Corporate Press Releases (India)

CORPORATE  PRESS  RELEASES  (INDIA)  news desk, February 3,2012 http://ibnlive.in.com/news/2g-telecos-owe-rs-10000-cr-to-psu-banks/226886-7.html New Delhi: Public sector banks have an exposure of about Rs 10,000 crore in the telecom companies whose licences were cancelled by the Supreme Court in connection with 2G spectrum allocation scam. "The public sector banks have an outstanding loan of Rs 10,000 crore, of which Rs 7,500 crore is secured (against assets)," a senior Finance Ministry official said on Friday. The Ministry, the official ...

CORPORATE  PRESS  RELEASES (INDIA)  news desk, February 3,2012 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/I-will-not-contest-LS-polls-Sharad-Pawar/articleshow/11743130.cms MUMBAI: NCP chief Sharad Pawar today said he was firm on his decision not to contest Lok Sabha elections in future but made it clear that he will not retire from public life. Pawar said he did not want to contest even the 2009 LS polls but did so under pressure from party workers. "I had made up my mind to withdraw from electoral politics ...

CORPORATE  PRESS  RELEASES  (INDIA)  news desk http://www.ndtv.com/article/assembly-polls/up-polls-not-make-or-break-for-rahul-says-priyanka-gandhi-173087 February 03, 2012 19:54 IST  Priyanka Gandhi says these elections in UP are not "make-or-break' for her brother Rahul. Speaking to NDTV, Priyanka said "Nothing is a make or break election. I'm a younger sister, my brother needs no push from me." On the campaign trail in Uttar Pradesh, Congress' star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi on Friday asked the electorate to realise the strength of their vote and ...

CORPORATE  PRESS  RELEASES  (INDIA)  news desk http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sc-admits-modi-govt-plea-challenging-lokayukta-appointment/907449/ New Delhi, Fri Feb 03 2012, 12:38 hrs The Supreme Court today admitted an appeal filed by the Narendra Modi government challenging the state governor's decision to "unilaterally" appoint Justice (Retd) R A Mehta as the Lokayukta. A Bench of Justices B S Chauhan and J S Khehar said it would examine the matter at length as vital question of constitutional law is involved. The Bench said it ...

CORPORATE  PRESS  RELEASES  (INDIA) NEWS DESK http://www.indianexpress.com/news/still-a-long-way-to-go-to-ensure-transparency-probity-pm/907466/ New Delhi, Fri Feb 03 2012, 14:30 hrs mid the continued attack on the government over corruption, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today acknowledged efforts to ensure transparency, accountability and probity in public life would take a long time. Addressing a Conference of Chief Secretaries here, Singh cited a number of initiatives taken by the government to rid the country of corruption and said these had moved "substantially ...

CORPORATE  PRESS  RELEASES  (INDIA) news desk http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sc-govt-has-vitiated-process-in-determining-army-chiefs-age/907439/ New Delhi, Fri Feb 03 2012, 11:36 hrs The Supreme Court took strong objection Friday on the 'vitiated' manner in which the Defence Ministry had gone about deciding Army chief General V K Singh's date of birth. A bench of Justices R M Lodha and H L Gokhale slammed the government for its December 30 order, in which the Defence Ministry overruled General V K Singh's argument ...