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In what seems to be last attempt, government has finally decided to revive by merging the two loss-making state-owned telecom companies Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd ( BSNL ) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd ( MTNL ) . The two telecom companies have been bleeding and their subscriber base dwindling as competitors such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio had rolled out pan India 4-G services and cut prices on voice and data. MTNL , which is largely present in cities such as Delhi and Mumbai, will act as a unit of BSNL until the merger is completed. While MTNL is listed, BSNL is not listed. The two companies have a total debt of Rs 40,000 crore. The merger bill will be about Rs 70,000 crore which includes voluntary retirement scheme (VRS), capital infusion, goods and service tax and bond guarantee. The Centre will raise Rs 15,000 core through sovereign bonds to strengthen the two-state run telecom companies and the government will monetise telecom a...

The BK Birla group-controlled Mangalam Cement Ltd and Mangalam Timber Products Ltd have been merged to attain value of scale. The consolidation will help in efficient utilization of their resources, reduction in overheads and other expenses and improvement in other parameters. Mangalam Timber Products Limited (MTPL), a listed company primarily engaged in the manufacture of Medium Density Fibre Board (MDF) and sells its products under the brand name “DURATUFF”. MDF is used in making furniture, Particle board, Doors and all kind of carpentry all kinds of carpentry work. Mangalam Cement Limited (MCL), a listed company having registered office in Kota Rajasthan. A well-established cement manufacturing company having two cement manufacturing plants located at Morak, Rajasthan and Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh producing Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC) and marketed under the brand name of "Birla Uttam" . MCL has also set up two Captive Thermal Po...

In the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) of Jet Airways (India) Ltd ., the question came up for discussion on the validity and priority of the Insolvency proceedings being conducted at a country outside India, where the CIRP for Jet Airways is already initiated under Indian  Insolvency Code, 2016. Jet Airways has properties in India and outside India as well. When CIRP  against Jet Airways started under the Code in India where Registered Office of the ‘Corporate Debtor’ is situated and similar proceedings were already started at Netherland (North-Holland), where the Regional Hub of the ‘Corporate Debtor’ is situated. Precisely, two parallel insolvency proceedings are being carried out in case of Jet Airways (Corporate Debtor) in India, and in Netherland based on different territorial jurisdiction. In Netherland, Jet Airways was declared bankrupt in response to a complaint filed by two European creditors where a Dutch court administrator is appointed who app...

In order to make a larger presence in India, Total SA will buy a 37.4% stake in Ahmedabad-based Adani Gas Ltd for Rs 6,200 crore. The French energy giant has made an open offer to public shareholders of Adani Gas to acquire up to 25% stake. It has offered to buy shares at 149.63 apiece, which was 8.7% higher than the previous day of the announcement. The deal is an indication of rising global interest in India's oil and gas sector. Total SA will purchase 37.4% shares in Adani Gas Limited through a tender offer to public shareholders to acquire up to 25.2% shares subject to applicable regulations and purchase the residual shares from Adani Family. Adani Family and TOTAL SA shareholders shall ultimately hold 37.4% each and public shareholders shall hold remaining 25.2%. as Securities and Exchange Board of India norms mandate listed companies to maintain minimum public shareholding of 25%. The partnership will help develop regasification terminals including Dharma Ltd on the ...

The board of Infibeam Avenues approved demerger of E-commerce business of NSI Infinium and its Theme park & Software business into Suvidhaa and DRC Systems respectively, which will be listed at a later date. The demerger has been done by the board as a part of Infibeam’s broader business restructuring plan. These strategies will pave the way for the management of each firm to chalk out growth strategies. Infibeam Avenues Limited (IAL ) is in the business of digital payments, E-commerce services, software business, e-commerce technology platforms and provides a comprehensive suite of web services spanning digital payments solutions, data centre infrastructure, software platforms, etc. The equity shares of the company are listed on BSE and NSE. Suvidhaa Infoserve Private Limited (SIPL) is a private limited company. However, for the conversion into public company resolution has been passed on August 27, 2019. SIPL engaged in the business of provide facility to make payme...

After a lot of scrutiny, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) finally rejected the proposed merger between Chennai-based Lakshmi Vilas Bank ( LVB ) and Gurugram-based Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited ( IBHFL ). The proposed merger plan was crucial for Lakshmi Vilas Bank as it would have helped it raise capital, which is required to lift the PCA restrictions currently imposed on it by the central bank. Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd said in a statement that it will do a buyback of equity shares of the company, for which it has called a board meeting on October 14. In June this year, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) had given its nod to the proposed amalgamation. In fact, RBI had placed Lakshmi Vilas Bank under prompt corrective action (PCA) due to a high level of non-performing assets of the bank. IBHFL and LVB had proposed a merger between the two in April in a share-swap deal under which LVB shareholders would get 14 shares of IBHFL for every 100 equity shares held in the ban...

TITAGARH Group is a leader in manufacturing of heavy engineering equipment, like freight wagons, railway castings – bogies and couplers. The group is operated in India and Europe through several subsidiaries and joint ventures. Titagarh Wagons Limited (TWL) is in the business of manufacturing of rail rolling stock including railway wagons, passenger coaches, steel castings of various configurations, shipbuilding, bridges and special projects for defence establishment of India and other heavy engineering equipment/ product. The Shares of the TWL are listed on NSE and BSE. The market cap of TWL is around Rs 600 crore. CIMMCO Limited (CIMMCO) a public limited company incorporated in the year 1943 under the Companies Act, 1913 under the name Texmaco (Gwalior) Limited. Thereafter the name of the company changed several times with the current name changed in the year 2010. The shares of CIMMCO are listed on NSE and BSE. The majority shares of CIMMCO (74.89%) are held by TWL. The mar...