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Articles 121 through 220 of 204:
- Cops Arrest Mumbai Lashkar Chief, He’S ‘Brother’ Of Bangalore Techie (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The Anti-Terrorist Squad tonight arrested Faizal Atur Rehman Sheikh (27), who Crime Branch officials say heads the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s Mumbai operations. ATS officers are now investigating how involved he is in the serial blasts of Terrible Tuesday.
- Funds For Property (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 21, 2006)
Though the concept bristles with problems, Real Estate Mutual Funds can be win-win for investors and the property market.
- Nice After Excess Land: Sc Told (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Karnataka has claimed before the Supreme Court that it has in its possession new material showing that the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) would have excess land of 3,633 acres in Bangalore...
- Hdfc Bank Q1 Net Up 30 Pct, Rates A Worry (Reuters, M.C. Govardhana Rangan, Jul 15, 2006)
India's third-most valuable lender, HDFC Bank Ltd., on Friday reported a 30 percent jump in quarterly profit, matching expectations on strong loans growth and higher income from other services.
- Leveraging India Post's Strength (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Jul 13, 2006)
The strengths of India Post are its long tradition of handling financial services, its wide reach among the mass market and its credibility and trust, says R. VAIDYANATHAN, arguing that more flexibility and autonomy can help the behemoth provide the . . .
- A Step Towards Privatisation Of Nalco (Frontline, V. Sridhar, Jul 08, 2006)
The government's decision to sell 10 per cent of its stake in Nalco meets with stiff resistance in Orissa.
- Uti Mutual Fund Ties Up With Central Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2006)
UTI Mutual Fund (UTI MF) and Central Bank of India have entered into strategic tie-up for distribution of UTI MF schemes. Under the agreement, Central Bank of India will distribute the entire bouquet of UTI MF's schemes across the bank's selected . . .
- Central Bank Seeks Nod For Restructuring (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Central Bank of India (CBI) has approached the Union Finance Ministry for its approval on restructuring its capital base after which it plans to go for listing in the stock markets, CBI chairperson H A Daruwalla said here on Monday.
- Icici Bank Moves Up Lending Rates By 50 Bps (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2006)
ICICI Bank today raised lending rates, including those for home loans, by 50 basis points to protect its margins. The hike comes just a day after the Reserve Bank of India raised its repo and reverse repo rates by 25 basis points.
- Icici Bank Moves Up Lending Rates By 50 Bps (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 10, 2006)
ICICI Bank today raised lending rates, including those for home loans, by 50 basis points to protect its margins.
- `Capital Markets A Private Club' (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Jun 07, 2006)
IT is rare to find a market insider who has a cautionary tale to tell during the height of a boom. Prithvi Haldea, managing director of Prime Database, which tracks the initial public offers (IPO) market, is one such voice.
- Numbers Game (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 06, 2006)
The latest numbers on assets under management (AUM) of mutual funds put out by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) show the days of one mutual fund behemoth dominating the entire industry are clearly over.
- Bank To Re-Open Its Purse-Strings For Mumbai Transport Project (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Jun 04, 2006)
World Bank team in city, Govt says progress on resettlement, rehabilitation of those dislocated on track; no dates for funds yet
- Bank To Re-Open Its Purse-Strings For Mumbai Transport Project (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Jun 03, 2006)
World Bank team in city, Govt says progress on resettlement, rehabilitation of those dislocated on track; no dates for funds yet
- When The Market Fell By 10% In Two Days (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 28, 2006)
Only the most naive or foolish investors would say that a sharp correction in the capital market was either unanticipated or unwarranted.
- Global Blows And Govt-Inspired Desi Rescue Act (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
The second anniversary was almost as bad as the debut for the Manmohan Singh government.
- When The Market Fell By 10% In Two Days (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, May 22, 2006)
Only the most naive or foolish investors would say that a sharp correction in the capital market was either unanticipated or unwarranted.
- Atm-Cum-Debit Card For Lic Customers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
The Life Insurance Corporation of India on Thursday launched a prepaid `Annuity Card' to help its policyholders withdraw pension and annuities from UTI ATMs and shop at various outlets in India and abroad.
- `Human Bomb' Loots Uti Bank (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
A youth posing as a human bomb decamped with Rs. 40 lakh from the UTI Bank's Vikaspuri branch in West Delhi on Monday.
