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
Financial bids opening today
STRIKE OR no strike, the Civil Aviation Ministry will open the bids for the modernisation of the Delhi and Mumbai airports at 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday. Civil Aviation Secretary Ajay Prasad told HT: "We are going ahead with the opening of the bids.
Published on Jan 31, 2006 12:06 PM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Financial bids opening today
STRIKE OR no strike, the Civil Aviation Ministry will open the bids for the modernisation of the Delhi and Mumbai airports at 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday. Civil Aviation Secretary Ajay Prasad told HT: "We are going ahead with the opening of the bids. All the qualified bidders have been informed to be present.
Published on Jan 31, 2006 01:28 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Home loan to cost more
WITH THE RBI signaling a quarter per cent increase in the short-term interest rate, home loan interest rates are expected to go up by 0.25 per cent to 0.50 per cent.
Published on Jan 25, 2006 11:56 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Home loan to cost more
With the RBI signaling a quarter per cent increase in the short-term interest rate, home loan interest rates are expected to go up by 0.25 per cent to 0.50 per cent.
Published on Jan 25, 2006 02:29 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Home loan to cost more
WITH THE RBI signaling a quarter per cent increase in the short-term interest rate, home loan interest rates are expected to go up by 0.25 per cent to 0.50 per cent.
Published on Jan 25, 2006 01:13 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Another mega deal on cards
ICICI Ventures, IDF in process of picking up 15-20% in L&T IDP arm
Published on Jan 23, 2006 02:24 AM IST
None | Sandeep Bamzai & Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Ranbaxy to buy German firm
After taking a beating over the last few months, pharma major Ranbaxy Laboratories is out to radically alter its image.
Published on Jan 18, 2006 01:51 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Swankier Delhi airport by 2010
THE PLAN to modernise the Delhi and Mumbai airports got a leg-up on Tuesday when an experts committee headed by DMRC chief E. Sreedharan said only one bidder -- GMR Fraport - had scored more than the qualifying marks of 80. The committee downgraded the Reliance-ASA consortium from the previous score of 80.6 to 79.4 on account of managerial capability and transition plan.
Published on Jan 11, 2006 01:20 AM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Metro Sreedharan dumps Reliance bid
The CoS is likely to discuss the expert panel's recommendation on Thursday.
Updated on Jan 11, 2006 02:36 AM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Defence to vacate spectrum
Committee to give report on Jan 20; Telecom operators told to utilise spectrum better
Published on Jan 09, 2006 02:41 AM IST
PTI | Sandeep Bamzai & Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Where are bulls headed?
Where is the market headed before the budget? January 18 is being cited as a tipping point by many analysts for this is when the special price discovery trading session on Reliance Industries takes place.
Published on Jan 07, 2006 02:56 AM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
AG greenlights airports revamp
Attorney General has clarified there was no legal bar on proceeding with a single bidder, reports Arun Kumar.
Updated on Jan 03, 2006 12:27 PM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
5 LIKELY INDIAN STORIES IN 2006
A year back, anyone who said the Sensex would near 10000 would have been a laughing stock. Now, it?s likely to cross that before the 2006 Budget. Gurus think it can hit 15K this year. But once it crosses 12K, it?ll be volatile and subject to sharp ?corrections?. The next trigger up? A possible decision on FDI in retail. The Reliance demerger could provide a short-term correction. Is it sustainable beyond 10K? That depends on government action on infrastructure, global liquidity and interest rates.
Published on Jan 01, 2006 11:23 AM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar/Neha Mehta/Princy Jain/Mayank Tewar/Shreevatsa Nevatiai
The year of the bull
Markets witnessed many tumultuous events, but none of these could halt its march, writes Arun Kumar.
Published on Dec 31, 2005 12:02 PM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
'All big airports have space problems'
The Civil Aviation Minister talks about Indian airports to Sandeep Bamzai and Arun Kumar. Indian airports' wishlist
Updated on Dec 08, 2005 03:36 PM IST
None | Sandeep Bamzai and Arun Kumar
'Exports target unrealistic'
He started Polaris Software Lab in 1993 with Rs 10,000 and a dream. Today, it is a $180 million company with specialisation in banking.
Updated on Oct 08, 2005 01:31 AM IST
None | Arun Kumar
'Mexican unit gateway to US market'
Videocon CMD is making rapid moves on the corporate chessboard. A series of acquisitions and restructuring has created a buzz about Videocon all over again.
Updated on Jul 22, 2005 01:41 AM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar
Reliance empire splits
The nearly year-long feud for the division of the Reliance group companies ended on Satuday with Kokilaben Ambani issuing a statement making the separation official. While Mukesh has got flagship RIL and IPCL, Anil got Reliance Energy, Reliance Infocomm, and Reliance Capital.
Published on Jun 20, 2005 03:14 PM IST
PTI | Piya Singh and Arun Kumar, Mumbai/new Delhi
Dhirubhai legacy divided amicably
This was the ultimate message reaching from Mumbai as Ambanis resolved their turbulent struggle.
Updated on Jun 19, 2005 11:22 AM IST
PTI | Piya Singh and Arun Kumar, Mumbai/new Delhi
Indians must upgrade to stay on top of BPO heap
He has two clear objectives - to create wealth which will generate employment and to contribute to the nation building.
Published on Jun 13, 2005 10:35 PM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar
'Change in tariff norms necessary'
After strengthening its foothold in the domestic general insurance market, the Oriental Insurance is now looking at a global landscape.
Published on Apr 13, 2005 06:44 PM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar
FM to walk tightrope
Union Budget is likely to provide a ray of hope to low-income salaried class, writes Arun Kumar.
Updated on Feb 28, 2005 12:40 PM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
TCS eyes multi-million $ acquisition
Tata Consultancy Services has a clearly defined agenda going forward. It is aiming to become a $3 billion company by March 2006. It is aggressively scouting for global software companies of reasonable size, while planning to merge all IT companies of the Tata group.
Published on Nov 19, 2004 01:46 AM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Baffled insurance companies lose sleep over service tax impact
While the hike in FDI limit has been hailed by the overseas partners of insurance companies, the imposition of service tax on insurance premium and the transaction tax levied on all securities deals is proving to be a damper.
Published on Jul 10, 2004 02:38 AM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Govt may issue sovereign bonds
The new Govt is likely to implement former economic advisor to ex-PM AB Vajpayee S Narayan's proposal to raise India Sovereign Bonds, sources said.
Published on Jun 29, 2004 10:50 AM IST
PTI | Sandeep Bamzai and Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Stock market slide belies Centre's Budget hopes
Budget was geared to bring back small investor to stock markets. But with markets taking a tumble, Govt isn?t likely to take the bait.
Updated on Mar 08, 2003 01:52 AM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Govt to public: Go for stocks
The 2003-04 Budget not only discourages direct savings, it has also made investing in life insurance schemes less attractive.
Updated on Mar 04, 2003 01:18 AM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
Government all set to unshackle banking sector
The Govt is all set to bring in major policy guidelines to set the ball rolling on the privatisation of banks.
Updated on Feb 24, 2003 01:59 PM IST
PTI | Arun Kumar, New Delhi
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