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FREE STOCKS ALERT - 19.07.2013

* ABIRAMI FINANCIAL SERVICES: Reported 18.91% year-on-year fall in Apr-Jun net profit to 0.61 mln rupees. 

* ASHOK LEYLAND: Its joint venture with Nissan may defer investment in the Chennai plant in the wake of sharp slowdown in the commercial vehicle space.

* BAJAJ AUTO: The union of the company said it is ready to sort out issues with the company management across the table. 

* BAJAJ CORP: Promoter SKB Roop Commercial will sell 14.37 mln shares, or 9.75% stake in the company, through an offer for sale on Friday. 

* BHARAT PETROLEUM CORP: The company will invest 9 bln rupees to set up a new liquefied petroleum gas pipeline from its Kochi refinery to Coimbatore and to enhance storage capacity at its Irumpanam installation. 

* BAYER CROPSCIENCE: To mull buyback of shares on Jul 22.

* BEML: Has bagged a 7.47-bln-rupee order from Delhi Metro Rail Corp for manufacture and supply of 92 sets of standard gauge metro cars. 

* BENARES HOTEL: Posted a 0.66% year-on-year rise in Apr-Jun net profit to 4.89 mln rupees. 

* DLF: Reduced its employee base by 30% to 2,600 as of Mar 31, according to the company's annual report. 

* EMAMI: Is looking at acquisitions to strengthen its industry position armed with 3 bln rupees of cash and liquid assets. 

* GITANJALI GEMS: Promoter Mehul Choksi, PRIME SECURITIES, and more than a dozen other entities that dealt in shares of the company have been barred from trading in the stock market for six months. 

* HONEYWELL AUTOMATION: Reported 138.8% year-on-year rise in Apr-Jun net profit to 280.6 mln rupees. 

* IDBI BANK: Higher provisioning dragged down the bank's Apr-Jun net profit by 28.2% on year to 3.07 bln rupees. 

* INFOTECH ENTERPRISES: Reported 16.1% year-on-year fall in Apr-Jun consolidated net profit to 543.1 mln rupees. 

* ITC: Is looking at increasing its premium offerings in food and personal care space. 

* JET AIRWAYS: The FIPB is likely meet on Jul 29 and take up the plan of Jet Airways ( India ) Ltd to offer 24% stake in the company to Etihad Airways PJSC. The company is yet to fully convince SEBI over control issues in the proposed deal with Etihad Airways. The Central Vigilance Commission has sought a factual report from the ministry of civil aviation on a complaint of alleged corruption in the company's stake sale deal to Etihad Airways. 

* LIBERTY SHOES: The company sees demand for safety shoes gaining traction as sectors such as automobile, construction, engineering and mining are focusing more on the safety of their workforce. 

* MINDTREE: Reported a net profit of 1.35 bln rupees for Apr-Jun, up from 789 mln rupees in Jan-Mar. 

* NITESH ESTATES: Has received all necessary approvals for starting operations of The Ritz-Carlton, which the company is developing in Bengaluru. 

* NTPC: The company along with NMDC and Shipping Authority of India could end up making windfall gains from the government's decision to preferentially allot them coal blocks for commercial exploitation. 

* RALLIS INDIA: Reported Apr-Jun net profit of 59.9 mln rupees, down 61.2% from 154.4 mln rupees a year ago. 

* SHAH ALLOYS: 11 banks together plan to sell about 10-bln-rupee worth of bad loans of the company. STATE BANK OF INDIA, BANK OF BARODA, UNION BANK OF INDIA have an exposure of 2 bln rupees each. 

* SHRIRAM CITY UNION FINANCE: Has increased the investment limit of foreign institutional investors to 74% from 24% of its paid up capital. 

* STERLITE TECHNOLOGIES: Has launched three bend-insensitive optical fibres, most suitable for fibre-to-the-home applications. 

* STERLITE INDUSTRIES: The Odisha government has moved the Supreme Court seeking more time to implement the court's order asking for a decision on the company's Niyamgiri bauxite mining project by affected gram sabhas in three months.

* TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES: Reported a 15.5% year-on-year rise in Apr-Jun consolidated net profit to 38.31 bln rupees. 

* UNITED BREWERIES: Lenders to KINGFISHER AIRLINES are considering legal options to gain part access to shares of UNITED BREWERIES owned by promoters including Vijay Mallya. 

* VASCON ENGINEERING: Will mull rights and preferential issue of shares on Monday.