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ED probe conspiracy to defame me as I quit BJP: Khadse

ED probe conspiracy to defame me as I quit BJP: Khadse

Rediff.com8 Jul 2021

"I have earlier appeared for the inquiry five times. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had filed a C-summary report in a Pune Court that there is no truth in the allegations and the case be closed," he said.

Businesses hope for consumption uptick in poll run-up

Businesses hope for consumption uptick in poll run-up

Rediff.com15 Mar 2019

Typically, about four to six weeks ahead of the polls, activity in the property market picks up as politicians begin to pull out their money parked in real estate. But this time, it's all quiet till now in real estate so far.

Sensex at 52k. Time for profit-booking

Sensex at 52k. Time for profit-booking

Rediff.com16 Feb 2021

'Do some profit booking and bring your equity allocation back to its original level.'

Sushant case: NCB grills Rhea for about 6 hours

Sushant case: NCB grills Rhea for about 6 hours

Rediff.com6 Sep 2020

NCB Deputy Director General (south-west region) Mutha Ashok Jain told reporters outside the agency's office later that Rhea will be called again on Monday for questioning and recording of her statement like Sunday.

Buzzing Manesar hub goes silent in powerless summer

Buzzing Manesar hub goes silent in powerless summer

Rediff.com16 May 2022

The intensity of power crisis this season has hit a new high with average coal stock dipping to less than eight days. The first of a pan-Indian series, based on a ground report, shows how the Manesar industrial hub is coping with the challenge. As the scorching heat wave and the lengthy power cuts intensify in Haryana, the usually bustling labour chowk of the Industrial Model Township (IMT) of Manesar wears a deserted look.

Maradona's death triggers complex inheritance

Maradona's death triggers complex inheritance

Rediff.com28 Nov 2020

Maradona's inheritance process is likely to be a messy affair between his large family, with eight children from six different partners

PE major Advent snaps up Eureka Forbes for Rs 4,400 cr

PE major Advent snaps up Eureka Forbes for Rs 4,400 cr

Rediff.com20 Sep 2021

After a long wait, the Shapoorji Pallonji Group has closed the sale process of its consumer durables business under the Eureka Forbes label by picking the American private equity fund Advent International's Rs 4,400-crore offer for a 72 per cent stake. The sale process, which began in November 2019, will help the over 156-year-old SP Group pair the debt pile and sharpen the focus on the flagship construction and engineering business under Afcons. The valuation of Rs 4,400 crore for a 72.56 per cent stake is is at an enterprise level and subject to closing adjustments and also includes an open offer for the remaining stake after the demerger and listing of Eureka Forbes, the SP group said in a statement on Sunday.

'Ignoring new age businesses can hurt portfolio's health'

'Ignoring new age businesses can hurt portfolio's health'

Rediff.com10 Nov 2021

'Investors should keep them on their radar and invest over a longer time frame, and expect some of these companies to bite the dust.'

COVID-19: How Mumbai has been done in by poor planning

COVID-19: How Mumbai has been done in by poor planning

Rediff.com21 May 2020

Urban planners and real estate experts say bad town planning in Mumbai and rising deaths during the ongoing pandemic are a "sad reality". Dev Chatterjee and Raghavendra Kamath report.

IT Dept detects 'tax evasion worth crores' in raids linked to SP

IT Dept detects 'tax evasion worth crores' in raids linked to SP

Rediff.com21 Dec 2021

The Income Tax Department detected bogus expenditure claims and alleged transfer of share capitals worth crores of rupees through shell companies after it recently raided some entities in Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, including people linked to the Samajwadi Party.

Is Darjeeling Tea Losing its Fizz?

Is Darjeeling Tea Losing its Fizz?

Rediff.com9 Jun 2021

Scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown, growing competition from Nepal and the disaster of the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation are steadily weakening exports and sales of Darjeeling tea.

Planning to Invest in Silver? Read This

Planning to Invest in Silver? Read This

Rediff.com22 Jan 2022

Treat silver as part of the procyclical or growth assets in your portfolio, advises Sanjay Kumar Singh.

NCB questions Deepika, Shraddha, Sara in drugs case

NCB questions Deepika, Shraddha, Sara in drugs case

Rediff.com26 Sep 2020

There was heavy police deployment outside the NCB office, where barricades were put up.

