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Shah Rukh to be questioned by ED for undervaluing KKR shares

Shah Rukh to be questioned by ED for undervaluing KKR shares

Rediff.com13 May 2015

Bollywood actor and co-owner of Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders, Shah Rukh Khan has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for forex violation.

Srikant Datar, 2nd Indian to be named Dean of Harvard Business School

Srikant Datar, 2nd Indian to be named Dean of Harvard Business School

Rediff.com10 Oct 2020

Eminent Indian-origin academician Srikant Datar has been named as Dean of Harvard Business School, succeeding Nitin Nohria and becoming the second consecutive dean hailing from India to lead the prestigious 112-year-old institution. Datar, an alumnus of University of Bombay and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, is the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration and the senior associate dean for University Affairs at Harvard Business School (HBS). He will assume charge as the school's next dean on January 1, president Larry Bacow said.

SEBI fines Goldman Sachs Rs 1-cr

SEBI fines Goldman Sachs Rs 1-cr

Rediff.com8 Sep 2006

SEBI fines Goldman Sachs Rs 1-cr

India, Bangladesh can revive Bay of Bengal dynamism

India, Bangladesh can revive Bay of Bengal dynamism

Rediff.com26 Mar 2021

The South Asian nations could script a new history of cooperation and prosperity that could serve as an example for other nations, notes Dr Rahul Mishra.

CWG Medals Tally: India finish 3rd with 26 golds; Australia top

CWG Medals Tally: India finish 3rd with 26 golds; Australia top

Rediff.com15 Apr 2018

Medals tally of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

CVC likely to prosecute former Niti Aayog chief

CVC likely to prosecute former Niti Aayog chief

Rediff.com21 Jun 2019

The case is related to the alleged irregularities in granting clearance by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board to INX Media, once owned by Peter and Indrani Mukherjea, for receiving overseas funds to the tune of Rs 305 crore.

CWG 2018: Check out India's schedule on Day 3

CWG 2018: Check out India's schedule on Day 3

Rediff.com6 Apr 2018

Check out India's schedule on Day 3 of Commonwealth Games.

IOC to sell branded fuel abroad

IOC to sell branded fuel abroad

Rediff.com27 Dec 2005

Now, 35 foreign private equity firms in tax soup

Now, 35 foreign private equity firms in tax soup

Rediff.com24 Feb 2015

Face Rs 1,000-cr minimum alternate tax demand

CWG 2018: Check out India's schedule on Day 8

CWG 2018: Check out India's schedule on Day 8

Rediff.com11 Apr 2018

Check out India's schedule on Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Thursday.

'We have set an example for India'

'We have set an example for India'

Rediff.com10 Mar 2006

'In our country, Hindus and Muslims live like brothers,' says the Mauritius Vice President in an exclusive interview.

With Mumbai in pocket, Adani is India's largest private airport operator

With Mumbai in pocket, Adani is India's largest private airport operator

Rediff.com31 Aug 2020

Billionaire Gautam Adani's Adani group on Monday said it has reached an agreement to acquire GVK group's shareholding and control of Mumbai airport.

Tax deal with Singapore stalled

Tax deal with Singapore stalled

Rediff.com14 Apr 2005

Efforts to initiate a double taxation avoidance agreement with Singapore has hit a roadblock. This is because of Singapore's reluctance to include an information-sharing clause in the agreement.

L&T arm to sell 21.6% stake for Rs 550 crore

L&T arm to sell 21.6% stake for Rs 550 crore

Rediff.com22 Apr 2006

L&T-Infrastructure Development Projects Limited will divest 21.6 per cent stake to Silver Peak Investments (Mauritius) and an India Development Fund-led consortium for Rs 550 crore.

Court extends interim protection from arrest granted to Chidambaram

Court extends interim protection from arrest granted to Chidambaram

Rediff.com8 Oct 2018

The senior Congress leader's role has come under the scanner of investigating agencies in the Rs 3,500-crore Aircel-Maxis deal and the INX Media case involving Rs 305 crore.

How to make India a hotspot for foreign investors

How to make India a hotspot for foreign investors

Rediff.com30 Mar 2016

Whatever the critics may say, the numbers suggest that India continues to be a favourite destination for foreign investors.

Power Games in the Indian Ocean

Power Games in the Indian Ocean

Rediff.com17 Feb 2021

India cannot choose its geography and devise regional strategies to dovetail into the Western Indian Ocean hypothesis conceived in the Pentagon, argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

Ranveer, Deepika, Shahid: Which Padmavati star gets your vote?

Ranveer, Deepika, Shahid: Which Padmavati star gets your vote?

Rediff.com24 Nov 2017

Take the poll given below and let us know.

Lodha relaunches $350-mn overseas bond sale plan

Lodha relaunches $350-mn overseas bond sale plan

Rediff.com6 Mar 2015

Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan are bankers for the bonds

Diary: Notes from the President's second overseas visit

Diary: Notes from the President's second overseas visit

Rediff.com14 Mar 2013

As noted in January, flying with VIPs like the President, Vice President, Prime Minister etc is both onerous and fun.

SC verdict to boost FII flow: FinMin

SC verdict to boost FII flow: FinMin

Rediff.com8 Oct 2003

Hailing the Supreme Court verdict on tax exemption to Mauritius-based companies, the finance ministry said on Wednesday that it would help in higher inflow from foreign institutional investors.

