Rahul Gandhi Backs Patil In Gokul Row
Rahul Gandhi criticises Maharashtra government's move to appoint five directors to Gokul Dairy after the Congress-backed panel won the recent election.
What I have learnt is that I should not think so much ahead: Prithvi Shaw
Prithvi Shaw scored an unbeaten 53 runs to guide Maharashtra to a 10-wicket win over Bengal. After shifting from Mumbai, he enjoys leading Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy match. Shaw emphasised the importance of focusing on immediate tasks rather than thinking ahead about his return to the national team. He expressed confidence in achieving big runs with more consistent performances in forthcoming innings.
Beed: Family Booked Over Windmill Project Dispute
A family in Maharashtra's Beed district has been booked for allegedly obstructing a windmill installation project by Avaada Energy and demanding Rs 30 lakh, despite having received prior compensation for their land. They also sought jobs for their children and threatened company officials.
Ranji Trophy: Tripura stun Saurashtra; Mumbai get fourth win, Hyderabad edge Chhattisgarh
Digital Desk | New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Tripura pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the 2026/27 Ranji Trophy by defeating former champions Saurashtra by 133 runs on the final day of their Elite Group B clash. Set 342 to win, Saurashtra were undone once again by off-spinner Sandip Sarkar. He followed his first-innings figures of 4-48 with 4-81, and finished with eight wickets in the match. Arpit Vasavada made 89, the only half-century of the second innings for Saurashtra, and was the last man to be dismissed after he was run out by Manisankar Murasingh to seal a famous win for Tripura in Agartala. Sridam Paul was named Player of the Match for scores of 86 and 50. At the Brabourne Stadium, 42-time champions Mumbai beat Railways by 106 runs to get their fourth straight outright win of the season. Mumbai had to wait until the final session to clinch the victory. Railways were 250/5 at the last drinks break and seemed set to escape with a draw. Eshaan Goyal and Zubair Ali had rebuilt the innings from 83/5 in the 31st over with a 167-run sixth-wicket stand. But on the very first ball after drinks, Goyal attempted a paddle sweep off Musheer Khan, and Musheers brother Sarfaraz, anticipating the shot from first slip, moved swiftly towards leg slip to take the catch. A couple of overs later, Musheer had Ali caught at long-off. Raj Choudhary and Himanshu Sangwan dug in for a while in an attempt to take Railways to a draw. But Tanush Kotian removed Choudhary, and Musheer came back to dismiss Sangwan and wrap up the win for Mumbai, as Railways lost their last five wickets for 15 runs. Elsewhere, Hyderabad scraped home by one wicket against Chhattisgarh in a nail-biting chase of 259 at the Gymkhana Ground. At 220/9, Hyderabad looked beaten, but a 39-run last-wicket stand off 104 balls turned the game, and Rakshann Readdi finished it with a six over long-off. The win also took Hyderabad to the top of the Group B table with 20 points. At the Eden Gardens, Maharashtra thrashed Bengal by 10 wickets in an Elite Group C clash. Bad light had cut into play on three days, but Maharashtra still had time to secure a bonus point. Pradeep Dhade and Hitesh Walunj took four wickets each on day for as Bengal were bowled out for 186 in their second innings, leaving Maharashtra a target of 112 to chase. Openers Sachin Dhas and Prithvi Shaw knocked it off in just 19.4 overs. While Dhas was unbeaten on 61 off 68 balls with 10 fours, and reached his fifty in 43 deliveries, Shaw made an unbeaten 53 off 50 balls, laced with three fours and four sixes, and got his half-century in 47 balls. It was Maharashtras biggest win of the season and their second outright victory. The seven points took them to 19, past previous leaders Bengal, who suffered their first defeat of the season. In Ahmedabad, Gujarat crushed Kerala by an innings and 58 runs to get a bonus-point victory. Urvil Patels unbeaten 210 set up the win, while Arzan Nagwaswalla finished with match figures of 8-83, including 4-24 on the last day, as Kerala were bowled out for 197 after being made to follow on. Tamil Nadu needed three wickets on the final day, and Ajith Ram took them all, finishing with 7-48 to seal the win over Chandigarh. At the Air Force Complex Ground in Palam, Yash Dhulls first hundred of the season helped Delhi hold on for a draw against Services and take three points due to taking a first-innings lead. Chasing 320, Delhi slipped to 119/4 just before tea when Nitin Tanwar removed Ayush Doseja for 14. But Dhull stood firm and finished unbeaten on 104 off 104 balls, with 11 fours and two sixes. He reached his century off 102 deliveries, shortly before the teams shook hands with Delhi, ending on 168/4 after 38 overs. Services captain Rajat Paliwal completed a century in each innings, while ex-Delhi player Mohit Ahlawat made 142 as Services declared their second innings at 397/9. Elsewhere, several games ended in draws. Uttar Pradesh made 492, built on Adarsh Singhs 162 and Madhav Kaushiks 137, and Prashant Veer took 3-42, but they could not get a win over Baroda in Kanpur. Jammu and Kashmir piled up 555/6 and took a 170-run first-innings lead over Pondicherry, who batted out the game thanks to Ankit Sharmas 62 in Srinagar. Andhra replied to Punjabs 592/9 with 505/8 to secure a draw. Shaik Rasheed made 176, while Karan Shinde fell four runs short of a hundred. Rain cost Jharkhand plenty of overs against Odisha, who reached 280/7 on the final day as the match was drawn. Pukhraj Manns unbeaten 153 on the final day saved the game for Himachal Pradesh against Rajasthan. All three Plate Group matches produced results. Satyajeet Bachhav followed his first-innings 6-50 with figures of 7-33 as Sikkim beat Manipur by 201 runs. Nagaland bowled out Meghalaya for 172 in the second innings to win by 122 runs. Mizoram beat Arunachal Pradesh by an innings and 29 runs, with Chinmay Sutar making 175 and Bobby Zothansanga taking five wickets in the second innings. The Ranji Trophy will now take a break for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and resume in January.
