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Hypermarket operators tweak models to cut costs

Hypermarket operators tweak models to cut costs

Rediff.com11 Feb 2013

They plan to cut shop sizes and look at opening standalone stores after years of losses.

How Spencer's plans to turn around Natures Basket

How Spencer's plans to turn around Natures Basket

Rediff.com16 Jul 2020

The numerous integration measures have led to savings in areas including supply chain, technology, inventory management, and marketing.

IPL PHOTOS: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals

IPL PHOTOS: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals

Rediff.com20 Apr 2013

Images from the IPL match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals in Bangalore on Saturday.

Industrialist Rama Prasad Goenka is no more

Industrialist Rama Prasad Goenka is no more

Rediff.com14 Apr 2013

He was 83. Goenka is survived by his wife Sushila and sons Harsh Vardhan and Sanjiv.

Will break even this year too, says Mohit Kampani

Will break even this year too, says Mohit Kampani

Rediff.com17 Jan 2013

The retailer is looking at a break-even this year.

American admits sending sensitive military blueprints to India

American admits sending sensitive military blueprints to India

Rediff.com24 Oct 2013

An American defence contractor has pleaded guilty to having illegally sent blueprints of military hardware to India, including parts used in nuclear submarines.

CBI takes over TN custodial deaths probe, 2 FIRs filed

CBI takes over TN custodial deaths probe, 2 FIRs filed

Rediff.com9 Jul 2020

The CBI has dispatched a special team to conduct the probe in which several Tamil Nadu Police personnel are under the scanner and some have already been arrested by the state police, they said.

PIX: Hamilton makes a statement as F1 gets back on track

PIX: Hamilton makes a statement as F1 gets back on track

Rediff.com3 Jul 2020

Formula One got back on track in changed circumstances on Friday but with Mercedes bringing a familiar look to the timing sheets as six times World champion Lewis Hamilton led team mate Valtteri Bottas one-two in Austrian Grand Prix free practice. The Briton did 41 laps and lapped with a best time of one minute 04.816 seconds in a damp and overcast session, 0.356 faster than the Finn.

PIX: Hamilton takes seventh F1 title with a win in Turkey

PIX: Hamilton takes seventh F1 title with a win in Turkey

Rediff.com15 Nov 2020

Hamilton already had more race wins, pole positions and podium finishes than any other driver in the history of the sport.

Cong holds nationwide protests over rising fuel prices

Cong holds nationwide protests over rising fuel prices

Rediff.com20 Feb 2021

The Congress took out marches and observed bandh at several places on Saturday to protest against rising fuel prices.

Spotted: Alka Yagnik at Mumbai airport

Spotted: Alka Yagnik at Mumbai airport

Rediff.com20 Jun 2011

Reader RP Singh has sent us a photograph.

Spencer's Retail sale roadmap by March-April

Spencer's Retail sale roadmap by March-April

Rediff.com12 Feb 2013

To decide if the business should be demerged or to go for an IPO.

Sanjiv Goenka Group mulls alternatives for Spencer's

Sanjiv Goenka Group mulls alternatives for Spencer's

Rediff.com2 Nov 2012

Goenka is hoping Spencer's will break even by the second quarter of 2013-14.

Sanjiv Goenka enters IT with Firstsource buy

Sanjiv Goenka enters IT with Firstsource buy

Rediff.com26 Oct 2012

The deal, which values Firstsource at Rs 800 crore (Rs 8 billion), would give Goenka a foothold in the information technology sector.

RPG: A visionary who believed in his gut feeling

RPG: A visionary who believed in his gut feeling

Rediff.com15 Apr 2013

RP would agree that his four years in Presidency College, the influence of great teachers such as historian Sushobhan Sarkar ("I would go into a trance, listening to his lectures"), and regular visits to bookshops like Dasgupta and Dhar & Sons in College Street, made a bibliophile of him.

Hulkenberg gets second chance after Perez tests positive again

Hulkenberg gets second chance after Perez tests positive again

Rediff.com7 Aug 2020

Nico Hulkenberg will continue as a stand-in for Racing Point at Formula One's 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, on Sunday, after Mexican Sergio Perez again tested positive for COVID-19, the team said on Friday.

Here's what Tendulkar expects from Ganguly as BCCI president

Here's what Tendulkar expects from Ganguly as BCCI president

Rediff.com17 Oct 2019

Ganguly is set to be elected unopposed BCCI president on October 23 at the Board's Annual General Meeting.

Saregama to exit film production

Saregama to exit film production

Rediff.com17 Aug 2012

"We will come up with a new brand identity next month and have already assigned one agency for this. It will be a new branding for Saregama, with a more youthful and uncluttered logo. We have chalked out the future road map. While there are plans to enter the television space more aggressively, we are exiting the films business," said Sanjiv Goenka, chairman of the Group.

Green Park bookie 'curator' was originally tubewell operator

Green Park bookie 'curator' was originally tubewell operator

Rediff.com17 May 2017

Since the UP police in co-operation with BCCI's Anti- Corruption Unit (ACU) arrested alleged bookies who tried to tamper playing conditions before an IPL match between Delhi Daredevils and Gujarat Lions, the UP government has transferred Kumar to Ghazipur.

Kasganj: 1 more accused nabbed in Chandan Gupta murder case

Kasganj: 1 more accused nabbed in Chandan Gupta murder case

Rediff.com6 Feb 2018

Gupta was killed in communal violence that broke out in Kasganj on the Republic Day. He died of gunshot wounds. The killing led to a spiral of violence in the western UP town. At least three shops, two buses and a car were torched in the violence.

