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Can Chinese firepower rescue Vimal?

Can Chinese firepower rescue Vimal?

Rediff.com11 Dec 2014

Reliance had been trying to bring the brand back to the forefront recently, after years of lull, through new ad campaigns highlighting a youthful range, called Unformal, in workwear.

Murli Deora: A politician for all seasons

Murli Deora: A politician for all seasons

Rediff.com24 Nov 2014

N Suresh pays tribute to a consummate politician who passed into the ages on Monday.

India Inc young guns ape Gates, Jobs in vocal rivalry

India Inc young guns ape Gates, Jobs in vocal rivalry

Rediff.com28 Mar 2016

For the traditionalists, wars on Twitter and Facebook smack of immaturity.

Asin, Rekha, Shilpa... actress and businessmen

Asin, Rekha, Shilpa... actress and businessmen

Rediff.com12 Aug 2015

Asin joins a long list of actresses, who married rich businessmen!

Gujjubhai the great!

Gujjubhai the great!

Rediff.com6 Oct 2015

Gujarat was among the earliest civilisations in the sub-continent, dating back four millennia.

Nitin Gadkari, Modi's Big Plans minister

Nitin Gadkari, Modi's Big Plans minister

Rediff.com15 Jan 2017

'If your paper writes something you don't agree with, will you criticise it?' Nitin Gadkari asks Aditi Phadnis when quizzed about demonetisation.

Indians give up cushy jobs abroad to come back to their homeland

Indians give up cushy jobs abroad to come back to their homeland

Rediff.com15 Apr 2016

Armed with pricey degrees from colleges overseas, young Indians are heading back home in search for greener pastures.

Reliance must pay penalty to govt: Shah panel

Reliance must pay penalty to govt: Shah panel

Rediff.com1 Sep 2016

The committee said whatever benefit RIL received in terms of the migrated gas is liable to be returned to the government.

Saving the heart of Make in India

Saving the heart of Make in India

Rediff.com26 May 2017

Will private firms really boost Make in India in the defence sector? Ajai Shukla seeks answers.

RIL-BP make significant gas find in Cauvery basin

RIL-BP make significant gas find in Cauvery basin

Rediff.com23 Aug 2013

Energy conglomerate Reliance Industries and its partner BP plc on Friday said they have made a second deep-water gas condensate discovery in the Cauvery basin, off the east coast.

Sports Shorts: Shiva, Manoj strike gold at Czech boxing tourney

Sports Shorts: Shiva, Manoj strike gold at Czech boxing tourney

Rediff.com30 Jul 2017

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday

Must Read: The Great Diamond Heist

Must Read: The Great Diamond Heist

Rediff.com23 Feb 2018

'If there is any industry that is unfit for modern corporate form it is the diamond trade.' 'But no one was asking the right questions.' 'The music was playing and so the game was on,' says S Murlidharan, former MD, BNP Paribas.

PHOTOS: Mumbai received 10 days worth of rain in 24 hours; 2 killed

PHOTOS: Mumbai received 10 days worth of rain in 24 hours; 2 killed

Rediff.com19 Jun 2015

Heavy rains pummelled Mumbai and its suburbs in which two persons died of electrocution and bringing normal life to a grinding halt on Friday with several areas waterlogged.

Blow to RIL: Panel refuses to take view on experts' appointment

Blow to RIL: Panel refuses to take view on experts' appointment

Rediff.com1 Oct 2013

The Management Committee headed by Director General of Hydrocarbons R N Choubey refused to take a view on appointment of renowned reservoir consultants Ryder Scott, DeGolyer and MacNaughton, Gaffney, Cline & Associates or Netherland, Sewell & Associates to ascertain if RIL's claims of fall in reserves are actually true or the firm was hoarding gas by producing less, official sources said.

GAIL, CPCL refuse to comply with KG-D6 order

GAIL, CPCL refuse to comply with KG-D6 order

Rediff.com19 Aug 2014

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had last month told the Parliament that his Ministry has disallowed RIL from recovering $2.376 billion invested to develop offshore Krishna Godavari gas fields as output has fallen drastically and was way below the promised volumes in past four years.

How crony capitalism is killing the Indian economy

How crony capitalism is killing the Indian economy

Rediff.com15 Aug 2014

Mr Modi, it came across, did not want to be seen as favouring any one business group.

Sensex ends up 321 points on fuel reforms, poll verdict

Sensex ends up 321 points on fuel reforms, poll verdict

Rediff.com20 Oct 2014

The 30-share Sensex gained 321 points to end at 26,430 and the 50-share Nifty surged 100 points to end at 7,879.