ED raids 13 locations across three states, including Tripura, over Rs 14.55-crore tender scam
Guwahati: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted search and seizure operations at 13 locations across Tripura, West Bengal and Maharashtra in connection with an alleged fake government tender racket that reportedly defrauded a Nagpur-based company of approximately Rs 14.55 crore. The searches were carried out on November 4 by the EDs Agartala Sub-Zonal Office under [] The post ED raids 13 locations across three states, including Tripura, over Rs 14.55-crore tender scam appeared first on NorthEast Now .
Maharashtra CM Fadnavis defends government decision on Gokul Dairy election amid Rahul Gandhi
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Maharashtra's Food and Drug Administration inspected 9,667 food establishments between September 1 and November 3, suspending 954 licences and seizing food stock worth Rs 63.45 crore.
2021 Antilia bomb-scare: Bombay HC cancels Mumbai ex-cop Sachin Vaze's bail
Digital Desk | Mumbai, Nov 5 (IANS) In a setback to controversial Mumbai ex-cop Sachin Vaze, the Bombay High Court on Thursday cancelled bail granted to him by a lower court in the 2021 Antilia bomb-scare and Mansukh Hiran murder cases. A bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Neela Gokhale passed the order while accepting an appeal filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), against the September 29 order of a special court granting bail to Vaze. The impugned order of the special court is quashed and set aside. The appeal by the NIA is allowed, the High Court order said. Vaze is an accused in the Antilia bomb scare case, wherein an SUV laden with explosives was recovered near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's Mumbai residence in February 2021. Hiren was one of a possible witness in the case who was later found murdered. The High Court had earlier imposed an interim stay on the bail granted to the former Assistant Police Inspector Vaze by the Special NIA Court, resulting in Vaze remaining in judicial custody in Thane Central Prison where he has been lodged for the past five years. The NIA had opposed the controversial dismissed cop's bail, claiming that Vaze could tamper with witnesses and destroy evidence. He (Vaze) was earlier charged in a fake encounter case. He was a police officer who had the duty of protecting the public. But he himself indulged in criminal activities where he not just tried to instill fear and terror but he murdered a person, the NIA's lawyer said. Earlier while hearing the NIA's appeal in October, the High Court expressed surprise over Vaze's lifestyle, including the use of high-end cars. The bench also flagged Vaze's extended stay of about 100 days in a room booked at the Oberoi hotel, asking how an officer of the rank of Assistant Police Inspector could afford to drive high-end vehicles. The High Court said that these aspects of Vaze's financial situation, conduct, and professional record were relevant to assessing the charges against him. Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, representing the NIA, shared with the High Court witness statements that mentioned that Vaze used expensive and luxury vehicles while he was an Assistant Police Inspector. During the hearing, Anil Singh read out a witness statement, which said that Vaze travelled in a black Mercedes and asked those accompanying him to turn off their mobile phones. The court then asked whether the Mercedes belonged to Vaze and whether there was any evidence that the vehicle was registered in his name. After the NIA responded in the affirmative, the court asked whether it was normal for an Assistant Police Inspector to own such an expensive car. The court remarked, Since we have not yet seen an Assistant Police Inspector driving a Mercedes... The court also sought information from the NIA regarding Vaze's other vehicles and reviewed a list of five vehicles he used while serving as Assistant Police Inspector. This list included a white BMW, a black Volvo, a white Mercedes, a white Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, and another black Mercedes. Seeing the number of vehicles, the court said, He (Sachin Vaze) owns five vehicles... The court noted that, according to statements submitted by the NIA, Vaze travelled in a high-end Mercedes to the Mumbai Police Commissioner's office and the Maharashtra Chief Minister's residence, 'Varsha'. NIA's lawyer Anil Singh also told the court that Vaze had stayed at a seven-star hotel in South Mumbai for around 100 days. The court asked how a police officer, earning a monthly salary of around Rs 90,000 at the time, could afford such an expensive lifestyle. The NIA said that these vehicles owned and used by Vaze are being linked to alleged extortion in the case.
