SpiceJet is looking to raise Rs4bn in equity capital to part finance aircraft acquisitions plans.(BL)
Punj Lloyd lines up a capex of US$100mn for 2008-09.(BS) Punj Lloyd secures Rs6.5bn order from IOC for the latter’s Barauni refinery.(FE)
NTPC and its JV subsidiary, Nabinagar power plant, awards BTG contracts to BHEL for Rs35bn.(ET)
Nalco announces expansion plans worth Rs400bn for the next five years.(BL)
Essar Steel Holdings says it might raise its takeover bid for US based Esmark.(BS)
Reliance Petroleum's export oriented 29mn tons refinery to start generating revenues from current year.(BS)
Indian Oil and Oil India to acquire Reliance Industries’ offshore oil block in East Timor.(BL)
JK Lakshmi Cement is adding five more ready-mix concrete units as part of its expansion plans.(ET)
UAE based Etisalat pulls out of negotiations to acquire stake in Spice Communications; cites high valuations.(BS)
Cargill Ventures has cut by half the US$9mn investment it had announced into KPIT Cummins a year ago.(DNA)
GMR Infrastructure to relocate its 220MW power plant to Kakinada in AP from Mangalore in Karnataka.(DNA)
Sobha Developers to foray into the Mysore realty market with three projects in current fiscal.(BS)
Corporation Bank may waive Rs2.8bn under the debt relief scheme for farmers.(BL)
UK based Vincent Tchenguiz is holding talks with Tata, to invite investment from the latter in a new US$10bn environment fund.(ET)
CavinKare and Henkel have announced a 5% hike across product categories.(TOI)
Axis PE, the PE arm of Axis Bank, is investing Rs1.4bn in two Ahmedabad companies.(ET)
Delhi government owned Indraprastha Power Generation to set up a 2,000MW coal fired power station in MP.(FE)
Gail India is looking at setting up a CNG corridor comprising Nagapattinam, Karaikal and Puducherry.(ET)
Six NBFCs, including Shriram Transport Finance, Ashok Leyland and Reliance Capital are believed to be in the race for buying a US$1bn loan portfolio of Citicorp Finance.(ET)
Alok Industries has resumed talks with PE players to dilute 20% equity it owns in its unlisted unit, Alok Infrastructure.(ET)
Mercator Lines has chartered out a new offshore rig to a Singapore-based firm for US$93,000 per day for three years.(ET)