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Manufacturing Funds Flavour Of Season, But...

Manufacturing Funds Flavour Of Season, But...

Rediff.com20 Jun 2024

'Those trying to use these funds for quick gains should avoid them due to risk of being late to the party.'

Bhambri-Olivetti pair exits Marrakech Open with semifinal defeat

Bhambri-Olivetti pair exits Marrakech Open with semifinal defeat

Rediff.com6 Apr 2024

India's Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Albano Olivetti crashed out of Marrakech Open after losing the hard-fought semifinal to second seeds Lucas Miedler and Alexander Erler of Austria.

WPL stunner! RCB players in tears after agonising1-run loss

WPL stunner! RCB players in tears after agonising1-run loss

Rediff.com11 Mar 2024

DC players, including Jemimah Rodrigues and Alice Capsey, displayed true sportsmanship by offering words of comfort to the heartbroken RCB duo of Richa Ghosh and Shreyanka Patil.

Robust summer demand across fans, ACs to drive gains for Havells India

Robust summer demand across fans, ACs to drive gains for Havells India

Rediff.com2 Jul 2024

Electrical Consumer Durable (ECD) companies like Havells India have seen strong Q4FY24 sales and continuing seasonal demand across fans, air coolers, and room air conditioners (RAC) in addition to business-to-business sales of cables, switchgear, and professional lighting, among others. Havells India's Q4FY24 revenue rose 12 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 5,400 crore, in-line with consensus. Strong summer demand led to robust volume growth in fans and RAC and volume growth in cable and wires (C&W) due to infrastructure spending and real estate activity.

'I Have Never Received So Much Love'

'I Have Never Received So Much Love'

Rediff.com20 Jun 2024

'Playing Murlikant Petkar changed my life.'

SC stays defamation proceedings by Jay Shah against The Wire

SC stays defamation proceedings by Jay Shah against The Wire

Rediff.com15 Mar 2018

The chief justice, while repeatedly stressing that he was not commenting on the case before it, also said that sometimes journalists write in a way that amounts to 'sheer contempt of court'.

BEWARE! Govt Can Intercept Messages

BEWARE! Govt Can Intercept Messages

Rediff.com26 Jun 2024

Messages sent through Internet-based messaging service providers such as Whatsapp, Signal, and Telegram, as well as those which are encrypted, are understood to be within the Act's ambit.

A Salute To An IAF Legend

A Salute To An IAF Legend

Rediff.com12 Sep 2024

'There cannot be anyone like Air Marshal Keelor -- he was so difficult to emulate.' Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd) salutes War Hero Air Marshal Denzil Keelor PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC who passed into the ages last month.

Odisha train accident: CBI charges 3 railway officials with culpable homicide

Odisha train accident: CBI charges 3 railway officials with culpable homicide

Rediff.com2 Sep 2023

The CBI has charged the accused under Indian Penal Code Section 304 part II (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), Section 34 read with 201 (common cause read with destruction of evidence) and 153 of the Railways Act.

The Most Memorable Goodbye Turns 50

The Most Memorable Goodbye Turns 50

Rediff.com27 Aug 2024

'Garm Hava understands that the scorching, hate-filled, doubt-filled affair between Hindus and Muslims is our national love affair.' Sreehari Nair revisits M S Sathyu's classic film, featuring the incomparable Balraj Sahni at his finest in his final role.

US presidential race heading down to the wire

US presidential race heading down to the wire

Rediff.com27 Oct 2012

The United States presidential election, which is just 10 days away, appears to be headed down to the wire, with opinion polls suggesting that incumbent Barack Obama's Republican rival Mitt Romney maintaining a lead over him, albeit a small one.

Adelaide Strikers' nail-biting win in WBBL final

Adelaide Strikers' nail-biting win in WBBL final

Rediff.com2 Dec 2023

Adelaide Strikers claimed their second straight Women's Big Bash League title on Saturday

EPL PIX: Liverpool take title race down to the wire

EPL PIX: Liverpool take title race down to the wire

Rediff.com18 May 2022

Edge Southampton 2-1 to take campaign to final day of the season.

Mukand plans Rs 300cr steel wire mfg facility

Mukand plans Rs 300cr steel wire mfg facility

Rediff.com24 Sep 2008

"With an aim to meet the market demand, the company is setting up a steel wire manufacturing facility at Sinnar, 30 kms from Nashik. The company has already acquired 44.65 acre of plot from MIDC at Sinnar and will shortly commence construction there. The proposed facility will cover a built-up area of 15,000 sq mts and company's investment in this project will be around Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion)," the company sources said.