- Uti Bank Robbed Of Rs. 40 Lakhs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2006)
"Human bomb" vanishes with bags containing the money
- Miles To Go For Mfs (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 05, 2006)
The latest figures available of assets under management (AUM) of domestic mutual funds show just how competitive the industry has become. The only constant factor is of the top few players swapping places among themselves in the league tables.
- Let’S All Share (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Apr 30, 2006)
But for a minor glitch, it could well be one of the best explained, best researched Sebi orders. Released late Thursday evening, this 94,473-word, 252-page order, that attempts to bring credibility and confidence in the capital markets, seeks to track . .
- Today's Editorial: Taking Stock (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 30, 2006)
Those who thought market scams in India were history have been proved wrong. SEBI has investigated irregular practices in 105 IPOs floated between 2003 and 2005 and barred 24 entities, including Karvy and Indiabulls, from opening fresh dematerialised . .
- Let’S All Share (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Apr 29, 2006)
But for a minor glitch, it could well be one of the best explained, best researched Sebi orders.
- Taking Stock (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 29, 2006)
Those who thought market scams in India were history have been proved wrong. SEBI has investigated irregular practices in 105 IPOs floated between 2003 and 2005 and barred 24 entities, including Karvy and Indiabulls, from opening fresh dematerialised . .
- Scam-Jolted Stocks Settle (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 29, 2006)
Stocks tumbled and the sensitive index plunged almost 500 points at the start of trading today in reaction to the market regulator’s trading ban on 24 operators last night.
- Gold Rush In The Desert (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, Apr 27, 2006)
The South Asian subcontinent is such a "self-contained whole" that, to the people who live in it, the paradigms that operate it almost come across as "global paradigms". This is an assumption that is as misleading as it is inaccurate.
- Now Domestic Money (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Apr 20, 2006)
With the Sensex once again hitting a new high point on Wednesday, falling only marginally short of the 12,000-point mark, bulls are back in business after a brief fright last week.
- Ndtv: Weak Signal (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Apr 19, 2006)
Burdened by increasing employee and other expenses, NDTV’s operating profit margin for FY06 plummeted 1000 basis points to under 20 per cent while the net profit (before minority interest and ESOP) fell 25 per cent to Rs 27.5 crore.
- Sensex Zooms 302 Points On Encouraging Corporate Results (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Heavy buying in blue chip stocks by domestic funds
- Cbi Plea For Closure Of Case Rejected (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
A Special court for CBI cases here has turned down a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to close a case of criminal conspiracy and corruption against six former Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) engineers saying that there was . . .
- Metro Crosses Another Hurdle (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
In a decision that could lead to faster approval of the Bangalore Metro project by the Centre, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday accepted the recommendation of the Group of Ministers (GoM) that operation and maintenance of metro rail systems and the . . .
- Centre Says ‘No’ To Sbi Staff Demand (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The employees’ demand would not be entertained as it would lead to similar demands by the staff of other banks, a Finance Ministry official said in New Delhi, where the SBI unions and management representatives are scheduled to meet on Wednesday
- Sbi Stir Hits Customers Hard (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
State Bank of India’s operations remained crippled throughout the country for the second day today, but the government made it clear it would not oblige the bank’s employees, who have struck work indefinitely demanding higher pension.
- Sbi Turns To Other Banks' Atms For Help (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Millions of State Bank of India (SBI) customers, tired of ATMs running dry, heaved a sigh of relief as the bank on Tuesday waived off the Rs 30 per transaction interchange fee it charges them for using ATMs of other banks.
- Sbi Turns To Shared Atms In Strike (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The money-spewing machines that never sleep have gone bankrupt.
- Singapore Considering Sez In India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Singapore is actively considering developing a Special Economic Zone in India to bring in a large range of industries. It has proposed setting up a study team to enhance cooperation in the banking sector.
- Small Is Bountiful (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 20, 2006)
If this bull run on the Indian bourses is different from its earlier avatars, it is not infallible either. The maturing of mutual funds (MFs) has lent depth and stability to markets, drawing both traditional and new retail investors.
- Uti Bank Hikes Lending Rate (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2006)
Close on the heels of ICICI Bank's increase of its prime lending rate to 12.75 per cent, UTI Bank has also announced a hike in PLR.
