The company is also mulling to enter the currency futures space through the exchange. Recently, the Securities and Exchange Board of India had issued guidelines for SME exchange, and had set a minimum net worth criteria of Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) for entity willing to start it.
Petroleum secretary RS Pandey declined to comment on the court verdict till the Government received a copy of the order. The Bombay high court on Monday upheld Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Natural Resources Ltd's contention to buy 28 mscmd of gas from Reliance Industries Ltd at USD 2.34 per mmBtu for 17 years.
Mahavitaran, the Maharashtra government-owned power distribution company, has detected power theft amounting to Rs 41.29 lakh at the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's headquarters at the Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City (DAKC).
Reliance Infratel, a subsidiary of the group's telecom arm RCom, is looking to dilute 10-15 per cent stake in a private placement of shares with the PE firms, investment banking sources said. The company had last year scrapped plans to raise about Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) through sale of about 10 per cent shares in an IPO due to adverse market conditions.
Five companies, including NTPC, Reliance Power, Lanco Infratech, Jindal Power and Sterlite Energy, of the 11 pre-qualified bidders, were in the fray for the project. The financial and technical bids for the coal-based thermal power project were invited on December 29 and the final financial bids were to be opened within 15 days.
Reliance HR Services (RHRS), a human resources company formed by the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), will recruit half a million people for the group in the next four years.
Tata Communications on Monday said it was considering challenging the Dutch court verdict, which has allowed access to its cable landing station in Mumbai for Anil Ambani Group's Flag Telecom. Reliance Globalcom on its part confirmed receiving a copy of the judgement and said the Hague court had rejected all claims made by VSNL. Flag Telecom, a subsidiary of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Telecom, wanted access to Mumbai landing station of Flag Europe Asia.
"The Board of the company has approved a proposal to further unlock overall shareholder value by transferring its infrastructure projects to a separate 100 per cent subsidiary, subject to compliance with applicable laws," REL informed the Bombay Stock Exchange.
"A small hardware placed at the location will ensure that 100 metres around the area becomes the bluetooth hotspot, where people get an alert about promotional offers in the surrounding retail environment. The applications could be audio or video images, which can be downloaded and shown at the counter to avail of the discounts claimed by the message," says Gautam Jayaraman, head of sales at Value First.
Last month, the ADAG firm announced that it had bought back 250 FCCBs worth $100,000 each, aggregating about Rs 121.22 crore (Rs 1.21 billion). The bonds were bought back at a discount of 52.5 per cent over the issue price. In two tranches, RCom has bought back FCCBs aggregating to about Rs 170 crore (Rs 1.7 billion).
Ghosh, who led the ramping up of German insurer Allianz's Indian insurance ventures, has assumed charge as Reliance Capital CEO from today, the company said. He would report to Reliance Capital Vice Chairman Amitabh Jhunjhunwala. Reliance Capital has also crossed the 14 million customer-mark across all its businesses, according to industry sources.
Reliance MF, the country's largest fund house, has witnessed an increase of about 13 per cent with the average AUM crossing the Rs 1,00,000 crore mark in May as compared to Rs 88,387.98 crore at the end of April. In May 2008, it had crossed the Rs 100,000 crore mark, but in terms of total assets under management. This time, the level has been crossed in the average monthly AUM, which is taken into consideration in the data released by the Association of Mutual Funds of India.
The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group has awarded a 5-year outsourcing contract to a Delhi-based call centre, Caretel Infotech, a part of Dalmiya group, for about Rs 300 crore.
It has also got the Reserve Bank's nod to set up a non-banking finance company subsidiary for its consumer loan business, which would primarily focus on vehicle loans and lending to SMEs. Both HFC and consumer finance subsidiaries would be in place in the next two months, and the employees currently working with the related businesses at Reliance Consumer Finance Ltd would be relocated to the new entities.
Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Capital has initiated the process of divesting up to 26 per cent stake in its life insurance subsidiary and is mulling options like bringing in a strategic foreign investor and an initial public offer. The company, which has been going solo so far, has decided on this divestment at this point of time because it will give a better shareholder value, besides sentiments in the market is also looking bright.
