Arun Kumar is Senior Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times. He has spent two-and-half decades covering Bihar, including politics, educational and social issues.
Articles by Arun Kumar
Tatas make a big Diwali buy ? Corus
Tata Steel crossed the first hurdle in leading the nation's biggest overseas acquisition yet on Friday when the Anglo-Dutch Corus Steel's board accepted its $7.6 billion acquisition offer that would make it the world's No. 5 steel maker, but big questions hung over two more issues, an approval from shareholders for the deal, and the price that the Tatas would eventually have to pay.
Published on Oct 21, 2006 01:34 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Corus says ?I will? to Tata
The Tata-Corus merger will be biggest takeover of a foreign firm by an Indian firm, reports Arun Kumar. Speak up
Updated on Oct 21, 2006 04:19 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Merger of Indian, A-I to be bloodless
EMPLOYEES OF Air-India and Indian -- formerly Indian Airlines -- have nothing to fear from the proposed merger of the two. The government is clear that there will be no 'rationalisation of employees', either through a voluntary retirement scheme or any other means.
Published on Oct 19, 2006 04:51 PM IST
None | Arun Kumar and Gaurav Choudhury, New Delhi
Merger of Indian, Air India to be bloodless
Govt is clear that there will be no 'rationalisation of employees', report Arun Kumar and Gaurav Choudhury.
Updated on Oct 25, 2006 04:56 PM IST
None | Arun Kumar and Gaurav Choudhury, New Delhi
Merger of Indian, A-I to be bloodless
Govt is clear that there will be no 'rationalisation of employees', report Arun Kumar and Gaurav Choudhury.
Updated on Oct 19, 2006 03:19 PM IST
None | Arun Kumar and Gaurav Choudhury, New Delhi
Merger of Indian, A-I to be bloodless
EMPLOYEES OF Air-India and Indian -- formerly Indian Airlines -- have nothing to fear from the proposed merger of the two. The government is clear that there will be no 'rationalisation of employees', either through a voluntary retirement scheme or any other means. Details of the proposed mega merger, announced eight months ago, have finally been worked out and presented to the civil aviation ministry.
Published on Oct 19, 2006 02:00 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar and Gaurav Choudhury, New Delhi
IA to launch low cost carriers
The carriers will be operated by its subsidiary Alliance Air, reports Arun Kumar and Gaurav Choudhury.
Published on Oct 18, 2006 07:57 PM IST
None | Arun Kumar and Gaurav Choudhury, New Delhi
Tata?s mega design on Corus out
IN THE biggest corporate acquisition planned by an Indian company, Tata Steel Ltd, the country's biggest private steelmaker, has offered $7.7 billion (Rs 35,000 crore) to acquire Anglo-Dutch firm Corus through a negotiated takeover with the aim to create an entity that will take the Tatas to the No. 5 slot in the world's frenetic steel industry.
Published on Oct 18, 2006 02:39 PM IST
None | Vijay Dutt and Arun Kumar, London/new Delhi
Tata offers $ 7.7 bn to buy Corus
The deal, if agreed, will take the Tatas to 5th slot in the world steel industry, report Vijay Dutt and Arun Kumar.
Updated on Oct 18, 2006 10:22 AM IST
None | Vijay Dutt and Arun Kumar, London/new Delhi
Tata?s mega design on Corus made public
IN THE biggest corporate acquisition planned by an Indian company, Tata Steel Ltd, the country's biggest private steelmaker, has offered $7.7 billion (Rs 35,000 crore) to acquire Anglo-Dutch firm Corus through a negotiated takeover with the aim to create an entity that will take the Tatas to the No. 5 slot in the world's frenetic steel industry.
Published on Oct 18, 2006 01:25 AM IST
None | Vijay Dutt and Arun Kumar, London/new Delhi
'Chindia' threatens economic order
The 'China-India' juggernaut will be a $16 trillion economy - on a 'nominal' basis - by 2020, writes Arun Kumar.
Updated on Oct 15, 2006 11:10 PM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Reliance beats ONGC
Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) made history on Thursday, becoming number one in market capitalisation, displacing public sector giant Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) from that position. Registering a gain of 2.3 per cent, RIL's market cap stood at Rs 1,62,971 crores ($35.5 billion) against ONGC's market cap of Rs 1,61,535 crores.