Cummins and Bhuvi showed their class: Head

Cummins and Bhuvi showed their class: Head

Rediff.com3 May 2024

Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Travis Head admitted that the hosts "didn't expect" to end the night at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium with a victory against Rajasthan Royals in the ongoing Indian Premier League.

Odisha train crash: CRS probe finds 'lapses at multiple levels'

Odisha train crash: CRS probe finds 'lapses at multiple levels'

Rediff.com3 Jul 2023

The CRS has recommended that a drive should be launched to update the completion signalling wiring diagrams, other documents and lettering of signaling circuits at site.

Union ministers to meet farmers gathering for Delhi march

Union ministers to meet farmers gathering for Delhi march

Rediff.com12 Feb 2024

A team of three Union ministers will hold talks on Monday with a delegation of farmer leaders, who are planning to march towards Delhi to press for their demands.

India readies plan to be a global semiconductor giant

India readies plan to be a global semiconductor giant

Rediff.com13 Mar 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually laid the foundation stone for a Rs 27,000-crore semiconductor assembly and test facility in Assam's Morigaon district on Wednesday. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was present at the event organised at the site of the facility in Jagiroad, said today is a landmark day for Assam and the North East. "Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji is laying the foundation stone for the Rs 27,000 crore Tata Semiconductor Assembly and Test facility at Jagiroad," the chief minister posted on 'X'.

Highest rainfall in 88 years brings Delhi to its knees, 5 dead

Highest rainfall in 88 years brings Delhi to its knees, 5 dead

Rediff.com29 Jun 2024

Five people died in rain-related incidents in Delhi Friday as Monsoon arrived with a fury early in the morning, lashing the city with its highest rainfall in a single day of June in 88 years which brought it to a standstill with streets flooded, traffic in chaos and some commuters stranded on roads.

Army raises elite unit STEAG for military technology development

Army raises elite unit STEAG for military technology development

Rediff.com18 Mar 2024

The setting up of STEAG is part of the Army's efforts to develop technologies considering the future battlefield, they said.

Breaking the vault: Will MSCI grant HDFC Bank access?

Breaking the vault: Will MSCI grant HDFC Bank access?

Rediff.com17 Apr 2024

HDFC Bank's latest shareholding data showed that the room for foreign investment has fallen just 5 basis points short of the threshold set by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) to fully include the stock in its indices. Currently, the index provider has applied an adjustment factor of 0.5 since the foreign room is less than 25 per cent. Removal of the adjustment factor will result in inflows of a massive $4.8 billion (Rs 40,000 crore) into HDFC Bank, according to Brian Freitas, a New Zealand-based analyst with Periscope Analytics.

GM to recall 155,000 vehicles in India to fix wiring trouble

GM to recall 155,000 vehicles in India to fix wiring trouble

Rediff.com13 Jul 2015

GM India has asked customers facing problems with their remote keyless entry accessory to go to their Chevrolet dealer.

IPO mop-up rises 20% to Rs 62,000 cr in FY24

IPO mop-up rises 20% to Rs 62,000 cr in FY24

Rediff.com3 Apr 2024

Equity fundraising through initial public offerings (IPOs) rose 20 per cent during the financial year 2023-24 (FY24). During the period, 76 Indian corporates raised Rs 61,915 crore through main board IPOs, compared to Rs 52,116 crore mobilised by 37 IPOs in 2022-23, as disclosed by PRIME Database. However, if one excludes the mega Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) IPO, which came out in 2022-23, IPO mobilisation increased by 58 per cent from last year.

How Team India bounced back after World Cup heartbreak

How Team India bounced back after World Cup heartbreak

Rediff.com24 Dec 2023

'You have to move on quickly in international cricket as we now have another important series coming up'

Fundraise via IPOs to hit Rs 1 trillion mark in FY25: Report

Fundraise via IPOs to hit Rs 1 trillion mark in FY25: Report

Rediff.com11 Apr 2024

Fundraising via the initial public offering (IPO) route by companies may touch Rs 1 trillion in financial year 2024-25 (FY25), according to a recent note by Pantomath Group - a mid-market investment bank. During the financial year 2023-24 (FY24), 76 companies tapped the markets through mainboard IPOs, Pantomath said, raising nearly Rs 62,862 crore. This is a 21 per cent rise compared to FY23, the note added.

Wipro to buy NerveWire for $18.7 mn

Wipro to buy NerveWire for $18.7 mn

Rediff.com24 Apr 2003

Wipro has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NerveWire, a Newton, Massachusetts based business and IT consulting company serving financial services clients, for approximately $18.7 million in cash, subject to adjustments.

