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December 2009

• Rajiv Chowk Metro Stn to be Closed from 9 Pm on 31st Dec

• Vivek Sahai takes over as Member Traffic Railway Board

• NTPC to Restore & Conserve Hertitage sites

• No interest rate hike likely in six months: SBI

• IBM wins 10-year deal with Gujarat bank

• Abu Dhabi signs billion-dollar gas deal with Hyundai

• ONGC awards USD 162-million contract to UAE firm

• NTPC signs agreement to prepare DPR for hydro project in Bhutan

• Infosys bags Rs 3.87 bn Karnataka project: Sources

• Pawan Hans Signs MOU with Indiaposts for logistics services

• ONGC raises Rs 1,970 cr through bonds

• United Bank of India launches home loan at 8 percent

• New Metro Smart Cards in Key Chain Form Launched

• IT industry can mark two-digit growth next fiscal: TCS

• GAIL declares 20% interim dividend

• ICSI awards top honours to Maruti Suzuki for corporate governance

• Top Corporate Governance National Award to NTPC

• SAIL bags GSBA- Top Rankers Excellence Award

• ONGC announces 180 percent dividend, two new gas finds

• SAIL may hike prices by up to Rs 1,500 a tonne in January

• Top Quality Honours for GAIL Vijaipur plant

• Director (Project & Planning) of Delhi Metro Appointed

• NTPC Sanyukta Mahila Samiti contributes for old

• BSE to start trading at 9:45 am from Dec 18

• IDBI Bank takes a cue from SBI, to offer homeloan 8.25%

• Infosys opens development centre in Brazil

• RNRL seeks bankable agreement on Krishna-Godavari gas

• Railways bag four Energy Conservation Awards

• BSNL launches WiMAX services

• No case for subsidising petrol, asserts ONGC

• Trial Run Begins on Metro Line-4 (YB – AV)

• SUN Apollo to invest Rs.750 crore in Parsvnath's project

• BPCL develops Environment Protection Technology

• NEC Award 2009 for SAIL's Durgapur Steel Plant

• NTPC to partner Commonwealth Games

• PNB sells 26% stake in Housing subsidiary to Destimoney

• SJVNL donates Rs.1 cr for relief fund in Himachal

• BHEL develops India’s first HTSC Transformer

• GAIL's capital expenditure Rs.49,000 crore for 2010-14

• Railways to run 2,872 special trains for summer rush

• Symantec and Wipro sign new pact

• RIL itself sought permission to sell gas at $2.34 per unit

• OVL signs deal with Russian firm in oil and gas sector

• ONGC planning to build refinery in Nigeria

• Google upgrades search technology

• Nokia to fund four Indian software developers

• ABB bags Rs.506-cr order from Bangalore Metro

• NTPC signs GSAs with GAIL, IOCL, BPCL

• PNB dedicates Ist Disabled Friendly Biometric ATM

• SAIL receives NCPEDP-Shell Helen Keller Award

• Unitech Wireless to offer more schemes post-Christmas

• European Central Bank predicts economic recovery

• NTPC receives NCPEDP – Shell Helen Keller Award 2009

• ONGC to develop gas fields in Iran

• Oil ministry has compromised NTPC's rights: RNRL

• IDBI Bank Ltd and TKM Sign MoU for Vehicle Loan Financing

• PNB Revises Interest Rates on Non –Resident Deposits

• Tata Motors sales up 65 percent in November

• MTNL launches per second billing plan

• ONGC implements whistle-blower policy

November 2009

• NTPC Vindhyachal wins Enertia Award 2009

• L&T, Nuclear Power Corp in $370-mn venture

• Sustainablity Award to NTPC

• Tax Free Bonds By Railways

• ONGC Hazira Plant bags Sustainability Awards 2009

• JSW Energy plans Rs 2,700 crore IPO

• HCL Technologies and Savvion announce Global Alliance

• ADB to fund Rs.315-cr tourism project in Punjab

• Introduction of New Superfast Train on Konkan Railway

• NTPC Power Quiz at IITF-2009

• Wipro Infocrossing inks deal with US mining firm

• Shinde inaugurates NTPC’s First ECBC Compliant Building

• Director (Finance), NTPC Ltd receives Best CFO Award

• OVL to partner with KMG for Satpayev block

• NTPC ranked no. 1 IPP in Asia and no. 2 Globally

• BHEL's new transformer unit in Bhopal inaugurated

• BEML pays 120 % dividend

• MakeMyTrip partners with atom technologies

• NTPC signs MOU to set up Polytechnic at Nainital

• STC presents dividend cheque to Anand Sharma

• SAIL, NMDC sign MoU for Arki limestone mine development

• Konkan Railway Celelbrates Children’s Day

• Coomodity-Wise Freight Revenue By Railways

• MTNL looks to add 20 lakh broadband users by 2010-end

• Bharat Heavy Electricals mulls power plant at Singur

• Bhilai Steel Plant Signs Contract for MES Project with POSDATA, Korea

• Delhi Metro Opens Yamuna Bank – Noida Section

• ONGC, oil firms halt operations in western offshore

• BHEL wins order for Gas Turbine Generating Unit from Iraq

• Rlys to Provide Bedrolls to RAC Passengers in AC Class

• NMDC gives dividend cheque of Rs. 460. 28 crore to GoI

• Bridge and Roof Company (I) Ltd. Presents Dividend to GoI

• NTPC-Tapovan Vishnugad on track to start generating 2012

• BoB, Andhra Bank, L&G life insurance JV gets IRDA nod

• Railway revenue earnings up by 8.31 per cent

• NTPC dedicated a special Feeder to Sanjoepuram

• PNB Revises Interest Rates on Non –Resident Deposits

• SBI MF becomes highest gainer, adds Rs 3,400 cr in Oct.