- Just Get Me My Pan, By Hook Or By Crook (The Financial Express, Vivek Law, Mar 14, 2006)
PAN or permanent account number is today, in many ways, similar to what the passport was a few years before.
- Work On Seven-Kilometre Stretch Of Metro Rail Likely To Start Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The stretch between the cricket stadium and Byappanahalli will be covered initially
Metro to have a logo of its own
The project cost isRs. 6,300 crores
It will have standard gauge
BEML to build coaches which will costRs. 853 crores
- Mittal Versus Arcelor: The Hypocrisy Within (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Mar 06, 2006)
Lakshmi Mittal is the kind of guy who makes India proud. He represents the new, confident and successful face of India that is able to give the jitters to businessmen and governments around the world.
- Cm Set To Board Metro Project (Deccan Herald, B S Arun, Feb 22, 2006)
The new chief minister, on his second visit to New Delhi, will on Wednesday morning take a personal look at the way the world-class Delhi Metro is run.
- Bursting With Life! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
I feel that the only way to review this remarkable book is to describe it carefully at the macro and micro levels and let the reader judge for himself. It has the shape, size, looks and feel of the particularly splendid coffee table book . . .
- Getting Curiouser (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Feb 19, 2006)
Helios & Matheson’s (H&M) $19 million cash deal to acquire vMoksha, which had sent its share price soaring past Rs 225 last year, is getting curiouser.
- Sebi Raps 14 Brokers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India on Thursday issued censure/warning to 14 brokers for various shortcomings, including not having a written code of internal procedure for prevention of insider trading. While eight brokers, including UTI Securitie
- Sebi Pulls Up Uti Securities (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday warned UTI Securities of “stringent action” after going through a two-year inspection report (April 2001 to April 2003).
- How To Read The Signs (Telegraph, DIPANKAR BOSE, Jan 18, 2006)
Something is wrong with the Indian economy. Otherwise, how could the Sensex zoom from 700 to 8000 points in 55 days and then go over the 8800 mark in less than a month, ignoring major negative signs like the soaring oil price, the Mumbai floods, . . .
- Welcome Nris, You May Soon Get To Vote In India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that the demand for voting rights by NRIs in the Gulf has a convincing basis and that the proposal for granting voting rights to Indians living abroad is at an advanced stage of consideration.
- E-Remittance Gateway Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Easy facility for NRIs to send money
It enables NRIs and People of Indian Origin to send money to 14,500 Real Time Global Settlements (RTGS) across the country instantly
- Pm Promises Voting Rights To Overseas Indians (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
After granting citizenship to Overseas Indians, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced that they would soon be granted voting rights.
- Optimism Again Over Metro Rail Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Political conflicts threatened the project last year
Cost escalation factory may be difficult for BMRCL
A few of the 25 companies which bid for the project were short-listed
- Postal Life Insurance (Hindu, T.M. Sundararaman, Jan 01, 2006)
Allowing status quo ante is in government's interest
FROM A recent news item it is seen that the Ministry of Finance proposes to hand over the Fund management of the Postal Life Insurance to the Postal Administration.
- Uti Dividend (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 17, 2005)
The Unit Trust of India (UTI) declared 50 per cent tax-free dividend (Rs 5 per unit on the face value of Rs 10).
- Subsidy On Icecream, Anyone? (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Dec 09, 2005)
Did you receive an annual statement of balance for your provident fund with the EPFO on September 30? If not, you should worry. The records for as many as 85 per cent of accounts with the EPFO have apparently not been maintained properly.
- Credit Boom, But Where Are The Profits? (Business Line, A. S. Ramasastri, Nov 29, 2005)
Given the upheaval that banks faced in 2004-05, both in terms of a substantial increase in bank credit and the marginal rise in interest rates, the banking sector's profitability ought to have improved.
- Uti Needs Radical Makeover (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 28, 2005)
UTI continues to hold the top position in terms of assets under management. But, there is little room for cheer when its evaluation in crucial areas such as fund management, marketing practices and quality of customer support is done.
- Mfs Await Nod On Foreign Equity Investment (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 23, 2005)
With market regulator Sebi having no objection, leading mutual funds including UTI AMC are now awaiting Reserve Bank of India’s nod to invest in the equity of Fortune-500 companies.
