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  The Balco Saga
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  Specials
 • Frightened Balco workers want
    peaceful end to crisis

  Interviews
 • 'We are opposed to the way
    the Balco deal was done'
    - P N Sharma, general
    secretary, Balco Employees'
    Union


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August 19, 2002
Govt not to interfere in Balco transfers
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July 13, 2002
Balco plans to treble aluminium capacity
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April 2, 2002
Balco initiates mass transfers, withdraws VRS offer

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March 7, 2002
SC rejects Balco Employees' Union plea for divestment review

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February 25, 2002
Sterlite plans foreign listing for Balco expansion

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December 10, 2001
SC upholds Balco divestment
SC verdict on Balco to boost divestment: Shourie

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November 30, 2001
Balco to raise capacity, scouts for technology providers
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August 31, 2001
Balco to improve metal quality in 2-3 months
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August 29, 2001
SC not to go into correctness of Balco valuation
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August 27, 2001
Sterlite plans expansion at Balco
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August 24, 2001
Quarter of Balco workforce seeks retirement
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August 2, 2001
Mazdoor Sangh tells Balco staff to boycott VRS
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July 31, 2001
Balco kicks off VRS; unions appeal for rejection
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July 28, 2001
Sterlite offers VRS to staff transferred to Korba
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July 3, 2001
Sterlite plans VRS for Balco executives: BS
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June 20, 2001
Balco effects en-mass transfers at Delhi office
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June 19, 2001
Balco planning to more than double capacity
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June 9, 2001
Balco valuation to include Korba plant: DoD
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June 7, 2001
DoD asks for Balco valuation details
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June 4, 2001
It's business as usual at Balco: BS
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May 30, 2001
Balco output picks up after shutdown
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May 9, 2001
Balco to start production in five days
Balco tangle threatens to involve other Chhatisgarh units
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May 8, 2001
Balco issue engulfs Daewoo Power, Essar Steel
SC puts off order on Balco till July 17
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May 5, 2001
Balco unions to press on with strike
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May 4, 2001
Balco strike to continue
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May 3, 2001
Balco strike may end on Friday
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May 2, 2001
SC asks Balco workers to call off strike
Decision on Balco strike deferred, stir continues
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May 1, 2001
Breakthrough in BALCO deadlock in sight
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April 27, 2001
'Balco issue will not to hit private investment in Chhattisgarh'
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April 23, 2001
Sell-off proceeds can be used in states: Shourie
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April 16, 2001
Balco talks end in a stalemate
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April 14, 2001
Tripartite meeting to resolve Balco issue
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April 13, 2001
Jogi urges Centre to solve Balco imbroglio
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April 9, 2001
'Opponents of Balco sell-off will pay heavily'
Balco petitions transferred to SC
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April 6, 2001
Balco staff stir may end soon
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April 5, 2001
Chattisgarh vows to pay Rs 5.52 bn for Balco
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April 2, 2001
Losses mount at strike-hit Balco
Balco resorts to 'no work no pay' rule
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March 27, 2001
PILs on Balco kept pending till SC's decision
Criminal case slapped on new Balco MD
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March 26, 2001
'Cong not for sell-off of profit-making PSUs'
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March 23, 2001
Jogi's stand on Balco may drive investors away
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March 21, 2001
Balco management considering lock out
Politicans whip up frenzy against Balco selloff
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March 19, 2001
Stalemate on refineries issue to affect sell-off target
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March 16, 2001
Balco stir intensifies; Chhattisgarh bandh
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March 15, 2001
Aluminium imports seen up on Balco strike
Balco workers' strike enters 13th day
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March 14, 2001
Mamata asks PM to review Balco deal
Balco management says it cannot transfer shares
Balco workers call for Chhattisgarh bandh
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March 13, 2001
Chhattisgarh to submit proposal to SC for Balco pie
CVC writes to Jogi on allegation of kickbacks in Balco deal
Balco strike to end soon: MD
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March 12, 2001
Cong questions govt's petition on Balco
Balco deal complete; can't be reopened: Ministry
SC raps Chhattisgarh over Balco issue
Chhattisgarh govt keen to 'buy' Balco
Privatisation evokes fear in Balco township
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March 10, 2001
Balco hopes for an early end to impasse
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March 9, 2001
Balco workers vow to maintain strike
Striking employees allow maintenance of Balco plant
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March 8, 2001
Govt criticised for moving SC on Balco
Balco workers to continue strike despite SC order
40 pots of smelter plant at Balco frozen
Balco workers promise to maintain smelter
Provide full protection to Balco workers: SC
Concerned Ficci chief writes to Jogi
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March 7, 2001
Balco workers reject appeal to maintain plant
Future of Balco hangs in balance
BJP warns Jogi government on Balco
Striking Balco employees offer help to keep the plant alive
Shourie asks CAG to conduct audit in Balco deal
Assocham slams govt handling of divestment
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March 6, 2001
Balco strike may halt smelting for months
Balco crisis deepens, three power units closed
Balco divestment controversy rages on
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March 5, 2001
Workers' strike enters second day in Balco
Balco strike not to hit aluminium sector
Sterlite mulls US, Europe acquisition
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March 3, 2001
Showcause notice issued in Balco case
Chhattisgarh to move SC on Balco
More investment, no retrenchment in Balco: Sterlite
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March 2, 2001
Govt sells Balco stake to Sterlite
Balco unions plan indefinite strike
Judiciary may take its own view on Balco: Sinha
SC stays Balco proceedings in courts
DoD expects to complete sell-off of 15 firms by June
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March 1, 2001
Disputed Balco sell-off goes to a vote
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February 28, 2001
Naveen Patnaik in trouble over lease to Balco
Balco to be taken up in LS under censure motion
Sinha raises the wind, sets target at Rs 120 billion
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February 27, 2001
Workers' interest in Balco would be fully protected: Shourie
Oppn attacks govt on Balco issue
Opposition attacks govt on Balco in RS
Govt out to sell Nalco: Singhdeo
Major divestments by end 2001, says govt official
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February 26, 2001
Sinha to go ahead with divestment despite Balco imbroglio
Balco deal to be held up till March 1: Mahajan
HC adjourns PILs challenging Balco divestment
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February 24, 2001
Govt seeks 3 Balco directors' resignation
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February 23, 2001
Govt to place Balco documents before CAG
Balco selloff furore rocks Parliament again
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February 22, 2001
Balco sale to spur future privatisations
Balco sale to sharpen competition
Price for Balco just right, says Sterlite
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February 21, 2001
Govt to sell 51% Balco pie to Sterlite
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February 19, 2001
Chhattisgarh offers to buy into Balco
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February 17, 2001
Govt clears 33 PSUs for divestment
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February 5, 2001
Balco wants govt to write down equity 10%
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January 22, 2001
India to invite bids for Balco next week
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June 23, 2000
CCD in principle decides to sell majority shares of 10 more PSUs
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June 12, 2000
Hindalco open to bidding for Balco
India invites bids for Balco sell-off

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