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Hindustan Times
2 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Rajasthan: Man takes own life, accuses 4 of torturing him in suicide note in Kota
A 35-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after hanging himself in his house in Kota, the police said on Friday. Dushyant Pandey left an eight-page note naming four men—Narendra Nagar, Ravi Tiwari, Shankar Rai, and Rambhagat—accusing them of financial harassment that drove him to suicide. (Stock) (Pic used for representation)(HT_PRINT) Dushyant Pandey left an eight-page note in which he named four individuals- Narendra Nagar, Ravi Tiwari, Shankar Rai and Rambhagat, accusing them of torturing him over financial matters, which he claimed led him to take this extreme step, the police said. According to the police, Dushyant, who worked in the private sector and lived with his parents and sisters, went into his room on Thursday afternoon and did not come out. Read | Kerala woman dies by suicide after male friend subjected to 'mob trial'; PFI-linked workers arrested On Friday morning, Dushyant's father called the police after receiving no response from his son and noticing that his door remained bolted. The police rushed to the residence and broke the door open to find Dushyant hanging from the ceiling fan, Borkheda Police Station Circle Inspector Devesh Bhardwaj said. Initial inquiry suggests that Dushyant was allegedly experiencing a monetary crisis and was involved in cheque bounce cases, he further said. A case was lodged to determine the actual reason behind Dushyant's extreme step and investigate the role of the persons mentioned in his note, the CI added. Dushyant's body was handed over to his family members after post-mortem on Friday afternoon. Discussing suicides can be triggering for some. However, suicides are preventable. A few major suicide prevention helpline numbers in India are 011-23389090 from Sumaitri (Delhi-based) and 044-24640050 from Sneha Foundation (Chennai-based)
News18
5 hours ago
- Business
- News18
Sun TV Network Defends Promoter Kalanithi, Says All Legal Obligations Met
Agency: PTI Last Updated: Sun TV Network in a regulatory filing says the agreements between the two brothers had been "duly vetted" by "intermediaries" concerned before the company's public issue. A day after reports emerged of former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran accusing his brother of 'fraudulent practices" and 'misgovernance", the elder sibling Kalanithi-run Sun TV on Friday said the division between the promoter family done 22 years back was in compliance with all legal obligations. Defending its promoter Kalanithi, Sun TV Network in a regulatory filing said the agreements between the two brothers had been 'duly vetted" by 'intermediaries" concerned before the company's public issue. According to reports, Dayanidhi has sent a legal notice to his brother and several others, accusing them of 'fraudulent practices" and 'misgovernance" in taking control of Sun TV after their father Murasoli Maran's death in 2003. Dayanidhi, who is also a Lok Sabha member from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), has sought to restore the company's shareholding structure to its pre-September 2003 status. The board of Sun TV Network is led by Kalanithi as Executive Director and Chairperson. His daughter Kavya Kalanithi Maran is also on the south-based broadcaster board. Kalanithi, as a promoter, owns 75 per cent shareholding in Sun TV Network. On Friday, Sun TV Network, in its regulatory filing said, 'The alleged matter dates back to 22 years when the company was a closely held private limited company." Defending the promoter, it further stated, 'Statements allegedly made in the articles are incorrect, misleading, speculating, defamatory and not supported by facts or law". 'We wish to inform that all acts have been done in accordance with legal obligations and the same had been duly vetted by concerned intermediaries before the public issue of the company," it said. Moreover, Sun TV Network also said the media reports claiming a rift between the promoter Maran brothers 'does not have any bearing on the business of the company or its day-to-day functioning". Sun TV Network also clarified that it is a 'family matter of the promoter" and is 'purely personal in nature". Besides Kalanithi, financial institutions, including mutual funds and insurance companies, own 10.46 per cent of the shareholding of Sun TV and 6.87 per cent by the foreign portfolio investors. Chennai-based Sun TV Network is among India's leading media conglomerates, having 37 television channels in seven languages, with a reach of more than 140 million households in India. Besides, it also owns Sun Direct, a DTH (direct-to-home) platform and operates 69 FM radio stations under the brand names — Suryan FM, RED FM and Magic FM. It also operates three daily newspapers and six magazines. In addition, Sun TV Network owns the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise of the Indian Premier League and Sunrisers Eastern Cape of Cricket South Africa's T20 League. For the 2024-25 financial year, the network's total consolidated income was Rs 4,712.60 crore, down 1.55 per cent. Its profit after tax was down 11.53 per cent to Rs 1,703.64 crore, against Rs 1,925.80 crore a year earlier. First Published: June 20, 2025, 14:30 IST
The Print
5 hours ago
- Business
- The Print
Sun TV Network defends promoter Kalanithi, says all legal obligations met
According to reports, Dayanidhi has sent a legal notice to his brother and several others, accusing them of 'fraudulent practices' and 'misgovernance' in taking control of Sun TV after their father Murasoli Maran's death in 2003. Defending its promoter Kalanithi, Sun TV Network in a regulatory filing said the agreements between the two brothers had been 'duly vetted' by 'intermediaries' concerned before the company's public issue. New Delhi, Jun 20 (PTI) A day after reports emerged of former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran accusing his brother of 'fraudulent practices' and 'misgovernance', the elder sibling Kalanithi-run Sun TV on Friday said the division between the promoter family done 22 years back was in compliance with all legal obligations. Dayanidhi, who is also a Lok Sabha member from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), has sought to restore the company's shareholding structure to its pre-September 2003 status. The board of Sun TV Network is led by Kalanithi as Executive Director and Chairperson. His daughter Kavya Kalanithi Maran is also on the south-based broadcaster board. Kalanithi, as a promoter, owns 75 per cent shareholding in Sun TV Network. On Friday, Sun TV Network, in its regulatory filing said, 'The alleged matter dates back to 22 years when the company was a closely held private limited company.' Defending the promoter, it further stated, 'Statements allegedly made in the articles are incorrect, misleading, speculating, defamatory and not supported by facts or law'. 