• BECIL pays dividend of Rs. 1 crore to GoI

• SBI extends 8% home loan scheme

• HSBC Global acquires 0.68% stake in L&T for Rs 628.72 cr

• Tata Power launches FCCB Offering of upto US$ 300 Million

• PNB slashes interest rates on term deposits by 25-50 bps

• SAIL signs knowledge MoU with BITS-Pilani

• PNB Sign MoU with FIM Bank (Malta)

• Maytas Infra bags Rs 790 cr road project

• PNB Extends Festival Season Bonanza-2009

• Chandan Roy appointed Chairman RGPPL

• Bank of Rajasthan Q2 net at Rs 18 cr

• International recognition for NTPC-CENPEEP

• Punkaj Kumar Bajaj takes over as Managing Director, SAIL

• SBI net rises 28%

October 2009

• Reliance Capital Q2 net dips 32% to Rs 156 cr

• MTNL net declines 77.5% at Rs 20.58 cr

• Syndicate Bank net drops 32% to Rs 177 cr

• Central Bank net jumps 3-fold

• Indian Oil posts Rs. 284.4 crore profit in second quarter

• Tata Power net down 28 percent

• ICICI Bank net rises 76% at Rs 1,145 cr

• BHEL bags Rs.5,040 Crore Contract from Jindal Power Ltd.

• ONGC net profit up 6% at Rs 5,090 crore

• PNB net profit surges 31% to Rs 927 cr

• Corporation Bank net rises 52% to Rs 291 cr

• SCI pays dividend of Rs. 220.54 crore to GoI

• GAIL profit down 30 percent at Rs. 713 Crore

• Bank of Baroda profit jumps 60% to Rs 634 cr

• Andhra Bank profit jumps 70% to Rs 274 cr

• Kingfisher Airlines net declines 13% at Rs 418 cr

• HPCL net loss at Rs 136 cr

• PM Dedicates Anantnag-Quazigund Rail Line in Kashmir

• Non-Monsoon Time Table in Effect on Konkan Rly

• CWC pays dividend of Rs. 11.22 crore to GoI

• Power Finance Corp net surges to Rs 329 cr

• Power Finance Corp net surges to Rs 329 cr

• Wipro profit up 19% to Rs 1,162 cr

• Canara Bank Q2 net zooms to Rs 911 crore, up 72%

• K. R. Kamath is PNB’s New Chairman & Managing Director

• BHEL gets order for a 126 MW Gas Turbine Generating Unit from Oman

• IDBI Q2 net profit up 56.16% to Rs 253.74 cr

• Tata Motors Q2 net up 110% to Rs 729cr

• T. Venkatesh takes over as CVO NTPC

• DTC bus fare hiked

• Airtel launches global Ethernet services in four continents

• NTPC’s Profit after tax for H1 up by 13.25%

• Cancellation /Diversion of Trains on Konkan Rly Route

• Allahabad Bank net profit up 700 percent in Q2

• Tata Steel, MMTC join hands for mining development

• L&T Q2 profit rises 26% at Rs 580 cr

• ONGC-MRPL combine sweeps OISD Awards

• Mahindra Satyam bags $8-mn deals in Middle East, Africa

• MSTC pays dividend of Rs. 15.31 crore to GoI

• SAIL pays Rs. 460.81 cr as final dividend to Govt

• Yahoo Q3 profit soars despite 12% revenue drop

• ONGC registers Fifth CDM project with UNFCCC

• Govt approves 5 pc disinvestment in NTPC

• Government approves divestment in power firms

• UCO Bank Q2 net up 38.4% at Rs 208 cr

• Container Corporation Q2 net dips 8.64% to Rs 204 cr

• TCS Q2 net up 29% at Rs. 1,642 cr

• SAIL Chairman receives 4 Excellence awards from PM

• PNB Sign MoU with SAS Motors Ltd.

• BHEL pays 170% Dividend for fiscal 2008-09

• Konkan Railway Celebrates Its 20th Foundation Day

• GAIL India Ltd signs MoU with VMSS for gas distribution

• PNB opens new branch at Mandawali, Delhi

• L&T bags orders worth Rs.966 crore

• IndusInd Bank net jumps 130% to Rs 78 crore

• Glodyne rolls out e-shakti call center in Bihar under NREGS

• NTPC and CIL sign JVA

• ONGC- once again largest winner in NELP bid round

• Coomodity-Wise Freight Revenue by Railways goes Up By 7.50 % During April-September 2009