Reliance Insurance and the Rs 18 cr windfall from IRDA ex-chief

Reliance Insurance and the Rs 18 cr windfall from IRDA ex-chief

Rediff.com21 Apr 2015

The CBI is probing whether the former IRDA chief J Hari Narayan had misused his discretionary powers to favour Reliance General Insurance Company, which has admitted that the extra amount collected by it way of premium was not Rs 1.07 crore, as originally believed, but 20 times as much, report Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Pranati B Mehra.

Think tanks help the nation's intellectual churn

Think tanks help the nation's intellectual churn

Rediff.com19 Aug 2014

I still believe that it is a good thing that think tanks are mushrooming in Delhi. They provide a platform for discussion, even if they shed more heat than light. With Parliament almost incapable of serious debate, informed discussion and civilised discourse, where does this nation get its intellectual churn, asks Mohan Guruswamy.

Government of the people or for Reliance?

Government of the people or for Reliance?

Rediff.com24 Feb 2014

'If the government starts playing favourites, if the government acts in a manner which is not transparent, then natural resources which belong to not just you and me, but future generations, they fritter away. The anger against corruption, the anger against India's natural resources being looted is a consequence of the fact that within society there is a huge amount of turmoil and discontentment. Why should an Empowered Group Of Ministers or the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs decide the administered price of gas?' asks Paranjoy Guha Thakurta in this exclusive interview with Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt.

Can you deliver, Mr Kejriwal?

Can you deliver, Mr Kejriwal?

Rediff.com21 Feb 2015

A week after taking office, Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers have ambitious promises to keep.

Oswal vs Oswal: Another murky business family feud

Oswal vs Oswal: Another murky business family feud

Rediff.com22 Apr 2016

This is the first time the fight is between mother and son. Both sides don't look in the mood to relent: Advisors and spin doctors have been hired, lawyers have been consulted.

Power sector expects good days ahead as demand improves

Power sector expects good days ahead as demand improves

Rediff.com26 Aug 2014

Friendlier government policies, greater demand and better supply of coal have fuelled investor interest.

CCEA okays higher gas price for RIL if bank guarantee is given

CCEA okays higher gas price for RIL if bank guarantee is given

Rediff.com19 Dec 2013

The Cabinet on Thursday decided to allow Reliance Industries to almost double the price of natural gas from April provided the firm gave a bank guarantee to cover its liability if gas-hoarding charges are proved.

'Wherever Mukesh puts up a plant, I put up a school'

'Wherever Mukesh puts up a plant, I put up a school'

Rediff.com29 Sep 2015

'I sat down and asked them what they would want in their new school. One student said a football field, another one asked for computers. One little girl came and sat next to me and said, "A separate toilet for the girls." I think these small things make a huge difference in the future of education in India,' Nita Ambani tells Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com

Telcos may hike data tariff

Telcos may hike data tariff

Rediff.com28 May 2014

The market could see a fresh round of tariff war, similar to what happened in the voice market a few years ago.

Reforms won't be easy or painless!

Reforms won't be easy or painless!

Rediff.com3 Sep 2014

'Let us also not expect that there will be a clean break with the past, much though the new government might like to think about it. In a functional democracy that is neither feasible nor desirable. But basic change it must be,' says Shreekant Sambrani.

Charges of Favour to Reliance General Insurance: CBI probing former Irda chairman

Charges of Favour to Reliance General Insurance: CBI probing former Irda chairman

Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

Penalty for unapproved policy changes allegedly reduced from Rs 17,500 crore to Rs 20 lakh

Charges of Favour to Reliance General Insurance: CBI probing former Irda chairman

Charges of Favour to Reliance General Insurance: CBI probing former Irda chairman

Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

Penalty for unapproved policy changes allegedly reduced from Rs 17,500 crore to Rs 20 lakh

Corporate leaders whose moves will be most watched in 2015

Corporate leaders whose moves will be most watched in 2015

Rediff.com1 Jan 2015

India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.

How Kejriwal rode the anti-Modi vote

How Kejriwal rode the anti-Modi vote

Rediff.com10 Feb 2015

'Kejriwal has taken a leaf out of Modi's campaign of 2014 and improved upon it.' 'That suit will haunt Modi till he exits politics.' 'Of all the factors that favoured Kejriwal, the biggest was the arrogance and over-confidence of the Modi-Shah led BJP.' 'What the Congress could not do in the last two decades in Gujarat, Kejriwal did it in no time in Delhi.' 'The BJP has behaved exactly like the Congress in decoding Kejriwal's politics.'

'2007 had perhaps the best work of my life'

'2007 had perhaps the best work of my life'

Rediff.com31 Jan 2008

Shah Rukh Khan, in an uncensored and extensive interview.

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