South Asia

Child rights activists demand CBI probe

Disappointed with the pace of the probe into alleged cases of sexual abuse at Arya Anathalaya, affected families, city residents and NGOs protested at Jantar Mantar and demanded a CBI inquiry on Monda

Monday, March 12, 2012 (The Times of India)

Oman hikes gas price, India’s $1 bn fertilizer plant hit

A billion-dollar venture of public sector cooperatives Iffco and Kribhco in Oman is in jeopardy as Muscat has trebled the price of gas it supplies to India’s only overseas fertilizer plant ahead of

Monday, March 12, 2012 (The Times of India)

Mundra world’s largest coal-fired pvt power plant

Adani Power synchronized the fifth unit of the Mundra power plant this week, taking its total generating capacity to 4,620MW, making it the world’s largest single-location coal-fired plant in the pr

Monday, March 12, 2012 (The Times of India)

Taxman seeks Jet dues from IATA

Tax authorities have asked the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to pay Rs 70 crore to them on account of Jet Airways’ dues of service tax.

Monday, March 12, 2012 (The Times of India)

FII warns CIL of legal action on coal pricing

The government’s move to change the pricing strategy of PSU major Coal India (CIL) may soon face legal hurdles. The Children’s Investment Fund (TCI), a UK-based FII that is the largest non-governm

Monday, March 12, 2012 (The Times of India)

Unpaid pilots force-land 50 Kingfisher flights

The crisis at Kingfisher Airlines worsened on Monday as pilots and other employees started a no-pay-no-work agitation, forcing the carrier to to cancel nearly 50 flights.

Monday, March 12, 2012 (The Times of India)

Top PwC India execs signed backdated invoices

Apart from chairman Deepak Kapoor, other members of the top brass of PricewaterhouseCoopers India (PwC India), including MD Robert Morris, were also involved in signing backdated invoices. According t

Monday, March 12, 2012 (The Times of India)

Cognizant pays up to 200% bonus

Gloomy global economic conditions have not deterred IT services company Cognizant from doling out a 200% bonus to its top performers for second year in a row. The average bonus payout for its employee

Monday, March 12, 2012 (The Times of India)

Premji’s trust to sell shares worth Rs1.5k cr

The Azim Premji Trust will sell up to 3.5 crore shares of Wipro through the stock market auction route on Wednesday at a price which will be announced on Tuesday.

Monday, March 12, 2012 (The Times of India)

India’s fertilizer plant hit as Oman hikes gas price

A billion-dollar venture of public sector cooperatives Iffco and Kribhco in Oman is in jeopardy as Muscat has trebled the price of gas it supplies to India’s only overseas fertilizer plant ahead of

Monday, March 12, 2012 (The Times of India)

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