• Tata Steel to spend Rs.2,000 cr in Chhattisgarh

• NTPC awarded for Excellence in Corporate Governance

• ONGC bags most blocks in lukewarm NELP round

• HDFC Bank net profit up 24.27 percent

• ONGC bags Gold Award for Excellence in PSUs

• AI to deploy more wide-bodied planes on global routes

• Delhi Metro may run past midnight during Games

• Anil Ambani's conciliatory message to brother Mukesh

• PNB International Ltd. Doubles its Deposits in Six Months

• Satluj Jal Vidyut declares Rs.320 crore as dividend

• Bharat Dynamics Limited pays 23 crore dividend

• GRSE pays 24 crore dividend to GoI

• MDL pays Rs 49 crore dividend to GoI

• GSL pays Rs 8 crore dividend to GoI

• Steel Authority sales up 14 percent

• Infosys net up 7.5 percent in second quarter

• RIL net profit at Rs 15,296 cr for FY'09

• La Opala aims for Rs.125 crore turnover by 2011-12

• Railways to send relief to flood-hit states free of cost

• SAIL to import 11 million tonnes of coking coal in 2009-10

• Bharti Airtel partners with US firm

• PNB Revises Interest Rates on Non –Resident Deposits

• Additional Diwali Special Trains on Konkan Railway Route

• Four Soft signs new contract with Smart Logistics

• Sesa Goa to seek shareholders nod for Rs 6,000 cr fund raising

• OBC to open over 100 new branches by fiscal-end

• MTNL Perfect Health Mela to open tomorrow

• Govt. directs OMC's to maintain un-interrupted Supply to Flood Affected Areas

• Konkan Cancel Diverte many Trains

• B. Prasada Rao is new CMD, BHEL

• Reliance Communications ties up with Microsoft

• Govt launches interest subsidy scheme for low-cost homes

September 2009

• BHEL gets order from Belarus

• NTPC pays total dividend of Rs.2968.36 crore for 2008-09

• IEEMA appoints Murali Venkatraman as President

• Reliance, Airtel, Infosys, TCS in Forbes Asia's 50 Best

• NHDC Pays Rs. 80 lakh Dividend to GoI

• L&T bags Rs.2,000-crore order from GMR

• NTPC signs pact with RIL

• ONGC pays Rs.6,844 crore as dividend

• AXIS Bank fixes QIP, GDR issue at Rs 906.70 a piece

• Yahoo to spend $100 mn to promote its brand

• PNB opens 131 new customer outlets across the country

• GAIL signs Gas Sale Contract for PY-1 Gas

• Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 bn

• NALCO gets mining nod for Rs.6,000 cr project

• Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar for 22 NTPC Employees

• HCL, BSNL ink deal to offer low-cost PCs in villages

• NTPC: Globally Comparable in Size and Stature

• SAIL leads Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar 2007 tally

• 1546 Water Resources Projects appraised by CWC

• UCO Bank inks deal with Mahindra for car financing

• PNB Receives Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Shield

• GAIL signs Gas Cooperation MoU with Kerala

• Railways to develop 64 'multi-function stations': Banerjee

• ING Vysya Bank to raise Rs 416 cr via QIP

• Jet Airways lost around Rs.200 crore in five-day stir: official\

• 3G pre-bid conference to be on Oct 12

• Delhi Metro gets coaches from Bharat Earth Movers

• BHEL bags Rs.1,300-crore order for Vallur project

• NTPC may sign gas agreement with Reliance Industries

• BHEL bags single-largest order in Transportation business

• ‘Banks have to cut deposit rates for bond yields to fall’

• MTNL, Dell join hands to offer 3G wireless Internet

• Konkan Rly's New Policy to Recruit SC/ST candidates

• Axis AMC gets SEBI nod to launch mutual fund business

• SBBJ slashes deposit rates up to 50 basis points

• SAIL records 20% growth sales in Aug; sees better Oct-Dec

• K. K. Jha takes over as Indian Oil's Director (Pipelines)

• SAIL, Tata Steel hike prices; others likely to follow

• Bharti to launch 3G service by October 2010

• NTPC not to file separate plea in Ambani brothers' tussle

• PNB Revises Interest Rates on Non –Resident Deposits

• BHEL, BEL to float joint venture for solar panels facility

• Bhanu Tayal to Look After as MD of Konkan Railway

• NTPC to bid in NELP-VIII, scouts for partner

• NHPC gets listed on BSE at premium of over 8%

• Tata Motors Q1 net loss at Rs 328.78cr

August 2009

• RITES Operational Performance Reaches New Heights

• BHEL bags EEPC's Top Export Award

• PNB Gets 5 Awards For Financing Under MSME/KVIC/PMEGP

• Bharat Refractories merges with SAIL

• Tata Steel posts Rs.2,239 crore loss in first quarter

• BHEL wins Rs.190 Crore Turnkey contract

• ICICI Bank launches special offer for new home loans

• Indian IT firms bag British Petroleum contracts

• PPA signed for NTPC- Korba stage III

• HCL Tech Q4 profit at Rs 193 cr; FY'09 net up 25%

• NTPC Signed MoU With NPTI

• More Onam Special Trains on Konkan Rly

• Punjab National Bank opens 07 more ATMs in Delhi

• Reduction in Tatkal Charges From 1st October 2009

• Air fares between India and Trinidad to become cheaper

• Banks to ration free use of other ATMs

• PNBIL Launches On-Line Deposit Products

• S L Raina takes over as GAIL’s Director (HR)

• NTPC -launches 12 adopted and new ITIs

• PNB Pays Rs.364.48 Crore Dividend to GoI

• HP Q3 profit plunges 19%; sees stabilising biz

• RBI, 926 bank branches to accept advance income tax

• 46 Diwali & Winter Special Trains on Konkan Rly

• Coomodity-Wise Freight Revenue by Rlys goes up by 4.77 % During April-July 2009

• SC allows TRAI to fix infrastructure charges

• BHEL invest Rs. 485 crore in boiler division

• BSE's first quarter net dips marginally

• SJVNL pays Rs 80 crore interim dividend

• WAPCOS pays highest ever dividend to GoI

• Chairman, SAIL Bags Scope Individual Excellence Award

• India adds 9.47 mn new GSM subscribers

• PNB Launches Festival Season Bonanza 2009 for Housing Loans and Car Loans

• NHPC subscribed 23 times; to list on first week of Sept.

• Enhanced Train Fare Concessions for Amateur Artists and Police Medalists From 15th August 2009

• 84 Ganpati Special Trains This Year

• Rly Revenue Earnings Up By 5.82 % During April- July 2009

• US exim Bank commits USS 2.45 billion to India

• IndusInd Bank bags the mandate for Haj Business

• Reliance Comm FY09 net up 12% to Rs 6,044 cr

• Airtel launches wireless data card for prepaid users

• Railway officials to 'adopt' stations, trains

• GAIL and RRVUNL sign Agreement for Gas based PP

• Hyundai joins hands with IndusInd Bank for Car Loans

• 47,068 Vacancies in Railways Filled During 2008-09

• Tata Power Q1 PAT up 98% at Rs 377 cr

• Bharat Sanchar eyes 760 cities for 3G services in first phase

• BHEL bags Rs.2600 Crore Contract for 1,200 MW TPP

• Mamata flags off "Only Ladies" special trains

• B.P. Singh is New Director (Projects) NTPC

• MOU between PNB and Hindustan Machine Tool Ltd

• Garment exports tumble over 15 per cent in first quarter

• NTPC Analyst and Investors Meet

• Syndicate Bank Q1 net up 198%

• MTNL's net profit last fiscal falls 63 percent

• SAIL provides special equipped training bus

• L&T bags ONGC contracts worth over $1 bn

• PNB Revises Interest Rates on Non –Resident Deposits

• B. C. Tripathi takes over as GAIL CMD

• ONGC launches ultra-deep oil exploration

• Yashwant Bhave Takes Over as Chairperson, AERA

• PNB launched “Mother Dairy Tie-up Pilot Project”

