Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s team on Tuesday said it looks forward to controlling a majority stake in the popular news channel (NDTV.NS) (NDTV), a move media group said was carried out without its consent.

An Adani Group unit said it had used financial rights in a bid to buy a 29.18% stake in NDTV, arranging plans for an upcoming open offer for a stake of another 26% according to Indian regulations.

A few hours after the announcement, NDTV gave a statement saying the move by the Adani Group “was executed without any input from, conversation with, or consent of the NDTV founders.”

 NDTV, regarded as one of India’s most popular news organizations, is one of the few newsgroups that often criticizes the policies of the ruling administration. It runs three national channels: NDTV 24×7 in English, NDTV India in Hindi, and a business news channel.

“From NDTV’s statements, it seems this may not be a friendly takeover which generally is as per agreed terms and mechanism, and in fact, may end up being a hostile takeover,” said Dipti Lavya Swain, founder and managing partner, DLS Law Offices.

Adani Group gave no immediate response to a request for comment on NDTV’s statement.

An 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her teenage brother and father in Pune. Also, her grandfather and distant uncle used to assault her sexually. The Pune police also added that this crime was perpetrated over the past five years. Police have reported a case under different sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for rape but are yet to arrest the culprits. 

The crime has been reported under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code against a young teenage brother and 45-year-old father. Under section 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), the crime has been reported against grandfather and uncle. Her grandfather’s age is around 60, and her uncle’s age is around 25.

The victim and her family are from Bihar and currently live in Pune. The incident was revealed when this 11-year-old girl opened up during a ‘good touch and bad touch’ session in school. When the father and daughter resided in Bihar in 2017, he began sexually harassing his daughter. Around November 2020, the girl’s older brother began sexually molesting her. The girl’s grandfather and a distant uncle used to improperly touch her. According to Inspector Satpute, because all incidences occurred individually and the suspects may not have been aware of each other’s acts, this is not a case of gang rape. Sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO) will also be amended, according to the police.

In the Cabinet meeting, Punjab’s new chief minister Mann declared about 25,000 vacancies of jobs in different sectors on Saturday, 19/3/22. Out of 25000 jobs, 10 thousand jobs vacancies are in the police department, and the rest job vacancies are in other departments, boards, and corporations.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann clearly mentioned that these jobs would be provided on merit and one’s abilities and hard work. There will not be any bias, recommendation, discrimination, or bribe. Unemployment is one of the major problems in Punjab. Aam Aadmi Party has raised significant concern about it in just-concluded state assembly polls and started to bring change in Punjab. Mann continued his speech by adding that he would stop the migration of young students by creating a sumptuous number of jobs in Punjab. This is the first step of the Aam Aadmi Party shortly after getting power. The process of promotion and notifications of these 25000 new jobs will be initiated in the month of April.

Mann tweeted, ” Chaired the first cabinet meeting. The Punjab cabinet has approved notification of 25000 job vacancies within one month. As we promised before the election, job opportunities for Punjab youth will be the topmost priority of the AAP government.”