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Zydus Lifesciences on Monday said its Rs 750 crore-share buyback offer will commence on June 23 and close on July 6. The drug firm, earlier known as Cadila Healthcare, has fixed July 15, 2022 as the last date for the settlement of bids on stock exchanges which may even happen early, as per a regulatory [...]

Foreign lender HSBC India on Monday announced that it will lend USD 250 million to startups in the country. The bank did not specify the timeframe for disbursal of the amount The lending will be done to high-growth, tech-led startups in the third largest startup ecosystem in the world, the lender said in a statement. [...]

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd on Monday said it plans to raise long-term funds up to Rs 925 crore through the issuance of non-convertible debentures on a private placement basis. The board of directors of the company at its meeting held on Monday also approved the buyback of rated, listed commercial paper aggregating to up [...]

Airports Authority of India (AAI) has requested the government to waive the compulsory dividend payment requirement for the financial year ended March 2022, in lieu of the waiver of Air India's dues done prior to the sale of the carrier. State-owned AAI, which is in the red mainly after the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, [...]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday rejected Amazon's plea challenging the decision of fair trade regulator CCI to suspend the approval for the e-commerce major's deal with Future Coupons. A two-member bench comprising Justice M Venugopal and Ashok Kumar Mishra, upheld the findings of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and directed [...]

Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent has bought stake worth USD 264 million (about Rs 2,060 crore) in Flipkart from its co-founder Binny Bansal through its European subsidiary, according to official documents. Singapore-headquartered e-commerce firm Flipkart has operations in India only. Bansal holds around 1.84 per cent stake in Flipkart after selling part of his stake to [...]

Quick Trading and Investment Advisors LLP and Vipul D Modi have settled with market regulator Sebi in case pertaining to alleged insider trading in the shares of Religare Enterprises after paying settlement amount totalling Rs 2.43 crore. Individually, Vipul D Modi paid Rs 22.31 lakh towards settlement charges, while Quick Trading remitted Rs 2.21 crore [...]

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has picked up a 20 per cent stake in IIFL Home Finance for Rs 2,200 crore, a statement said. The Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund will make the investment through a wholly-owned subsidiary, said IIFL Home Finance, which is among the largest affordable housing financiers with assets under management [...]

Farm machinery and construction equipment maker Escorts on Thursday said it has received requisite approvals for changing its name to Escorts Kubota Ltd. The name change comes in the wake of Japan's Kubota Corporation increasing its stake in Escorts to 44.8 per cent by subscribing to new equity shares and through an open offer to [...]

The Enforcement Directorate has attached a Cessna jet worth about Rs 31 crore under the anti-money laundering law as part of its probe against former CMD of Bhushan Power and Steel Limited (BPSL) Sanjay Singal and others in connection with alleged bank loan fraud, officials said on Thursday. The aircraft, a Cessna 525 A CJ [...]

Sebi has let off Tata Motors Ltd with a warning to be "more careful" in its future dealings in the securities market, saying any adverse orders passed against the company at this stage may not practically serve any purpose for the events accrued over 18 years ago. Apart from Tata Motors Ltd (TML), the market [...]

Sebi on Thursday barred one person from the capital markets for six months and imposed a penalty of Rs 12 lakh on him for indulging in insider trading in the shares of IT solutions company NIIT Technologies. Apart from these, the regulator has directed the person -- Arvind Mehrotra -- to disgorge loss avoided to [...]

In a crackdown on exporters who had submitted fraudulent letters of credit for wheat exports, the commerce ministry's arm DGFT has imposed monetary penalties on two Mumbai-based entities and decided to initiate criminal proceedings against them. The government has banned wheat exports on May 13, but allowed shipments for which Letters of Credit (LCs) have [...]

Cement maker Dalmia Bharat Ltd has said that the government's continued focus on the infrastructure and housing sectors builds "optimism" for the cement industry and the company has committed to a capex of over Rs 9,000 crore to expand its manufacturing capacity over the next few years to meet the growing demand. According to the [...]

Debt-ridden Future Enterprises Ltd (FEL) has defaulted on payment of interest of Rs 1.41 crore for its non-convertible debentures. The due date for payment was June 6, 2022, Future Supply Chain Solutions Ltd said in a regulatory filing on updates received from its promoter Future Enterprises Ltd (FEL). "The Company is unable to service its [...]