July 2009

• UBI Q1 net profit rises 65%

• BoM Q1 net doubles to Rs 101 cr

• UCO Bank may cut rates by 50 basis points

• MMTC net profit falls 23 percent

• SAIL registers profit after tax of Rs. 1326 crore in Q1

• IOC Q1 net surges nine-fold at Rs 3,682 cr

• SBI Q1 net up 42% at Rs 2,330 cr

• Revised Timings of Run of ‘Maitree Express’ Train Service

• IGL to Set Up 30 More CNG Stations Before CWG 2010

• Tata Steel Q1 net dips 47%

• Railway Minister Addresses General Managers’ Conference

• PNB Q1 net rises 62% to Rs 832 cr

• Kotak Bank net profit soars 72% to Rs 257 cr

• Spicejet Q1 net profit at Rs 26.34 cr

• NTPC Q1 net profit rises 27% to Rs 2,193 crore

• PNB Launches Its 15th Rural Pilot Project

• Central Bank of India Q1 net up four fold at Rs 267 cr

• BoB’s net profit jumps up to Rs 685 crore in Q1

• HCL inks pact with Chinese eBaoTech Corporation

• GAIL approves Rs. 8,000 crore investment for pipelines

• ICICI Bank Q1 net up 21 pc

• SBI projects a net profit of Rs 11,000 crore this fiscal

• Top-10 cos add Rs 39,000 cr to market cap

• GAIL India net profit dips 27 percent

• CoS Meet On NACIL

• RIL Q1 net drops 11.53% to Rs 3,636 cr

• Power generation in Southern Region by NTPC

• More Ganpati Specials on Konkan Rly Route

• ONGC net dips 27 percent in first quarter

• Bharti Airtel first quarter net up 22 percent

• Indian Bank's Q1 net profit jumps by 52.40%

• Change in Timings & Days of Run of ‘Maitree Express’ Train Service

• Maruti Suzuki Q1 Net Profit up 25.3% per cent

• HDFC Q1 net up 21% at Rs 565 cr

• Canara Bank first quarter net zooms 353 percent

• Wipro Q1 net up 12% at Rs 1,016 cr

• OBC June qtr net profit up 17% at Rs 257 cr

• Railways' freight earnings up by 4.15%

• HDFC Bank cuts lending rate by 25 basis points

• BSNL launches 'BSNL Live' for 3G customers

• Kotak launches facility to open stock m

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• Banks credit growth slips to 19% in Q4 of 2008-09

• Indian ADRs gain USD 9 bn in one week

• Railway’s Tatkal Reservation Period to be Reduced From 5 to 2 Days

• BHEL achieves Major Landmark with despatch of Boiler columns for its first supercritical boiler

• Vendanta to invest Rs 70,000cr to bid for power, coal

• State Bank of Indore net up 82% at Rs 77cr in Apr-Jun

• GE Q2 profit falls to $2.67 bn; 46% industrial growth in India

• Govt identifies 3 PSUs for disinvestment

• Maruti Suzuki launches Alto CNG in Delhi, NCR

• NHPC to hit primary market in August

• India to conduct special audit of top 5 pvt telcos

• Extension Of Special Train

• Construction of New Greenfield Airports

• IDBI Bank Q1 net up 7.6% on wholesale banking income

• Global honor for NTPC Director

• PNB Organises Blood Donation Camps

• BHEL bags Rs.640 Crore Contract for 270 MW TPP

• S. Vishvanathan assumes charge as MD & CEO of SBI Capital Markets

• OVL, GAIL, Daewoo to invest USD 3.7 bn in Myanmar fields

• Axis Bank Q1 net up 70 pc at Rs 562 cr

• ONGC will invest $730 mn in Cairn's Rajasthan block

• NTPC Signed Three Major MoUs With Chhattisgarh Govt.

• PNB shifts Hari Nagar Branch, New Delhi to New Premises

• Punj Lloyd bags Rs.5,904 crore contracts in Libya

• Infosys Q1 net rises 17 pc at Rs 1,527 cr

• Bharat Earth Movers net up 19 percent

• Konkan Rly to Run Ganpati Festival Trains

• Banerjee dismisses corporate structure for railways

• SAIL to honour 7 Indian companies with Excellence Awards

• World IT spending to decline by 6%

• SBI promises foreign posting to prospective executives

• PNB Ties up With NCMSL

• Punj Lloyd bags contracts worth $392 mn in Libya

• Andhra Bank eyes Rs 1,30,000-cr business by end-FY 10

• BoB to open five more new branches abroad, recruit 3,000

• SBI, UBI revise foreign currency deposit rates

June 2009

• PNB Revises Interest Rates on Non –Resident Deposits

• MOU signed for linking Lesotho with Pan African e-Network

• R D Goyal takes over as Director (Projects), GAIL

• NTPC is now 30644 MW Company

• SAIL signs MoUs with Defence construction agencies

• HCL to provide IT application support to US firm

• Railways to Adopt ‘IGBT’ Technology to Regenerate Electrical Energy

• SBI car loans at 8% for 1st yr, 10% for 2nd, 3rd

• RIL, NTPC to sign new gas deal despite legal dispute

• BEML net rises 45% to Rs 172 cr in Q4

• 48 Ganpati Specials on Konkan Rly Route

• Bhel wins Rs 105-crore contract from IOC

• IDBI Bank cuts BPLR by 0.25%

• Gulf Oil's net up over three-fold to Rs 26.74 cr in Q4

• SBI cuts BPLR by 50 basis pts

• ONGC Q4 net dips 16% to Rs 2,206 cr

• OBC declares 73% dividend for 2008-09

• Mahindra appoints new CEOs for Tech M, Satyam

• Union Bank of India raises Rs 500 cr from bonds

• GAIL approves Rs. 7,500 crore investment for Southern pipelines

• Bharat Sanchar Nigam ties up with Microsoft

• 'Maharatna' status mooted for major public sector firms

• IDBI Bank cuts deposit rates by 0.25-0.50% points

• Neyveli Lignite posts net profit at Rs 821.09 cr for FY'09

• Parsvnath Q4 net drops 89% at Rs 11.61 cr

• BHEL wins Rs.105 Crore Captive Power Plant contract

• Satyam Computers is now Mahindra Satyam

• State Bank of Indore recommends merger with SBI

• UCO Bank to reduce rates by 50 bps

• Steel prices to fall by 5% in three months: CMIE

• Korba and Rihand are top Performing NTPC Stations

• Maruti Suzuki wins 'Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award'

