Nehwal says she wants to come back into competitive action stronger after recovering from a knee surgery and indicated that her best may be yet to come.

The Ambani Brothers: What Happens Next

The Ambani Brothers: What Happens Next

Rediff.com12 Jan 2018

'While investors in Reliance have had to play a game of patience for long stretches, for Anil the challenge is to do what used to be his brother's forte -- generating cash by putting assets in the ground and making things,' says T N Ninan.

Future Retail files appeal in Delhi HC against status quo order on RIL deal

Future Retail files appeal in Delhi HC against status quo order on RIL deal

Rediff.com3 Feb 2021

Future Retail Ltd (FRL) on Wednesday said it has filed an appeal in the Delhi high court against the status quo order on its Rs 24,713-crore deal with Reliance. On Tuesday, a Delhi High Court bench of Justice J R Midha had directed FRL to maintain status quo in relation to its Rs 24,713-crore deal with Reliance Retail that has been objected to by US-based e-commerce giant, Amazon. Following the Tuesday directive, FRL had said it would explore legal recourse.

India is a very special and important country: Zuckerberg

India is a very special and important country: Zuckerberg

Rediff.com15 Dec 2020

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said India is a very special and important country with a remarkable entrepreneurship culture, as he sought to push deeper the just-launched payments services that allow users to make payments over WhatsApp. Last month, Facebook-owned WhatsApp received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for rolling out its payments services in India. In 2018, WhatsApp started testing its UPI-based payments services in India -- a global first -- with about a million users.

Reliance 1st online AGM to feature brand-new virtual platform, Chatbot

Reliance 1st online AGM to feature brand-new virtual platform, Chatbot

Rediff.com13 Jul 2020

All directors, key officials, and shareholder speakers will be visible and audible and thousands of shareholders, including those from the US, UK, Canada UAE, Japan, HongKong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Australia, will be able to post their questions and eVote on resolutions.

Video: Sanjay Dutt starts his medical treatment

Video: Sanjay Dutt starts his medical treatment

Rediff.com19 Aug 2020

'While our family is shaken up, we are determined to fight tooth and nail.'

The MOST SUCCESSFUL Stories on Real Women

The MOST SUCCESSFUL Stories on Real Women

Rediff.com5 Aug 2020

2020 could well have been a year of biopics with females taking centre-stage. After Chhapaak, it was time for Shakuntala Devi and Gangubai Kathiawadi to release later in the year with many more in the pipeline for 2021.

Reliance reboots Aramco deal, to re-evaluate structure

Reliance reboots Aramco deal, to re-evaluate structure

Rediff.com19 Nov 2021

After missing two self-imposed deadlines, billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday announced recalibration of a proposed $15 billion deal to sell 20 per cent stake in its oil refinery and petrochemical business to Saudi Aramco, saying the two firms have agreed to re-evaluate the proposed investment in light of the Indian firm's new energy forays. The stake sale talks, which were first officially revealed in August 2019, are being reset in light of Reliance making forays into new energy business in recent months by investing $10 billion in alternative energy over three years. To pivot to green energy, it has already bought a German maker of photovoltaic solar wafers and signed a deal with a Danish company to manufacture hydrogen electrolysers in India.

RIL rights issue oversubscribed 1.59 times

RIL rights issue oversubscribed 1.59 times

Rediff.com3 Jun 2020

In the rights issue, the company is offering one share for every 15 shares held at Rs 1,257. The rights shares are expected to be listed on the BSE and NSE on or around June 12.

How Reliance managed to stay afloat amid Covid blues

How Reliance managed to stay afloat amid Covid blues

Rediff.com12 Jul 2021

More than a year of Covid-19 has pushed most businesses into gloom but Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) managed to reduce its gross debt 25 per cent, enabling it to turn towards its next phase of capital expenditure that has come in the form of a Rs 75,000-crore plan for green energy and power storage. The company managed to stay afloat during the pandemic because of its large presence in the consumer-centric businesses of retail and telecommunication (see chart: "A new Reliance"). These two businesses constituted 45 per cent of its EBITDA during FY21 from 36 per cent in FY20.