Published on Oct 13, 2006 03:36 PM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Reliance Industries beats ONGC
Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) made history on Thursday, becoming number one in market capitalisation, displacing public sector giant Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) from that position. Registering a gain of 2.3 per cent, RIL's market cap stood at Rs 1,62,971 crores ($35.5 billion) against ONGC's market cap of Rs 1,61,535 crores.
Published on Oct 13, 2006 01:44 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
RIL India's most valuable company
Reliance Industries Ltd edges past ONGC to take the top slot in market capitalisation, reports Arun Kumar.
Updated on Oct 13, 2006 03:02 PM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
NRI writer keeps India as mainstay of her work
Indu Sundaresan is happy to be able to affirm both her Indian and American cultural identities.
Published on Oct 09, 2006 06:55 PM IST
None | IANS STORIES || Arun Kumar, Washington
No proof of Pak quitting terror: Study
Only the end of military rule in Pakistan can possibly end the confrontation with India, says an American think tank.
Published on Oct 06, 2006 12:26 PM IST
None | Arun Kumar (IANS), Washington
Deutsche leads race
Foreign financial powerhouses are in the race to buy Standard Chartered?s mutual fund, writes Arun Kumar.
Published on Oct 05, 2006 03:08 PM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Leyland may bag Turkish firm
Doktas is Turkey's largest iron casting firm and the second largest aluminium wheel maker, reports Arun Kumar.
Published on Sep 30, 2006 05:23 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
'N-deal to raise terror threat to India'
US should also encourage security to counter increased threats of terrorism against Indian facilities, says an expert.
Published on Sep 21, 2006 11:13 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar (IANS), Washington
Kashmir solution possible: Musharraf
Pak president tells UN he is confident that his meeting with Manmohan will help carry forward the peace process.
Updated on Sep 20, 2006 11:50 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar (IANS), United Nations
AQ Khan network still alive: US group
A think tank disputes official US claims that the "world's most dangerous N-trading cartel" has been dismantled.
Updated on Sep 08, 2006 03:10 PM IST
None | Arun Kumar (IANS), Washington
Indian American digs into black hole
Anil Pradhan, professor of astronomy at Ohio State University, leads an effort to unravel the astronomical mystery.
Updated on Aug 25, 2006 02:28 PM IST
None | Arun Kumar (IANS), Washington
Flood insurance claims on a high
Insurance companies are gearing up in anticipation of large claims from water-logged industrial units in the wake of the heavy floods.
Published on Aug 11, 2006 04:56 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar and Gaurav Choudhury, New Delhi
Kaavya Viswanathan: Student Advisor?
It's been a strange journey for Kaavya Viswanathan - from a best-selling author to a plagiarising one, to a student advisor.
Updated on Aug 10, 2006 07:24 PM IST
None | IANS STORIES || Arun Kumar, Washington
Kaavya Viswanathan: Student Advisor?
It's been a strange journey for Kaavya Viswanathan - from a best-selling author to a plagiarising one, to a student advisor.
Updated on Aug 11, 2006 08:39 PM IST
None | IANS STORIES || Arun Kumar, Washington
New reactor can be used for military purposes: Pak
Islamabad, however, claims the heavy-water reactor won't lead to a massive increase in the country's nuke arsenal.
Updated on Aug 05, 2006 11:20 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar (IANS), Washington
US slaps sanctions on Indian firms
The two firms have been accused of passing on sensitive technology to Iran that could be used to develop WMDs.
Updated on Aug 05, 2006 10:58 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar (IANS), Washington
'Jassi' all set for American flight!
Come September and the Jassi of Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin fame arrives in America in her original 'Ugly Betty' incarnation.
Published on Aug 04, 2006 08:23 PM IST
None | Arun Kumar (Indo-Asian News Service), Washington
Bharat Rekha In America
A newly-published coffee-table book comes loaded with information on Hindu temples in the USA.
Published on Aug 02, 2006 02:19 PM IST
None | IANS STORIES || Arun Kumar, Washington
Bharat Rekha In America
A newly-published coffee-table book comes loaded with information on Hindu temples in the USA.
Published on Aug 02, 2006 02:19 PM IST
None | IANS STORIES || Arun Kumar, Washington