• Zee News FY'09 net up 20% at Rs 44 cr

• Spice Comm net loss at Rs 1,015 cr

• 'India's medical tourism earnings to double by 2012'

• Jet, Kingfisher increase fares by Rs.400

• Railway Enquiry Through ‘SMS’ on 139-‘RAIL SAMPARK’

• Railways' April-May revenue up 3.34 percent

• PFC FY'09 net profit up 64 % at Rs 1,979.69 cr

• GIC Housing to sell stake in LIC MF, Trustee for Rs 89 cr

• PNB aims biz of 10 lakh cr, profit of 7,500 cr by 2013

• A.P.Choudhary, ED, SAIL, is new DirectoSr (Projects), RINL

• State Bank cuts deposit rates by 25 basis points

• GAIL FY09 net up 8% at Rs 2,804 cr

• City Union Bank Q4 net dips 7% at Rs 26 cr

• MOU signed between POWERGRID and NTPC with a focus on Common Wealth Games

• No decision on disinvestment of RITES

• ONGC to raise Rs 27,000 cr in next 3-4 yrs

• City Union Bank to raise Rs.250 crore

• Indian wins Finnair prize for best vision of future flying

• NTPC Bags 4 awards at the Great Places to Work Awards-09

• Global IT industry grows 8 percent in 2008, India struggles

• IBM inks $15-million deal with Eureka Forbes

• ICICI Bank eyes robust growth in car, home and corp loans

• ONGC approves revised plan to invest in Cairn's Raj fields

• Konkan Railway Earns Over 120 cr from Ro-Ro Service

• ICICI Bank cuts lending rates by half a percent

• Nalco Q4 net dips 81% at Rs 83 cr

• Oil India net jumps over 20% in 2008-09

• SPML wins consolidated order worth Rs. 105 crore from NTPC

• IT hardware industry wants relaxed taxation in budget

• BHEL bags Rs 375-crore order from Oman

• HPCL Q4 net jumps 13-fold at Rs 5,104 cr

• Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty Elected as IBA Chairman

• SBI raises stake in Nepal JV to 55%

• PNB Revises Interest Rates on Non –Resident Deposits

• SBI's net profit to cross Rs 10,000-cr mark in current fiscal

• Assocham proposes inflation commission

May 2009

• SBI launches DSP scheme for Army

• IOC's Net in Q4 fiscal 2009 at Rs 6,622.96 cr

• Exchange of MOU between PNB and DFC for development of SME & CGTSME

• NTPC signs long term FSA with CIL

• Virbhadra Singh assumes charge of the Steel Ministry to focus on timely completion of expansion of SAIL and RINL

• SAIL Q4 net dips 37% at Rs 1,486 cr

• BHEL Sales surge 40% in the Fourth Quarter of 2008-09

• POWERGRID bags consultancy projects from PSEB worth Rs.1,033 Crore

• M&M Q4 net up 89% at Rs 418 cr, declares 100% dividend

• Tata Comm Q4 net up over five-fold at Rs 302cr

• R. N. Nayak assumes charge of Director (Operations), POWERGRID

• Jet Airways Q4 profit at Rs 53 crore

• POWERGRID lights up Afghanistan, establishes Chimtala Substation in Kabul

• Punjab National Bank launches MoneyGram International Money Transfer Service in India

• Karnataka Bank Q4 net profit rises 37%

• HCL Info bags Rs.240 crore order from BSNL

• BHEL wins Rs.703 Crore Contract for 270 MW Thermal Power Plant in Maharashtra

• Federal Bank Q4 net up 11% at Rs 114 cr

• Google world's top employer for MBAs: Fortune

• PNB Signs MoU With Ashok Leyland

• NTPC’s Profit up by 58% for Q4

• Mundra Port Q4 net up 66% at Rs 151 cr

• Punjab National Bank Q4 net up 59% at Rs 865 cr

• L&T bags orders worth Rs. 518.2 crore

• NTPC Team Bags Three Quiz Titles

• Railway Revenue Earnings up by 11.06 Per Cent During FY' 2008-09

• Bank of Maharashtra Q4 net up 145.24%

• Essar Shipping FY09 net dips 72% at Rs 77 cr

• Ashok Leyland Q4 net down 70% at Rs 53 cr

• IDBI Bank reduces deposit rates by 0.5-1%

• ICICI Bank cuts deposit rates across select maturities

• BoB likely to start insurance business by March 2010

• MTNL launches 3G mobile service in Mumbai

• J.S. Sarma new chairman of telecom regulator

• NTPC to receive largest ever loan facility from SBI

• BHEL bags Rs.1,475 Crore Contract for 600 MW TPP

• Kotak Mahindra Bank Q4 net dips 12% at Rs 210.7 cr

• Konkan Rly Plants 1 Crore Saplings on its Route

• Hinduja Global Solutions Q4 net up 50% at Rs 36 cr

• IOC, BPCL, HPCL likely to get oil bonds worth Rs 10,300 cr

• SBI slashes deposit rates by 50 basis points

• DLF promoters to sell 10 percent stake in company

• Tata Teleservices FY'09 net loss at Rs 159.60 cr

• ONGC to pump Rs 6,000 cr to raise output from offshore fields

• Bharti Airtel becomes India's biggest music company

• BoR posts 84% drop in Q4 net

• SAIL in pact with Siemens for upgrading technical skills

• SBI Q4 net up 46% at Rs 2,742 cr

• Andhra Bank Q4 net up 62% to Rs 201 cr

• Tatas, SBI, Infosys among world's top 50 reputed firms

• UCO Bank posts Rs.558 crore net profit

• UBI Q4 net dips 11 pc to Rs 465.06 cr

• ONGC added 284 mn tonne of oil & gas reserves in 2008-09

• Genpact Q1 net up 52% y-o-y

• IOB Q4 net up 5% at Rs 322 cr, declares dividend

• Century Textiles FY09 net dips 15% at Rs 236cr

• Kanoria Chem Q4 net up 145% to Rs 7.6cr

• Tata group launches low-cost housing programme

• IndusInd Bank Q4 Net Profit up by over 250% to Rs 50.52 cr

• Maruti Suzuki to launch premium hatchback Ritz on Msay 15

• BHEL achieves record Turnover of Rs.5,405 Crore from in-house developed Products

