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Aditya Birla Lifestyle Q1 results: Profit up 5% to ₹24 cr post demerger

Aditya Birla Lifestyle Brands Limited (ABLBL) on Wednesday reported a 4.92 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit to Rs 24.06 crore for the June quarter of FY26. It posted a net profit of Rs 22.93 crore in the April-June period a year ago, according to a regulatory filing of the Aditya Birla Group, which has been formed after the demerging of the business of Madura Fashion and Lifestyle. This is the first quarter result of ABLBL, which was listed on the bourses on June 23, 2025, following the demerger. Revenue from operations of ABLBL grew 3.14 per cent to Rs 1,840.58 crore in the June quarter of FY26. It was Rs 1,784.47 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago. Total expenses of ABLBL stood at Rs 1,834.94 crore, up nearly 4 per cent in the June quarter. Its total income, which includes other income, in the June quarter increased 3.58 per cent to Rs 1,863.11 crore. As per the scheme of arrangement, its lifestyle brands business, such as Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, Alle

Grasim Q1 net profit up 32% as cement, paints, B2B platform scale up

Profit rose to ₹1,419 crore in Q1FY26 aided by cement and chemicals, while paints and B2B e-commerce saw strong traction despite upfront investment drag

Aditya Birla Real Estate shares gain 2% post Q1; check details here

Total income for the quarter under review witnessed a drop, to ₹157.41 crore as against ₹365.24 crore reported in the same period of the previous fiscal year.

Aditya Birla Real Estate Q1 loss at ₹25 crore; plans ₹1,500 crore fundraise

Aditya Birla Real Estate posted a Q1 FY26 loss of Rs 25.47 crore and will raise up to Rs 1,500 crore to refinance CPP debt and prepare for upcoming real estate launches

The India Cements Q1FY26 results: Net loss ₹132.9 cr, income remains flat

The India Cements Ltd, a subsidiary of UltraTech Cement Ltd, an Aditya Birla Group company, reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 132.90 crore for the April-June 2025 quarter, the company said on Saturday. The city-based cement maker had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 58.47 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. For the year ended March 31, 2025, the consolidated net loss stood at Rs 143.68 crore, the company said in a regulatory filing. The consolidated total income for the quarter under review was Rs 1,033.85 crore, compared to Rs 1,042.27 crore in the same quarter last year. For the financial year ended March 31, 2025, consolidated total income stood at Rs 4,357.31 crore. During the quarter, the company approved the sale of its entire equity stake in its subsidiary, Industrial Chemicals and Monomers Ltd. It also said it had successfully refinanced its debt, resulting in a significant reduction in finance costs, from Rs 82.36 crore in th

Reviewing CCI order, will take appropriate legal recourse: Asian Paints

Asian Paints is reviewing the order passed by fair trade regulator CCI directing a probe against the country's leading paint maker for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the market and said it plans to take appropriate legal recourse. Asian Paints said it will cooperate with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in the investigation over allegations of exclusionary practices. "The company is currently reviewing the order and will take appropriate legal recourse. The company remains committed to fully cooperating with the CCI during the course of the investigation," Asian Paint said in a late night regulatory filing on Thursday. Earlier this week, CCI ordered an investigation against Asian Paints for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the market for manufacturing and sales of decorative paint over the complaints filed by Aditya Birla group firm Grasim Industries. Grasim, a new entrant in the domestic paint industry with brand Birla Opus, had accused Asian Paints o

Best of BS Opinion: India must go from pro-business to pro-market

Today's newsletter ties together multiple issues, but the central theme remains one of much-needed reform and regulatory action, be in in job creation or aviation or industry

Hindalco to acquire AluChem for $125 mn to grow speciality alumina reach

The acquisition will boost Hindalco's North American presence and global alumina capacity as it eyes 1 million tonnes by FY30 through innovation and sustainability

Asian Paints may face CCI probe for alleged market dominance abuse

The complaint alleged that Asian Paints pressured its network of dealers against doing business with Grasim's Birla Opus

Grasim: Investors bet on paints, ignore weakness in core business

Investors and analysts are betting on a fast ramp-up in paints division and its e-commerce venture of selling construction goods

