Waheeda Rehman reveals some lesser known facts about Guru Dutt's Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam in an interview excerpt from Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam: The Original Screenplay.
Govinda talks about his new film, Deewana Main Deewana.
Dinesh Raheja salutes a man who lived his life like his last movie, Jab Tak Hai Jaan.
Dinesh Raheja salutes a man who lived his life like his last movie, Jab Tak Hai Jaan.
Dinesh Raheja looks back at the yesteryear actress, who enthralled us in films like Woh Kaun Thi and Mera Saaya.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Wednesday assured two Indian traders, trapped in a financial dispute with local businessmen in the commodity hub of Yiwu, that he would take up their case with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday.
What was the need to fictionalise a series on real events that were far more horrific because they were real? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Smaller real estate entities have been active in the past six to eight months in launching big-ticket residential projects. Factors like the high debt of realty companies listed on the exchanges and small builders not having the capacity to hold on to a licence for too long have influenced launches.
Two Indians, who were released from illegal detention of local traders in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu and brought to Shanghai, have undergone health check-ups after suffering "multiple injuries" and "trauma" in captivity.
The BoA, a 19-member inter-ministerial body that deals with special economic zone -related matters, is scheduled to meet on September 9.
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More developers may withdraw their special economic zones projects, as they lose tax-free status with imposition of minimum alternate tax and further burden through direct tax code, Export Promotion Council for Export-oriented Units and and SEZs said.
Raheja-owned retailer Shoppers Stop has gone off the beaten track. At a time, when bigger players such as Pantaloon and Aditya Birla Retail are either shutting stores or looking at halting expansion to preserve cash and check losses, Shoppers Stop is moving ahead with its expansion plans.
The session was organised in the backdrop of upcoming new Companies Act which is touted to have very strong provisions for both executive and independent directors, said Nitin Mankad, chairman, CII Central Gujarat Zonal Council.
Two Indian nationals, who were being held hostage for about 20 days in the Chinese trade hub of Yiwu, were on Wednesday shifted out of the town for safety by a team of Indian officials after intense negotiations. Shyamsunder Agrawal and Deek Raheja are out of Yiwu and on the way to Shanghai, said a top official the Indian embassy in Beijing.
From their first meeting to the last, Dev Anand etched himself on Dinesh Raheja's heart and mind.
In its meeting in New Delhi, the inter-ministerial Board of Approval also approved India's largest stainless steel producer JSL's proposal to surrender its sector-specific SEZ in Orissa, Commerce Ministry Additional Secretary D K Mittal told PTI.
Social networking site Facebook will be launching its India operations from Hyderabad - its first office in Asia - within two months from now. A proposal to this effect was cleared by the government on Saturday.
SEZs promoted by Reliance, Raheja, IFFCO may benefit.
The developers, including Raheja Ltd, Ascendas, L&T and GMR, among others, are in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry's Export Promotion Council for export oriented units and special economic zones.
The Raheja-owned Shoppers Stop, which was so far an up market department chain, is becoming a full service retailer soon. It is increasing its stake in the promoter group's hypermarket chain Hypercity from 19 per cent to 51 per cent.
Five to six issues may hit the market if Chalet Hotels's IPO is successful and if there are no negative surprises in the Union Budget on February 1.
50% of south-central Mumbai's high-end apartments remain unsold. The reasons include rocketing prices and a demand-supply mismatch. Of the unsold stock in south-central Mumbai, 38 per cent comprise units sized above 2,000 sq ft carpet area - too high for even wealthy Mumbaikars.
Scores of leading SEZ promoters, including Infosys Technologies, CMC Ltd, Hindalco Industries, NIIT Technologies, HCL Technologies, Orient Craft Infrastructure, L&T Phoenix Infoparks and K Raheja Corp, have sought more time from the Board of Approval, which is meeting in New Delhi on June 2.
The growing margins suggest that the belt tightening is paying off. For example, the margins of Pantaloon Retail, the country's largest listed retailer, have gone up from 9.2 per cent in June last year to 10.6 per cent in June 2009.Others such as the Raheja-owned Shoppers Stop and Tata Group's Trent, Reliance Retail and Spencer's Retail aren't far behind.
Some of these are regional players, like K Raheja Corporation (Mumbai), Salgaonkar (Goa), Viceroy Hotels (Hyderabad) and Panchshil Realty (Pune). The hospitality major currently has six properties in Mumbai, Goa, Hyderabad and Chennai and operates through five different brands, including Marriott, JW Marriott, Courtyard, Renaissance and Marriott Executive Apartments.
There is a large population standing outside the coverage of primary healthcare, says Praveen Gupta of Raheja QBE.
The Board of approval had given more time for Raheja's to develop their project in the state. The project is one amongst the three SEZs recommended to be denotified by the state government. Goa's Rajya Sabha member Shantaram Naik said he would meet new Union Commerce ministry Anand Sharma and brief him on the issue.
Most developers charge 18 per cent annual penalty from defaulting customers. Over the past year, many people who had booked a home on installments have lost jobs or taken salary cuts. The past 6-9 months have seen many of them defaulting on payments. "The move to waive penalty on late payment is a smart move. This will provide customers the much-needed cushion at a time when a lot of them may want to back out due to their financial condition," said a real-estate consultant.
Lifestyle retailer Shoppers Stop plans to up its headcount by nearly 1,000 in the next six months in line with the roll-outs of its new stores in five cities across India.
"They were not profitable. We open new stores without much information and when we close them, we have complete knowledge about them,'' said Shoppers Stop MD B S Nagesh.
The managing director of a US-based pension fund blamed the fall on the carnage in stock markets globally and the heavy pullout by investors. "Last year saw unprecedented pullouts by hedge funds as they faced huge redemption pressure. Lots of investors believed they had paid too much and sold off. Most of the funds were listed in 2006 when realty prices were high. But now, prices have come down in most parts of the world."
Ishaan Real Estate is an investment company that focuses on property development projects in southern and western India.
The group had protested against K Raheja corp's project at Verna industrial estate, 20 km away from Panaji. The reaction stems from recent statement by senior Congress leader Shantaram Naik disclosing that Chief Minister Digamber Kamat will meet three SEZ promoters to discuss alternate land proposal to set up industry (not SEZ).
India's booming real estate sector has more than doubled the number of billionaires from this space in just 12 months, with DLF's Kushal Pal Singh emerging "the world's richest real estate developer." Among 54 Indian billionaires identified by Forbes magazine, there are seven real estate developers with a net worth of over a billion dollar each.
The sale of Nature's Basket, Godrej's chain of food stores in west India, is the second exit by a big group in a year in the category
K Raheja Corp Group company HyperCITY Retail India on Saturday its first HyperCITY Argos, a catalogue shopping retail format in Thane. HyperCITY Retail, along with its group company Shoppers' Stop, recently entered into a franchise agreement with the Home Retail Group, UK, to launch the Argos format in the country.
Hiranandani, K Raheja Builders, Gamon Infrastructure and Kalpataru are reported to have shown interest in the Rs 9,300-crore project, launched by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) of the Maharashtra government.
Shopper's Stop soared 20% at BSE following reports of a buyout by RIL and A V Birla group.
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