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BharatPe ex-managing director Ashneer Grover has written a letter to the Reserve Bank of India accusing BharatPe board chairman Rajnish Kumar of allocating equity shares in the company to himself worth hundreds of crores since joining the company’s board.He has also alleged that Kumar hiked his salary for his services to Rs 1.5 crore per year, three times compared to his initial fees at the time of joining the board in October 2021.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian…

The chairman of Mahindra Group, Anand Mahindra, is known for his down-to-earth nature and his witty tweets that he shares. Over the last few years, he has shared numerous things on his X (formerly Twitter) profile, and recently he shared another heartwarming post. This particular post featured the IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma and his wife IRS Shraddha Joshi, who are the people on whom the newly released “12th Fail” movie is based. Anand Mahindra shared a picture of himself holding both their autographs. They were shy…

Bhushan Kumar with his Ferrari. (Photo: Cartoq)Ferrari started business in 1939. Despite its limited numbers & high prices, celebrities & industry experts in Bollywood have not hesitated to splurge on it.When one thinks of fashionable luxury cars, one automatically thinks of a Ferrari.The Italian luxury car brand is notable in pop culture for its blazing red sleek cars that ooze sophistication and wealth. For decades now, the rich and powerful have been purchasing Ferraris as a status symbol.Auto enthusiasts love…

Image Source : FILE Who is Rakesh Kumar at OYO OYO, a global hospitality major recently announced the elevation of Rakesh Kumar as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), which will be effective from January 1 onwards. Abhishek Gupta, the current CFO, will be continuing his duties in an advisory and mentorship capacity with OYO till that time. At present, Kumar is working as the…

Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, is one of the most well-known businessmen from India. Like many billionaire businessmen from India, he also owns a large collection of expensive cars. One such car in his collection is a Rolls-Royce. The British car manufacturer Rolls-Royce is known for producing the most luxurious cars in the world. The level of customization and features that Rolls-Royce offers to its customers is unmatched by any other manufacturer. Alongside the Rolls-Royce, Kumar…

A day after Finnish wearables startup Oura Health filed a lawsuit in the US against Bengaluru-based Ultrahuman for patent and copyright violations, its cofounder Mohit Kumar took to X (formerly Twitter) saying that the former has been "extremely litigious and has sued many emerging companies in our space".ET reported on Friday that Oura has claimed Ultrahuman copied its technology and accessed proprietary information for developing its fitness ring, which the Alpha Wave and Nexus Venture Partners-backed company launched…

Former Indian cricketer Praveen Kumar had a narrow escape from a potentially disastrous accident in Meerut city, Uttar Pradesh. The incident occurred on Tuesday when Praveen was driving his Land Rover Defender luxury SUV accompanied by his son. Their vehicle collided with a speeding canter near the commissioner’s residence in the Pandav Nagar area. Fortunately, both Praveen Kumar and his son emerged from the accident unharmed, despite the severe damage inflicted upon their car. The local Civil Line Police promptly…

Sukrita Paul Kumar recently took over as guest editor of Sahitya Akademi’s literary journal, Indian Literature, a 200-page print magazine, which appears every two months. It is perhaps India’s oldest literary journal carrying translations from 23 Indian languages into English (besides original writing in the language). While it features prose and poems, Indian Literature also devotes a number of pages to scholarly essays and scripts of short plays. An issue of IE sells for Rs100. As the new guest editor, Sukrita Paul…

The sight of Bollywood celebrities driving or being driven in luxurious cars and SUVs is nothing new. It’s common to spot them in vehicles from esteemed brands like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, and Land Rover. However, a couple of years ago, the cast of the Bollywood movie ‘Sooryavanshi’ made headlines when they arrived at a media event in rare and opulent cars like the Lamborghini Urus and Rolls-Royce Cullinan. During a media event for the film ‘Sooryavanshi’ a couple of years ago, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar made a…

A novel about Indian matchmaking originally written in Maithili in 1930, The Bride (Kanyadan) offers an intimate portrayal of Mithila society in the colonial period. The author Harimohan Jha was a lifelong crusader against oppressive social practices and he dedicated the book, among others, to “a society that gives away its daughters in marriage as commodities without any qualms.” Shashi Kapoor and Asha Parekh in the Hindi film "Kanyadaan" in a picture dated 11 January 1969 (HT Archive) The story begins with…