In his absence, the party stares at uncertainty as many of its other senior leaders are either in jail or in political obscurity.
A change is in the wings, though perhaps not right now, for Basant Kumar Birla's Kesoram Industries. Birla, who is 90 and the chairman, says his daughter, Manjushree Khaitan, will manage Kesoram, but under his grandson, Kumar Mangalam Birla.
Talks in final stages, but both sides deny move.
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra on Tuesday claimed that the meeting of the ethics committee of the Lok Sabha was postponed to keep a Congress member away from the proceedings and adopt the report by a majority, prompting a sharp retort from Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey.
Corporate India is starting to step up its capital expenditure plans amid government incentives and signs of rising demand, company executives and analysts have indicated. This coincides with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently citing a double-digit growth in private capital expenditure. Healthy balance sheets of banks and corporates, along with increasing capacity utilisation and improving business sentiment, are contributing to a favourable environment for sustained growth in private sector investments, the RBI said in its policy last week.
India's resource-hungry corporations are going aggressive to acquire natural resource assets overseas.
One thing has remained constant through the Indian economy in the last seven decades: the dominance of family-owned businesses. Krishna Kant reports.
Telecom to Telekom Malaysia in an attempt to complete the merger, sources involved in the negotiations said, declining to be identified. The group has hired Enam Financial as adviser to the transaction. Investment banking sources said the lawyers from both the parties are now busy structuring the deal so that the acquisition meets all the regulatory norms of the country and the Birlas retain control over Idea Cellular.
The spat between the partners of telecom giant Idea turned murkier, with Birlas debunking the claims of Tatas that as a group they are not promoters and dubbing their termination notice as "illegal and malafide".
Now, the total number of MPs suspended for the remainder of the Winter Session of Parliament stands at 14 -- 13 from the Lok Sabha and one from the Rajya Sabha.
The acquisition of the debt-laden Binani has catapulted Birla-owned UltraTech to the top spot in India, leaving it free to turn attention to overseas market
With six acquisitions in a little over a year, Birla has charted out a bold expansion path for his group.
RBI's exercise will take into account standards of governance, the viability of the payment bank (PB) business model, and changes, if any, if needed.
The government on Wednesday said big cement companies owned by Birlas and Ambuja group have shown interest in buying the non-functional plants of Cement Corporation of India.
Aditya Birla Nuvo to buy controlling stake in Pantaloons Stores; Biyani gets Rs 1,600-cr boost; deal to create the country's largest fashion retailer.
The Aditya Birla Group, which rolled out its retail chain More recently, is studying the possibilities of creating linkages between its corporate social responsibility projects in the farm sector with the retail business of sourcing farm produce.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has issued directions from the Enforcement Directorate custody to ensure that medicines and tests are available to people at all government hospitals and Mohalla Clinics, Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said on Tuesday.
Members from various opposition parties, including the Congress, sought to raise the Manipur issue immediately after the House convened and some of them shouted slogans.
With Bidhuri expressing regret, sources said, the committee was likely to bring closure to the matter and send its report to the speaker.
The group has interests in auto, textiles, engineering, chemical and power sectors, among others. "We think this is a good time to enter the IT sector. Melstar also has a US subsidiary, which gives us entry into this market as well," said PVR Murthy, CFO of YBG. The group is looking at further growth through acquisition, with the current focus on West Asian and South East Asian firms.
The group has interests in auto, textiles, engineering, chemical and power sectors, among others. "We think this is a good time to enter the IT sector. Melstar also has a US subsidiary, which gives us entry into this market as well," said PVR Murthy, CFO of YBG. The group is looking at further growth through acquisition, with the current focus on West Asian and South East Asian firms.
Birla family patriarch Basant Kumar Birla on Tuesday said two of his companies, Century Textiles and Century Enka, would go to grandson, Kumarmangalam Birla
The Aditya Birla group has taken The Indian Express Ltd, publishers of the Indian Express newspaper, to court.
Future Gaming of lottery king Santiago Martin was the biggest purchaser of electoral bonds at Rs 1,368 crore, of which nearly 37 percent went to the DMK.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday took 'serious note' of certain objectionable remarks made by BJP member Ramesh Bidhuri in the House and warned him of 'strict action' if such behaviour is repeated in the future, officials said.
The IMD has warned of heatwave to severe heatwave conditions in parts of West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh during the next five days.
Birla Mutual Fund on Friday launched its new equity fund offer - 'Birla India GenNext Fund', which will invest in equities of firms that are expected to benefit from consumption habits of young people in the country.
The Aditya Birla Group chairman culls out for you the nine lessons that have been the key to the Birla group's transformation.
"We are sure that the will is fabricated and so are going to challenge it in the court of law," highly-placed sources in B K Birla group said on Wednesday.
Hindalco is currently one of the frontrunners in the coal auction
Entertainers can be good politicians if they treat the citizens as the audience, and treat their job like a live show, and work hard to make sure the audience likes them, asserts Sandeep Goyal.
Ranji Trophy: Birla scion Aryaman hits maiden first-class ton, MP salvage draw against Bengal
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