German sports luxury car manufacturer Porsche on Wednesday said it has forayed into pre-owned car segment in India. The Porsche Approved programme is now available across India with a comprehensive warranty on pre-owned cars for a minimum of 12 months, including access to the 24-hour roadside service after passing a rigorous 111-point inspection, the automaker [...]

Former chairman and managing director of Religare Enterprises Limited (REL) Sunil Godhwani has been arrested in connection with a 2020 case related to fraud worth Rs 800 crore, police said on Tuesday. Godhwani, who was already in judicial custody in a case registered by the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police for allegedly misappropriating [...]

Markets regulator Sebi has ordered attachment of bank accounts as well as share and mutual fund holdings of Rose Valley Hotels and Entertainment Ltd and its then directors to recover investors' dues totalling over Rs 1,000 crore. This recovery proceeding has been initiated against them to recover Rs 1,006.70 crore collected by the company through [...]

Ace cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni has picked up stake in drone start-up Garuda Aerospace, the company said on Tuesday. Garuda Aerospace is promoted by its founder-CEO Agnishwar Jayaprakash and has over 300 drones and 500 pilots operating in 26 cities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had unveiled drone manufacturing facilities by the company recently. Dhoni was [...]

Describing winning the bid for acquiring a majority stake in Odisha-based Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) as "crucial" for the company's growth trajectory, Tata Steel on Tuesday said it provides enablers to go well beyond the 40 MTPA (million tonne per annum) target. Tata Steel arm - Tata Steel Long Products (TSLP)- had in January [...]

SoftBank Group-backed Ola Electric is in talks with multiple global suppliers to build a battery cell manufacturing plant in India with a capacity of up to 50-gigawatt hours, sources said. As part of its broader electrification push, the firm plans to invest in companies with advanced cell and battery technology, alongside the 50 Gwh battery [...]

The country's largest private sector lender HDFC Bank on Tuesday announced a 0.35 per cent hike in lending rate. The hike, which comes a day ahead of the RBI's scheduled policy review, is the second such move from the lender in as many months, taking the cumulative hike to up to 0.60 per cent. The [...]

Investment management firm Anicut Capital on Tuesday said it has raised Rs 110 crore to acquire equity stakes in startups across sectors. This is the first close for the Rs 500-crore Anicut Opportunities Fund I. The fund will be deployed to take stakes in up to 15 growth stage companies, as per an official statement. [...]

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation on Tuesday said it will invest about Rs 220 crore (3.1 billion yen) in its Indian subsidiary to set up a new factory in Maharashtra. The new factory will be set up near Pune in Maharashtra. Its subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric India will manufacture inverters and other factory automation (FA) control system products, [...]

West Bengal Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee on Monday said the state government has given its nod to Adani Enterprises for setting up a hyper-scale data centre park at Bengal Silicon Valley in the New Town area on the outskirts of the city. Addressing a press conference at the state assembly, Chatterjee said the cabinet gave [...]

Domestic brokerage Angel One, formerly Angel Broking, crossed the 10-million customers mark in May, more than doubling its customer base over the past 12 months. In May alone, it added over 0.47 million new customers, taking its overall customer base to 10.10 million. On an annualised basis, the gross addition grew by 108.7 per cent [...]

Tata Power has partnered with real estate company Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd (KPDL) to set up e-charging stations across its projects in Pune, Mumbai and Bengaluru for the convenience of electric vehicle owners. As part of the wider green mobility adoption, EVs and the charging infrastructure play a key role to mitigate climate change challenges in [...]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has stayed the insolvency proceedings against RHC Holding, an entity promoted by former promoters of erstwhile Ranbaxy and Fortis Healthcare. RHC Holding is promoted by brothers -- Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh. A two-member NCLAT bench had admitted an appeal filed by Daiichi Sankyo against an order passed [...]

Steel Ministry will convene a meeting of shareholders and creditors of state-owned NMDC on Tuesday to expedite the process of demerging the company's under construction Nagarnar Steel Plant (NSP). The Centre is aiming to complete the demerger of NSP from MMDC within the next four to five months, according to an official document. NMDC is [...]

IT solutions provider Cyient will acquire Portugal-based wireless engineering services firm Celfinet for 41 million euro (about Rs 340 crore) in an all-cash deal, the Hyderabad-headquartered company said on Monday. With this acquisition, Cyient aims to strengthen its wireless engineering practice to support communication service providers (CSPs) and enterprises in deploying their networks at scale. [...]