Aditya Birla Group's paints unit files antitrust case against Asian Paints

The first source added that Asian Paints also allegedly told its dealers it will curtail its supplies to them if they put up hoardings of Birla paint products or place them at prominent places

Aditya Birla Group buys Cargill's speciality chemical facility in US

The Dalton plant will see capacity more than double in two years as Aditya Birla Group integrates advanced materials tech and eyes expansion across strategic sectors

Vodafone Idea to seek shareholder nod for ₹20,000 cr fundraise, AoA tweak

The planned fundraise is part of Vodafone Idea's broader effort to strengthen its balance sheet and support investments in network expansion and 5G rollout

Hindalco eyes up to Rs 8,000 crore in capex spending this fiscal

Aditya Birla Group's metal flagship Hindalco Industries has set a capital expenditure target of about Rs 7,500-Rs 8,00 crore for the current financial year, according to a regulatory filing. Hindalco Industries Managing Director Satish Pai, during a conference call post-announcement of Q4 earnings, said that this year's capex "guidance is about Rs 7,500 crore to Rs 8,000 crores". When asked about the capex guidance for the next financial year, Pai said: "I think the next year will be peak when we will start to have many of the upstream projects kicking in. But let me give you that guidance towards third quarter of this year when we know exactly what the cash out will be." The company's capital expenditure was Rs 6,500 crore in the last financial year. "Last year we spent Rs 6,500 crore, just for comparison," he said. The consolidated net profit of the company rose 66 per cent to Rs 5,284 crore in the quarter ended March 2025, driven by a strong performance by Indian operations ...

Aditya Birla Capital stock jumps 6% on solid Q4 numbers; check details here

Aditya Birla Capital stock jumped 6.2 per cent to ₹217.63 compared to the previous day's close of ₹204.89 on the NSE

Vi amends shareholders' pact to ease governance for promoter groups

Vodafone Idea lowers qualifying threshold for promoters in shareholders' pact to retain governance rights after government stake rises to 48.9 per cent

Vodafone Idea to amend shareholders' pact to let promoters keep control

Debt-ridden Vodafone Idea on Friday said its board has approved an amendment in shareholders' agreement to enable promoters Aditya Birla Group and Vodafone Group to retain governance and management rights in the company notwithstanding the increased government's stake at 48.99 per cent. The company will convene an extraordinary general meeting on June 3 to seek shareholder's nod for the same, according to a regulatory filing. "The Board of Directors at its meeting held today i.e. on 2 May 2025 have inter-alia resolved to...amend certain clauses of the Shareholders' Agreement (to which the Company is a party) so as to modify, amongst others, the 'Qualifying Threshold' from 13 per cent to 10 per cent and, solely for this purpose, to disregard the equity shares originally issued to the Government of India," the filing said. Pursuant to the government increasing stake from 22.6 to 48.99 per cent in Vodafone Idea, the shareholding of the Aditya Birla group companies and the Vodafone grou

UltraTech Cement Q4 net profit rises 10% amid healthy volume growth

The growth in the company's overall consolidated sales volume during the quarter is amid its acquisitions of Kesoram Industries and India Cements

Ananya Birla launches LOVETC to tap premium cosmetics market in India

"This strategic expansion follows Birla Cosmetics' launch of Contraband earlier this year," the company said in a release

ABCL completes merger of subsidiary Aditya Birla Finance with itself

Aditya Birla Capital on Monday said it has completed the amalgamation of its wholly-owned subsidiary Aditya Birla Finance with itself to create a unified larger operating NBFC. This follows the order of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Ahmedabad Bench, dated March 24, and the scheme of amalgamation is effective from April 1, Aditya Birla Capital Ltd (ABCL) said in a statement. In March last year, the decision to merge Aditya Birla Finance with the parent entity was taken by the respective boards, subject to receipt of various statutory and regulatory approvals. The board has also approved the appointments of Vishakha Mulye as the MD and CEO and Rakesh Singh as the executive director of the amalgamated entity, the statement said, adding that these appointments are subject to regulatory and other requisite approvals. In addition, it said, the board has approved the appointment of Nagesh Pinge and Sunil Srivastav as independent directors of the company. Kumar Mangalam Birla,