Ratan Tata and his team faced "humiliation" when they went to sell the group's fledgling car business to Ford in 1999, but came back to "do a big favour" just nine years later by taking over the American giant's marquee brands Jaguar and Land Rover.
"They told us 'you do not know anything, why did you start the passenger car division at all'. They said they will do us a favour by buying our car division," a Tata Group veteran said, while recalling a meeting of Ratan Tata and other top executives with Ford officials in Detroit in 1999.[/quote]
Ratan Tata is amongst those businessman who are inclined towards the new political dispensation in India.
At the time of 26/11 in 2008 Tata group was afffected.
Barelwi Strikes
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First Post
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"Bareilly-based All India Faizan-e-Madina Council, a socio-political group, has announced a bounty of Rs 1,00,786 on his head. The 'national president' of the outfit, Mooen Siddiqui Noori, on Monday said the cash award would be given only to a Muslim. An "Islamic" sword would also be presented to the killer."[/quote]
ISIS Failed to Attract Indian Muslims
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TOI
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Addressing an international audience at a counter-terror conference organized in Jaipur, home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday reiterated his faith in the patriotism of Indian Muslims and asserted that influence of Islamic State (ISIS) was negligible on Indian youth. He, however, cautioned the global community on the appeal of ISIS among the young and educated and found the threat of do-it-yourself lone wolves real.
Owaisi Should Get Reservations in Pakistan
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TOI
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Hitting out at AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for demanding reservation for Muslims in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena on Tuesday said that if the minority leader wants his demands to be met on religious grounds, then he should go to Pakistan and try his antics there.
Israel a Lesser Holy Cow by Few Microns
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TOI
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Barack Obama has criticized the "divisive rhetoric" used by Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu in the closing stages of the country's parliamentary election, shortly before he swept to victory ahead of the Zionist Union party.
Netanyahu's Likud party returned 30 seats in the Knesset to the Zionist Union's 24 — and is now likely to form the next coalition government with partners on the right and the centre.