Tata Motors is gearing up to strengthen its R&D with fresh hiring as well as upskilling of the current employees this fiscal year in order to scale up capabilities across various business verticals, including the electric vehicle segment, as per a top company official. In the EV space, the company is looking to enhance its expertise [...]

The government on Friday said it has issued show cause notices to 16 companies, including NTPC, JSW Steel, Hindalco, Vedanta and Nalco, for delays in operationalisation of coal blocks. Show cause notices are issued from time to time to companies which do not adhere to the timelines prescribed in their agreements for timely operationalisation of [...]

Sebi on Friday revoked the securities market ban imposed on Abhay Bhutada, Managing Director of Poonawalla Finance, in a case pertaining to alleged insider trading activities in the shares of Magma Fincorp, which is now known as Poonawalla Fincorp. After conducting a detailed investigation in the matter, Sebi found that "Abhay Bhutada had not communicated [...]

Essar Power Ltd on Friday said it has agreed to sell one of its two electricity transmission lines to Adani Transmission Ltd for Rs 1,913 crore. The sale is a part of deleveraging strategy following which Essar has repaid over Rs 1.8 lakh crore to banks and financial institutions in the last three years - [...]

Cryptocurrency investing application provider CoinSwitch has unveiled Crypto Rupee Index CRE8, to measure the performance of the Indian Rupee-based crypto market, the company said on Friday. The Crypto Rupee Index tracks the performance of crypto assets that represent over 85 per cent of the total market capitalisation of cryptocurrencies traded in Rupee, a press release [...]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has directed the new board of the debt-ridden IL&FS Group to distribute Rs 16,361 crore of cash and InvIT units available across the Group to its creditors on pro-rata basis. The interim distribution award of Rs 16,361 crore includes Rs 11,296 crore in cash and Rs 5,065 crore in [...]

The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has given more time to former NSE chief Chitra Ramkrishna for depositing an amount of Rs 2 crore in a case pertaining to governance lapses at the bourse. "The period to deposit the money by our order dated 11th April, 2022 is extended for a further period of four weeks," [...]

Capital markets regulator SEBI imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on Eicher Motors on Wednesday for failing to exercise due diligence in a case pertaining to issuance of duplicate shares or new certificates. The company has been directed to pay the fine within 45 days, according to a an order issued by the Securities [...]

Travel tech firm OYO on Wednesday said it has added more than 1,250 corporate clients in the last three months, indicating that business travel in India may be rebounding post lifting of COVID-induced travel restrictions.  The recovery is led by small and medium enterprises, traditional business houses and conglomerates, startups, travel management companies and film [...]

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) wants the government to reconsider the proposal to make six airbags mandatory in passenger vehicles, saying the norm will adversely hit the already shrinking small car market and may even impact jobs in the auto sector going ahead. The auto major noted that the regulation would largely impact the cost-sensitive entry-level [...]

IKEA India (part of the Ingka Group), Swedish home furnishings retailer, said on Tuesday it will launch its first store in the city, on June 22. The large-format store will be connected to the Nagasandra metro station, it said in a statement. IKEA India also announced Anje Heim as the Market Manager for the Karnataka [...]

State-owned SAIL on Monday said it has filed a complaint with the cyber cell of Delhi police over the circulation of several fake links in the name of steel major on various social media platforms. "It has come to our notice that multiple fake messages and links in the name of SAIL are being circulated [...]

Axis Asset Management has said that it is cooperating with regulatory authorities amid reports of Sebi carrying out 'search and seizure' at several entities in connection with an ongoing probe in the front-running case at the fund house. "Axis AMC has been conducting a Suo moto investigation since February 2022, with assistance from reputed external [...]

Infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Monday said it has received another significant contract order for Chennai Metro Rail Project. According to the company's project classification, the value of a significant order ranges between Rs 1,000 crore to Rs 2,500 crore. "L&T Construction awarded another Significant contract for Chennai Metro Rail Project (CMRL)," L&T [...]

Tata Motors on Monday said its subsidiary and Ford India have inked a pact with the Gujarat government to acquire FIPL's Sanand vehicle manufacturing plant. Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd (TPEML) -- a subsidiary of Tata Motors -- and Ford India Pvt Ltd (FIPL) have today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Gujarat [...]