Parliament passes bill to allow jailed politicians to contest polls

Parliament passes bill to allow jailed politicians to contest polls

Rediff.com6 Sep 2013

Negating a Supreme Court order, Parliament on Friday passed a bill that maintains the right of those in jail to contest polls, with the government saying the court verdict was wrong and the legislature has constitutional duty to correct it.

FM holds talks with India Inc on economic issues

FM holds talks with India Inc on economic issues

Rediff.com1 Aug 2011

Industry is of the view that rising interest rates is increasing the input cost as loans are getting costlier.

Well played sir: Tendulkar pays tribute to Achrekar

Well played sir: Tendulkar pays tribute to Achrekar

Rediff.com2 Jan 2019

Tendulkar, unarguably the greatest batsman in modern cricket, was coached by Achrekar at the Shivaji Park in Mumbai's Dadar as a child.

Stars: Narine tops it up for KKR

Stars: Narine tops it up for KKR

Rediff.com19 Apr 2012

Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali.

Bill for no immediate disqualification of convicted MPs, MLAs

Bill for no immediate disqualification of convicted MPs, MLAs

Rediff.com30 Aug 2013

Moving to overturn a Supreme Court ruling, a bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha under which convicted members of Parliament and members of Legislative Assembly cannot be disqualified immediately even though they will be barred from voting in the House and drawing their salary till their appeal is decided.

Will resolve problems, govt assures industry

Will resolve problems, govt assures industry

Rediff.com2 Aug 2011

Asks India Inc for a list of concerns in 4 weeks, to coordinate policy response within 60 days; FM says prevailing cynicism based on perception, not facts.

WB panchayat polls on May 14, SC allows e-filing of nominations

WB panchayat polls on May 14, SC allows e-filing of nominations

Rediff.com10 May 2018

The top court also directed the SEC not to declare those candidates who have won unopposed as winners.

Indian Sports Honours: Meet the winners

Indian Sports Honours: Meet the winners

Rediff.com11 Oct 2019

Milkha Singh, 92, best known as the 'Flying Sikh' and most remembered for finishing fourth in the 400m final in the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, was bestowed with the lifetime achievement award.

AAP took hawala entries of Rs 2cr, didn't declare all donors: I-T dept

AAP took hawala entries of Rs 2cr, didn't declare all donors: I-T dept

Rediff.com27 Nov 2017

The taxman, said the party 'incorrectly disclosed the hawala money as voluntary donations'

EC cuts Sikkim CM's disqualification period by 5 yrs

EC cuts Sikkim CM's disqualification period by 5 yrs

Rediff.com29 Sep 2019

Tamang, whose Sikkim Krantikari Morcha party won the state assembly elections held in April, took over as chief minister on May 27.

Chappell promoted youngsters, says Raina

Chappell promoted youngsters, says Raina

Rediff.com19 Nov 2011

Former India coach Greg Chappell might have been forced to make an unceremonious exit after failing to produce desired result in World Cup 2007 but Suresh Raina believes the Australian did a great service to Indian cricket as far as promoting the youngsters is concerned.

India A call-up a reward for my efforts: Awana

India A call-up a reward for my efforts: Awana

Rediff.com26 May 2012

Parvinder Awana was hurt after being initially ignored from the India A squad for the tour of West Indies but when Chetan Chauhan rang him on the telephone in the morning to inform him about his inclusion in place of an injured RP Singh, he was left speechless.

RPG empire: Sanjiv Goenka carves a new identity

RPG empire: Sanjiv Goenka carves a new identity

Rediff.com15 Jul 2011

The split of the Rs 19,000-crore (Rs 190 billion) RPG empire is now complete, with Rama Prasad Goenka's younger son, Sanjiv Goenka, on Wednesday stepping out of the shadow of the umbrella brand that traces its history to 1820.

Why CAs and company secretaries are a happy lot now

Why CAs and company secretaries are a happy lot now

Rediff.com19 Mar 2018

With 600-700 new NPA cases getting admitted into NCLT every month, the demand for resolution professionals is on the rise with their number more than doubling in less than a year.

Prez nod to bill that allows those in jail to contest polls

Prez nod to bill that allows those in jail to contest polls

Rediff.com24 Sep 2013

President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to a bill which maintains the right of those in jail to contest polls, thus overruling a Supreme Court order.

Indians beat Sussex for first tour win

Indians beat Sussex for first tour win

Rediff.com25 Aug 2011

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma cracked half-centuries as India recorded their maiden win of the England tour with a six-wicket thumping of Sussex in a rain-affected practice game at Hove on Thursday.

Same old story as India struggle at The Oval

Same old story as India struggle at The Oval

Rediff.com19 Aug 2011

An insipid Indian bowling line-up had yet another torrid time as England reached 75 for no loss on the opening day of the fourth and final Test before persistent rain brought a premature end to the proceedings at the Oval on Thursday.

India look like a team with no pride: Akram

India look like a team with no pride: Akram

Rediff.com9 Aug 2011

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has suggested that Rudra Pratap Singh should be inducted into the playing XI ahead of Sreesanth along with Ishant Sharma and Praveen Kumar. He also stated that the Indian team has looked listless on the England tour thus far.

41 killed in two road mishaps in Himachal

41 killed in two road mishaps in Himachal

Rediff.com3 Mar 2011

Forty-one people, including 32 members of a marriage party, were killed and seven others were injured in two separate accidents in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, police said on Thursday.

Cric Buzz: Why is there a dearth of non-white umpires?

Cric Buzz: Why is there a dearth of non-white umpires?

Rediff.com17 Nov 2020

Former Test umpire and Hampshire cricketer John Holder is among those who have called for an independent inquiry into the dearth of non-white match officials in English cricket.