IPO mop-up rises 20% to Rs 62,000 cr in FY24

IPO mop-up rises 20% to Rs 62,000 cr in FY24

Rediff.com27 Mar 2024

Equity fundraising through initial public offerings (IPOs) rose 20 per cent during the financial year 2023-24 (FY24). During the period, 76 Indian corporates raised Rs 61,915 crore through main board IPOs, compared to Rs 52,116 crore mobilised by 37 IPOs in 2022-23, as disclosed by PRIME Database. However, if one excludes the mega Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) IPO, which came out in 2022-23, IPO mobilisation increased by 58 per cent from last year.

'He Was Alive, But A Captive Of The Chinese'

'He Was Alive, But A Captive Of The Chinese'

Rediff.com10 Jul 2024

'On October 12-13, he started shivering from fear in his tent.' 'That was the time he wrote a letter to my mother to conduct Ganeshji's Atharvashirsha.' 'The moment he finished writing that letter, he told us, he felt serene calmness.'

Prez poll expected to go down to the wire

Prez poll expected to go down to the wire

Rediff.com1 Apr 2012

With the recent ganging up of regional parties on common issues, the coming Presidential election appears set to go down to the wire unless the ruling United Progressive Alliance manages to evolve a consensus on the successor to incumbent Pratibha Patil.

There's More To Life Than NEET

There's More To Life Than NEET

Rediff.com4 Jul 2024

Beyond a point, competition is boring. The fun is in the doing, irrespective of outcome. By the time I was in college, I knew I valued awareness more than success, notes Shyam G Menon.

'R.I.P Bazball. England has been humiliated'

'R.I.P Bazball. England has been humiliated'

Rediff.com19 Feb 2024

Ben Stokes's England were panned by former captains after their humiliating 434-run loss against India in the 3rd Test in Rajkot on Sunday.

'Ramandeep's innings set up the platform for Russell'

'Ramandeep's innings set up the platform for Russell'

Rediff.com24 Mar 2024

Kolkata Knight Riders batter Ramandeep Singh's innings may have gone unnoticed in front of Andre Russell's six-hitting spree, but Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori feels the 35-run cameo set the stage for the Jamaican's explosive match-winning knock.

Aus Open: Hsieh-Zielinski are mixed doubles champs

Aus Open: Hsieh-Zielinski are mixed doubles champs

Rediff.com26 Jan 2024

The victory earned Hsieh her first mixed doubles Grand Slam title, and the 38-year-old is also in the running to win her seventh major women's doubles trophy, having reached the final Down Under with partner Elise Mertens.

Amit Shah's son to sue 'The Wire' for Rs 100 crore for story

Amit Shah's son to sue 'The Wire' for Rs 100 crore for story

Rediff.com8 Oct 2017

In a statement, the BJP chief's son said, ""The article makes false, derogatory and defamatory imputation against me by creating in the minds of right-thinking people an impression that my business owes its 'success' to my father Shri Amitbhai Shah's political position."

40 Coromandel Express passengers might have died of electrocution

40 Coromandel Express passengers might have died of electrocution

Rediff.com6 Jun 2023

An FIR indicated that live overhead wires which snapped when the accident occurred, entangled with a few coaches, electrocuting the passengers trapped in them.

PIX: Women's team finally end RCB's title drought!

PIX: Women's team finally end RCB's title drought!

Rediff.com18 Mar 2024

Over the last few years, the Ee Sala Cup Namde (The Cup is ours this time) slogan of Royal Challengers Bangalore has remained the pet troll of social media army. But not anymore after this Sunday!

KKR Vs RCB: Who Bowled Best? VOTE!

KKR Vs RCB: Who Bowled Best? VOTE!

Rediff.com22 Apr 2024

Dayal, Green or the Windies duo of Dre Rus and Narine?

12 students, pregnant woman injured as 11,000 kw wire falls on bus

12 students, pregnant woman injured as 11,000 kw wire falls on bus

Rediff.com3 Jul 2015

Twelve students and a pregnant woman were injured on Thursday when the bus they were boarding came in contact with a 11,000 kw high tension wire at Bhagwanpura village in Dholpur district, police said.

Burari deaths: CCTV shows how family organised hangings -- from stools to wires

Burari deaths: CCTV shows how family organised hangings -- from stools to wires

Rediff.com4 Jul 2018

The footage of a camera installed outside a house opposite the residence of the family showed that the elder daughter-in-law of the house, Savita, along with her daughter, Neetu, could be seen bringing five stools that were later used for the members to be hanged.

Next-Gen tech to zoom past wired connectivity

Next-Gen tech to zoom past wired connectivity

Rediff.com10 Apr 2008

Many developing countries are using WiMax deployments to leapfrog past copper wires, notes the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Information Technology Report 2007-08. For instance, in India, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, or WiMAX, has been promoted as the answer to the country's last-mile connectivity issues.