Chopper deal: Ex-Aeromatrix board member grilled by CBI

Chopper deal: Ex-Aeromatrix board member grilled by CBI

Rediff.com7 Mar 2013

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday questioned advocate Gautam Khaitan, former board member of Aeromatrix, in connection with the bribery allegations in the Rs 3600-crore VVIP helicopter deal.

Not just China, Hong Kong too may come under new FDI rules

Not just China, Hong Kong too may come under new FDI rules

Rediff.com29 Apr 2020

FinMin had, recently, notified changes in FDI rules that made prior approval of the government mandatory for foreign investments from countries that share a land border with India. Hong Kong was ranked 14th on the list of countries with FDI flows to India, contributing $4.2 billion between April 2000 and December 2019, the data from DPIIT shows. India received FDI worth $2.34 billion from China in the same period.

Search area for MH370 will not shift: Malaysia

Search area for MH370 will not shift: Malaysia

Rediff.com13 May 2016

"We won't shift the search area as this was confirmed by our experts based on the drift patterns of the recovered debris," Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said.

SBI eyes more banks in S Asia, Africa

SBI eyes more banks in S Asia, Africa

Rediff.com17 Feb 2005

As part of its vision to become a multinational corporation, State Bank of India is now scouting for more banks in South Asia and Africa while steadily consolidating its seven associate banks.

Our women face enduring prejudices, problems: PM

Our women face enduring prejudices, problems: PM

Rediff.com8 Jan 2013

Despite impressive economic performance in the past two decades, India faces persisting challenges of poverty, equity, sustainability and opportunity, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated in his address after inaugurating the 11th version of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Kochi.

Meet today's women world leaders

Meet today's women world leaders

Rediff.com18 Jul 2016

After taking over as Britain's prime minister, Theresa May has joined a small but growing band of female world leaders.

Airce-Maxis cases: Protection from arrest granted to Chidambaram and son extended

Airce-Maxis cases: Protection from arrest granted to Chidambaram and son extended

Rediff.com7 Aug 2018

Chidambaram and his son Karti were named in the chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the case on July 19.

Chopper deal: CBI quizzes ex-Union minister's brother

Chopper deal: CBI quizzes ex-Union minister's brother

Rediff.com8 Mar 2013

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday quizzed Satish Bagrodia, the industrialist-brother of former Union minister Santosh Bagrodia, who is the chairman of IDS Infotech, one of the suspect companies in the alleged bribery scandal in Rs 3600-crore VVIP chopper deal.

Pranab begins mugging up for 2014

Pranab begins mugging up for 2014

Rediff.com9 Oct 2013

The President has begun studying Constitutional and Presidential precedents in anticipation of a fractured mandate in next year's general election, reveals R Prema.

Satwik-Chirag win historic men's badminton doubles silver at CWG

Satwik-Chirag win historic men's badminton doubles silver at CWG

Rediff.com15 Apr 2018

Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty claimed India's first ever medal in men's doubles after settling for a silver at the 21st Commonwealth Games' badminton competition, in Gold Coast, on Sunday.

UN court ruling gives hope to UK-ousted Chagos Islanders

UN court ruling gives hope to UK-ousted Chagos Islanders

Rediff.com2 Feb 2013

The Chagos Islanders were forcibly expelled from their homes and dumped in Mauritius and Seychelles almost 50 years ago when their remote islands acquired a strategic importance during the cold war era. The Permanent Court of Arbitration has now given a ruling rejecting a claim by the British government that the court did not have jurisdiction in the matter.

Aircel-Maxis case: ED seeks custodial interrogation of Chidambaram

Aircel-Maxis case: ED seeks custodial interrogation of Chidambaram

Rediff.com31 Oct 2018

The ED said that Chidambaram has remained evasive and therefore grant of pre-arrest bail at this stage would be highly detrimental to the investigation.

Missing Review: A slogfest of lies and lameness

Missing Review: A slogfest of lies and lameness

Rediff.com6 Apr 2018

The monotony is awfully exhausting and drab in the absence of script, craft and nerve-racking unpredictability, feels Sukanya Verma.

Govt defers controversial GAAR norms to April 2016

Govt defers controversial GAAR norms to April 2016

Rediff.com14 Jan 2013

The minimum threshold to come under GAAR will be Rs 3 crore.

Why the National Stock Exchange should not be listed

Why the National Stock Exchange should not be listed

Rediff.com28 Jul 2016

It could be a matter of concern that foreign shareholders of the NSE are registered in tax havens such as Mauritius and Cyprus.

Rescued Commander Abhilash Tomy brought back to India

Rescued Commander Abhilash Tomy brought back to India

Rediff.com6 Oct 2018

Tomy has now been shifted to INHS Kalyani, the naval hospital of Eastern Naval Command, for observation and medical assistance as required.

Lakshmi Vilas Bank had dug its own grave

Lakshmi Vilas Bank had dug its own grave

Rediff.com4 Dec 2020

Its obsession for growth, chasing corporate clients and giving up its original mandate of meeting the needs of local trade and businesses. A quarter of its loan book has gone bad. That's an error of business strategy, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

Ray's stake in Data Access to fall to 57%

Ray's stake in Data Access to fall to 57%

Rediff.com23 Mar 2004

The stake of Data Access managing director Siddhartha Ray in the company will fall from 74 per cent to 57 per cent, even as the international long distance major is looking at newer markets including Pakistan and Mauritius.