HDFC Sells 7.15% Stake Of Its Arm For Rs 200 Cr

HDFCHousing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) has sold 8,03,87,686 equity shares of Rs 10/- each of HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company (SLIC) to Standard Life (Mauritius Holdings) Ltd, representing 7.15% of the total issued and paid-up equity for Rs. 200 crore at a pre agreed price.

With this, Standard Life (Mauritius Holdings) will go up to 26%, the maximum permissible by foreign investors under Indian law.

On the other hand, after the current sale, HDFC’s stake will come down from 81% to 74 %.

Global warming could force Western Australia’s corals to head southwards

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Rajshri Media To Unveil First 'Serial' For Indian Mobiles By Next Month

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Rajat, the younger brother of Sooraj Barjatya who owns Rajshri Productions, has made announcement about the launching of the 90-episode series, which is specifically intended for mobile phones, by the end of January 2008.

Mr. Rajat said, “I hate to use the term first. I would rather say that we are among the first to make a serious attempt at doing this. We have produced a 90-episode series, with three minutes per episode, and it is in the humour genre.”

Manmohan Singh to meet Myanmar Foreign Minister U Nyan Win

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Shivraj Patil to visit riot-hit Orissa district

Union Home Minister Shivraj PatilBhubaneshwar, Jan 2: Union Home Ministe

India’s External Debt Increases 5.5%

Country’s external debt rose by USD 9.9 billion or 5.5% during July-September 2007 to USD 190.5 billion, an official release stated.

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