'We wish to inform that all acts have been done in accordance with legal obligations and the same had been duly vetted by concerned intermediaries before the public issue of the company,' it said. Moreover, Sun TV Network also said the media reports claiming a rift between the promoter Maran brothers 'does not have any bearing on the business of the company or its day-to-day functioning'. Sun TV Network also clarified that it is a 'family matter of the promoter' and is 'purely personal in nature'. Besides Kalanithi, financial institutions, including mutual funds and insurance companies, own 10.46 per cent of the shareholding of Sun TV and 6.87 per cent by the foreign portfolio investors. Chennai-based Sun TV Network is among India's leading media conglomerates, having 37 television channels in seven languages, with a reach of more than 140 million households in India. Besides, it also owns Sun Direct, a DTH (direct-to-home) platform and operates 69 FM radio stations under the brand names — Suryan FM, RED FM and Magic FM. It also operates three daily newspapers and six magazines. In addition, Sun TV Network owns the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise of the Indian Premier League and Sunrisers Eastern Cape of Cricket South Africa's T20 League. For the 2024-25 financial year, the network's total consolidated income was Rs 4,712.60 crore, down 1.55 per cent. Its profit after tax was down 11.53 per cent to Rs 1,703.64 crore, against Rs 1,925.80 crore a year earlier. PTI KRH TRB This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Time of India
8 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
ETtech Deals Digest: Startups raise $159 million this week, down 7.2% on-year
Startups raised around $159.2 million during the week of June 14 to 20, a 7.2% drop from the $171.6 million raised during the same period last year, according to data from Tracxn . The tally also marked a 0.7% decrease over the $160.3 million raised last week. Deal activity, too, remained muted this week, with 14 transactions recorded during the period. This was less than half of the 36 deals seen in the corresponding week last year. ETtech Top deals of the week Aspora: Y Combinator-backed cross-border payments startup Aspora raised $53 million in Series B funding , co-led by Sequoia and Greylock, with Quantum Light Ventures also contributing to the round. Live Events Pop: Consumer payments platform Pop secured $30 million in funding from digital payments firm Razorpay. Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories Mahaveer Finance : Chennai-based non-banking finance company Mahaveer Finance raised around $23.1 million in an equity funding round that was led by Elevation Capital , along with participation from Banyan Tree Finance and First Bridge Capital. ETtech
Indian Express
8 hours ago
- General
- Indian Express
Is it a home if it only exists in the imagination?
'Delhi is awfully dry,' explained a Belgian man who had lived and worked in the city for many years when asked why he was moving back home. When a friend told me this anecdote, I could instantly relate. The enforced greenery was oxymoronically brown, the leaves never glistening with the bounty of the monsoon or the much-maligned rains that nourish the beauty of the English countryside of my teenage years. There were other sorts of dryness, too: The local branch of a famous Chennai-based eatery whose masala dosas — too crisp, with an entirely alienated filling sitting awkwardly somewhere inside — lacked what an empathetic friend described as 'the creamy oneness of the masala and the dosa'. The mausoleums of kings long gone, who had never conquered as far as the land of my ancestors, rose detached from the unartful, modern cityscape. The sea was further away than it had ever been. Even the heat was, perhaps fortunately, dry. The only relationship to be had with such a place was an equally dry one: Purely transactional, for the sake of a job. Chennai for a few years, Amsterdam for a year were, metaphorically and literally, wetter; there was certainly more perspiration in the former. But varying degrees of linguistic and cultural alienation, and above all, reclusiveness and a life lived internally, put paid to any notion of forging a connection. There was much to explore, much that was genuinely of historical, cultural or aesthetic interest, and most of it was left unexplored. There was no inspiration, no capturing of the imagination. Just as one can have an intimate relationship with a city, it's also possible to have none at all. It may be a question of belonging. In the back alleys and crevices of my mind, paved by the cobblestones of one medium-sized town after another — the successive homes of my childhood — there was always a faint but insistent pull towards half-mythical rural roots. Towards family and forefathers, and neighbours who could tell stories of them all. Temples built in time immemorial, always with a pond and a banyan tree, where I might never venture but which should certainly be there. The smell of the Arabian Sea and its waves lapping at the shore. The white sands of my father's home, the tall trees he had planted and the second-hand memory of the paddy fields he crossed to get to school, which I was born too late to see. The thought of living permanently in that place — no longer truly rural but built up, just another grey, traffic-ridden speck in the giant conurbation that runs the length of Kerala — was always a mere velleity. Growing up, family and the occasional visit to the family home were the only constants. There were no permanent friends, schools or hometowns, and many years were spent abroad as a 'Generation 1.5' immigrant — those who move as children after having spent a few years in their country of birth, but come of age in the host country. Assimilation wasn't easy; there was an accent, among other things, in the way. National identity evolved, went to war with itself and eventually dissolved into something less proud and more global. What remained was an affinity for a village imagined from afar, a region, a culture, a language and its history; all this became something to cling to in the absence of anything more definite. Cities barely figured, either in life or the imagination. Even when they rudely shoved their way into my life by way of the exigencies of work, they remained peripheral to my thought. My experience of them was that of a transient, flitting through and making do for a few years. There was certainly no sense of belonging to one, of knowing all its ways and secrets. I can live in a city for years without making a true home. Does that mean one can have a home that exists only in the imagination, and that there are other ways of belonging, beyond urban and rural, of in-betweens and might-have-beens?