Centre launches 9th tranche of e-auction for critical mineral blocks
Digital Desk | New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Union Mines Ministry on Thursday launched the ninth tranche of e-auction for critical and strategic mineral blocks, together with the third tranche of the auction for Grant of Exploration Licence (EL) blocks. The launch was officiated by Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy, with Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant as Chief Guest. A total of 20 critical and strategic mineral blocks are being put up for auction in the ninth tranche. Five critical mineral blocks are located in Chhattisgarh, while Rajasthan, Telangana, and West Bengal account for three each. Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra each have two blocks, followed by Bihar and Andhra Pradesh with one each. The blocks contain critical minerals such as graphite, vanadium, gallium, titanium, tungsten, and scandium. These are used as critical elements in clean energy technologies, electric mobility, advanced manufacturing, fertilisers, defence, aerospace, electronics, and other strategic industries, thereby strengthening India's mineral security and supporting the country's energy transition, an official statement said. In the previous eight tranches, 100 unique critical and strategic mineral blocks were offered, of which 64 have been successfully auctioned. Alongside the ninth tranche, the Ministry of Mines also launched the third tranche of the auction of exploration licences. Exploration Licences, introduced through Section 10BA of the MMDR Act, enable private investment in the exploration of 29 critical and deep-seated minerals specified in the Seventh Schedule of the Act, opening up exploration to private industry even before mining begins. So far, 11 EL blocks have been successfully auctioned in two tranches. The government has notified the Mineral (Auction) Third Amendment Rules, 2026 on October 16, reducing the minimum number of Technically Qualified Bidders required for the second round from three to two for Part D minerals. The change, built into the tender documents for both tranches, addresses a key reason blocks have gone unsold. Letters of Intent will now be issued automatically through the Unified Mining Portal. These build on earlier reforms, including the Mineral (Auction) Second Amendment Rules, 2025 and Insurance Surety Bonds, aimed at improving ease of doing business and investor confidence. The sale of tender documents for both auction processes commenced on Thursday. The last date for purchase of the tender document is January 1, 2027 (by 5 p.m. IST), and the last date for submission of bids (Technical Bid and Initial Price Offer) is January 7, 2027. Critical Mineral Blocks (Composite Licence and Mining Lease) will be auctioned online through a transparent two-stage ascending forward auction, where the bidder quoting the highest percentage of revenue share wins. Exploration Licence Blocks will be auctioned online through a transparent two-stage descending reverse auction, where the bidder quoting the lowest percentage share of the revenue share of the future lessee wins. Details are available on the MSTC e-auction platform at: https://www.mstcecommerce.com/auctionhome/mlcln/
Rainfall deficit, fund crunch leave Maharashtra battling drought
Roughly 15 million farmers in Maharashtra are getting anxious about the Rs 5,000 that the government promised as advance relief for their crops, which withered due to the extraordinary drought that has gripped the state. This relief is due by Diwali, as per a voluntary promise by the state, but that date is very closeDiwali Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS .
Mushrif Money Laundering Case Closed By PMLA Court
A special PMLA court in Mumbai has accepted the Enforcement Directorate's closure report in a 2022 money laundering case against Maharashtra minister Hasan Mushrif and his sons. This decision follows the Bombay High Court quashing the linked predicate offenses, which are essential for a PMLA case to proceed.
India Comeback Always At Back Of My Mind: Prithvi Shaw
Shaw has managed two half-centuries in seven innings this Ranji Trophy season, with his highest score of 70 coming against Delhi in Maharashtra's opening match
Goa records most marine mammal strandings, CMFRI maps 161 cases
Digital Desk | Kochi, Nov 5 (IANS) Goa has reported the highest number of marine mammal strandings along the Indian coast, with 113 cases during 2024-25. Kerala came next with 13 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 11, according to a study by the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI). The institute has now developed a digital map to track such incidents and help protect marine mammals. The map uses Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and brings together around 1,300 location records covering 32 marine mammal species. The study was led by CMFRI Senior Scientist Ratheesh Kumar Raveendran. It was presented at an international symposium on fisheries and remote sensing being held at the institute. Humpback dolphins topped the list of stranded marine mammals, with 82 cases. Indo-Pacific finless porpoises came next with 44 cases. The data were collected through CMFRI's marine mammal stranding network. The network works through staff at the institute's regional centres along the Indian coast. The records were also supported by verified information from trained volunteers and open-access databases. One such source was the Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Network of India. The new digital platform provides details of where the animals were found, their species, the incidents and possible causes of death. It also allows users to study when and where strandings take place. The map is expected to help identify areas where such incidents are more common. It will also help researchers and government agencies study possible threats to marine mammals and plan better conservation measures. Ratheesh Kumar Raveendran said the information would help researchers, policymakers and conservation agencies identify important areas and improve their response to stranding incidents. He also stressed the need for better coordination and stronger networks to report such cases. The study also pointed out the need for field checks, DNA tests to identify species and mapping of locations to understand why marine mammals get stranded. The three-day international symposium is being jointly organised by the Trevor Platt Science Foundation, the Department of Chemical Oceanography of Cochin University of Science and Technology, CMFRI and the Marine Biological Association of India. Union Earth Sciences Ministry Secretary Srinivasa Kumar Tummala will inaugurate the valedictory session on Friday.
Maharashtra FDA seizes 3,098 tonnes of food products, valued at Rs 63.45 crore, ahead of Diwali
With Diwali and the festive season underway, Maharashtra's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stepped up inspections to prevent unsafe food from reaching consumers. Between September 1 and November 3, the department inspected 9,637 food establishments across the state, issued 4,607 improvement notices, suspended 954 food licences and cancelled 25. It also seized 3,098 tonnes of food products worth around Rs 63.45 crore. A total of 8,835 food samples were collected for testing, FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe said.
Ranji Trophy: Maharashtra coasts to biggest win of the season against Bengal
The visitors united effort highlighted by Pradeep Dhade and Hitesh Walunjs four-wicket hauls and Sachin Dhas and Prithvi Shaws unbeaten half-centuries earned it a comprehensive 10-wicket win over the host and also propelled it to the top of the table
Maharashtra gives one-time age relaxation for recruitment exams, extends concession till end-2027
The Maharashtra government has announced a one-time relaxation in age limits for state recruitment exams until December 31, 2027. This decision follows protests from candidates regarding delays in recruitment procedures that made them ineligible. Candidates can now apply with this extended age limit for certain advertisements issued by the MPSC. Recruitment agencies are also included in this relaxation, offering opportunities for newly eligible candidates.
