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Govt Likely To Sell Bharat Petroleum To Global Firm

New Delhi: Yet another state-run company is likely to go up for sale. This time it is Bharat Petroleum Corp. In a bid to lure multinational companies in the domestic fuel retailing and to boost competition in the largely state-owned sector,…

India’s GDP Growth Slumps To Six-Year Low Of 5%

New Delhi: In what can be seen as a contraction in the Indian economy, India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) came down to 5 per cent in April-June quarter from 5.8 per cent in the previous quarter. The quarterly figures were released on…

Centre Announces Mega Bank Mergers

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday announced the merger of 10 nationalised banks, thus bringing down their number from 27 to only 12. The announcement was made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as part of the government's push to revive…

ITC Not To Acquire Stake In Cafe Coffee Day

Kolkata: City-based conglomerate ITC has poured cold water on the initial euphoria in the market that it is planning to acquire a stake in Cafe Coffee Day. According to a report in Economic Times on Wednesday evening, ITC said it was not…

Sridhar Patro To Be Nalco’s Next CMD

Bhubaneswar: National Aluminium Company Limited's (Nalco) Director (Finance) Sridhar Patro will succeed Tapan Kumar Chand as the Navratna PSU's Chairman-cum-Managing Director, official sources said on Wednesday. The Department of Personnel…