The Nithyananda ashram on Thursday filed a police complaint accusing Sun Network owner Kalanidhi Maran and its top executive of morphing and telecasting visuals showing the controversial spiritual guru in a compromising position with an actress last year. In the complaint filed with Police Commissioner J K Tripathy, the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam also sought action against Maran and Sun TV's Chief Operating Officer Hansraj Saxena.
After registering the case, the agency carried out searches at the premises of Maran brothers in Delhi and Chennai.
With a goal to connect entrepreneurs with investors, a group of angel investors, including Google India Managing Director Rajan Anandan, has come together to launch an online platform -- VentureFund.com -- with an initial corpus of $100 million.
But analysts advise against dumping, say these could recover if market conditions improve.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran following reports that his family-owned Sun TV Network was a beneficiary of pay-offs by a Malaysian company, which benefited from equity sold by Aircel.
Sun Group CFO S L Narayanan's interview.
Country needs a regulator that will create a policy framework for the $17 billion business of media and entertainment in India.
'Is it advisable to have more number of scrips in small quantities or a few scrips in big quantities?'
Ajay Singh, one of the founder directors of Spicejet, has left the board of the low-cost airline, paving the way for restructuring of the company by its new owner Kalanithi Maran, the promoter of Sun TV.
Read the story of Reshmi, the winner of a Tamil singing contest.
Maran had clinched a deal in June to acquire a 37.7 per cent stake in the airline for about Rs 750 crore (Rs 7.5 billion) from American investor Wilbur Ross, his investment companies and the Kansagara family-promoted Royal Holding Services Ltd.
G Vidya beat other contestants to win a chance to act with Ramya Krishnan in the Tamil serial.
Aiming to acquire a controlling stake in SpiceJet, media magnate Kalanithi Maran on Monday launched an open offer to acquire an additional 20 per cent stake in the no-frill airline for an estimated Rs 479.29 crore (Rs 4.8 billion).
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.
SpiceJet on Wednesday said none of its stakeholders were interested in selling stake in the leading no-frills carrier now.
Earlier, the film was to be produced by London-based Aingaran Films International (P) Ltd. Now, a press release from Sun TV Network Ltd -- one of India's largest entertainment conglomerate -- says that the movie division of Sun Pictures will produce Endhiran.
While the crowds outside the AIADMK HQ seem to have taken victory for granted, a small crowd out the DMK HQ refuses to concede. A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports from Chennai.
They are sure not to like this particular one, observes N Sathiya Moorthy
After the dramatic end of the Star-Balaji proposed joint venture -- formed to launch regional channels -- Balaji has signed a content deal with leading southern broadcaster Sun Network. Balaji's move will set the battleground between Star and Balaji as the Murdoch company is believed to be partnering with Kerala-based broadcaster Asianet for its regional foray.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
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.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
A day after Central Bureau of Investigation arrested his close aide and 2 others in illegal telephone exchange case, former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Thursday charged the agency with trying "to fix" him to please an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader from Tamil Nadu.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Videocon plans a foray into the direct to home business. The company has applied for the DTH licence and is expected to start services by next year, government sources said.
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.
Karunanidhi, who has always appeased Azhagiri when elections were around the corner, while pampering and promoting Stalin at all times and costs, will find Azhagiri hard to please this time around.
The revived factionalism in the AIADMK, if not curbed now, has the potential to split the party vertically, warns N Sathiya Moorthy.
Malaysian pay TV operator Astro All Asia Networks plc, owned by the country's richest man Ananda Krishnan, is eyeing entry into the Indian Direct to Home satellite television market
The Bharti group has applied to the government for a licence to operate direct-to-home television services.
Digital Radio collectively runs 45 radio stations across the country.
The telecom industry is divided over the policies of former Communications Minister Dayanadhi Maran, who resigned on Sunday.
Markets ended their lowest close in 2015 on fears of FII outflows as the US Fed may hike rates.
Behind the ongoing legal tussle between direct-to-home company Tata Sky and Sun TV lies the growth potential of DTH
Sun Network has acquired 100 per cent stake in Tamil publication major Dinakaran, said an Indiantelevision.com report.
With three more direct-to-home operators set to enter the market by the year-end, subscribers can expect services at even cheaper rates.
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