The application of Anil Ambani Group company Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) for an extension in its existing power distribution licence to the suburbs of this metropolis has been rejected. It has, instead, been told to join the competitive process for a new one, with four other bidders.
Reliance Sea Link One Pvt Ltd (RSOPL), an arm of Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) which has bagged the Worli-Haji Ali sea link project in Mumbai, will have to pay a daily penalty of Rs 10 lakh for not complying with the provisions of a concession agreement with Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC).
Mumbai Metro commuters get top-up facility.
In what could be a coincidence, the two Ambani groups have separately approached the Securities and Exchange Board of India for settlement of probes by the regulator in two separate cases of alleged violation of trading regulations.
Worli-Haji Ali sea link project was awarded by Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation to the company in February 2010.
Three Indian companies are among the six shortlised to bid for the privatisation of the Male International Airport in Maldives.
Millions of such transactions take place every day all over the country. The finance ministry had recommended that pricing of products/services/taxes should be rounded-off to 50 paise or a whole rupee, but that is yet to be achieved.
A look at few marquee projects that are stuck for several reasons.
Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra), an Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company, is on the warpath with the state electricity regulator. Stung by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission's (MERC's) decision to invite expressions of interest (EoIs) for the distribution of power to Mumbai's suburbs, R-Infra is examining the possibility of legal action.
In a bid to protect the consumer's interest, the Maharashtra government is planning to issue a directive, by invoking section 11 of the Electricity Act, 2003, to Tata Power to continue supplying power in Mumbai.
Under political fire and ecologists' ire, the group hires Suhel Seth, who will work closely with the promoters and the social media, corporate communications and external public relations team.
Mumbai's Metro rail system, which is scheduled to take off by next year, will have a Geographic Information System for mapping the entire rail tracks and nearby areas to enhance safety, maintenance and traffic regulation.
Buy-back worth Rs. 1,000 crore will be funded from investments made by the company in liquid and marketable securities.
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) on Monday said that Reliance Infrastructure-Hyundai consortium would build the sealink between Worli and Haji Ali.
According to market experts, the proposed buy-back may have a positive impact on the company's stock price.
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group stocks plummeted on Wednesday after ADAG chairman Anil Ambani reportedly met Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal.
The dispute between RCom and Chinese banks led by ICBC started after Anil Ambani led company defaulted on its loans to Indian as well as Chinese banks. A British court on May 22 asked Ambani to pay nearly $717 million to three Chinese banks within 21 days.
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The Maharashtra government has decided to play the role of a heavy-handed mediator in the tussle between Tata Power and Reliance Infrastructure. The dispute is over the sale of electricity in this city at regulated rates.
People who want to shift from the Reliance Infrastructure network to Tata Power are faccing problems
Tata Power, one of the power suppliers in Mumbai, has offered to take over the distribution business of Reliance Infrastructure - a development that comes on the heels of a power purchase dispute between the two.
In insolvency proceedings, Ericsson will be treated as only an operational creditor and may end up losing the Rs 550 crore
Reliance Infra has sent a letter to Reliance Industries on September 24 informing the of the shutdown of the 220MW power plant in Andhra Pradesh for maintenance to September 28 instead of a day earlier.
Reliance Power on Friday said it would acquire 433 Mw of power generation assets from group company Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) for Rs 1,095 crore, to bring the entire power generation portfolio under one roof. Global consulting company KPMG valued the assets for the intra-group transfer, the company said in a statement.
Acting finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, in a written reply, said Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Petroleum Ltd was one of the 19 companies against which complaints of insider trading were received by market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India.
Members of the Shiv Sena on Monday burnt a truck and blocked the Western Express Highway in Mumbai to protest the recent increase in electricity charges by Anil Ambani's Reliance Infrastructure. The protests brought the traffic on the arterial highway to a standstill and caused massive jams. Many people were reportedly injured in the protests.
The change-over process was delayed as the two companies differed over replacement of old meters of Reliance with new ones by Tata Power, meter reading and wheeling charges.
An Anil Ambani group company has asked the oil ministry to stop Reliance Industries Ltd from charging marketing margin on gas, alleging that the Mukesh Ambani-led firm was not sharing the revenue and 'diverting' crores (billion) of rupees of the government's share.
In a sharp retort to a notice of gas supply suspension to one of its power plant, Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Infra on Wednesday questioned the legality of Mukesh Ambani-led RIL's warning for not paying an "illegal" marketing margin.
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) will soon be the official owner of the second phase of the Mumbai Metro project. The state government and the company will sign a concession agreement for the Rs 11,000-crore (Rs 110 billion) project on Thursday, according to sources.
Tata Power finally bit the bullet and filed a writ petition in the Bombay high court on Wednesday against the Maharashtra government.
The Anil Ambani group's Reliance Infrastructure and Hyderabad-based Lanco Infratech have so far purchased the Request for Qualification applications for taking up the Rs 12,132-crore (Rs 121.32 billion) Hyderabad Metro Rail project.
R-Infra quoted Rs 42-crore (Rs 420-million) premium over the bids of rival companies such as GVK Power and Infrastructure Limited, GMR Infrastructure, B Sennaih and C&C, JMC Srei and Sadhbhav, sources told Business Standard.
It will focus on sourcing 800 Mw for BEST and 477 Mw for its own distribution system from April '10. Sources said TPC on Thursday officially wrote a letter on the issue to R-Infra, informing them that it would support the ADA group company till March next year in the interest of Mumbai's consumers, and help R-Infra find alternative arrangements. While a Tata Power spokesperson declined to comment, an R-Infra spokesperson expressed surprise over the decision.
Several commercial and residential customers of Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) in Mumbai are planning to shift their electricity connections to Tata Power Company (TPC).
Reliance Defence Limited and Russia's leading developer and manufacturer of Air Defence Missile Systems 'AlmazAntey' have decided to work jointly on the entire range of Air Defence Missile and Radar Systems that are required for Indian defence forces.
Aiming to become one of the top five cement companies in the country, Anil Ambani group company Reliance Infrastructure has chalked big plans to set up plants which entail an investment of Rs 10,000 crore.
The warrants will be converted into an equal number of equity shares at Rs 928.89 a piece, aggregating Rs 3,984.93 crore (Rs 39.84 billion). As in the March quarter 2009, AAA Project Ventures held 83,498,937 shares, representing a 36.88 per cent stake in the company.
The NSE Nifty settled flat at 5,054. The market breadth was fairly positive, out of 2,843 shares traded, 1,599 advanced and 1,166 declined on the BSE.
A market-savvy investor can also use this opportunity to make a quick buck. That is, purchase the share at a lower price from the market and sell it back to the company at a higher price.
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