India must address issues that are plaguing its aviation sector.
Acting on a Central Bureau of Investigation's plea, a special CBI court has issued judicial requests to four countries seeking details of the money trail in the Aircel-Maxis deal, in which former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran is an accused. The Letters Rogatory to the United Kingdom, Bermuda, Malaysia and Mauritius were issued by a Patiala House court last week in the case. The CBI has alleged that Maran had received Rs 547 crore as kickbacks.
SpiceJet to add 7 planes; another Rs 500 cr infusion in April.
India's richest businessman, Mukesh Ambani is ranked at 33 with a salary of Rs 15 crore (Rs 150 million) annually.
Amusing spectacles unfold everyday with candidates attempting a variety of things from donning the role of a chef to washing clothes to woo voters, spicing up the campaign for the April 6 assembly polls in Tamil Nadu.
In the wake of the 2G acquittals, here are a few high-profile cases in which question marks were raised by various courts over the CBI's probe.
As the noose tightens around textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran, his party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is quietly but surely distancing itself from him
The film truly sticks to it's title.
Members of the chief minister's family, including his elder son M K Azhagiri in the eye of a political storm following the attack on the Dinakaran office at Madurai, were seen in the gallery.
Mounting bad news takes a toll on Sun TV's stock, but analysts say company's fundamentals still remain strong
The revived factionalism in the AIADMK, if not curbed now, has the potential to split the party vertically, warns N Sathiya Moorthy.
With DMK's M K Stalin coming into his own, and the rival AIADMK too leaving no space for third parties, Tamil Nadu will remain a Dravidian stronghold for a long time, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The additional stake will cost the promoters Rs 312 crore (Rs 3.12 billion).
Sun Network chairman Kalanithi Maran and his company, Kal Airways Pvt Ltd, which was incorporated on May 6, are the acquirers of the airline.
The ED said that Chidambaram has remained evasive and therefore grant of pre-arrest bail at this stage would be highly detrimental to the investigation.
SpiceJet's original promoter is closer to taking the management reins.
The difficult period created by some "legacy issues" are over.
A consummate deal-maker, the former Aircel boss raked in the moolah in many, but lost a packet in several others.
Voicing concern over the plight of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Friday sought Centre's immediate intervention to ensure relief and rehabilitation to internally displaced Tamils in the island nation.
Sun TV promoter Kalanithi Maran, through his advisors, is talking to hedge fund Wilbur L Ross to buy its entire 30 per cent stake in low-cost carrier SpiceJet Ltd.
Ahead of the Budget 2009-10, Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Friday said efforts will be made to provide fiscal relief, including service tax exemption, to textile exporters reeling under waning global demand.
A policy is being framed to give equal fiscal treatment to all fibres so that common man gets clothing at competitive price, Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
CBI had started preliminary inquiry into the deal on January 4, 2011 and nine months later on October 9 had registered the FIR.
Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Tuesday on the opening day of the winter session after tributes were paid to the members who died during the inter-session period.
Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to 68-year old Stalin, for whom this would be the first stint as CM
A week after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi declined to meet his grand nephews, the Maran brothers, a cable TV network backed by Karunanidhi's son M K Azhagiri was launched to counter the SUN TV channel owned by the Maran family.
The sources said the matter should have been referred to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs as foreign investments above Rs 600 crore (Rs 6 billion) can only be cleared by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs headed by the Prime Minister.
Sun Group CFO S L Narayanan's interview.
The bookings under the 'Super Summer Sale' offer will remain open till Wednesday mid-night.
The fresh round of discounted fares is applicable for three days starting Tuesday on all SpiceJet flights from eight cities in South India.
Promoters of SpiceJet do not have funds to bail out the airlines of dire consequences.
Images from football matches played in Europe on Sunday.
Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin does not face any threat to his full-fledged succession as DMK chief, just now. If he were to face any threat, it would only be against 'non-performance' as the party boss, N Sathiya Moorthy.
Telecom operators may face a penalty of minimum Rs 1000 for each unverified subscriber, Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran said in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Spicejet has sought extention from the Airports Authority of India over payment schedule.
If he implements former minister Dayanadhi Maran's plan to abolish domestic roaming charges, subscribers will cheer him, but he will also earn the ire of telecom companies.
The Sun, the flagship publication of Murdoch's News Corporation, is in talks with Maran's Sun group to launch an English tabloid in the country.
He, however said he will serve people in whatever ways he can without entering electoral politics.
Production of mobile phones from Motorola's manufacturing facility, coming up at a special economic zone at Sriperumbudur near Chennai, will begin in the first quarter of next year.
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