Narendra Modi took Rs 25-cr bribe as Gujarat CM: Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi Assembly
Fp Staff • 8 years agoKejriwal cited some documents seized during a CBI raid at the Birla Group in 2013, where a note was recovered which said, "Gujarat CM-25 cr (12 Done-rest?)"
Did not influence anyone to give coal block to Birla, says ex-PM Manmohan Singh
Fp Archives • 9 years agoFormer Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told CBI that he did not try to "influence" anybody, nor was there "any undue haste" in awarding the Talabira-II coal block to Hindalco which was initially refused.
Officials, Birla did not pursue any unlawful means: Hindalco
Fp Archives • 10 years agoAditya Birla group flagship firm Hindalco on Wednesday said none of its officials, including Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla had pursued any unlawful or inappropriate means to secure allocation of Talabira-II coal block in Odisha.
Patnaik's letter to Manmohan Singh gave fresh lease of life to Hindalco: Court
Fp Archives • 10 years agoOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's letter to the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in support of Hindalco for allocation of a coal block was prima facie a plan chalked out by Aditya Birla Group to tap bureaucratic and political channels which acted like a fresh lease of life for the firm whose claim was negated, a Special Court on Wednesday said.
Vibrant Gujarat 2015: Companies pledge to invest Rs 25 lakh cr
Fp Archives • 10 years agoCorporates from India and abroad pledged to invest an astonishing Rs 25 lakh crore and signed 21,000 MoUs at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit
As DoCoMo exits Tata Tele, Birlas may be having the last laugh in telecom
Jagannathan • 11 years agoIn 2006, the Tatas and Birlas fell out over Idea Cellular. Today, the Birlas are having the last laugh in telecom, and the Tatas are nursing a loss-making business as its foreign partner DoCoMo exits the alliance
Merkel to Birla: High profile cancellations at WEF even before it starts
Fp Archives • 11 years agoAs this Swiss ski resort town gets ready to host World Economic Forum's annual meeting, some high profile participants have already announced their no-shows at this much-awaited talk fest of rich and powerful from across the world.<br /><br />
Cos without green nod to lose coal block; govt sends notices to 61 firms
Fp Archives • 11 years agoTata Steel, ArcelorMittal, Hindalco, Jindal Steel and Power, JSW Steel, Essar Power, Adani Power, Tata Power, GVK Power and Infrastructure, Ultratech Cement, Reliance Energy, Sterlite Energy and JP Associates are some of the allocatees who feature in the list of 61.
Ambanis, Birlas, Mittals set up 'Electoral Trusts' to fund polls, others to follow
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThese new trusts are being registered under a new framework that provides for mandatory inclusion of 'Electoral Trust' in their names and enables applicable tax benefits for funds given to various political outfits.<br /><br />
Why Kumar Birla's India investments are still on hold
Fp Staff • 11 years agoIf you want to know which way the investment winds are blowing, you can't get a better articulation on it than from Kumar Mangalam Birla, boss of the Aditya Birla group.<br /><br />