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The family that owns India’s most widely read daily is facing internal strife. At stake is the very stability of the legacy publisher.
Mahendra Mohan Gupta announced his desire to step down as chairman and managing director of Jagran Prakashan Ltd in 2021, the year he turned 81. For 16 years, he had helmed the company that published India’s most widely read newspaper, Hindi daily Dainik Jagran. As of 2020, its readership stood at 68 million, 16 million more than its closest rival, Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar. Mahendra controlled the group along with his brothers and nephews as the first among equals. But now he wanted to take a step back, kicking off the search for a successor.
Two years later, Mahendra finds …
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The stock market regulator is investigating a string of disappointing public listings. The idea is to send a message.
As Prashant Kumar’s term runs out, boardroom fault lines have left the lender with no clarity on its next CEO—spooking investors and drawing the RBI’s ire.