Prithvi Shaw opens up on India return, poor form
Out-of-favour opener Prithvi Shaw admits an India comeback is always on his mind but stresses the importance of staying in the present. He reflected on his current Ranji Trophy season with Maharashtra, where he has struggled for consistency despite two half-centuries. Shaw also spoke about his comfort with the Maharashtra team and the challenge of facing veteran pacer Mohammed Shami.
Diwali 2026: Maharashtra announces Rs 10,000 bonus for 83,000 MSRTC employees
Around 83,000 MSRTC employees will receive a Rs 10,000 Diwali bonus, while eligible staff will get a Rs 12,500 festival advance. The Maharashtra government has also increased the dearness allowance from 58 per cent to 60 per cent
Mistry challenges removal as SDTT trustee
New Delhi: Mehli Mistry has challenged his removal as a trustee of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) and Bai Hirabai Jamsetji Tata Navsari Charitable Institution before the Maharashtra Charity Commissioner, alleging procedural irregularities and violations of trust governance rules.In three rejoinders and applications filed before the Deputy Charity Commissioner, Mistry has questioned the legality of the decisions leading to his removal, the eligibility of certain trustees and their participation in decisions concerning his reappointment.He has also sought an independent inquiry into SDTT's administration, alleging conflicts of interest, improper retention of financial benefits by trustees and irregularities in decisions involving Tata Group companies and the trust's investments in Tata Sons.A key issue raised by Mistry concerns Venu Srinivasan's participation in the decision on his reappointment. Mistry has argued that Srinivasan's tenure as a trustee ended on October 23, 2025, while he communicated his vote against Mistry's reappointment on October 28.Read more: Tata Sons Chairman Chandrasekaran meets Italian PM Meloni after Iveco acquisitionAccording to Mistry, the trust's own records acknowledged that Srinivasan was no longer a trustee when he cast his vote. He has pointed out that a footnote in the records stated that Srinivasan's vote should be disregarded for this reason.However, Mistry contends that removing the vote from the final count does not address the larger issue, as Srinivasan was still included in the decision-making process. He has argued that the entire resolution was invalid because the body considering his reappointment was not properly constituted.Mistry has also disputed the trust's position that his three-year tenure ended on October 28, 2025, requiring a fresh resolution for reappointment. He has cited the SDTT Trust Deed of March 11, 1932, arguing that it does not prescribe a fixed tenure for trustees.He has further relied on an October 17, 2024, joint resolution of SDTT and Sir Ratan Tata Trust, which provided for the reappointment of trustees after the expiry of their tenure without any limitation on the renewed term, subject to applicable law.Read more: Finance Minister Sitharaman urges Tata to resolve feud amicably, rules out govt interventionIn a separate challenge concerning the Bai Hirabai Jamsetji Tata Navsari Charitable Institution, Mistry has questioned the eligibility of trustees under the trust deed. He has cited provisions requiring trustees to profess the Parsi Zoroastrian faith and meet specified residency conditions.On this basis, he has questioned the eligibility of Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh. He has also raised questions about Noel Tata's alleged Irish citizenship and UAE residency, arguing that eligibility requirements should be applied uniformly to all trustees.Mistry has sought affidavits from trustees confirming that they meet the qualifications prescribed under the trust deed. He has also disputed the trust's position that the relevant eligibility provisions are invalid or unenforceable.Separately, Mistry has sought an inquiry into the financial affairs of SDTT, particularly commissions and other benefits allegedly received by trustees serving as nominee directors in Tata Group companies.His application refers to an annual commission of approximately Rs 1.42 crore received by Noel Tata from Tata Sons Private Limited during FY 2024-25, as reflected in corporate filings.He has also raised questions concerning the engagement of Gerry McGovern for Norton Motorcycles, equity infusion into Tata International Limited and alleged deviations from unanimous resolutions on voting the trust's shareholding in Tata Sons.Mistry has argued that such matters could involve conflicts of interest and breaches of fiduciary duties. He has urged the Charity Commissioner to examine corporate filings, declarations of interest, board records and relevant approvals.He has sought rejection of SDTT's preliminary objections and an inquiry or inspection under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950.Importantly, Mistry has clarified that he is not seeking reinstatement as an SDTT trustee. Instead, he has sought an examination of the trust's administration and the appointment of an independent administrator, if required, to ensure its proper functioning.Mistry's trusteeship of SDTT and Sir Ratan Tata Trust ended in October 2025 after three trustees opposed his reappointment. On November 4, 2025, he had written to Tata Trusts trustees, including chairman Noel Tata, describing his departure as a harmonious exit and saying he did not wish to drag the charitable institutions into controversy.In the letter, he stressed the need to protect the reputation of the institutions and uphold transparency, good governance and public interest. He also cited a quote attributed to the late Ratan Tata: Nobody is bigger than the institution it serves.Mistry had earlier filed a caveat before the Maharashtra Charity Commissioner, seeking an opportunity to be heard before any changes were made to the register of trustees.
Congress Claims Takeover Plot In Maharashtra Milk Union Row, Minister Denies
The Gokul election saw the Congress-backed panel win 13 of 25 director seats, while the Mahayuti-backed panel emerged victorious in 12.