• Arvind Jadhav takes over as Air India chief

• Allahabad Bank net up 55.8 percent in Q4

• PNB Revises Interest Rates on Non –Resident Deposits

• RCom Q4 net profit falls 3.25% to Rs 1,454.3 cr

• ONGC accretes record Hydrocarbon Reserves during fiscal 09

• NDTV Q4 loss at Rs 160.30 crore

• Dr. U. D. Choubey awarded Fellowship for development of professional management

• Nestle India Q4 net up 23% at Rs 197 cr

• Moser Baer Q4 net at Rs 43 crore

• PNB Housing Finance Achieves 32% Growth in Net Profits During 2008-09

April 2009

• BoI's priority sector advances grow 26% in FY 09

• PNB once again reduces BPLR, Interest Rates on Retail Lending & Deposit Schemes

• GAIL signs Gas Cooperation Agreement with Karnataka

• CMD, BHEL, honoured with Distinguished Alumnus Award

• Central Bank Q4 net dips 51% at Rs 62 cr

• Syndicate Bank Q4 net up 63% at Rs 207 cr

• Aditya Birla Nuvo Q4 net loss widens

• Bharti Airtel consolidated Q4 net up 8%

• Aventis Pharma Q1 up 17% to Rs 40 cr

• HDFC Bank bags The Asian Banker award

• IDBI Bank reduces deposit rates by 0.25-0.50%

• KRCL Records its Highest Ever Performance

• Tech Mahindra posts Rs.221 crore net profit in Q4

• OBC Q4 net profit at Rs 197 cr, declares 73% dividend

• IndBank Q4 net up 63% at Rs 394 cr, declares 50% dividend

• BOB Q4 net up 172% at Rs 752 cr; FY09 net at Rs 2,227 cr

• Petronet LNG net up 70% at Rs 204 cr

• PNB Gilts Q4 net loss widens to Rs 51.55 cr

• PNB ties up with SACML to provide Collateral Management & Referral Services

• Corp Bank posts 27% rise in net at Rs 260cr

• India seeks increase in IMF quota; willing to buy $10 bn bonds for now

• IDBI Bank Q4 net up 28%; FY09 net up 17.7%

• Ranbaxy Q1 loss at Rs 761 cr

• Bharat Electronics net rises 11%

• Andhra Cements Q4 net dips 18% at Rs 14 cr

• Maruti's Q4 net dips by 18%

• B. P. Singh appointed as Director (Projects) NTPC

• HDFC Bank FY'09 Q4 net at Rs 630.88 cr

• Microsoft sales drop for 1st time in 23 years

• RNRL FY'09 net rises 4% at Rs 71.54 cr

• LIC Housing Finance Q4 net up 33% at Rs 158 cr

• Bajaj Hindusthan Q2 net soars 89% to Rs 81.39 cr

• Hindustan Zinc Q4 net dips 53% to Rs 551.47 cr

• RPL Q4 net at Rs 84 cr

• NTPC ranked 317 by Forbes Global 2000

• Yes Bank Q4 net up 24% at Rs 80-cr; no dividend for FY'09

• Tata Sponge's net declines 65.46% to Rs 11.55 cr in Q4

• Tech Mahindra loses Rs 6.4 crore on Satyam shares trade

• HCL Q3 net dips 42 pc at Rs 152.57 cr

• iGate Corp Q1 revenue dips 19 pc at USD 44.8 mn

• Wipro Q4 net up 15 pc at Rs 1,010 cr

• ICICI Bank cuts lending and deposit rates by up to 50 bps

• Rel-Power ties up Rs 14,500 cr for Sasam UMPP

• RBI cuts short-term lending, borrowing rates by 25 bps

• Axis Bank Q4 net up 61% at Rs 581.45 cr

• TCS Q4 net falls 2.1% to Rs 1,333 cr on QoQ basis

• Central bank cuts key rates

• PNB ties-up with Honda for providing car loans

• Indian ADRs drop $523 mn in past week; Infosys loses $996 mn

• Jet Airways ties up with Brussels Airlines

• NTPC appoints Ten New Executive Directors

• ONGC receives ‘Leading Oil & Gas Corporate of the Year’ Award

• GAIL awarded Oil and Gas Pipeline Transportation Company of the Year

• Google first-quarter profits up 8.9 percent

• Oriental Insurance's profit likely to fall 78 percent

• BHEL’s thermal sets contribute 79% of the country’ s total thermal power generation in FY08 -09

• Bank of India reduces interest rates on deposits

• SAIL sees 10% growth in steel consumption in Jan-March

• Infosys Q4 net dips 1.71% at Rs 1,613 cr

• Larsen and Toubro in pact with Russian firm for nuclear plants

• Intel profits drop 55 percent

• PNB offers State-of-the art Online Trading

• SBI slashes interest rates for new SME loans

• Energy Achievers Award for CMD, NTPC

• NHAI infused Rs 20,000 cr in highways projects in FY'09

• Kotak Life Insurance logs 39% premium growth in 2008-09

• Microsoft ties up with HCL to outsource jobs to India

• SBI cuts deposit rates by 0.25-0.5%

• India announces largest ever auction of hydrocarbon assets

• India's industrial output falls 1.2 percent in February

• Bookings for small car Nano begin from today

• Now make calls from US to India for 1 cent per minute

• NTPC envisages 3,300 MW capacity addition this fiscal

• Uco Bank to finalise general insurance JV structure by Sept

• LIC India to expand overseas

• Macquarie-SBI launches Rs 5,185-cr infrastructure fund

• PNB Inaugurates its 2nd Branch in Hong Kong

• BHEL mulls Rs.480 crore third phase expansion

• NHPC to develop 10,000 MW projects in NE by 2022

• Banks may cut lending rates by 0.5% soon

• Bharat Heavy Electricals net up 6.29 percent

• Bajaj Auto sales down 14.7 percent in March

• BEL sales up 13 percent, pre-tax profit down

• Banks asked to cut rates; push loan growth to 24%

• Maruti sold record 792,167 Vehicles in 2008-09

• NTPC Signs MoU with Govt. of India

• CWC inks MOU with Ministry of Food

• SBI expects 5% jump in auto loans in north on Tata Nano

• PNB Signs Agreement With UAE Exchange

• PNB Revises Interest Rates on Non –Resident Deposits

• L&T bags Rs.12.45 bn Bhutan dam project 

• IndusInd Bank launches Global Remittance offering ‘Indus Fast Remit’

