'While they claim to cherish Bapu's ideals, they cherish Godse as fervently.'
While lower gas output led to earnings cuts, price rises with regular ramp-ups in output will lead to earnings upgrades
ONGCt has made another significant oil and gas discovery in its Krishna Godavari basin.
The country's largest stainless steel maker Jindal Steel (Hisar) on Wednesday marked its foray into the defence sector by forging a pact with DRDO for transfer of technology relating to high-nitrogen steel for armour applications.
The two countries also asked all nations to stop cross-border movement of terrorists and asserted that a decisive collective response from the international community without 'double standards and selectivity' was required to combat the threat of terrorism.
RIL-BP, who are currently producing about 11.8 million standard cubic metres per day of gas from the flagging eastern offshore KG-D6 block, is targeting newer fields in KG-D6 block and gas discoveries in neighbouring north-east coast and Cauvery basin to raise output.
Govt to issue ownership rights of 15 coal mines on Mar 23.
The big beneficiaries of this move will be the big three -- Bharti, Vodafone and Idea.
Sources say companies will have to keep the market share of merged entities below 50% in all circles
'You cannot judge a government within a month. Give us five years' time.' 'At times, strict economic decisions have to be made for the good of the poor in the long run.' Dharmendra Pradhan, one of the Modi government's stars, speaks exclusively to Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com about why the government is forced to roll out 'bitter medicine.'
'Almost 75 per cent of our total sales come from the top 50 cities in India.'
About 800 people already have paid or put down deposits for rides on SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger, two-pilot suborbital spaceship owned by Virgin Galactic.
The Supreme Court order has created a new legal framework for coal mining by ruling that only the Union government and its entities can do it.
Among the private banking majors ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were down 0.2%-0.5% each.
Cairn India is 25th on the list with 22.2 per cent CGR.
Sensex may remain under pressure this week due to weak global factors.
RIL might see its September quarter's profit between Rs 5,600 crore and Rs 5,670 crore.
The government shouldn't hide behind the veil of making a domestic giant out of the HPC-ONGC deal, rather it should just say it needs cash from this divestment exercise, says Sudhir Bisht.
The 'failure' to drill the committed 50 wells on the KG-D6 fields led to natural gas output dramatically falling over the past three years.
Business opportunity after phased diesel deregulation the main trigger.
Policy constraints may prevent many of the global retail giants from reaching their full potential.There are too many restrictions right now in the sector and policy makers lack clarity.
Low fuel prices to help oil marketing and refining sectors but upstream players will stay under pressure.
Corporate legal cases kept India Inc on its toes in 2014 as high stake matters on coal, telecom and mining came up in the Supreme Court, which also sent Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy to jail.
'We must compartmentalise issues, ensuring that one disagreement does not sour everything,' advises Ambassador Kishan S Rana.
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RIL had objected to the state government's decision to receive bids in sealed envelopes instead of an open auction.
RIL, according to Goldman, offers the best downstream exposure in the Asian oil sector with its high quality asset base, diversified product portfolio, efficient management of inventory valuation swings and ability to fund large organic expansionary capex without taking on debt.
The stage for negotiations to settle the Krishna-Godavari basin dispute is long over, says a government official
A vilification campaign against Rosneft has begun in right earnest, says M K Bhadrakumar.
Most business groups in India, including Godrejs, Tatas and Mahindras, have seen patience tested in JVs, with some of them winding up quickly
President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday gave away Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 to ISRO in recognition of its services in transforming India through the use of space technology.
'No country can ever be free to make its choices and remain independent if it continues to wear borrowed plumes,' warn Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd) and Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Banking shares saw a renewed buying interest on the hopes of a rate-cut by the central bank post the easing of macro-economic data.
Financials were the top losers after sharp gains in the previous session along with ITC
Rise in crude oil price and rally in global equities aided the sentiment
Markets ended their lowest close in 2015 on fears of FII outflows as the US Fed may hike rates.
OVL, the overseas investment arm of state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, holds 40 per cent stake in the San Cristobal oil project in Venezuela.
The big boys of India's traditional retail have finally come together to fight the onslaught of their online counterparts.
The S&P BSE Sensex closed 318 points at 24,455 and the Nifty50 shed 99 points to end at 7,438.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices underperformed the largecaps and ended over 1% lower.
Engineering major BHEL rebounded from its day's lows to end around 1% higher.
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