A. Sundaram

Chennai's Mylapore was a magnet for film music legends. Composers and singers like MS Viswanathan and TM Sounderarajan lived here. The area offered affordable homes and was close to film studios. Carnatic music and temples also attracted artists. Many learned music in Mylapore's streets. These homes now face change, but memories remain.

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Friday restrained Tata Sons from taking any action that would lead to the dilution of the Cyrus Mistry family’s 18.4 per cent stake in the firm or from forcing them to sell their shares until it decides on their plea alleging minority shareholder oppression and mismanagement by the Tata Group’s holding company.

The Supreme Court recently gave the green signal to a decade-old slum rehabilitation scheme in Kurla after holding that there is nothing illegal in clubbing civic and private lands under a single redevelopment plan.

Senior advocate C A Sundaram, appearing for Vedanta, said Tamil Nadu has filed an appeal against the NGT order so the case be heard urgently as they are facing problems with storage of sulphuric acid in the plant.

A 92-year-old freedom fighter, A Sundaram from Sethurathinapuram near Manapparai in Trichy district, complained of official apathy for not releasing his pension here on Monday.

The Supreme Court has upheld a sectoral tribunal's ruling which held Wockhardt's chief financial officer Rajiv B Gandhi and others of insider trading.

Mobile phone subscribers in the country can expect an end to those pesky calls from telemarketers from September 5.

Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata’s conciliatory statement that he had “no intention to defame” industrialist Nusli Wadia saw the latter agree before the Supreme Court on Monday to drop civil and criminal defamation cases he had filed against Tata three years ago.

The disturbing fact about govt agencies tapping phones on a big scale emerged during a hearing in Supreme Court on Wednesday in the case concerning the illegal tapping of former SP leader Amar Singh's phones.

The Supreme Court has chided the airline companies for frequent loss of passengers' baggage and upheld a Rs 9.3 lakh penalty imposed on international carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines for misplacing a couple's baggage.

Tata counsel pointed out that the allegations of a nexus between Tata and excessive favouritism for Siva group by Ratan Tata was “clearly a false and wild allegation by Cyrus Mistry” as was the allegation that Nano had been perpetuated because of the obstinacy of Ratan Tata.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Thursday a plea challenging the Telangana High Court order staying the proposed release of Amitabh Bachchan starrer Hindi movie 'Jhund' on the Over the Top (OTT) platform on May 6. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli took note of the submissions that the film, which was earlier released in theatres on March 4, is scheduled to be released on the OTT platform and the high court's status quo order is coming in between.

Rallies carrying flags and banners, colourful performances and flag hoisting ceremonies marked the 75th Independence Day anniversary celebrations in schools and colleges on Monday.

PUNE: The compensation package for the 300 temporary Bajaj Auto Limited (BAL) workers would include 65 days'wages for every calendar year a worker has been with the company, irrespective of the number of days he has put in during the period. Most of the workers in this category have worked for around seveneight years with the company.

The Supreme Court has put its stamp of approval on the interview-less nursery admission policy.

The Centre for Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada (CESCK) attached to the premier Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) on Friday has decided to chalk out an action plan to promote studies in classical Kannada.

MBBS freshers entering the Stanley Medical College on Monday will be greated by smiling seniors and notices on bulletin boards saying ragging is inhuman' and no ragging in this college.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran’s plea for segregating his trial in the Aircel-Maxis case from the 2G spectrum scam case.