• PNB slashes interest rates on fixed deposits

• Canara Bank reduces BPLR by 50 basis points

• Vijaya Bank reduces BPLR by 50 bps

March 2009

• POWERGRID signed MoU with Ministry of Power

• SAIL sets 12 mn tonnes production target for FY ’10

• Tata Power begins commercial operations at Mumbai plant

• IndusInd Bank signs MoU with ICRA 

• L&T bags Rs.345-crore order from Nuclear Power Corp

• Free cash withdrawals from all ATMs from 1st April

• Tanksale & Pydah are new ED's of PNB

• Oriental Insurance expects Rs.150-crore fall in income

• GAIL rated Top Gas company by Dun & Bradstreet

• ONGC defers fresh investments in Imperial Energy

• ICICI Prudential ties up with PNB for premium payments

• Govt to infuse Rs 1,200 cr in Vijaya Bank

• UBI raises Rs 140 cr through issue of bonds

• Essar to acquire 50% stake in Kenyan refinery

• ONGC receives Dalal Street Investment Journal Award

• BHEL wins DSIJ ‘Most Investor Friendly PSU Award 2009’

• GAIL recognized as the most diversified PSU in the country

• HDFC reduces lending rate

• NTPC bags Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Award 2008

• SBI to give loans for Nano, distribute forms

• Nuclear Power Corp, BHEL sign deal with GE-Hitachi

• D K Sarraf, Director (Finance), ONGC bags Best Oil & Gas CFO Award

• Small car, big dreams: Nano to hit roads in July

• Electricity regulator to set up renewable energy exchange

• STC pays dividend of Rs 13.65 crore to GoI

• Punjab National Bank’s “174th Branch/314th ATM” Opened in Delhi

• Director (Finance), BHEL wins ‘CNBC-TV 18 Best Performing CFO Award’

• BEE major initiative to save energy in Agriculture sector

• Coal India on a lookout for mining assets in Australia

• Rites Signs MoU with TII for Integrity Pact

• LIC hikes stake in 11 firms for Rs 6,450 cr

• Essar Power gets Rs 350-cr equity funding from IDFC

• POWERGRID enhances inter-regional capacity of National Grid to 19, 800 MW

• PNB sees credit growth of 25-26 pc in FY'09

• CFL lamps to cost Rs.15 each

• Bank of India cuts lending rates

• RCom launches GSM services in Delhi

• V. M. Kaul assumes charge of Director (Personnel), POWERGRID

• LIC cuts home loan rate by 0.75%

• ONGC in 2nd round talks with 3 for selling 25% stake in OPaL

• CBS in PNB Sponsored Haryana Gramin Bank

• Largest Natural Gas for Vehicles (NGV) event in South Asia

• Amas Bank is now Hinduja

• GAIL gets 3 Awards for Excellence in Cost Management from ICWAI

• BHEL wins ICWAI National Awards for Excellence in Cost Management

• Govt imposes 35% safeguard duty on aluminium products

• Coal India allocated two blocks in Mozambique

• Petronet to set up gas terminal, signs deal with Cochin Port Trust

• Central PSUs turnover up 36%

• Tata Motors in tie-up with Union Bank for car loans

• HLL Lifecare to set up 100 hospitals across India by 2013

• Satyam starts bidding process for its sale

• ICICI reduces rates on new home loans by 0.25-0.50 pc

• BoB slashes BPLR by 50 bps

• Union Bank cuts BPLR by 0.50% to 12%

• ONGC board approves about Rs 3,500 cr investment

• RBI announces monetary stimulus; cuts key policy rates

• HCL bags Rs 393 cr order from NIC for 7 yrs

• Tata JV, JSPL get coal blocks for USD 18-bn CTL projects

• IDBI, SBI slash deposit & home loan rates

• Yes Bank bets on north Indian market to grow

• PNB Revises Interest Rates on Non –Resident Deposits

• Merger of Reliance Industries, oil-exporting arm approved

• BHEL to invest Rs.250 Crore to set up a manufacturing Plant at TN

• Maruti Suzuki sales up 24 percent in February

• SBI Life Insurance launches Smart ULIP product

February 2009

• Dr. U. D. Choubey, CMD, GAIL receives “Corporate Role Model” Award

• Steel Minister launches rebuilding of Malvika Steel after SAIL take over

• BSNL launches 3G services in eleven cities across the country

• NMDC pays interim dividend of Rs 401.75 crore to GoI

• A. K. Goyal Joins as Member Staff, Railway Board

• 36 More Summer Special Trains on Konkan Rly Route

• V.S. Verma -takes over as Member CERC

• BEL pays Rs. 36.41 cr interim dividend

• Tata Motors to launch 'Nano' on March 23

• GAIL signs Term Sheets with NFL and Urvarak Videsh Limited

• Konkan Rly's Karmali stn gets excellence award

• LIC ups stake in ICICI Bank to 9.38%

• 208 Summer Specials on Konkan Railway Route

• State Bank of India slashes car loan interest rate to 10% for one year

• Sushilkumar Shinde lays the Foundation Stone of 1000 MW NTPC –Mouda Thermal Power Project

• BHEL outbids Chinese companies; Bags Rs.3,150 Crore Mega Contract

• Steel Minister lays foundation stone for SAIL's 9th SPU

• BHEL pays 90% Interim Dividend on Post-Bonus Equity for fiscal 2008-09

• Genpact Q4 up 51% to $47 mn

• Punjab National Bank Sign MoU with HMIL

• Central Bank freezes home loan rate at 8% for one year

• National Award for Meritorious Performance in Power Sector 2007-08 to POWERGRID

• Five NTPC Stations bag National Awards

• POWERGRID pays interim dividend

• ONGC Signs MoU with Weatherford for Enhancing the production from their matured fields

