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Tata group Chief Ethics Officer Mukund Rajan quits
New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) Tata Sons today said its Chief Ethics Officer Mukund Rajan will leave the group to evaluate entrepreneurial pursuits in the coming months.
"Dr Rajan and Tata Sons have mutually agreed that Dr Rajan will leave the services of Tata Sons on March 31, 2018," the company said in a statement.
On the reasons for his departure, the company said Rajan (49) has "conveyed personal reasons for his decision to leave Tata Sons and has indicated he will be evaluating certain entrepreneurial pursuits in the coming months".
Rajan, who was former managing director of Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd, was appointed as the group spokesperson and brand custodian in February 2013.
His was the first major appointment after Cyrus Mistry, took over as the chairman of the group after Ratan Tata retired on December 28, 2012.
He was also a part of the Group Executive Council (GEC) set up by Mistry. The GEC, headed by Mistry, was set up in April 2013 with the objective providing strategic and operational support to him.
It included NS Rajan from Ernst & Young, Tata brand custodian Mukund Rajan, ex-BSE chief Madhu Kannan, strategist Nirmalya Kumar and Tata veteran Harish Bhat.
However, after Mistry's ouster the GEC was disbanded and Rajan was moved to his new role.
He has been with with Tata Group for two-decades after starting his career as a Tata Administrative Service (TAS) Officer.
"Tata Sons thanks him for his distinguished services in various leadership roles including in the telecommunication sector, private equity space and branding strategy, as a Tata Administrative Service (TAS) Officer in the Tata Group, over a period of 23 years," the statement said.
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Kejriwal apologises to Majithia over drugs charge; Truth prevails, says SAD leader
Chandigarh, Mar 15 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has tendered an apology for levelling charges of involvement in drugs trade against Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia following which the latter has decided to withdraw the court case against him.
Disclosing this today, Majithia claimed he was grateful that truth had won and Kejriwal had realized his mistake.
The SAD leader added that since the AAP leader had "tendered his apology", he did not want to pursue the defamation case filed against him.
Drug abuse was a major issue in the high-octane Punjab Assembly elections last year and Kejriwal, who was leading the AAP charge, accused Majithia, then a minister in the state government, of being involved in narcotics trade.
However, in his apology to Majithia, the Delhi chief minister said he had learnt that his allegations were unfounded.
"In the recent past I made certain statements and allegations against you regarding your alleged involvement in drug trade. These statements became a political issue. Now I've learnt that the allegations are unfounded. Hence there should be no politics on such issues. I hereby withdraw all my statements and allegations made against you and apologise for the same," Kejriwal said.
Talking to reporters here this evening, Majithia said he had accepted the apology.
"I thank Kejriwal for showing greatness in seeking apology for his remarks made against me. I have told my lawyers that from our side, this case ends as Kejriwal has sought apology. I have asked my counsels to withdraw the defamation case. Person makes mistake and with the grace of God, if I have the ability to forgive and I will forgive," the SAD leader said.
Majithia had filed a defamation case against Kejriwal and Ashish Khetan in May 2015 accusing them of tarnishing his image by alleging his involvements with drug trade.
"I had said from the beginning that either he will say sorry or he will go to jail. Sending someone to jail is not my intention, it was to protect my honour," he asserted.
The Delhi chief minister's apology had affirmed that politics of smear campaigns would never succeed, he said.
"It is indeed a historical moment that a sitting chief minister has submitted a written apology in court withdrawing all statements he made against me besides regretting the damage caused to my esteem as well as hurt caused to my family, friends and well wishers. In today's day and age, we are bound to commit mistakes. It is human nature. Kejriwal has displayed great courage to admit his mistake and move on," said Majithia.
The SAD leader said although it was "very torturous journey" for him as he battled the allegations. "The AAP, however, did not benefit as their candidate lost his security forfeited in my constitutency," he said.
Majithia said the entire controversy had taken a toll on his mother, whom he lost, because she could not understand this kind of politics.
My wife also went through a difficult phase, I thank the almighty that this chapter has ended and truth has prevailed, he said.
"If my two little kids were asked in school that your father does such things, you can imagine what could have been my position. What answer I could have given to them," he said.
AAP leader Ashish Khetan had apologized as well, he added.
Meanwhile, the AAP said that Kejriwal was facing dozens of civil and criminal cases related to defamation, putting hoardings or posters during election campaigns, violation of Sec 144, public protests etc in Delhi and other parts of India like Varanasi, Amethi, Punjab, Assam, Maharashtra, Goa and many other places.
"Most of these cases require personal appearance in court. These cases have been foisted by our political rivals to de-motivate us and keep our leadership busy in these legal matters. The decision to amicably sort out all such legal cases is a strategy as devised by the legal team of the party. The political cases in Delhi have been put on fast track forcing MLAs andmMinisters
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Sindhi activists hold anti-Pakistan protest outside UN building
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 15 (ANI): Amid heavy rains, the World Sindhi Congress organised a protest against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Sindh in Pakistan.
The activists shouted anti-Pakistan slogans demanding the United Nations to intervene in Sindh, where the political leaders are being targeted and forced conversion of minorities is rampant.
The protest was held at 'Broken Chair' during the ongoing 37th Session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
"It is the duty of UN to find the abducted people. They (security agencies) are not even forgiving their children. It is a shame on the Pakistani state to not be able to protect their citizens," World Sindhi Congress Secretary General Lakhu Luhana said here.
He further said, "the only way is to counter and challenge that we all live together. Long live Balochistan and other Pakistan occupied areas."
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Russia should go away and shut up: UK defence secy
London [UK], Mar 15 (ANI): United Kingdom Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has asked Russia to "go away and shut up" when asked how the Kremlin should respond to the expulsion of 23 of its spies by London.
The Russian Foreign Ministry commented on Williamson's tough statement, saying "it shows that Britain's partners are worried and London has things to hide," The Guardian reported.
Williamson accused Russia of "ripping up the international rulebook" through a series of actions aimed at subverting countries around the world.
He said Russia, at a time when its economy is under pressure, is still prioritising military expenditure by investing in surface-to-air missiles, T-90 tanks, advanced submarines, long-range ballistic missiles, strategic bombers and nuclear systems.
Williamson surprisingly assumed the post of the Defence Secretary in November last year, although he has no military background.
On Wednesday, British Prime Minister Theresa May expelled 23 Russian diplomats over the alleged poisoning of a Russian ex-spy, saying that they were "undeclared intelligence officers". She further said that the diplomats will have to leave the country within a week.
The UK ambassador to Russia, Laurie Bristow on Tuesday was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, over the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, in the UK last week, the ministry told TASS.
Earlier on Monday, Russian ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko was summoned to the UK Foreign Office in London in the wake of the investigation into the possible poisoning of Skripal. Prime Minister May also said on Monday that Russia was "highly likely" responsible for the attack.
Retired military intelligence officer Skripal, 66, and his daughter, Yulia, 33, were found slumped on a bench in Salisbury city centre on March 4. However, they remain in a critical but stable condition in a hospital.
According to the reports, Skripal was convicted by the Russian government of passing secrets to UK's Secret Intelligence Service MI6 in 2004, but was given refuge in the UK in 2010 as part of a "spy swap."
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