AirAsia offers 2 million seats for Indians at 70 pc discount Even as AirAsia's plans to launch an airline in India along with the Tata Group is yet to fructify, the Malaysian carrier has announced upto 70 per cent discount on international flights from India. ...  
11:20 AM, Apr 02, 2013

AirAsia incorporates Indian venture Gearing up to launch services in partnership with Tatas, Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia has incorporated a company in India with the filing of all requisite documents with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The venture, AirAsia (India) Pvt Ltd, was incorporated as an "Indian non-government company" with its registered office in Mumbai. It will be an "unlisted" company, as per the documents filed with the Registrar of Companies (RoC). ...  
12:10 PM, Mar 31, 2013

Govt approves AirAsia's JV with Tata Group AirAsia Bhd's proposal to set up a joint venture for running a passenger airline with the Tata Group has been approved by India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), a government statement said on Tuesday. ...  
02:25 PM, Mar 26, 2013

Will AirAsia disrupt Indian aviation? Indian representatives on the board and indeed in the airline's senior management. Whether AirAsia Bhd's aircraft can be brought in for operation into India, a measure that would certainly be cheaper for the airline, is still unclear. Though the government has cleared the investment, AirAsia will actually have to lobby for permissions at every step. ...  
05:00 PM, Mar 13, 2013

AirAsia's proposal to set up airline with Tata gets approval The Foreign Investment Promotion Board on Wednesday approved AirAsia's proposal to set up an airline jointly with the Tata group, a Finance Ministry official said. ...  
12:58 PM, Mar 06, 2013

AirAsia to invest $ 50 mn in new Indian airline
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A new Indian airline, proposed to be launched by the Tata Group, AirAsia and another Indian investor, is likely to start operations by the fourth quarter of 2013 with about $50 million initial investment by the Malaysian budget carrier. ...  
04:10 PM, Feb 21, 2013

Nielsen boosts TCS contract to $2.5 billion Nielsen Holdings NV, best known for its TV ratings, increased the size of its contract with India's top software services exporter, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS.NS), to $2.5 billion from $1 billion. The expanded contract, among TCS's largest, comes at a time when there are expectations that India's $100 billion IT services sector may be turning a corner helped by acceleration in IT spending by existing customers and addition of...  
01:10 PM, Feb 12, 2013

Ratan Tata joins global leaders for Global Ocean Comm Nearly two months after retiring as the Chairman of Tata Group, Ratan Tata is taking up a new role by joining hands with global leaders, including former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and WTO Director General Pascal Lamy, to launch the Global Ocean Commission (GOC). ...  
12:28 PM, Feb 12, 2013

Mamata promises return of land to Singur farmers
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Urging the restive farmers of Singur not to lose hope, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she would keep her promise of giving back their land, acquired for a Tata Group plant. ...  
12:56 AM, Feb 03, 2013

Tata plans to invest more than $8 billion over 2 yrs India's salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group plans to invest more than Rs 450 billion over the next two years, its newly appointed Chairman Cyrus Mistry wrote in an internal mail on Wednesday. ...  
08:43 PM, Jan 02, 2013

Talk Asia: Ratan Tata on the 12-fold rise in Tata empire

Ratan Tata, who retired on December 28, 2012 speaks about the legacy of his family and the huge business empire. ...
11:45 PM, Dec 28, 2012

Ratan Tata bids adieu as the chairman of Tata Group Ratan Tata, an iconic corporate leader, retired as chairman of Tata Group after a 50-year run today but kept away from office on his last day at the helm of one of country's oldest business empires. Tata, who turned 75 today, is in Pune for his birthday, sources at Bombay House, headquarters of the salt-to-software conglomerate, told PTI, adding there was no clarity on whether he would visit his office...  
03:17 PM, Dec 28, 2012

Ratan Tata retires on 75th birthday, holidays in Pune lakehouse

Twenty one years after he took over the reins of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata retired on Friday, his 75th birthday. ...
03:16 PM, Dec 28, 2012

As Ratan Tata retires, Mistry has big shoes to fill Cyrus Mistry will have pretty big shoes to fill as Ratan Tata retires as the Chairman of the Tata Group. But he has not come out of nowhere. His family firm owns 18 per cent of Tata Sons, the largest shareholder after the Tata Trusts. ...  
01:59 PM, Dec 28, 2012

Ratan Tata: The man who made Tata Group a $ 100 bn empire Ratan Tata is set to retire on Friday after 21 years as the group Chairman of the diversified conglomerate Tata Group. He has been responsible for making Tata Group a $ 100 billion empire. When he took over in 1991, the group had a revenue of about Rs 14,000 crore. ...  
01:05 PM, Dec 28, 2012

What Cyrus Mistry inherits from Ratan Tata
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Marking a generational change, Ratan Tata, who turns 75 on Friday, will hand over the reins of the group to 44-year-old Cyrus Mistry, who was chosen his successor in 2011 and formally appointed Chairman earlier in December. ...  
10:19 AM, Dec 28, 2012

Ratan Tata to retire today, Cyrus Mistry to succeed him Ratan Tata, who led the transformation of the Tata group from a conventional corporate house into a $ 100 billion global conglomerate with high-profile acquisitions abroad, will retire on Friday ending 50-year run in one of India's oldest business empires. ...  
06:55 AM, Dec 28, 2012

Cyrus Mistry to succeed Ratan Tata on December 28 Ratan Tata, who led the transformation of the Tata group from a conventional corporate house into a USD 100 billion global conglomerate with high-profile acquisitions abroad, will retire tomorrow ending a 50-year run in one of India's oldest business empires. Marking a generational change, Tata, who turns 75 tomorrow, will hand over the reins of the group to 44-year-old Cyrus Mistry, who was chosen his successor last year and formally...  
12:24 PM, Dec 27, 2012

FDI not enough to reinstate confidence among investors: Tata

The outgoing Chairman of the Tata Group Ratan Tata is "rattled" by India's current image emerging from scams and retrospective taxation, and wants the government to give an "irreversible commitment" that law of the land has sanctity. ...
03:47 PM, Dec 09, 2012

PM a man of integrity but FDI insufficient: Tata The outgoing Chairman of the Tata group Ratan Tata is "rattled" by India's current image emerging from scams and retrospective taxation, and wants the government to give an "irreversible commitment" that law of the land has sanctity. ...  
02:52 PM, Dec 09, 2012