Around a thousand people had gathered at Shibpur, south of Kolkata, on an October morning to take part in the Shri Mahaluxmi Mahayajna being conducted by Swami Prakharji Maharaj of Haridwar. He was assisted by at least another hundred pandits, while 500 men, drawn from 15 states, chanted sacred hymns. Those in attendance were praying for industry to return to West Bengal.

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As Anil Agarwal is getting ready with a grand group restructuring &mdash; beginning with the merger of Sesa Goa and Sterlite &mdash; the spotlight is once again on the latter.

Agarwal's new team to help Sesa Goa merger with Sterlite

A 7-yr legal tussle over Haldia Petrochemicals looked close to being resolved.

No end in sight in battle over Haldia

West Bengal is having a rerun of the Nano episode, but this time it doesn&rsquo;t want the lead actors to exit the stage prematurely. The government is ready for whatever manoeuvres it takes to retain Infosys and Wipro projects in the state.

Nano-bitten Bengal twice shy, won't let Infy, Wipro drive away

Australia&rsquo;s largest steel maker, BlueScope Steel, currently in the process of restructuring its businesses in the home market, has identified India as a growth centre.

Australian steel giant eyes India growth with Tata

Tata Steel&rsquo;s century-old mining operations have been solely put to the company&rsquo;s use. But, with assets becoming more and more capital-intensive, the steel major is now charting out options to extract maximum value. &ldquo;Sure, the vision is to be a mines and metals company.

Tata Steel to foray into merchant mining

Tata Steel, which had considered exporting slabs to its European facilities at the time of acquisition, as part of the integration process, is now working on a reverse strategy.

Tata Steel working on reverse strategy for European operations

The recent rise in freight rates by Indian Railways has set the stage for a second round of price increases in the steel sector in a month.

Rail freight increase sparks another jump in steel prices

Dry weather and high cumulative inventory deficit have ensured better opening prices at tea auctions this year.

New tea season opens with high prices

Soumitra Chatterjee shared a great chemistry with filmmaker Satyajit Ray.

'He always does his homework'

A hospital fire has put the business community that helped build Bengal, and its relationship with the state government, under the lens.

After three years, Marwaris back to square one in West Bengal

The price of tea has begun moving up, with late rainfall having affected the crop. Rising export and an increase in home consumption, of about 30 milion kg, less than the anticipated rise in year-end output, would add to the drawing down of stocks.

Ishita Ayan Dutt