Russian potash producer Uralkali has questioned the process behind the sale of the Force India Formula One team after losing out in a battle between billionaire fathers of young racing drivers, Reuters reported. Uralkali co-owner Dmitry Mazepin is the father of 19-year-old Nikita, who races in the junior GP3 series and is a development driver for Force India. The team were put into administration at the end of July with a rescue deal led by Canadian Lawrence Stroll, the father of 19-year-old Williams F1 racer Lance, announced on Aug. 7.

Reliance Communications Ltd., the Indian mobile operator that defaulted on its dollar bonds last year, is up against the clock, Bloomberg News reported. The company controlled by Indian billionaire Anil Ambani is in the midst of restructuring the $300 million U.S. currency notes and plans to meet those bondholders on Aug. 24 to seek approval on extraordinary resolutions. Those talks come ahead of a Aug.

Lenders to Bhushan Power and Steel have zeroed in on JSW Steel as the most preferred bidder to take over the near-bankrupt company, the Financial Express reported. The Sajjan Jindal-led steelmaker has offered to pay Rs 19,350 crore to lenders of Bhushan Power against their total outstanding of Rs 47,000 crore and Rs 350 crore to the operational creditors in lieu of their admitted claims of Rs 700 crore.

The Supreme Court ruled that creditors can proceed against personal guarantors of a corporate debtor even while insolvency proceedings are on, Bloomberg Quint reported. The top court said the moratorium envisaged under Section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code will not apply to the personal guarantors. The provision places a moratorium on any suits or proceedings against the company during the insolvency resolution period.

Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications is in discussions with TPG, Blackstone and other bidders over the sale of its remaining telecommunications assets in a deal that would mark the tycoon’s formal exit from India’s telecommunications sector, the Financial Times reported. According to people involved in the talks, the sale of RCom’s international submarine cable network, fixed-line telecoms network and data centres has attracted bids from I Squared Capital and a consortium comprising TPG, Blackstone and Varde.

Jet Airways India Ltd.’s lenders are reluctant to extend additional loans to the cash-strapped airline ahead of a key report by the company’s financial auditor, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. India’s biggest full-service carrier, part-owned by Etihad Airways PJSC, had approached banks for emergency funding but the lenders prefer that the company raises money from a share sale before they would commit to any fresh credit, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified as the matter is confidential, Bloomberg News reported.

Indian authorities arrested a former managing director of Bhushan Steel Ltd on Thursday over an alleged fraud, after a probe found billions of rupees had been siphoned off by the firm’s founders from funds borrowed from state-run banks, Reuters reported. Neeraj Singhal, a member of the founding family, was presented before a court and will be held in judicial custody until Aug. 14, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs said in a statement.

Jet Airways India Ltd., the Mumbai-based carrier trading at the lowest since June 2015 on deteriorating finances and rising default risk on its debt obligations, said it is servicing all its loans on time in spite of surging fuel prices, Bloomberg News reported. “We are regular in all our payment obligations to all our banks and statutory dues including provident fund obligations. Our account with all the banks as on date is standard,” the company said in an emailed statement on Saturday.

The chairman of one of India’s biggest state lenders has urged the government to give up appointing top bank executives, arguing the move would boost management standards in a crucial sector struggling to recover from a bad debt crisis, the Financial Times reported. “Through a random process, which has some combination of the individual’s choice and the government’s wisdom, people show up,” Ravi Venkatesan, chairman of Bank of Baroda, told the Financial Times. “You could have a gentleman from a small bank suddenly thrust into an executive director role at a large bank.

Indian tycoon Neeraj Singal has been arrested for allegedly siphoning off funds from Bhushan Steel, one of the biggest companies targeted under the country’s new bankruptcy act, the Financial Times reported. India’s Serious Fraud Investigation Office said late on Thursday that the businessman had been put in custody connected with “serious corporate fraud”. Mr Singal could not immediately be reached for comment.