- Anil Ambani Sets Sight On Uti Securities (Business Standard, Kausik Datta, Nov 14, 2005)
Reliance Capital submitted an EoI last week.
- Hewitt Associates Seeks A Role In New Pension System (Business Line, Sarbajeet K. Sen, Nov 14, 2005)
SEVERAL entities have expressed interest in taking up the role of central record-keeping authority, which will be the most crucial link in the New Pension System (NPS).
- Icici Bank May Sell 10% Arcil Stake (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
ICICI Bank, which holds 29.58 per cent stake in Asset Reconstruction Company of India (Arcil), is expected to sell 10 per cent stake following the government’s decision to open up the foreign director investment (FDI) route for asset reconstruction . . .
- Govt Nod For 49% Fdi In Asset Recast Firms (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
Bars FIIs from equity participation in firms buying NPAs
- Politics Of Accusation, Culture Of Suspicion (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 10, 2005)
The Volcker storm goes beyond Natwar Singh's travails. The cumulative consequence is that attention gets diverted from serious issues of policies and programmes.
- Large-Scale Buying In Indian Companies By Mutual Funds (Business Line, Nilanjan Dey, Nov 10, 2005)
The asset management space is agog at this moment, thanks to large deals by fund houses involving a number of companies.
- More Political Than Strategic (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 01, 2005)
A decision on the sale consideration for the transfer of the Government's original stake in the UTI Asset Management Company to its current sponsors marks the final step in the restructuring of the Unit Trust of India that began a few years ago with ...
- Uti Amc Sale To 4 Sponsors Cleared (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
Transfer likely to become effective from Oct. 1
- Support Prices For Rabi Crops Increased (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2005)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), on Thursday, approved upward revision in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) of the fair average quality of rabi crops of 2005-06, to be marketed in 2006-07.
- Uti Liable For Postal Lapse: Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2005)
"Pay Rs. 3.35 crores to unit holders"
Mere posting of cheques will not amount to payment
No contract between UTI and the post office on liability for non-delivery
Consumer forums directed UTI to make payment
- Centre Smells Scam, Asks Agencies To Probe Market (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2005)
Alert against cooperatives-broker nexus, black money flow
- Uti Mf To Launch Gold Etf (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 10, 2005)
UTI Mutual Fund is all set to launch a new fund plan Gold ETF (exchange traded fund).
- Singapore Pitch In Eu Bank Chorus (Telegraph, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 08, 2005)
European banks want India to bestow on them the privileges given to their Singapore rivals under a comprehensive economic co-operation agreement
- Lic's Udupi Division Tops In "Bima School" (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Senior Divisional Manager of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) Ltd. Jyoti Kumar Sen on Thursday said that the Udupi Division has sold 80,000 policies netting a premium of Rs. 40 crores as on August 15, 2005.
- Lic Udupi Division Sells 80,000 Policies This Fiscal (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 03, 2005)
Udupi division of the Life Insurance Corporation of India has topped the South Central Zone consisting of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in first premium income.
- Banks Pushing Up Deposit Rates For Elders (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2005)
There may be some comfort in store for those in the sunset phase as banks push up term deposit rates for them and a general appreciation in interest rates appears imminent.
- No Tax For Women With Income Up To Rs 1.35 Lakh (Tribune, S.C. Vasudeva, Aug 29, 2005)
Q. I am a teacher, my annual income is Rs 1,25,000 for the financial year 2005-06, Assessment Year 2006-07 being lady my age is 47 years. Detail of Income as under:
- Tcs Plans To Move Sebi On Exemption (Business Standard, Rajesh S Kurup, Aug 29, 2005)
The company may seek an exemption from offering a 25% stake to public.
- Brokers Raise Eyebrows On Sebi Official’S Statement (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
The broking community has expressed its surprise at the statement made by a Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) director on the BSE Sensex surging to a peak of 16,000 points in future.
- No Damage Done (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 17, 2005)
Mutual funds moving out of IT to other scrips
- Interest Rates Should Remain Stable: Cmie (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2005)
Depsite a buoyant capital market corporates are taking the loan route to fund their expansion plans, finds the review.
- B'lore Metro Rail Gets A Green Signal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2005)
The Public Investment Board clearance would mean that the project file would now reach the CCEA for final approval.
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