The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 07, 2003

Arun Shourie recounts IPCL sell-off process — `There was pressure to block Reliance'
THE Union Minister for Disinvestment, Mr Arun Shourie, today admitted there have been "unbelievable pressures throughout to disqualify Reliance" from bidding for Indian Petrochemical Corporation Ltd. "The pressures brought not just this ... More

Help poor, Kalam tells entrepreneurs
THE President, two Union Ministers, three Chief Ministers, one former Chief Minister, one Deputy Chief Minister, the leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and India's most famous film star studded the dais at the first Dhirubhai Ambani ... More

CAS delay to hit channels' revenues
THE staggered implementation of the Conditional Access System (CAS) is likely to hit revenue models of both pay channels and free-to-air (FTA) broadcasters. Free-to-air channels such as SAB TV, Sahara TV and Eenadu had pitted their hopes on ... More

Packaged water prices going up
IT'S a price war in reverse. At a time when prices of soft drinks have taken an unprecedented dip across all sizes, declining sharply by as much as 40 per cent in some cases, prices of packaged water — both in the bulk and retail segment ... More

DoT no to cut bank guarantees
THE Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has declined to reduce the bank guarantees of Rs 100 crore each collected from Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL), Tata Power Company Ltd, Hughes Escorts Communications Ltd and Power Grid Corporation of ... More

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