SC stays proceedings before Delhi HC in Amazon Future case

SC stays proceedings before Delhi HC in Amazon Future case

Rediff.com19 Apr 2021

The Supreme Court Monday stayed the ongoing proceedings before the Delhi high court in the case related to the amalgamation of Future Retail Ltd (FRL) with Reliance Retail. A bench of Justices R F Nariman, B R Gavai and Hrishikesh Roy posted the matter for hearing on May 4 and directed that all pleadings be completed in the matter. Amazon had moved the apex court on April 8 challenging the Delhi high court's division bench order that had vacated a stay on Kishore Biyani-led Future Group proceeding with its Rs 24,713 crore asset sale to Reliance Industries.

Amazon vs Future: Delhi HC directs Kishore Biyani to maintain status quo on RIL deal

Amazon vs Future: Delhi HC directs Kishore Biyani to maintain status quo on RIL deal

Rediff.com2 Feb 2021

Future Retail Ltd (FRL) on Tuesday said it will explore all legal remedies to pursue its Rs 24,713-crore deal with RIL following a Delhi high court order directing status quo to be maintained till the court pronounces its order. Earlier in the day, a Delhi high court bench of Justice J R Midha directed FRL to maintain status quo in relation to its deal with Reliance Retail that has been objected to by US-based e-commerce giant, Amazon. Amazon welcomed the latest court directive.

Fitch upgrades RIL a notch above India's sovereign rating

Fitch upgrades RIL a notch above India's sovereign rating

Rediff.com24 Jun 2021

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL) rating to 'BBB', one notch above India's sovereign rating, as the company benefits from cash flow generation across diversified business segments and continuation of deleveraging. In a statement, Fitch said it has upgraded RIL's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) to 'BBB', from 'BBB-', with a negative outlook. At the same time, the agency has affirmed RIL's long-term local-currency IDR at 'BBB+' with a stable outlook.

Meet Shah Rukh Khan's daughter, Suhana

Meet Shah Rukh Khan's daughter, Suhana

Rediff.com9 Nov 2017

A generation of youngsters are waiting in the wings, ready for their shot at being the Next Big Bollywood Star.

Amazon opposing deal as Reliance is competitor: Future Retail to HC

Amazon opposing deal as Reliance is competitor: Future Retail to HC

Rediff.com4 Feb 2021

Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail Ltd (FRL) on Thursday told the Delhi high court that Amazon was opposing the Rs 24,713 crore deal with Reliance as the Mukesh Ambani company was a competitor, a contention denied by the US-based e-commerce giant which said it was interested in salvaging FRL. FRL contended before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh that Amazon was not concerned if the deal falls through then all the shops of the Indian company would be closed down and it's more than 25,000 employees would be without any livelihood. Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for FRL, told the court that the US-based e-commerce giant was only concerned that the Mukesh Ambani group company should not get the shops as they are a competitor of Amazon.

CBI, ED's appeals in 2G scam case to be heard daily from October 5

CBI, ED's appeals in 2G scam case to be heard daily from October 5

Rediff.com29 Sep 2020

The Delhi high court on Tuesday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate's pleas seeking an early hearing into the appeals challenging the acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum allocation case.

No early hearing of CBI's appeal against 2G acquittals

No early hearing of CBI's appeal against 2G acquittals

Rediff.com30 Jul 2019

The Delhi high court on Tuesday refused to grant early hearing on the Central Bureau of Investigation's appeal challenging the acquittal of former Union telecom minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case.

Modi won't do anything radical soon: US expert

Modi won't do anything radical soon: US expert

Rediff.com4 Jul 2014

Thomas Blom Hansen, director of Centre for South Asia and Reliance-Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, believes that Modi wants to make India a dominant power in South Asia and that well not give concessions to Pakistan or anyone.

After ED, CBI too opposes acquittal of A Raja and others

After ED, CBI too opposes acquittal of A Raja and others

Rediff.com20 Mar 2018

The matter was mentioned before a bench of Delhi high court's acting chief justice Gita Mittal and kustice C Hari Shankar by Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. The court allowed it to be listed for hearing on Wednesday.