Mehli Mistry challenges removal as Tata Trusts trustee, seeks independent inquiry into governance
By Shashwat Singh Mehli Mistry has challenged his removal as a trustee of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) and Bai Hirabai Jamsetji Tata Navsari Charitable Institution before the Maharashtra Charity Commissioner, alleging procedural irregularities and violations of trust governance rules. In three rejoinders and applications filed before the Deputy Charity Commissioner, Mistry has questioned the legality of the decisions leading to his removal, the eligibility of certain trustees and their participation in decisions concerning his reappointment. He has also sought an independent inquiry into SDTT's administration, alleging conflicts of interest, improper retention of financial benefits by trustees and irregularities in decisions involving Tata Group companies and the trust's investments in Tata Sons. A key issue raised by Mistry concerns Venu Srinivasan's participation in the decision on his reappointment. Mistry has argued that Srinivasan's tenure as a trustee ended on October 23, 2025,...
Prithvi Shaw returns to form as Maharashtra end Bengal's winning run in Ranji Trophy
Prithvi Shaw returns to form as Maharashtra end Bengal's winning run in Ranji Trophy
M&M cuts FY27 tractor industry growth forecast to flat amid drought fears
Deficient rainfall in Maharashtra and Karnataka weighs on tractor demand, prompting M&M to cut its FY27 industry growth outlook to flat, though northern markets remain resilient
Congress MLC Satej Patil launches attack on Mahayuti over Gokul Dairy election row
Digital Desk | Mumbai, Nov 5 (IANS) Congress MLC Satej Patil on Thursday launched an attack on the Mahayuti government in Maharashtra over its decision to appoint five state-nominated membersincluding four non-official directorsto cooperative unions such as the Gokul Milk Union (Kolhapur Zilla Sahakari Dudh Utpadak Sangh). These four non-official directors will be granted voting rights. Lashing out at the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis-led Cabinets decision during a press conference in Mumbai, Satej Patil took a defiant stand, declaring that he will take to the streets for Gokul. He announced a mass protest rally on November 9 from Dasara Chowk to the Kolhapur District Collectorate. With this, the controversy surrounding the election of Gokul's President has intensified. Out of 25 board seats, Satej Patils Samvichari Aghadi holds 13 seats, while 12 seats are held by the Mahayuti. However, neither side possesses the required quorum of 14 directors independently to elect the president. Granting voting rights to four state-appointed directors paves a clear path for the Mahayuti to seize control of the Board. The proposal file has been submitted to the Governor for signature, and a gazette notification is expected shortly. Expressing outrage over the move, Satej Patil questioned the Devendra Fadnavis government's intentions. Just because the election results didn't go in your favour, you change the laws. If law changes were needed, they should have been made before the election. They claim they are appointing 'expert' directorsyet those very people were rejected by the voters. If they were truly experts, the public wouldn't have defeated them. Our legal battle against this will continue, he said. Patil claimed the Mahayuti government was altering the law simply because the results did not turn out in its favour. Any legal modification should have been enacted prior to the elections. The government is naming candidates as expert directors who were explicitly rejected by the electorate. If they possessed true expertise, the voters wouldn't have voted them out. There is a clear conspiracy to hand Gokul over to Amul. The government is working actively to dismantle the state's democratic framework, he alleged. To a question on friendship with NCP minister Hasan Mushrif, he claimed that the minister had committed betrayal and entered through the backdoor. He noted that in a similar way director appointments were made in Amul, but the High Court rightfully struck them down. In the case of Gokul, the general public and the milk producers have rejected the Mahayuti outright, he said. The Vajpayee government fell by a single vote. Today, that crucial single-vote margin stands with us. Disregarding the public mandate renders people's votes entirely meaningless. If this continues, governments could similarly grab power in municipal corporations by appointing nominated members, stated Patil. He further stated, Rahul Gandhi raised awareness nationwide about vote theft. Now, this government is engaged in direct power theft. In response, we will lead a protest march on November 9 from Dasara Chowk to the Kolhapur District Collectorate. Meanwhile, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said, Gokul, milk producers have defeated the BJP. So the BJP changed the rules after the election - bring in 4 directors, turn 12 into 16, steal the majority. This is theft of the milk producers' votes - adulteration in the mandate. The BJP has become so desperate that it's going to any lengths everywhere to save power. Those who steal the milk producers' votes, remember - farmers don't forget. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera claimed that the Maharashtra government was brazenly attempting to subvert the democratic mandate of milk producers at the Gokul Milk Federation by using legislative changes to manipulate the composition of an elected board. In the 19 October elections, the Congress-led panel won 13 of 25 seats, securing a majority over the Mahayutis 12. After Mahayuti-backed directors stalled the chairmans election by remaining absent, the Bombay High Court directed a fresh election on 10 November. Instead of allowing the elected board to function, the state Cabinet has approved a proposal to nominate four government directors with voting rights, potentially altering the electoral arithmetic and overturning the mandate of milk producers. The larger question is whether a government can change the rules after an election simply because it does not like the result. We are challenging this decision in the Supreme Court to defend the democratic mandate and the autonomy of cooperative institutions, remarked Khera.
Europe flight alert: Bomb threats hit Finnair, Wizz Air and Aer Lingus flights
A series of bomb alerts disrupted European air travel for the third day this week, affecting Finnair, Wizz Air and Aer Lingus flights. Aircraft were diverted to Vienna, France and Budapest, while a fighter jet escorted a Helsinki-Rome flight
Maharashtra panel recommends over 16,000 Group-C posts and age relaxation for exams
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Cyclone Murasu: Bodies of 4 missing TN fishermen recovered; five still missing
Nine fishermen were aboard the boat when it capsized amid strong winds and rough sea conditions on November 3. While four bodies have been recovered, search operations are continuing to trace the remaining five missing fishermen
Two killed, two injured in explosion at firecracker unit in Rajasthan
The explosion occurred at around 9.40 am at a factory-cum-godown in the Badli area. The impact of the blast proved fatal for two workers, who died on the spot, while two others sustained injuries
Cobra Venom Racket Busted In Thane, Five Held
Police in Thane, Maharashtra, have busted a wildlife smuggling syndicate, seizing over 500 mg of cobra venom worth Rs 5.2 crore and arresting five individuals. The arrests followed a tip-off and a trap laid by the Crime Detection Unit, leading to the apprehension of suspects and key suppliers from Mumbai.
