India Inc sends independent directors back to school

With a perceived shortage of capable independent directors, in the backdrop of the new Companies Bill, corporate giants are encouraging initiatives from organisations to train executives in this......

Piramal to buy Canadian firm's assets for Rs 17 cr

Drug firm Piramal Healthcare on Tuesday said it will acquire assets of troubled Canadian medical device firm BioSyntech for Canadian $3.9 million (around Rs 17 crore). Piramal, which in 2006 had......

Small and midsize promoters raise own stake

The promoters of small and mid-cap companies and a few high-profile owners are buying shares through open market purchase to enhance their stake. The acquisition in percentile terms varies from......

Dutch players find PHL exciting

Some of the Dutch players taking part in the fourth edition of the Premier Hockey League in Chandigarh feel that PHL has introduced many innovations which can be applied to international hockey to......

Injured Tirkey opts out of PHL

Former Indian hockey captain, Dilip Tirkey, who is injured, has opted out of playing in the Premier Hockey League (PHL)starting in Chandigarh next month. The dependable defender, who had captained......

PHL format is too long: Freixa

Finding the two-month format of the ongoing Premier Hockey League unreasonably lengthy, Spanish star Santi Freixa said a shorter version of the tournament would do justice to players as well as the......

Chandigarh set for second leg of PHL

The second leg of the Premier Hockey League will start amidst fanfare from February 11, 2007 at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium in Chandigarh. The seven teams of the premier tier will now move to......

32 foreign players for PHL

Thirty-two foreign players from different countries will be seen in action in the two-month seven-team Premier Hockey League, to be played in Chennai (in January) and Chandigarh (February-March).......