Unprecedented bribery charges, farewells, separation, failed union, monumental mergers and record-breaking IPOs, along with a healthy dose of online happenings in the form of spat and lessons in customer care, corporate India saw it all in 2024.
The long-overdue consolidation makes indebted RCom an even more attractive partner for a soon-to-launch upstart led by older brother Mukesh.
Reliance's big-bang entry across the solar ecosystem will cut dependence on Chinese imports drastically. And Ambani's repeated emphasis that RIL's new energy foray will be 'a truly global business' points that his group is playing not just for a share of the Indian pie but to be the OEM in the larger 5,000 GW global market by 2030, points out Shailesh Dobhal.
The guests have started coming in.
Stars lit up the evening with their gorgeous avatars on Day 2 of Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani's pre-wedding celebrations.
Bollywood stars turned up to wish Isha Ambani's twins Aadiya and Krishna on their first birthday.
The wedding saw the entire family come together, dance and bless the newly wed couple.
Bharatiya Janata Party legislature party leader Devendra Fadnavis was sworn-in as new chief minister of Maharashtra while allies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar took oath as deputy CMs at a grand ceremony in Mumbai on Thursday evening.
In a new twist to the ongoing battle between the Ambani brothers, younger sibling Anil Ambani on Tuesday questioned the role of Nikhil Meswani
Government says the ongoing dispute and litigation between Ambani brothers will have no impact on the bidding.
According to insiders, the induction of Jai Anshul would coincide with the birthday of the late patriarch of Reliance group, Dhirubhai Ambani, in the last week of December.
Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday rejected as "false" and "malicious" a news report on some Telugu TV channels alleging it may have had a hand in the helicopter crash that killed former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.
Anjali quickly decided not to pursue her career in medicine. If she had worked in a government hospital, she would have had to do her fair share of nights and weekends in hospital, which would have been tough when Sachin was back in Bombay between tours. Had she worked in private practice as Dr Anjali Tendulkar, she reckoned she would be consulted for her name rather than her expertise. Anjali is an all-or nothing person and she couldn't have just dabbled in doctoring. Moreover, she wanted to devote herself to keeping her husband in the right frame of mind to play his best cricket. A fascinating excerpt from Annabel Mehta and Georgina Brown's book, My Passage to India.
Karisma and Kareena Kapoor's cousin Armaan Jain got married to long-time girlfriend Anissa Malhotra on February 3.
Glimpses from the 71st edition of the Miss World pageant.
Why did NaMo skip the celebrations?
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India on Saturday maintained a strict silence over the settlement reached between the Ambani brothers over the ownership issues of Reliance empire, ending perhaps the longest and fiercest battle in co
Presenting pics from Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta's grand wedding reception hosted in Mumbai.
Guests trouped out of Arpita Khan's party and into Mukesh Ambani's, on the other side of Mumbai.
For the past few days, Tata had been admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in south Mumbai.
Business tycoon Mukesh Ambani may have retained his title as India's richest person for 7th year in a row, but his place among the world's richest people has dropped to lowest in eight years.
Three weeks after the Supreme Court judgement, the brothers Ambani have formally decided to create an overall environment of harmony, co-operation and collaboration.
'Govt to lose Rs 40,000 crore due to RIL's escalating costs'.
He, however, seemed to indicate that he did give a personal guarantee to India's largest lender SBI, which has moved the NCLT to recover Rs 1,200 crore.
Billionaire Anil Ambani on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at 7 Race Course Road for close to an hour but refused comments on the purpose of his meeting. The meeting comes within days of the Supreme Court rejecting his group firm Reliance Natural Resources Ltd's plea for cheap gas from Reliance Industries as had been decided in a private family agreement of 2005.
The development comes a day after RCom posted a consolidated loss of Rs 30,142 crore for July-September 2019 due to provisioning for liabilities after the Supreme Court ruling on statutory dues.
In a video shared by Deora, former Union minister, on his Twitter page, Ambani says "Milind is the man for South Mumbai", while Kotak eulogises the Mumbai Congress chief for "truly representing the Mumbai connection".
Dhirubhai may or may not have owned the government; it would seem his son wants to own the market, notes T N Ninan.
Observing there was a 'wilful default', the Supreme Court last month held Ambani guilty of contempt of court and ordered the debt-laden company to clear the dues to Ericsson.
The long-drawn dispute between the two Ambani brothers took another turn on Sunday, with both Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani saying all disagreements can be sorted in a cordial and conciliatory manner.
The Ambanis sure know how to throw a party.
Their engagement party was held at Lake Como, Italy.
The wedding ceremony witnessed members of Indian Premier League side Mumbai Indians in attendance.
Indian family-run business houses have in recent years seen ugly public spats between owners over control. But metals-to-ports conglomerate Essar's Ruia family seems to be an exception. Three generations of the Ruia family - founder brother Shashi and Ravi Ruia, their children and grandchildren - continue to live under one roof and jointly run the business empire.
Also mandates pursuing other consolidation options.
A new Bench will be constituted on Thursday to hear the high-voltage case between Mukesh Amabani's RIL and Anil Ambani's RNRL relating to pricing of gas from K G Basin.
According to sources in the know, Anil Ambani-led RCom will be providing all infrastructure - towers, fibre, backhaul as well as its national and international long distance facilities-- to RIL's high-speed broadband services.
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