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Nissan sues India over outstanding dues; seeks over $770 mn

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According to the legal notice, Nissan said repeated requests to state officials for the payment, due in 2015, were overlooked LATEST NEWS :  Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has begun international arbitration against India to seek more than $770 million in a dispute over unpaid state incentives, according to a person familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by Reuters. In a legal notice sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year, Nissan sought payment of incentives due from the Tamil Nadu government as part of a 2008 agreement to set up a car manufacturing plant in the southern state. According to the notice, Nissan said repeated requests to state officials for the payment, due in 2015, were overlooked and even a plea by the company's chairman, Carlos Ghosn, to Modi in March of last year seeking federal assistance did not yield any results. The notice, sent by Nissan's lawyers in July 2016, was followed by more than a dozen meetings between fed...

I-T raids on houses, offices of Sasikala and Dhinakaran across 160 places

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Offices of Namadhu MGR, Jaya TV and Jazz Cinemas, residence of Sasikala's husband Natarajan also raided LATEST NEWS  : Income-tax officials have been raiding homes and companies belonging to the jailed All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader VK Sasikala and her relatives, including TTV Dhinakaran. Both Sasikala and Dhinakaran are rivals to the ruling AIADMK faction. The raid started at 6 am this morning across 160 places in Tamil Nadu, besides Bengaluru, Puducherry and Delhi. These places included former Jayalalithaa's house at Poes Garden, Dhinakran's house at Adyar and residence of other leaders, their relatives and party functionaries, in addition to the offices of Jaya TV as well as Jaya TV's top official and management houses. Among the companies being raided are the AIADMK mouthpiece Namadhu MGR, Jaya TV and Jazz Cinemas. Dhinakaran's faction alleged that this is a personal revenge against him. They also alleged that rulin...