Tata Power in position to add 30,000 more consumers by March.

Tata Power Company today said it will be able to supply electricity to an additional 30,000 consumers in the city by March next year. - Tata Power with Norway firm to dev hydropower project - Tata Power net down 28% - 4,000 Mumbaikars may switch off R-Infra - R-Infra tells EGoM to stop RIL marketing margin - Reliance Infra wants EGoM to decide on marketing margin on D6 gas - ADAG firms" shares released from pledge The private sector utility will begin power supplies in a month to 4,000 more consumers in Mumbai who have changed over from Reliance Infrastructure"s distribution network. "So far, we have interest from about 30,000 consumers. Stucco in Toronto

Srivastava takes over as Nalco CMD.

Abhay Kumar Srivastava, the chairman and managing director of Cement Corporation of India (CCIL) today took over as CMD of navratna public sector unit, National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco). - Report interest rate swap deals, RBI tells banks - Country Club eyes properties in US, Europe and Asia - Market upbeat on Sebi"s corporate bond plans - Investors stay away from bonds issued by state govt - Retail payment risks to be reduced, says Subbarao - Work on DFC Western Corridor projects to begin soon: Rathwa Srivastava, a mechanical engineer by profession, took over from C R Pradhan, who retired as Nalco CMD yesterday. Before joining Nalco, Srivastava was heading CCIL, a Govt. of India Undertaking under ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, as its CMD for about 5 years.

Another India: The death of a critic.

The return of the short story - In search of an Asian prize - Nilanjana S Roy: Five lessons from the Teacher Man">Nilanjana S Roy: Five lessons from the Teacher Man Markets extend losses in noon trades Professor Meenakshi Mukherjee, scholar, critic and writer, who died last week at the age of 72 of a sudden heart attack at Hyderabad airport, enjoyed quoting the Prospectus; in some ways, it reflected the contents and broad scope of her own formidable mind. (She gave vers de société a wide berth, but was open to the rest.) Criticism of Indian writing in English suffers from two major problems. Much of it is unintelligible, especially criticism as practised by followers of Gayatri Spivak and Homi Bhabha, and requires the skills of an expert in linguistic forensics to decode. Much of it is invisible, relegated to obscure academic journals or to the thriving but insular seminar circuit.

Emerging mkts take lion's share in global PE activity in H1.

Emerging markets, including India, accounted for a larger share in the global private equity (PE) activity in the first six months of this year, despite a decline in the funds raised compared to the year-ago period, a report has said. - IOC shareholders approve 1:1 bonus issue - US rejects Pak allegations on Indian presence in Afghan - India, China to hold joint workshop on climate change - Future Generali to recruit 14,000 more agents - William Pesek: Bubble in bubbles means it's time to close the bar">William Pesek: Bubble in bubbles means it's time to close the bar - Moody's assigns Baa2 to SBI issue Emerging Asia continued to lead and raised $11 billion in the first half of 2009, representing 69 per cent of total new commitments during the period, but a 61 per cent decline from the $29 billion raised relative to the previous year, the report by Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) said. deal in calgary