Who Owns the Tata Legacy? Inside the Constitutional Struggle for the Soul of Indian Economy
FOR WELL OVER A CENTURY , the House of Tata occupied a singular moral and structural category in Indian economic life. It is an industrial empire generating over sixteen lakh crore rupees in annual revenue and accounting for roughly four percent of India's gross domestic product, yet its apex holding company, Tata Sons Private Limited, was owned not by billionaires or public stock market speculators, but by philanthropic endowments. Nearly sixty-six percent of the equity of Tata Sons rests with the Tata Trusts, chiefly the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Sir Ratan Tata Trust. Under this arrangement, the dividends of commercial enterprise flowed upward to fund hospitals, scientific institutes, and rural livelihoods, while the trustees acted as the constitutional guardians of the conglomerate's long-term values. On September 17, 2026, what began as a divergence over executive tenure and regulatory compliance has mutated into a fundamental constitutional crisis. The question confronting Indian corporate law is no longer merely whether Noel Tata or N. Chandrasekaran will prevail. It is whether the institutions created by a founding family can be captured from within by professional managers, independent directors, and regulatory circumstances, effectively severing majority ownership from institutional control. The departure of Darius Khambata The gravity of this institutional rupture was laid bare on November 2, 2026, when Senior Advocate Darius Khambata, a former Additional Solicitor General of India and former Advocate General of Maharashtra, announced that he would not seek reappointment as a trustee of the SDTT and the SRTT when his three-year term expires on November 9. In a four-page letter addressed to Noel Tata and Trusts Chief Executive Officer Siddharth Sharma, Khambata offered a devastating insider account of the governance breakdown at the top of the group. He described the September 17 board meeting as a day that will live in infamy, writing that those events had sullied the reputation of Tata Sons and imperilled the image of corporate India. Khambata's departure was not a mid-term resignation, nor was it prompted by a falling out with Noel Tata. Both Noel Tata and Siddharth Sharma had asked him to continue for another term. However, the reappointment of a trustee upon the completion of a fixed term requires the unanimous consent of all existing co-trustees. Submitting his continuation to the approval of trustees whose actions he considered a violation of fiduciary duty was, Khambata wrote, not in his character and would compromise his independence. At the SRTT, renewal was in any event impossible because the Maharashtra Charity Commissioner had barred the trust in May 2026 from altering its board or renewing tenures. Read as an institutional document, Khambata's letter illuminates a vital distinction between personal loyalty to a family scion and principled defense of an endowment's constitution. Khambata noted that he had originally joined the Trusts at the invitation of the late Ratan Tata and had seconded Noel Tata's appointment as chairman in October 2024 despite external pressure to defer the choice. At the same time, he stated candidly that his views had occasionally differed from Noel's, while praising Noel's democratic acceptance of those differences as the authentic old Tata way. By contrasting democratic consensus inside the Trusts with the boardroom stratagem deployed at Tata Sons on September 17, Khambata criticised the dissenting trustees. He recalled that he had been the first to warn on May 28, 2025, that a public listing of Tata Sons posed an existential threat to the Trusts, and had drafted the resolution opposing listing that all trustees, including Srinivasan and Singh, unanimously adopted on July 28, 2025. His exit carries immediate tactical consequences. Without Khambata, the SDTT shrinks to five trustees, narrowing Noel Tata's supporting majority to a three-to-two margin over Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh. The SRTT shrinks to four trustees, still outnumber Srinivasan three to one, though that board remains frozen by regulatory order. While Khambata's letter arms Noel Tata with a formidable moral and legal indictment ahead of the crucial November 26 Tata Sons board meeting, his absence deprives the Trusts' boardroom of its sharpest constitutional lawyer at the exact moment the dispute is heading toward the courts. Who holds the balance of power now? In the current Tata standoff, economic power, constitutional corporate power, operational power, and regulatory power have pulled apart into separate camps. In early 2026, N. Chandrasekaran appeared to hold every institutional advantage. As Executive Chairman since 2017, he commanded the operational apparatus of the group, presided over a period of substantial revenue expansion, and enjoyed the backing of the independent directors on the Tata Sons board. Moreover, regulatory gravity favoured his position: the Reserve Bank of India had classified Tata Sons as an Upper-Layer Non-Banking Financial Company, a designation carrying a mandatory requirement to list on the stock exchanges. Yet Noel Tata was far from powerless. Following Ratan Tata's death in October 2024, Noel consolidated institutional authority within the Tata Trusts. On September 11, 2025, a four-trustee majority including Noel and Khambata declined to renew Vijay Singh's tenure as a Trust nominee director on the Tata Sons board, a move Khambata confirmed was taken specifically to safeguard the Trusts' boardroom veto against listing. In October 2025, the trustees blocked the reappointment of Ratan Tata's confidant Mehli Mistry to the two main trusts, and in November 2025, Noel's son Neville Tata was inducted onto the board of the SDTT. The balance tipped dramatically between April and September 2026 due to two developments. First, Venu Srinivasan, the Chairman Emeritus of the TVS Group who serves both as Vice-Chairman of the Tata Trusts and as one of only two remaining Trust nominee directors on the Tata Sons board, shifted his allegiance. In April 2026, Srinivasan and Vijay Singh publicly announced their support for listing Tata Sons , abandoning the unanimous July 2025 resolution. On May 15, 2026, Charity Commissioner Amogh S. Kaloti issued an interim order freezing all board meetings of the SRTT pending an inspector's inquiry. That regulatory freeze paralysed the Trusts' shareholder power