Reliance nearing multibillion-dollar deal to acquire Disney’s India ops

Mumbai, 23/10: Reliance Industries Ltd., controlled by Asia’s richest tycoon Mukesh Ambani, is nearing a cash and stock deal to buy Walt Disney Co.’s India operations, according to people familiar with the matter. The US entertainment giant may sell a controlling stake in the Disney Star business, which it values at around $10 billion, as…

Read More

At least 20 killed, several injured as two trains collide in Bangladesh

Dhaka, 23/10: At least 20 people were killed and several others injured on Monday when a freight train hit a passenger train in Bangladesh’s northeastern Kishoreganj district, officials said. The accident took place when the freight train headed towards Chattogram hit the rear coaches of the Dhaka-bound Egarosindur Godhuli Express around 3.30 pm (local time)…

Read More

Vedanta Lanjigarh launches ‘Ascend’, a mentoring series for rural youth

Lanjigarh, 23/10: Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, has launched ‘Ascend: Grow Responsibly, Learn Responsibly’. It is a mentoring series led by the company’s senior leaders with the goal of reaching out to students attending schools in the vicinity of the operational area. The initiative envisions a platform where the students…

Read More

Cheap politics: Tharoor criticises circulation of his cropped image with TMC MP Mahua Moitra

New Delhi, 23/10: Congress Working Committee member Shashi Tharoor on Monday criticised the circulation of cropped images showing him with Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, calling it an act of “cheap politics”. The Thiruvananthapuram MP clarified that he was present at Moitra’s birthday party, attended by around 15 people, including his sister. He said he…

Read More

Agniveer scheme devised to ‘insult’ Indian bravehearts, says Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, 23/10: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday called Agniveer a scheme devised to ‘insult’ India’s bravehearts, saying that no pension or other benefits are given to the families of Agniveers after their martyrdom – a charge denied by the BJP.   Gandhi shared a picture of Agniveer Gavate Akshay Laxman and said the…

Read More