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“If it’s good for Ratan Tata, it’s good for us” was my saintly-strictly in the sense of being indifferent to extravaganza-husband’s winning line last weekend when I was trying to convince him to take our holiday to Taj Fort Aguada, the adjoining sister-resort of the Taj Holiday Village. The superlative hospitality team at THV had promised to move us to their Fort resort if we didn’t find the newly renovated cottages comfortable enough. Surely, we did face some minor first-mover issues. This essay is not about our holiday, though I must write more about such things given as parents to two daughters and three dogs, such holidays are a true luxury for us. A ‘VIP’… Read More »Opinion: Blog | Ratan Tata’s Last Weekend, In Goa: Seeing The Universe In A Grain of Sand

Iconic industrialist, philanthropist and visionary Ratan Tata died in Mumbai on Thursday at the age of 86. He had been ailing for some time and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Breach Candy Hospital. His death – coming two years after that of former group chairman Cyrus Mistry – rings down the curtains on one of the few controversial episodes involving the Tatas. The unseemly six-year feud within one of the country’s most respected conglomerates had generated headlines — their shock effect increasing as the battle moved from board-rooms to tribunals and then went all the way to the Supreme Court. Cyrus Mistry was part of the Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. – the… Read More »Revisiting Feud Between Ratan Tata, Cyrus Mistry: Why It Happened

<p>The Kerala High Court in a recent order quashed a criminal complaint against 3 men for calling a woman ‘prostitute’ and observed that the said act may not constitute the offence of insulting a woman’s modesty under Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) if the remark was not made in her presence.&nbsp;</p> <p>The court however said that the act of calling a woman a ‘prostitute’ in her absence may amount to other offences under other legal provisions but not ‘insulting a woman’s modesty.'</p> <p>The high court was hearing a case where three men at a flat complex were accused of insulting a woman resident’s modesty by calling a her a ‘prostitute’ while speaking… Read More »Calling Woman ‘Prostitute’ In Her Absence Not Punishable Under BNS Section 79: Kerala HC

<p>Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) has filed a criminal defamation case against Telangana Minister Konda Surekha, seeking legal action in the Nampally Court. This follows a legal notice KTR had earlier sent demanding a public apology from Konda Surekha for allegedly making defamatory remarks against him.</p> <p>KTR’s decision to pursue a criminal case comes after what he claims are repeated, unfounded statements by Konda Surekha. He emphasized that she had been reprimanded by the Election Commission in the past for similar conduct. In his case, KTR argued that her remarks were not only baseless but also part of a larger conspiracy aimed at damaging his reputation with malicious intent.</p> <p>KTR… Read More »Telangana: BRS Leader KTR Files Criminal Defamation Case Against Minister Konda Surekha

Monthly systematic investment plan (SIP) numbers in India surged to Rs 24,508.73 crore in the month of September, up from Rs 23,547.34 crore in August, which is a 4 per cent increase, the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) data showed on Thursday. The SIP contributions crossed the Rs 24,000 crore mark for the first time. According to the monthly data released by the AMFI, the number of new SIPs registered in September stood at 6,638,857. The assets under management (AUM) of SIP reached an all-time high of Rs 13.81 lakh crore. As per the AMFI data, the total number of SIP accounts reached a record 98.744 million against 96.136 million in August. Mutual… Read More »Monthly SIP Investments Cross Rs 24,000 Crore For 1st Time In India: Report