and the Trusts could not field a joint representative at the 108th AGM of Tata Sons on August 18, 2026. For the first time in 108 years, the Tata Sons AGM was adjourned for lack of quorum. Can professional management take over without buying the company? The events of September 17 raise a profound doctrinal question: can independent directors and professional management acquire practical control of an unlisted company against the express will of a sixty-six percent shareholder? In a conventional hostile takeover, an outsider acquires a majority of voting shares. What transpired at Bombay House was something quite different: a boardroom coalition shift that neutralised the controlling shareholder's constitutional veto from within. The constitution of Tata Sons is built around three provisions in its Articles of Association: Article 104B, which entitles the Trusts to nominate one-third of the board; Article 118, which mandates a Selection Committee to choose the Chairman; and Article 121, which stipulates that no resolution can pass at the board unless it secures the affirmative vote of a majority of the Trust-nominated directors. In its landmark March 2021 judgment in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. v. Cyrus Investments Pvt. Ltd . , the Supreme Court of India upheld these affirmative voting rights, recognizing that they were designed to ensure that the philanthropic owners retained an absolute check over the commercial board. On September 17, 2026, however, the six-member Tata Sons board found a seam in those Articles. The two directors nominated under Article 104B split one to one. Noel Tata argued, backed by a legal opinion from former Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, that the resolution had failed automatically; the standalone condition precedent under Article 121 was not satisfied. Tata Sons subsequently challenged Mr. Tata with legal opinions from Senior Advocate Sudipto Sarkar, former Supreme Court Justice B.N. Srikrishna, and former Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit, while also relying on an April 2025 opinion by former Justice R.F. Nariman to argue that under Section 166 of the Companies Act, 2013, a nominee director like Srinivasan owes an independent fiduciary duty to the company that overrides instructions from the nominating trust. Notice, too, that on the day before the meeting, Srinivasan had openly defied a September 16 circular resolution from the SDTT directing him not to vote on listing matters. In a fifth formal letter sent to the Tata Sons board on October 26, 2026, Noel Tata pointed out that legal opinion had been commissioned only after the vote, to validate the conduct at the boardroom. Even more damaging are corporate filings uncovered in late September concerning Hanno One Warehousing Private Limited, an entity incorporated in March 2025 with Chandrasekaran's wife Lalitha and son Pranav as directors. State land and banking records revealed that Hanno One is executing two industrial warehousing and auto-component park projects in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka valued at approximately 436 crore rupees for TVS Motor Company, where Venu Srinivasan is Chairman Emeritus. In his letter, Noel Tata demanded to know why neither Chandrasekaran nor Srinivasan disclosed these conflicts of interests before casting vote for Chandrasekaran's third term on September 17. The regulator and the changing ownership structure In March 2024, when the board and the Trusts were still united against going public, Tata Sons applied to surrender its registration as a Core Investment Company after paying down its debt. On September 11, 2026, six days before the fateful board meeting, the RBI formally rejected that application. On October 23, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra publicly reaffirmed that Upper-Layer NBFCs must list to mitigate systemic risk. By October 20, 2026, reports confirmed that Tata Sons had already begun reviewing its Articles of Association to strip out the Trusts' special governance rights in preparation for SEBI compliance. Thus, regulatory compliance via an IPO becomes the exact mechanism through which professional management can permanently extinguish the constitutional authority of the Tata Trusts. Tata Trusts transmitted a comprehensive Strategic Reorganisation Plan to Chandrasekaran and the RBI on September 28, 2026. The plan proposes merging two wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, Tata Electronics Systems Solutions Private Limited (TESS) and Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), directly into Tata Sons. Based on financial projections as of March 31, 2026, absorbing these two operating businesses would raise Tata Sons direct operating revenues to 64.3 percent of total income, removing it from the RBI's fifty-percent threshold for an NBFC. Simultaneously, its investments in group companies would fall to 88.49 percent of its aggregate net assets, dropping below the ninety-percent statutory threshold for a CIC. As the Trusts noted, until TCS was demerged in 2004, Tata Sons operated under this exact operating-cum-holding model for eighty years. Paired with a 25,000-crore rupee share buyback proposal to provide liquidity to the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, Noel Tata's plan demonstrates that a non-IPO compliance route exists. When corporate governance becomes political On October 28, 2026, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi alleged on social media that the Tata Group was being criminally destroyed. