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Cairn-Vedanta deal may collapse over ONGC concerns
09 Feb 2011
Petroleum minister Jaipal Reddy has ramped up the pressure on Cairn Energy, saying he would not approve the sale of a controlling stake in its Indian unit to Vedanta Resources unless the concerns of its local partner ONGC were addressed
Pune land scam over-shadows Adarsh, says high court
08 Feb 2011
In the continuing saga of scams, yet another one has surfaced, this time involving lakhs of sq metres of land in Pune, valued at a minimum of Rs3 billion.
Navy, Coast Guard capture 28 Somali pirates
07 Feb 2011
Rashtriya Ispat on major drive to up capacity
07 Feb 2011
Talks on Cairn-Vedanta deal make little headway
07 Feb 2011
The petroleum and natural gas ministry's first meeting with a joint team of top executives from UK-based Cairn Energy Plc and Vedanta Resources on Sunday failed to break the deadlock over conditions for clearing Vedanta’s proposed $9.6 billion deal for acquiring Cairn India
Talks on Cairn-Vedanta deal make little headway
07 Feb 2011
The petroleum and natural gas ministry's first meeting with a joint team of top executives from UK-based Cairn Energy Plc and Vedanta Resources on Sunday failed to break the deadlock over conditions for clearing Vedanta’s proposed $9.6 billion deal for acquiring Cairn India
Talks on Cairn-Vedanta deal make little headway
07 Feb 2011
The petroleum and natural gas ministry's first meeting with a joint team of top executives from UK-based Cairn Energy Plc and Vedanta Resources on Sunday failed to break the deadlock over conditions for clearing Vedanta’s proposed $9.6 billion deal for acquiring Cairn India
2G scam: Karunanidhi serves libel notice on Swamy
07 Feb 2011
Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday served a legal notice on Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy to publicly retract his statement seeking to implicate him in the 2G scam or face a civil and criminal defamation suit
MocoSpace looking at buying MySpace
05 Feb 2011
Swamy names Karunanidhi as co-accused in 2G spectrum case
05 Feb 2011
While Raja and two of his aides were arrested on Wednesday, several others connected with the country's biggest scam are walking free
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