A day before TMC MP Mahua Moitra appears before the Lok Sabha's Ethics Committee, probing BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's "cash-for-query" allegations against her, sources privy to the matter alleged that nearly 47 log-ins to her parliamentary account were made from Dubai. He has accused Moitra of asking questions, which were keyed in through her parliamentary account, at the behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani in return for bribes and favours from the Dubai-based scion of a well-known business family. Moitra has admitted that she shared her log-in credentials with Hiranandani, whom she has described as a close friend for a long time, but has ruled out any pecuniary motivation and asserted that the questions were always hers. Dubey has accused her of compromising national interest by sharing her parliamentary portal log-in and password with an outsider, and has cited the agreement MPs sign to keep the details secret to demand action against her. The third-term BJP MP from Godda in .
In an interview to Television News Channel Times Now, Hiranandani says that the very fact that he got entangled in the matter was an error of judgement
Moitra had said in the press release that the "contents of the letter are a joke" and that "he was forced to sign a white paper"
TMC MP Mahua Moitra has raised questions over the credibility of Hiranandani Group CEO Darshan Hiranandani's affidavit, alleging that it was "drafted by the PMO" and he was forced to sign it after being "threatened" with "total shut down" of his family's businesses. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) held a "proverbial gun" to Darshan and his father's heads and gave them 20 minutes to sign this "letter", Mahua claimed in a statement issued late on Thursday night. Her statement came shortly after Hiranandani, who allegedly paid Moitra to raise questions in Parliament about the Adani Group, claimed in the signed affidavit that the TMC leader targeted billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani to "malign and embarrass" Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose impeccable reputation gave the opposition no opportunity to attack him. He alleged that she provided him with her Parliament login and password to ask questions targeting Adani after the state-owned Indian Oil Corporation booked capacity at
Electronics & IT Minister says India can emerge as a global leader in this category
Serentica Renewables on Wednesday announced the appointment of Akshay Hiranandani as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. In this role, he will work closely with Pratik Agarwal, Director, Serentica Renewables, the company said in a statement. Hiranandani served as the Corporate Finance lead for Serentica from 2021 to 2023. Agarwal said, "We are confident that he (Hiranandani) will steer Serentica towards its mission of reversing climate change by enabling large scale industrial decarbonisation." Hiranandani said the renewable energy industry is at an inflection point where customers' expectation is to receive stable green power which can be met only with technological and design innovations. Serentica is committed to delivering round-the-clock renewable power to aid decarbonisation of high carbon emitting industries. Serentica Renewables (India) is jointly held by Greenlake Asia Holdings II PTE Limited (KKR) and Twinstar Overseas Limited (TSOL) which owns controlling
The company will maintain Rs 150 crore in interest service reserve account (ISRA)
Founder and CEO of the Hiranandani Group Niranjan Hiranandani has made an investment in Goodfellows, a start-up offering senior citizens companionship
First data centre already launched at a cost of Rs 1,500 cr; Yotta to spend Rs 39,000 cr on construction, IT equipment and hardware over next 5-7 years
Last week, several premises linked to Omaxe were searched by the department for allegedly indulging in "unaccounted" cash transactions with customers of around Rs 3,000 crore.
Company will focus on large opportunities in the arena of social media, entertainment, gaming and e-sports, e-commerce, personal mobility, artificial intelligence and blockchain linked solutions
Acquires 100 acres from Hindustan Motors, will invest Rs 8,500 cr directly into a project havinf Rs 10,000 cr outlay; rest to come from customer bookings
The firm said it will invest around Rs 8,500 crore in the project
Earlier, Hiranandani Group had undertaken data centre projects in Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things are accelerating growth of storage and processing of data, says Sunil Gupta
The Rs 1,000-crore facility is the first of more to come
Falling rates to help; rise in group exposure limits will support large companies
Urban planners and real estate experts say bad town planning in Mumbai and rising deaths during the ongoing pandemic are a "sad reality".
Besides Hiranandani, NBCC's former CMD A K Mittal, HDFC's Renu Sud Karnad and Embassy group chairman Jitu Virwani are part of the board.
Hiranandani group is selling apartments in this project at Rs 1.25 crore onwards.