Essar Oil to invest Rs 6k cr to expand Vadinar refinery in Guj
xEssar Oil, which has a 20 million tonne per annum (MTPA) refinery at Vadinar in Gujarat, plans to pump in Rs 6,000 crore to expand its capacity. The plant started commercial production in 2008. Prashant Ruia, Group CEO of Essar, announced the refinery’s expansion plans at the Vibrant Gujarat... read more »
Why Indians Are Beginning To Buy Houses Online
New Delhi: Kolkata businessman Navin Bhartia’s Internet habits make him a dream customer for billionaire foreign media moguls like Rupert Murdoch. The 45-year-old likes to buy homes online, sometimes without visiting them. In the last four years, he has bought five properties for Rs 4 crore... read more »
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to open restaurant in Scotland
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is reportedly planning to open a new restaurant in the United Kingdom. According to Daily Star, the tyrant is eyeing up locations as he looks to expand the state-backed chain ofrestaurants that started springing up inChina and the rest of Asia before making their... read more »
Why France is seeing an exodus of its Jews
In January 1992, I took my Uncle René to the Bastille. It was our last opportunity to go to the opera. René was about to join his daughter in Israel, ending three centuries of our family’s existence as French Jews – Jews who were as proud of their republican heritage as they were meticulous... read more »
You can hand in pre-2005 notes till June: RBI
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India has extended the deadline for turning in pre-2005 currency notes to June 30, 2015. Earlier, all citizens had to turn them in by this month-end. The most... read more »
S Bhattacharya Appointed CMD of Coal India
New Delhi: Senior IAS officer S Bhattacharya has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of Coal India Ltd (CIL). The coal major was without a full time chief for the past six... read more »
Modi orders insurance, coal reforms after stymied by parliament
The cabinet approved an executive order on Wednesday to implement coal and insurance reforms, a government official said, underlining the administration’s resolve to push through... read more »
Mishbah Will Lead Pakistan in World Cup
KARACHI: Even though Misbah-ul-Haq is carrying a grade two hamstring injury, the chairman of PCB Shaharyar Khan has made it clear he will lead Pakistan in the World Cup 2015. “This... read more »
I feel unsafe to step out of home: Saina Nehwal
BHOPAL: World number 4 badminton player Saina Nehwal feels insecure while moving out of her home after reading stories about regular incidents of rape, sexual harassment and crime against women in... read more »
