With the home ministry rejecting the renewal of broadcast licences to Sun group, is it end of the road for Maran brothers? R Ramasubramanian reports from Chennai.
Verdicts paving the way for construction of a Ram Temple at Ayodhya and India's multi-billion dollar Rafale fighter jet deal with France were 2019's landmark imprints of the Supreme Court, which also found itself at the centre of a controversy with then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi being accused of sexual harassment before getting the clean chit.
The former PM also hit out at the Modi government saying it was "harping" on corruption to divert people's attention.
How Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar find themselves in a huge controversy.
The man who led this journey is 50-year-old Kalanithi Maran, chairman and managing director of the Sun Group.
One of the urgent tasks ahead for the new government should be to improve public trust in the executive.
Recent investigations into the telecom spectrum and coal scams have made bureaucrats very wary of taking decisions.
They are sure not to like this particular one, observes N Sathiya Moorthy
From the economy to foreign policy issues, to addressing the serious challenge posed by communal forces which are out to viciously polarise and divide Indian society, the UPA II government has shown a certain pronounced weakness and lack of vision and commitment that could seriously harm India in the long run, notes Sanjay Kapoor.
Has the Modi government been more at odds with institutions than other governments? There is no doubt that there have been more run-ins. While the RBI and CBI cases have drawn attention, there have been others, less publicised, Subhomoy Bhattacharjee points out.
Maran's penchant for taking risks was visible last year again when he acquired Indian Premier League's Hyderabad cricket franchisee and named it Sun Risers.
A look at the life and times of maverick businessman Chinnakannan Sivasankaran
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
Amit Shah is the man of the moment. The architect of the BJP's stunning transformation in the Hindi heartland during the Lok Sabha elections is all set to emerge as the CEO of Modi's political dreams and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's cultural passion, says Sheela Bhatt.
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