In yet another major Indian takeover, Religare, a financial services company owned by prominent businessmen Malvinder and Shivinder Singh bought London's oldest stockbroker, Hichens, Harrison & Co on Friday. The deal is seen as another example of India's growing economic clout overseas. Two weeks ago, Tata Motors bought the prestigious Jaguar and Land rover models from Ford.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, (IIT-KGP) has lined up four courses for rural development this year to facilitate skill development among the rural youth as well as create self-employment opportunities.
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Tata Motors, India's largest commercial vehicle maker, has postponed plans for an overseas equity issue and sale of investments to repay the $3 billion bridge loan it took in June last year to acquire the Jaguar and Land Rover brands from Ford.
The company has already received bookings for 33,000 units so far.
The former captain said it is not yet clear what arrangement the BCCI would make for the tour of England.
The company is still short of over Rs 4500 crore (Rs 45 billion) to refinance the debt which is due before June 2 this year. The company had planned to raise the fund for refinancing through three routes. It planned to raise about Rs 4200 crore through rights issues which it managed after the issue devolved on underwriters in October as the stock prices were tumbling globally following the economic crisis.
Close on the heels of the Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Retail's possible entry into the second-hand car market, Tata Motors, the country's second largest automobile major, is planning a similar foray.
Chennai and Ennore ports are set to become hub for car exports from South India. After Hyundai, the two ports have started attracting global manufacturers like Renault SA, Nissan, and Ford.
Right now, the 'Lower D' or LD segment -- which the industry defines as a sedan that costs between Rs 1.5 million and Rs 2 million, is longer than 4.5 metres, and powered by an engine of 1.8 litre or larger -- has barely three cars, all of which have been around for over a decade in India. Nevertheless, at least one foreign auto player is looking to bet big on the segment.
Three way split of AIADMK has slowed decision-making, prompting industry to look outside the state, says T E Narasimhan.
Sri Lanka coach Nic Pothas, on Sunday said the two soft dismissals in the 28th over set the team back after being 'well ahead of the game' up until that point in the third and final ODI against India in Visakahpatnam on Sunday.
The Verna will be placed in the upper end of the segment priced between Rs 6.21 lakh and Rs 6.36 lakh for the petrol variant and Rs 7.35 lakh for the diesel variant.
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DLF is paying $200m for a controlling stake in Amanresorts. The deal comes at a time when Indian automotive companies Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra are bidding for Ford's luxury Jaguar and Land Rover marques.
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This comes at a time when Ola is looking to replicate nationally the success of its auto-rickshaw offering in Chennai and Bengaluru.
Market leaders Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai, who together control two-thirds of the domestic market, have not yet firmed up a decision on raising prices.
India was eager to see "our new relationship" transformed into specific, material forms of cooperation and welcomed the formal establishment this afternoon of a US-India joint commission, the top US official had noted.
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'Emburey's name was recommended by Gavaskar,' BCCI Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty said.
The exercise is in keeping with SIAM's voluntary code on vehicle recall
Car market leader Maruti has been rated highest in customer satisfaction in India in the J D Power Asia Pacific Survey, which saw seven of the 11 carmakers improving post-delivery service performance.
India-born novelist Kiran Desai's bestseller novel The Inheritance of Loss has bagged yet another literary honour -- the National Book Critics Circle fiction award.
The reasons why American journalism is against the Tata Nano are obvious. The Nano was 'not invented here (in the United States).'
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Is Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley and home for some of the biggest information technology firms in the country, slowly losing out to Chennai? It seems so, considering the investment plans of leading IT companies.
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The 10 ITC Hotels branded as Sheraton at present were expected to be re-branded as Luxury Collection soon, sources in the know said.
TUV300 will take on the likes of Ford EcoSport and Renault Duster that are priced between Rs 7.88 lakh and Rs 13.54 lakh.
Sri Lanka cricket coach Nic Pothas says 'too many cooks' are spoiling his efforts to revive the national team and has called for greater autonomy in the wake of yet another confidence-sapping loss against India on Sunday.
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