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman swiftly rebuked Gandhi, to which he responded by asking why a strictly commercial and legal matter had required the leadership of Tata Trusts and Tata Sons to be hosted at the Home Ministers residence. Gandhis reference to the ministerial meeting rested on established fact: on the evening of October 7, 2025, Noel Tata, N. Chandrasekaran, Venu Srinivasan, and Darius Khambata had indeed met Amit Shah and Nirmala Sitharaman at Shah's residence in New Delhi amid rising tensions in the Trusts, and Noel Tata held further meetings with government officials in August 2026. Given that the Tata Group plays a strategic role in semiconductors, defence, and aviation, informal consultations between its leadership and senior Union ministers during a succession crisis are not unprecedented. However, it is undeniable that a public listing of Tata Sons benefits some. Chief among them is the SP Group, which holds an 18.37 percent stake in Tata Sons and carries roughly 55,000 to 60,000 crore rupees in debt. Who speaks for the Tata Trusts? Under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act of 1950, the Charity Commissioner exercises supervisory jurisdiction over public charitable trusts registered in the state. Historically, this regulatory machinery was designed to prevent the misappropriation of charitable funds and ensure proper administration of temple and philanthropic endowments. In 2026, it has become the decisive fulcrum in the battle for corporate control of Tata Sons. Following the complaints filed in April 2026 by Suresh Tulsiram Patilkhede and Tata Trusts Vice-Chairman Venu Srinivasan alleging that the SRTT held three lifetime trustees (Noel Tata, Jimmy Tata, and Jehangir H.C. Jehangir) out of six in violation of a 2025 twenty-five-percent statutory cap, Charity Commissioner Amogh S. Kaloti ordered an inspector's inquiry under Section 37 on May 13 and issued an ex-parte order under Section 36A(1) on May 15 barring the trust from holding board meetings until the inquiry report under Section 39 is submitted. Five months later, that report is still awaited, and the SRTT remains frozen. Emboldened by the effect of that freeze, Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh sent identical email complaints to the Charity Commissioner on September 25, 2026, targeting the larger SDTT. They asked the regulator to investigate Noel Tata's perpetual trusteeship, scrutinize Neville Tata's appointment, examine whether the trust's involvement in the commercial strategy of Tata Sons endangered its charitable tax exemptions, and impose an immediate interim freeze on SDTT's meetings and Noel Tata's participation. Recognizing that a second ex-parte freeze would completely paralyze the Tata Trusts, Noel Tata, Neville Tata, Bhaskar Bhat, and Darius Khambata issued a sharp five-page rebuttal on October 5 accusing Srinivasan and Singh of fiduciary betrayal, while SDTT and seven allied Tata trusts filed more than one hundred caveats across the Charity Commissioner's office, the Bombay High Court, and the Mumbai City Civil Court to ensure no adverse order could be passed without a full hearing. When an administrative inquiry into trustee tenures can indefinitely disable a majority shareholder from voting at a corporate AGM before the merits of the complaint are even adjudicated, regulatory supervision risks becoming an instrument of corporate de-control. Who owns the Tata legacy? When Sir Dorabji Tata and Sir Ratan Tata bequeathed their wealth in the early twentieth century, they deliberately placed their shares into public charitable trusts for the benefit of the people of India rather than creating dynastic family trusts. Furthermore, in 2022, during Ratan Tata's lifetime, the Articles of Tata Sons were amended to prohibit the chair of either principal trust from simultaneously serving as Chairman of Tata Sons, institutionalizing a separation between philanthropic oversight and executive management. Yet it would incorrect to conclude that because the Tata family surrendered proprietary ownership to charity, that family stewardship lacks legitimacy. The founders endowed the Trusts with voting shares in Tata Sons precisely so that the commercial enterprise would remain permanently anchored to a philanthropic purpose. As six Parsi community organisations reminded the Prime Minister in an October 2026 appeal, and as Darius Khambata articulated in his farewell letter, the Tata model is an indivisible combine of industry and philanthropy in which neither limb retains its meaning without the other. Noel Tata turns seventy on November 12, 2026, and will step down from six group operating company boards in compliance with the very retirement norms that the Tata Sons board waived for Chandrasekaran on September 17. The contrast between institutional restraint and managerial entrenchment will now, only sharpen. The precedent for India Inc. Across the country, multi-generational business families, from the Godrej and Bajaj groups to the Mahindra, Birla, and TVS empires, have increasingly separated family ownership from day-to-day professional management while migrating promoter shareholdings into trusts to ensure orderly succession. If the mechanisms deployed at Tata Sons in 2026 are validated by the courts, they will establish a perilous precedent for every promoter-led enterprise in India. If a nominee director appointed by a controlling trust or holding company can invoke Section 166 of the Companies Act to defy the nominator's written mandate, promoter nomination rights will lose their predictability. If an independent director presiding over a meeting can use a casting vote to manufacture a majority among divided shareholder nominees, affirmative veto clauses in shareholder agreements and Articles of Association across India will be rendered fragile. If a dissenting trustee can approach a state Charity Commissioner or civil court to freeze trust board meetings and thereby block the controlling shareholder from establishing a quorum at the company's AGM, any internal family or trustee disagreement can be leveraged by opportunistic individuals. Ironically, Venu Srinivasan himself is now confronting the complexities of family governance, with reports in late October 2026 confirming that he and his daughter Lakshmi Venu have filed caveats against each other over family business matters. The institution beyond its founders An institution must undoubtedly evolve beyond the era of its founders, adapting to modern regulatory standards of financial transparency and minority shareholder fairness. As Darius Khambata observed, Tata Sons could voluntarily adopt every transparency and reporting safeguard of a listed corporation without triggering the nuclear option of an initial public offering. Institutional evolution cannot endorse displacement of a founding philanthropic purpose through procedural stratagems. When a split among trustees, an unannounced agenda item, and an administrative freeze on a charitable trust are weaponised to sideline a majority shareholder and rewrite the company's constitution, that is no longer the natural maturation of corporate governance. It is a form of institutional capture. Whether Indian law will protect the constitutional authority of founders or ratify the autonomy of an boardroom coalition will determine not only the fate of the Tata legacy, but the future architecture of trust and stewardship in Indian capitalism.
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