Diageo-controlled liquor maker United Spirits Ltd (USL) has announced the sale and franchising of over 30 popular brands to Singapore-based Inbrew Beverages for an estimated consideration of Rs 820 crore. The company has signed a sale and franchise agreement for select popular brands with Inbrew, a joint statement said. "USL and Inbrew have executed definitive [...]

Diversified entity ITC on Saturday said it has acquired a 10.07 per cent stake in Blupin Technologies Pvt Ltd, the company behind direct-to-consumer (D2C) brand, Mylo. The FMCG major in April had announced the acquisition of a 10.07 per cent stake in Blupin Technologies Pvt Ltd, for up to Rs 39.34 crore. "The Company has [...]

Online ticketing and entertainment platform BookMyShow on Friday said that it is witnessing a rush of users with easing of Covid-related curbs as it recorded the highest-ever ticket booking of 2.9 crore on its platform in April this year. The company said that its Transaction Video on-Demand (TVOD) streaming platform also recorded the highest transaction [...]

Adani Defence & Aerospace has entered into definitive agreements for acquiring 50 per cent equity stake in agricultural drone startup General Aeronautics for an undisclosed amount. Bengaluru-based General Aeronautics specialises in developing robotic drones to offer tech-enabled crop protection services, crop health monitoring, precision farming and yield monitoring services using artificial intelligence and data analytics. [...]

Future Retail Ltd (FRL) has denied Amazon's allegations that the debt-ridden firm's independent directors facilitated a "fraudulent stratagem" in transferring 835 stores to the Reliance group, saying the e-commerce major has been making "baseless" and "irrelevant" claims. "At the outset, we deny all allegations made in the said media report by Amazon on the Company," [...]

Torrent Pharmaceuticals on Thursday said it has inked a pact to acquire four brands from Dr Reddy's Laboratories. The Ahmedabad-based drug firm has entered into an agreement with Dr Reddy's Laboratories to acquire four of its brands -- Styptovit-E, Finast, Finast-T and  Dynapress, Torrent Pharma said in a statement. Financial details were not disclosed. Styptovit-E, a [...]

State-owned Union Bank of India (UBI) on Thursday said its board of directors has approved raising up to Rs 8,100 crore by issuing equity shares through various modes. The board of directors, in its meeting held on May 26, considered and approved raising of equity capital not exceeding Rs 3,800 crore, within the overall limit [...]

Infosys CEO Salil Parekh has got a massive 88 per cent jump in annual remuneration to Rs 79.75 crore, making him one of the highest-paid executives in the country. The software services firm has sought shareholders' approval for the reappointment of Parekh as chief executive officer and managing director for a second five-year term beginning [...]

Piramal Enterprises is not fit to acquire Reliance Nippon Life Insurance, which is on the block as part of the resolution process of debt-ridden Reliance Capital, due to Irdai restriction. Piramal Enterprises is one of the 54 prospective resolution applicants (PRAs) for Reliance Capital Ltd and its subsidiaries. As per the Insurance Regulatory and Development [...]

The country's largest mortgage lender HDFC Ltd on Thursday said it has sold 10 per cent of its stake in HDFC Capital Advisors Ltd (HCAL) to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority for Rs 184 crore. With this, HCAL ceases to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of HDFC. In April, Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) had entered into [...]

Domestic no-frills carrier SpiceJet said on Wednesday said it has signed and concluded the settlement and consent terms with Credit Suisse in a pending dispute with the latter. The settlement and consent terms, executed on May 23, have also been filed before the Supreme Court for final orders, the airline said in a statement. The [...]

The Karnataka High Court on Monday extended the stay on the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) order of freezing Rs 5,551 crore in the bank accounts of Xiaomi India. Justice S G Pandit extended the stay till June 1, with the hearing of the case posted to that day. The ED froze Xiaomi's accounts on April 29 [...]

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday said it will acquire an equity stake of 12.09 per cent in Sociograph Solutions Pvt Ltd (SSPL) for about Rs 2 crore. SSPL is an artificial intelligence (AI) software company that specialises in visual AI platform predominantly used to help enterprises improve sales experiences and improve efficiency in their [...]

Tata Power and Tata Motors have collaborated to develop a 7 MWp solar rooftop project at the latter's passenger vehicle plant in Chikhali, Pune. This is the third phase of a joint 17 MWp on-site solar project developed by the two companies, of which 10 MWp has already been installed, a company statement said. The [...]