The Anil Ambani group company is in advanced talks with France Telecom for a branding, marketing and franchisee agreement. The company plans to launch the brand by the second quarter of FY09, according to sources close to the development. Initially, the Orange may be launched on RCom's CDMA network -- spanning across 23,000 towns and 5 lakh villages in India -- and later extended to its 8 GSM circles. The Indian company has a total of 44.5 million subscribers in India.
ADAG, Mahindra BT, L&T Infotech may team up with PEs.
Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Communications said it has bought back foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) worth Rs 121.22 crore (Rs 1.21 billion).
Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Communications on Monday said news reports that it was acquiring the English Premier League club Newcastle United for an estimated 260 million pounds were false and baseless.
Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Communications denied news reports that it was acquiring the EPL club Newcastle United for an estimated 260 million pounds.
In the midst of massive layoffs being announced by various corporate houses hit by a global economic slowdown, Anil Ambani group on Friday said it is not planning any job reduction and is rather planning to create up to 90,000 employment opportunities in the next few months.
In partnership with different US firms, two companies belonging to Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) have submitted competing bids for a single project floated by the Ministry of Coal.
Reliance Industries has inked deals to supply gas from its eastern offshore KG-D6 fields to most power sector consumers, including Essar Power and an Anil Ambani Group firm.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries will sell natural gas from its eastern offshore KG-D6 fields to Anil Ambani Group firm's power plant in Andhra Pradesh at government approved rates.
The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group-promoted Sasan Power was Rs 2,500 crore short of the roughly Rs 15,000 crore it needed to borrow for the project. Now, India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd has agreed to lend around Rs 2,500 crore. A consortium of 12 domestic banks have already committed around Rs 12,500 crore, with State Bank of India and Power Finance Corporation leading the pack, with Rs 3,500 crore and Rs 1,800 crore respectively.
Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group is looking for acquisitions to start its cement business much before it completes its 4,000-Mw mega power project at Sasan in eastern Madhya Pradesh, which is to provide the fly ash that is used to make cement.
RCom, which, sources say had offered to pick up a 51 per cent stake in MTN through a complicated share-swap deal through which shareholders of the African company would pick up stake in RCom, had asked for an extension of the exclusivity talks for another three to four weeks.
Coal ministry says Sasan coal cannot be used for other plant.
The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group on Wednesday threatened to sue three top officials of Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries for breach of trust and their inability to protect the interest of shareholders of an ADAG company.
Real estate major DLF, Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries, cinema production and distribution company Eros International, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and Videocon Industries are believed to be readying to bid for team ownership rights in the Indian Premier League.
Lalit Jalan, the younger Ambani's Wharton classmate and CEO of R-Infra, tells Nevin John that the company will put in Rs 2,800 crore (Rs 28 billion) over the next three years as equity in various projects.
This will be the country's largest order for telecom equipment and one of the world's biggest. The installed production capacity of GSM electronics worldwide is 250 to 300 million lines annually, suggesting that the order could account for more than 10 per cent of global production over the next three years.
Rival operators' lobby to approach Delhi High Court.
The battle between the Ambani brothers flared up again today -- this time over the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's (ADAG's) bid to seal a merger deal with South African telecom company, MTN.
Reliance Power has complained to Sebi of sabotage threats, ahead of its much-awaited IPO. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries named amongst the key suspects.
Relaince Energy received the shareholders approval for raising funds through issue of securities.
The Anil Ambani group has already readied a war chest for the new initiative.
The Maharashtra government will take a final decision on the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG)-led consortium's bid for the Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion), six-lane sea link between Sewri and Nhava Sheva, better known as the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), within two weeks, said Public Works Minister Anil Deshmukh.
Mukesh Ambani-led RIL and Anil Ambani's RNRL are locked in a dispute over the terms of the gas supply master agreement, whereby RIL is to supply gas for RNRL's power projects. Earlier, the division bench of Justices J N Patel and K K Tated had said it would like to finish the hearing before Diwali, so that the judgment could be written during the vacation. But now, with the government's entry into the litigation, the hearing may not get over before the Diwali vacation.
Anil Ambani-group run Reliance Technology Ventures Limited (RTVL), on Tuesday said that it has invested in the Seattle-based, early-stage company, Pelago Inc.RTVL, however, did not disclose the amount invested in the US company. RTVL is the corporate venture capital arm of the Reliance ADA Group and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Capital.
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