How India Inc is trying to save jobs

How India Inc is trying to save jobs

Rediff.com21 May 2020

India's biggest firm, Reliance Industries, has decided to cut salaries by 10 per cent in its oil and refining divisions. Several smaller companies like Kajaria Ceramics have followed suit with cuts as high as 40 per cent for those earning more than Rs 50 lakh.

How a 'realty mogul' lost its throne

How a 'realty mogul' lost its throne

Rediff.com13 Dec 2017

A decline in the real estate sector, rising debt and the company's alleged involvement in 2G scam caused damage to the business and its image.

IL&FS board faces challenges as resolution takes a Covid-19 knock

IL&FS board faces challenges as resolution takes a Covid-19 knock

Rediff.com14 Sep 2020

With real estate valuations falling and other deals coming unstuck, the current management's improved target faces significant challenges.

India's services sector activities ease in March on COVID woes

India's services sector activities ease in March on COVID woes

Rediff.com7 Apr 2021

India's services sector activities eased in March as growth was hit by the detrimental impact of the coronavirus pandemic and input costs remained elevated, a monthly survey said on Wednesday. The seasonally-adjusted India Services Business Activity Index fell from 55.3 in February to 54.6 in March. Though the rates of expansion softened, it indicated growth for the sixth consecutive month. In PMI parlance, a print above 50 means expansion while a score below 50 denotes contraction.

ED attaches assets worth Rs 4,109 cr in Agri Gold ponzi scheme

ED attaches assets worth Rs 4,109 cr in Agri Gold ponzi scheme

Rediff.com24 Dec 2020

The ED has attached properties worth Rs 4,109 crore spread across various states in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged ponzi scheme, the agency said on Thursday. The case pertains to the Agri Gold Group of Companies. Three promoters of the group were arrested by the central agency on Tuesday.

IPOs Mop Up Record Rs 1.19 Trillion

IPOs Mop Up Record Rs 1.19 Trillion

Rediff.com27 Dec 2021

Of the 59 IPOs for which the data is available, 36 IPOs received mega responses of more than 10x (of which, six IPOs more than 100x), while eight IPOs were oversubscribed more than 3x.

No protection until Param Bir tells where he is: SC

No protection until Param Bir tells where he is: SC

Rediff.com18 Nov 2021

'Suppose you are sitting abroad and taking legal recourse through power of attorney then what happens. If that is so then you will come to India if the court rules in your favour, we don't know what you have in mind'

As gardens stay shut tea firms suffer heavy losses

As gardens stay shut tea firms suffer heavy losses

Rediff.com31 Jan 2019

The quality of Indian tea had lately come under scrutiny in major export markets, due to the presence of pesticides and chemicals beyond permissible limits.

Realty sector sees top-level churn

Realty sector sees top-level churn

Rediff.com29 Oct 2012

Sudden spurt could be seen as a sign of maturity or slowing in the sector.

Harsh reality check for India's realty developers

Harsh reality check for India's realty developers

Rediff.com15 Jan 2019

Listed realty developers saddled with unsold properties worth Rs 1 trillion

What exactly happened at RBL Bank?

What exactly happened at RBL Bank?

Rediff.com21 Jan 2022

RBL Bank is no Yes Bank. It's not fraught with fraud. It's a story of limitless ambition and greed for growth under a leader who doesn't want to give up, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

Markets end lower on caution over key reforms; IT, real estate bleed

Markets end lower on caution over key reforms; IT, real estate bleed

Rediff.com20 Jul 2015

Sensex ends lower; govt schemes in focus.

India to see mall space addition of more than 65 million square feet by 2022

India to see mall space addition of more than 65 million square feet by 2022

Rediff.com30 Dec 2019

Almost all the big mall developers/investors - such as Raheja-owned Inorbit Malls, Xander-APG joint venture Virtuous Retail South Asia (VRSA), property developer Prestige Estates Projects, and Blackstone-owned Nexus Malls - are looking to double their space in a year or two.

How Bankruptcy Law FAILED Home Buyers

How Bankruptcy Law FAILED Home Buyers

Rediff.com31 Aug 2021

Property buyers fund the project cost and the entire debt and entire equity servicing, and yet, have no locus standi in the IBC process, points out Debashis Basu.

World has a new largest private tea producer

World has a new largest private tea producer

Rediff.com22 Apr 2019

Over the past year, McLeod sold 21 gardens in India, reducing almost 32 million kg in production.

'People of this country are not hardcore communal at all'

'People of this country are not hardcore communal at all'

Rediff.com21 Sep 2022

'We are losing the battle of secularism, but we have not lost.'