• NTPC and NPCIL sign MoU to set up joint Venture to Produce Nuclear Power

• NTPC pays highest ever Interim Dividend of Rs. 2308.73 Crore

• SAIL pays Rs. 460.81 crore as interim dividend to Govt

• Bartronics bags Singapore Govt’s order for RFID tags

• ONGC receives FICCI Annual Award for Environmental Sustainability of Businesses

• Bharat Co-operative Bank go live on SWIFT Network

• Websense Rolls Out Enhanced Cloud Computing-Based Security Services

• UCO, Vijaya, Central Bank surge on Rs 3,800-cr fund infusion

• Singapore Air Q3 net falls 43%

• BEML bags Rs 1,672-cr Metro Rail order

• BHEL wins Four Major Contracts in a row cumulatively valued at Rs.7,000 Crore

• NTPC Achieves Highest Ever Generation

• PNB Launches Global Credit Card

• NTPC Vindhyachal bags QCI – DL Shah Award

• MTNL launches 3G Services in Delhi

• Punjab National Bank sets a Milestone for the Indian Banking Industry

• BSNL reduces broadband tariff to promote web conferencing

• SAIL commemorates golden jubilee of production

• Mohan Tiwari Joins As Managing Director, IRCON

• BHEL and KEL to form JV for manufacture of products for Railways and Industries

• ICICI Prudential Life launches Wealth Advantage

• S. S. Khurana Takes Over as Chairman, Railway Board

• GAIL and IFFCO join hands for Cooperation in Gas Sector Projects

• Sudhir Vasudeva joins as ONGC’s Director (Offshore)

• Maruti Suzuki registers highest ever sales

• Kingfisher Airlines Q3 loss widens to Rs 626 cr

January 2009

• PNB Q3 net up 86% at Rs 1,006 crore

• Oriental Bank Q3 net up 82% at Rs 252 crore

• L&T Q3 net up 25% at Rs 604 cr

• Reduction in BPLR, retail lending rates and term deposit rates by PNB

• Sanmar Group of Chennai bags SAIL Golden Jubilee BMQB Trophy

• BHEL Q3 net up 2.4% at Rs 790 cr

• Andhra Bank Q3 net up 34% at Rs 213 cr

• BPCL Q3 net soars 174% at Rs 799 cr

• Maruti Suzuki Q3 net dips 54% at Rs 214 cr

• BoB Q3 net up 41% at Rs 708cr

• Dena Bank Q3 net up 39% at Rs 140 cr

• ONGC Q3 net down 43% to Rs 2,475 cr

• GAIL Q3 net dips 59% at Rs 253 cr

• Bank of Maharashtra net up 20% y-o-y to Rs 121 cr

• Yahoo posts net loss of $303 million in Q4

• Tata Investment Corp Q3 net dips 22% at Rs 35 cr

• MTNL to get tax refund of Rs 510 cr

• Central Bank Q3 net soars 76% to Rs 353 cr

• Corporation Bank Q3 net rises 34%

• NTPC gets best CFO award

• Powergrid sign USD 400 mn loan with World Bank

• NTPC declares highest ever interim dividend of 28%

• Maruti announces increase in prices

• SAIL Q3 net down 56 per cent

• POWERGRID energises vital transmission line in Afghanistan

• Bharti Airtel Q3 net up by 38.34% at Rs 1,976.41 crore

• HDFC's Q3 profit dips 16%

• R-Capital net rises 11% to Rs 132 crore

• Wipro Q3 net up 17%

• Konkan Railway Completes 11 Years

• SBM Q3 net jumps 157% to Rs 182 cr

• SBT profit soars 215% to Rs 261 cr

• Allahabad Bank Q3 net remains flat

• PNB Launches Doorstep Banking Services

• Railway Freight Revenue Goes up by 13.39 Per Cent During April-December 2008

• Sudhir Vasudeva is ONGC’s next Director (Offshore)

• HDFC to slash auto loans by 150 bps

• ONGC to become carbon neutral in next few years

• RBI unlikely to cut key rates in policy: Bankers

• PNB Gilts Posts Q3 net profit up by 563%

• HDFC cuts rates for new home loans for limited period

• MTNL's 3G services in Delhi

• PFC net up 6% at Rs 339 cr

• IndusInd Bank Q3 profit jumps 80%, recovers NPAs

• TCS Q3 net up 2.67 %

• R. S. Sharma, CMD, NTPC Elected Fellow of WAPS

• HDFC Bank Q3 net up 45%

• Defence PSU MIDHANI gets Mini Ratna status

• Airports Authority of India Gets Mini-Ratna Powers

• Railways Commission Computerised Passenger Reservation Facilities on More Locations

• ONGC inks MoU with Australia’s Arrow Energy

• 2 More Winter Special Trains on Konkan Rly Route

• Infy Q3 net up 33 pc at Rs 1,641 cr

• ONGC to invest USD 5.3 bn in gas finds by 2013

• DLW dispatches locomotive to Mozambique

• Maruti Suzuki’s A-star sails to Europe from Mundra

• Konkan Railway announces extension of Temporary halt at byndoor

• Tata Power signs MOU with Government of Gujarat

• NTPC signs MoU with Govt of Karnataka for Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project

• Powergrid enhances the inter-regional capacity to 18, 700 MW

• IRCTC Launches Toll Free 24x7 Helpline

• RAILTEL Commissions 30,000 Kms Optical Fibre Cable Projects

• PNB Revises Interest Rates on Non –Resident Deposits

• Axis Bank Q3 net up 63%

• ONGC has made special arrangements to supply Gas to Mahanagar Gas Limited

• ICICI Bank bags rural marketing award

• Satyam chief resigns, admits irregularities; stock down 48%

• Praveen Kumar Joins as Member Mechanical, Railway Board

• Substantial interest rate cut on Housing Loans by PNB Housing Finance Ltd.

• Temporary Halt For Kerala Sampark Kranti At Udupi Station

• Railways Introduce ‘Mobile Helpline’

• Maruti sold record 56,293 Vehicles in Dec. 2008

• 57 banks registered with SEBI for new payment system of IPOs

• GAIL buys LNG from Shell at USD 11.7 per million to optimise output

• NTPC Stations Record Highest Generation