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Reliance ADAG's film production arm BIG Pictures has launched its first Marathi film Samaantar, which is co-directed by Amol Palekar and his wife Sandhya Gokhle. The film, which is currently under production, revolves around a man-woman relationship. It stars Palekar, Sharmila Tagore, Makrand Deshpande, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Kishore Kadam, Aishwarya Narkar and Radhika Apte. read more »
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Close to 2000 acres of rice fields in Raigad are being destroyed by tidal water. The Maharashtra government is yet to repair the bunds built to keep seawater away. And now the land cannot be productive for three years.

The inclusion of some of this land in the proposed reliance SE read more »
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Traffic on the Mumbai-Goa national highway was on Tuesday disrupted as 500-odd farmers protesting against the setting up of a special economic zone in Raigad district blocked the road for more than two hours.

Eknath Thakur, a farmer from Div village who owns two-and-a-half acres, said: "We would not have opposed the land acquisition if any industry was coming here. But the SEZ will only fulfi read more »
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Close on the heels of a steep hike in petroleum prices, residents of Mumbai's suburbs will have to absorb a moderate hike in electricity tariff with effect from June 1.

State power regulator MERC on Thursday cleared an average tariff hike of 10.22% across categories for consumers of Reliance Energy Limited (REL), the supplier in suburbs.

While residential consumers will have to deal with read more »
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rnrnOut of the 3,304 computers introduced in 49 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run schools for the use of secondary and higher secondary students, nearly 70 per cent are not in working condition.rnrnOver the last three years, 3,304 computers were donated to the civic body by Reliance, Ster read more »
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Following Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply Transport (BEST) general manager Uttam Khobragade’s outburst on Thursday, Reliance Energy Limited (REL) argued before the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity on Friday that the Maharashtra Energy Regulatory Commission (MERC) has erred in approving the Power Purchase agreement (PPA) without considering the impact on REL consumers. read more »
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Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance is looking for a gestation of 3 years for its investments in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The main contributor to its revenues will be its sponsorship partners.The company is scouting for alliance with about three to four major partners. Reliance was the highest bidder in IPL team auctions with an investment of $111.9 million. read more »
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In a what seems to be a lucrative deal for the owners of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, nearly 60-65 per cent of their costs have been covered through sale of television rights to Sony-World Sports Group (WSG) for $1.026 billion, including $108 million by BCCI.

During the first and fifth year of IPL, the eight team owners will get 80 per cent of the total broadcasting revenues and read more »
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In what is welcome news for the power-starved state, two mega projects in Shahpur, about 80 km from Mumbai, are slated to take off soon.

The projects proposed by Tata Power and Reliance Energy Ltd were stuck in a limbo for two years as there was overlap in the land allotted by the government to the two comapnies. read more »
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Rohit Nalawade CEO of tech startup Consumer Vision incubated in IIT Mumbai are all set up to equip these kirana stores with RFID technology. With this piece of software and hardware, kirana stores can improve users experience and serve them better. Will this create more problems for retail chains like reliance to establish, may be, but it would definately make the "Kirana wala" genre a history. read more »
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For farmers, organized retails like reliance fresh is a good opportunity for making more money, they get better value for their goods, free pick up of his produce, no commission agent and goods are weighed electronically. As least this is what some of the news reports says, unless there is a different ground reality. read more »
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Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has offered to develop a near 3.5km stretch of the Mithi, from MTNL bridge to Dharavi bridge, at an estimated cost of Rs15 crore. read more »
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Why are the private companies running scared now ? They had pressured government to privatize the power supply citing corruption, non-performance, non-efficiency and every other 'sarkari' ill. What has happened now that they are stopping impartial observers being appointed on the request of the consumers. Why is Ambani bhai feeling so power-less now ? read more »
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The company will invest Rs 16,000 crore (Rs 160 billion) for network expansion in FY08, said RCom chairman Anil Ambani on Tuesday in Mumbai.

RCom is looking at inorganic growth route across the world. The company will cover 23,000 towns, or every single Indian habitation with a population of over 1,000 persons, he said. The company will cover almost 100 per cent of all rail routes, all nationa read more »
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Each store would provide fresh fruits, vegetables and also products of Reliance Select and other related groceries.

Reliance is planning every possible retail format like convenient stores, supermarkets, hyper markets and speciality stores.

Every store will have at least 50 employees, which means that around 1,500 would be employed in the 30 new outlets. read more »
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