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.
Sources said the committee is also expected to underline its unhappiness at the conduct of some opposition members during its proceedings and make a mention of it in its recommendations to the House.
While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features 506 A-listers, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, diplomats, judges and high priests.
In August 2021, Nick Read, chief executive of Vodafone Plc at the time, did not mince his words while speaking about the India business in an earnings call. Replying to an analyst's question on Vodafone Idea, a venture with the Aditya Birla Group that had piled on huge debts and worrisome losses, Read described it as a highly stressed situation that "they (Vodafone Idea) are trying to navigate... "We, as a group, try to provide them as much practical support as we can, but I want to make it very clear, we are not putting any additional equity into India.''
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 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.
Baalu said Murugan was a "traitor" who spoke against the interests of Tamil Nadu and added he described him as "unfit", which was not an unparliamentary word.
The Aditya Birla group has taken The Indian Express Ltd, publishers of the Indian Express newspaper, to court.
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.
Ali also said he was hopeful that action would be taken by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against Bidhuri in line with the traditions of the Lower House and the Constitution.
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.
'Oral evidence of Dr Nishikant Dubey, MP, in respect of complaint dated 15 October, 2023 given by him against Smt Mahua Moitra, MP...,' the subject of the Lok Sabha secretariat communication to him read.
Immediately after the House met, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid tributes to sitting MPs Rattan Lal Kataria and Balubhau alias Suresh Narayan Dhanorkar. He also said that 11 former members passed away in the last few months and read out their names.
In a relief to R S Lodha, the Company Law Board on Monday dismissed a petition seeking investigation into who controls M P Birla flagship company Birla Corporation.
Hindalco is currently one of the frontrunners in the coal auction
The privileges committee of the Lok Sabha on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution to revoke the suspension of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from the lower house.
Trinamool Congress is the second highest recipient of political donations through electoral bonds.
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Enquiries indicate it belongs to an industrialist with links to a prominent cricketer.
The Aditya Birla Group mayrestructure plan to bring all its retail verticals under Pantaloon Fashion & Retail.
The much-anticipated legal battle between the Birlas and their auditor Rajendra S Lodha over the control of M P Birla group could not begin on Monday as a Calcutta high court judge declined to hear the matter on personal grounds.
The retailer, which runs a supermarket chain under the More brand, is targeting annual sales of $4.5 billion (Rs 22,000 crore or Rs 220 billion) by March 2014 from Rs 1,200 crore (Rs 12 billion) in the current financial year. The retailer clocked sales of Rs 500 in the previous year. In 2007, the company had talked about a Rs 9,000 crore (Rs 90 billion) investment plan.
Vodafone Idea on Monday paid Rs 2,500 crore to DoT and promised to pay another Rs 1,000 crore before the end of the week.
India Inc believes that the FM has done a terrific job, but consumers may not have got their due.
Breaking her silence on the 'cash-for-query' allegation against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, party chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that plans were in the works to expel her from Parliament but any such action would help the lawmaker from Krishnanagar ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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.
Tatas agreed to a joint venture, competed with it, later walked out and are now filing 'frivolous' petitions against it, Birlas told Supreme Court in reply to Tata Industries' plea for arbitration on mobile firm Idea Cellular.
The legal battle for the Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) worth assets of M P Birla group has entered a crucial stage with the main arguments for claimant Rajendra S Lodha's probate petition for Priyamvada Birla's purported will about to begin soon.
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