Prannoy Roy, Radhika Roy resign as directors of NDTV
New Delhi: Founders and promoters of the news channel New Delhi Television (NDTV) Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy resigned as directors of the RRPR Holding Private Limited board, the company said on Tuesday, in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges.
The promoter group vehicle of NDTV, RRPR Holding holds 29.18 per cent stake in the news channel which is being taken over by the Gautam Adani-owned Adani Group, reports ANI.
Following a meeting on Tuesday, RRPRH has approved the resignation of the Roys. Sudipta Bhattacharya, Sanjay Pugalia and Senthil Sinniah Chengalvarayan will be the new directors with immediate effect, the company statement said.
Up to 99.5 per cent of the equity shares of RRPRH was acquired in August this year by Vishvapradhan Commercial Private Limited, a subsidiary of AMG Media Network Limited, which, in turn, is a subsidiary of the Adani Enterprises Limited. The Adani Group made an open offer to take 26 per cent stake in NDTV, thereby gaining 55.18 per cent stake, which would empower it to take over the news channel as owner.
The Roys hold up to 32.26 per cent stake in the news channel.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
