Ratan Tata may have given up plans to get into civil aviation but the chairman of the $72 billion Tata Group is putting pieces together to be a major player in the general aviation space. Tata, a trained pilot, is working out deals with international players for business jets, helicopters as well as for aircraft… Continue reading Ratan Tata readies plan to enter aviation business
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Late Lt. Cdr. Firdaus Darabshah Mogal awarded Shaaurya Chakra
President Pratibha Patil has approved gallantry medals for 137 security personnel, including 14 for the country’s third highest peacetime bravery award, the Shaurya Chakra, on the occasion of the 65th Independence Day. Among the other medals named by the president are three Bar to Sena Medal (gallantry), 114 Sena Medal (gallantry), three Nao Sena Medal… Continue reading Late Lt. Cdr. Firdaus Darabshah Mogal awarded Shaaurya Chakra
Will Bombay Parsi Panchayat Go The Karachi Way
A recent decision by the Karachi’s apex Parsi trust to give children of women married to non-Zoroastrians the right to adopt their mother’s religion has generated interest in Mumbai where the community is still divided over the issue. By Manoj Nair | DNA The Karachi Parsi Anjuman Trust Fund, the counterpart of the Bombay Parsi… Continue reading Will Bombay Parsi Panchayat Go The Karachi Way
Rohinton Nariman To Be Appointed Solicitor General of India
Senior advocate Rohinton Nariman is all set to be appointed as the new solicitor general of India, the second senior most law officer of the country, in place of Gopal Subramanium, who quit recently. Sources said that the government has decided to appoint him as the next solicitor general, a proposal to which he has… Continue reading Rohinton Nariman To Be Appointed Solicitor General of India
Preaching Through The Media
Last month, a senior Vatican official said that Catholic bloggers are an extraordinary reality in the life of the church. As if acknowledging the power and reach of the new social media, the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, last week to send his first tweet, announcing the inauguration of a news portal. Like… Continue reading Preaching Through The Media
Parsi community has created modern India: Amitav Ghosh
The Parsi community is an amazing pool of talent, having created modern India as we know it, says one of the country’s foremost novelists and chronicler Amitav Ghosh, who tails his Parsi protagonist, Bombay merchant Bahramji Naurozji Modi to China in his new novel, "River of Smoke" – the second book in the Ibis trilogy.… Continue reading Parsi community has created modern India: Amitav Ghosh
The Nanavati Case
Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra was a 1959 Indian court case where Nanavati, a Naval Commander, was tried for the murder of Prem Ahuja, his wife’s lover. With Nanavati frequently away on assignments, the lonely Sylvia fell in love with Prem Bhagwandas Ahuja, a friend of Nanavati. Original article in the Mid-Day On… Continue reading The Nanavati Case