Sensex: How long will the good times last?

Sensex: How long will the good times last?

Rediff.com26 Dec 2021

As if wanting to be an antidote to the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian stock market adorned carnival robes in 2021 with a tsunami of liquidity unleashed by global central banks coupled with supportive domestic policies and the world's largest vaccination drive sparking off a world-beating rally on Dalal Street, despite bouts of uneasiness over fizzy valuations. While the wider economy shuttled between recovery and relapse, dictated by multiple mutations of the virus, equity market benchmarks appeared headed in just one direction -- skywards. The dizzying upward journey has added a whopping Rs 72 lakh crore during 2021 to investors' wealth, measured as the cumulative value of all listed shares in the country, taking it to nearly Rs 260 lakh crore.

Will Akshay-Abbas-Mustan make Khiladi 2?

Will Akshay-Abbas-Mustan make Khiladi 2?

Rediff.com12 May 2022

'We are open to directing a Khiladi 2.' 'And we would want to do it with Akshay who is still so fit, energetic and successful.'

Reliance, 6 other firms get licence to sell auto fuel

Reliance, 6 other firms get licence to sell auto fuel

Rediff.com19 Jul 2021

The ministry of petroleum and natural gas has granted seven authorisations to companies for selling automobile (auto) fuels in the country. These new approvals are under the relaxed guidelines for authorisation to market transportation fuels that were revised in 2019. This is expected to make the competition more intense in India's petroleum retail business. According to a top oil ministry official, a fresh marketing authorisation has been granted to Reliance Industries (RIL) under these norms. This is being done since RIL's existing retail marketing authorisation has been transferred to its subsidiary Reliance BP Mobility

Factors that will dictate stocks' movement in 2022

Factors that will dictate stocks' movement in 2022

Rediff.com30 Dec 2021

From the pandemic shocks to state polls to global trends, a raft of sentiment drivers are expected to steer the Indian stock market in 2022 after a historic year of massive investor returns and milestones. The Union Budget, which will be closely watched for further reform moves, and quarterly earnings of corporates will be among the developments on investors' radar amid global central banks moving towards tighter interest regime in the wake of inflationary pressures. The year 2021 was rewarding in a big way for equity investors.

Why NRIs are so gung-ho about buying property in India

Why NRIs are so gung-ho about buying property in India

Rediff.com12 Nov 2018

NRI demand would help offset the liquidity problem, which is presently affecting realty sales.

Now, Japanese firms are keen to develop Indian realty

Now, Japanese firms are keen to develop Indian realty

Rediff.com25 Mar 2019

Big conglomerates of Japan, including Mitsubishi Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation, and Mitsui Group, are looking to both build and buy commercial properties in key Indian cities.

China's aggression in Ladakh indicative of its intentions: US

China's aggression in Ladakh indicative of its intentions: US

Rediff.com31 Jul 2020

Pompeo, during a Congressional hearing on Thursday, told the members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that 'the actions are entirely consistent with what they have been signalling to the world for decades you might even argue since 1989, but certainly since General Secretary Xi came to power'.

India Inc Expects 2022 To Be Growth Year

India Inc Expects 2022 To Be Growth Year

Rediff.com15 Jan 2022

83% of the CEOS plan to hire more in the new year.

ED summons Maha ex-home minister Anil Deshmukh next week

ED summons Maha ex-home minister Anil Deshmukh next week

Rediff.com26 Jun 2021

The central agency arrested his personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde late Friday night after it had carried out raids against them and Deshmukh in Mumbai and Nagpur.

When will stock exchanges start T+1 settlement cycle?

When will stock exchanges start T+1 settlement cycle?

Rediff.com9 Nov 2021

India's stock exchanges have decided to jointly introduce the T+1 settlement cycle in phases from February 25, beginning with the bottom 100 stocks by market capitalisation. From March 2022, on the last Friday (or the immediate next trading day) of every month, the next 500 stocks from the bottom will be subject to T+1 settlement. The phase-wise implementation is expected to give all market participants, including foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), ample time to shift to the shorter cycle. The settlement cycle represents the time period within which the stock exchanges have to settle security transactions.

NCP protests ED raid on Nawab Malik, leaders call it vendetta politics

NCP protests ED raid on Nawab Malik, leaders call it vendetta politics

Rediff.com23 Feb 2022

NCP chief Sharad Pawar said that Malik is being troubled because he spoke against the Union government and 'misuse' of central probe agencies.