Private power players are crying foul over the government’s instruction to Coal India (CIL) to allot coal “out of turn” to power plants owned by the central and state governments.

The development comes at a time when the gap between the plant load factors (PLFs) – capacity utilisation levels – between private and government-owned power plants continue to widen, and this decision, independent power producers claim, would further impair their ability to service debts,

Mumbai: Toyota Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation on Friday revealed broad contours of their evolving partnership that centres around India.

Within two months of agreeing to share product portfolio, the Japanese carmakers with a significant presence in India have proposed that they also eye synergies by sharing infrastructure such as factories and dealer networks in India.

MUMBAI | NEW DELHI: Negotiations between Reliance Communications and Ericsson for a settlement have hit a stalemate with the Swedish telecom equipment maker rejecting two proposals of the Anil Ambani owned operator.

According to people familiar with the development, RCom had offered either a payment guarantee by an Anil Ambani-controlled company or an undertaking by the directors of the telco and its two units — Reliance Infratel and Reliance Telecom — that the Swedish equipment maker would be paid within 15 days if it withdraws its insolvency petition.

In an early morning development, security forces have eliminated five terrorists in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Tangdhar sector is located in Kupwara district of North Kashmir. The forces foiled an infiltration bid by terrorists and managed to gun them down. Massive search operation is underway to check if there are any remaining terrorists in the region, confirmed Defence spokesperson Colonel Rajesh Kalia. This is seen as a major win for the forces .

Unhappy with projections for 2018-19 made by Punjab National Bank (PNB) in a presentation, the finance ministry has asked the fraud-hit lender to give another presentation with “realistic numbers”, sources said. The department of financial services (DFS) held a meeting with the top management of PNB on Thursday, following fears that the bank may slip into the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) prompt corrective action (PCA).

NEW DELHI: Gone are the days when you could return your Amazon orders as you like, now it might get you banned from the brand’s service. As per the latest update, Amazon recently banned consumers from making purchases on their site for practices like returning too many items.

Hyundai Indian launched the 2018 Elite i20 during the Auto Expo this in February, with a promise that a CVT would be launched in the coming months as well. And now, the Elite i20 CVT has been launched in the country at a starting price of Rs 7.04 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), that makes it the most affordable car with a CVT gearbox in the segment. The CVT option will be available in two variants of the 2018 Elite i20 - Magna and Asta, which is priced at Rs 8.16 lakh (ex-showroom).

In a jolt to private power producers, the government has ordered Coal India Ltd to make ‘out-of-turn’ allotment of scarce coal to central and state electricity generation companies. The order follows a Coal Ministry directive earlier this month that instructed companies like Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd to deploy rakes of coal only for power plants and not other users like captive power plants of private industries.

Market regulatory Sebi has served a notice on ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar on dealings of the bank with Videocon Group and Nupower, an entity in which her husband Deepak Kochhar has economic interests, the private sector lender said on Friday.

Appropriate response would be submitted to the Sebi, the country's largest private bank said in a stock exchange filing.

Essar Steel lenders have moved the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal seeking an early hearing of appeals filed by suitors for the insolvency-bound firm, saying they are losing a lot of money because of the delays.

The NCLAT had on May 22 ordered status quo on insolvency of Essar Steel for two months as it admitted petitions of NuMetal and ArcelorMittal over the bidding eligibility.

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