Andrew Yule to open DPSC disinvestment bid March 10

October 8th, 2009 Lloyd Weber makes new Phantom set at Coney IslandLONDON — Andrew Lloyd Weber has announced a sequel to his massively successful "Phantom of the Opera" that will be set at Coney Island. Weber's new production, "Love Never Dies," is due to open in London in March of next year.

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August 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Steel Ministry has identified two Public Sector Units (PSUs) for disinvestment, and is going to send its recommendations to the cabinet later this month, Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh said on Friday. "We have identified two steel PSU's for disinvestment.

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Tuesday appointed West Bengal Power Secretary Sunil Mitra as the new disinvestment secretary. "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Sunil Mitra, as secretary in the department of disinvestment, ministry of finance," an official statement said Tuesday.

July 11th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday cautioned against raising funds through divestment of profitable state-run units to finance the fiscal deficit, terming this disastrous. "The corporate world is not entirely happy with the proposals in the union budget.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government will raise Rs.1,120 crore (Rs.11.2 billion/$224 million) this fiscal from sale of government equity in state-owned units, according to the budget papers Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented in parliament Monday. In 2009-10, "disinvestment proceeds have been estimated at Rs.1,120 crore which includes disinvestment of a small portion of equity in Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES), Cochin Ship Yard Ltd, Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd, Manganese Ore India Ltd, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, and Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd," the Receipts Budget 2009-10 said.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said the government would go in for disinvestment of public sector undertakings, pointing out that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had expressed this commitment in his budget. In an interview to the CNN-IBN news channel after Mukherjee presented his budget in parliament, Manmohan Singh said: "The finance minister has committed our government to increase disinvestment while maintaining the public sector character of public enterprises." Without dwelling upon the details and the time frame, the prime minister said: "I haven't done any detailed calculations.

June 24th, 2009 KOLKATA - The government is not considering raising coal prices, coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said here Wednesday. "That is not our priority now," Jaiswal said when reporters bombarded him with queries on a possible increase rise in coal prices.

June 12th, 2009 SHIMLA - Expansion and modernisation of state-run steel plants to double their output are among the top priorities of the government, Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh said here Friday. "Our main priority is to expand and modernise the state-run steel plants so that their capacity would be doubled," he told reporters here.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said she had not taken a decision on disinvestment in railways. "No communication regarding disinvestment in railways has come to me.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Disinvestment Secretary Rahul Khullar has been appointed the new commerce secretary, the government said Friday. Khullar, a 1975 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of the union territory cadre, will succeed G.K.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Oil exploration major Oil India Ltd (OIL) is likely to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in September, Petroleum Secretary R.S. Pandey said here Tuesday.

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress-led coalition government at the centre may not offer any further fiscal stimulus as the mounting fiscal deficit has left little room for more such measures, a senior cabinet minister said here Monday. I don't know whether the fiscal deficit we have has left any room for another stimulus...

March 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Mughal Gardens at the Rashtrapati Bhavan will open exclusively for differently abled people and farmers March 12-15. 'The Mughal Gardens will be opened for physically challenged persons on March 12 while visually impaired people can visit on March 13,' an official statement said Tuesday.

January 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Rahul Khullar, a 1975-batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with the union territory cadre, has been named the next secretary in the Department of Disinvestment. He takes charge from Vivek Mehrotra, a 1974-batch IAS officer with Haryana cadre, who has been moved as secretary in the ministry of minority affairs, an official statement said Monday.