Mukesh Ambani: News

21 Mar 2018

Diwali

Aamir Khan may join hands with Mukesh Ambani for 'Mahabharata'

That Aamir Khan is planning to bring the epic tale of 'Mahabharata' to the big screen is no secret.

11 Mar 2018

India

Reliance Foundation to set up a university: Nita Ambani

Nita Ambani, Chairperson and founder of the Reliance Foundation Nita Ambani on Saturday said that the foundation plans to set up a university for cutting-edge research and innovation as well as nurturing future leaders, musicians, scientists, and Olympians.

07 Mar 2018

India

Jeff Bezos tops global rich list; Mukesh Ambani richest Indian

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani became the richest Indian for the 11th year in a row while his net worth soared to $40.1 billion.

05 Mar 2018

India

Akash Ambani's getting married this year and here's the bride-to-be!

Mukesh Ambani's son Akash, the scion of India's richest family, is going to marry Shloka Mehta, the youngest daughter of diamantaire Russell Mehta, later this year if sources are to be believed.

27 Feb 2018

Samsung

Reliance Jio to cover 99% of India's population by Diwali

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio and Samsung have tied up to make sure that 99 per cent of the country's population will use 4G by Diwali this year.

21 Feb 2018

Narendra Modi

UP Investors' Summit 2018: Yogi says UP shedding "BIMARU" tag

Lucknow is hosting the two-day Uttar Pradesh Investors' Summit, which is the first such event to be held by CM Yogi Adityanath's government.

13 Feb 2018

India

What if the world's richest paid for government spending?

Bloomberg Politics has constructed an index to see how many days governments can keep running if the richest person from each country pays for governments' expenditure.

04 Feb 2018

Assam

Mukesh Ambani announces Rs. 2,500 crore investment in Assam

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, while speaking at the Global Investors Summit 2018 in Guwahati, announced an investment of Rs. 2,500 crore across various sectors in Assam which would create at least 80,000 jobs over the next three years.

26 Jan 2018

Reliance Jio

Reliance Jio joins hands with ALTBalaji to improve content offerings

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has now joined hands with over-the-top content provider ALTBalaji, a week after renewing its partnership with Eros International.

18 Jan 2018

West Bengal

Bengal Summit fetched Rs. 2.2-trillion-worth investment proposals: Mamata Banerjee

The fourth edition of Bengal Global Business Summit has been concluded, and WB CM Mamata Banerjee said it has been "highly successful" as the state bagged a whopping Rs. 2.19-trillion-worth business proposals.

12 Jan 2018

Reliance Industries

Reliance Jio may soon launch its own cryptocurrency "JioCoin"

At a time when cryptocurrency has become one of the hottest tech and financial trends, Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio is reportedly planning to foray into the blockchain and virtual currency space.

28 Dec 2017

Reliance Jio

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio buying brother Anil's RCom wireless assets

As expected, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio is taking over the wireless assets of his brother Anil's Reliance Communications, which is burdened with a massive Rs. 45,000cr-debt.

15 Dec 2017

India

JioPhone manufacturing-facility moved from China to Chennai, amid production issues

Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Infocomm shifted the production facility of its affordable 4G feature phone, JioPhone, from China to India, after facing supply-related issues.

25 Nov 2017

India

Where do Ambani brothers stand 11 years after split?

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries recently raised $800-million (Rs. 51.66-billion) -to reduce its massive debt of Rs. 2.14-trillion to some extent- through the sale of 10-year bonds overseas at the cheapest rate for a non-financial Indian issuer.

29 Sep 2017

India

Apple iPhone 8, 8 Plus launched! Sale starts at 6pm

Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus have been officially launched in India by Mukesh Ambani's son, Akash Ambani.

26 Sep 2017

Patanjali

Hurun India Rich List: Patanjali's Balkrishna ranked 8th richest person

Patanjali Ayurved's Acharya Balkrishna made a surprise entry into the "top 10" of the Hurun India Rich List 2017.

19 Sep 2017

Maruti Suzuki

Jio has a new plan, getting into connected cars segment

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio is branching out.

10 Sep 2017

Reliance Jio

How will Reliance Jio make money?

It's been a year since Reliance Jio's debut. In this period it has earned itself the tag of being a telecom disruptor and more.

04 Aug 2017

India

JioPhone wants a tailored version of WhatsApp

According to reports, JioPhone, i.e. the 4G enabled feature phone launched by the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio, will run a customized version of WhatsApp, the world's largest instant messaging service.

25 Jul 2017

Reliance Jio

Reliance JioPhone, a penny saved is a penny earned

Reliance Jio might look like a philanthropic service to most of us, as most of its services appear "free" or are given at "effective zero price".

24 Jul 2017

India

Indian CEOs take 1,200-times more salary than average staff

The rich gets richer, the poor just survives. Recent declarations showed that top executives in the biggest listed blue-chip firms get up to 1,200-times more than what is paid to their average employees.

24 Jul 2017

Reliance Jio

Reliance JioPhone TV cable means no more cable bills

At RIL's 40th AGM, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani showed us his next big step, a JioPhone that will have an effective prize of Rs. Zero.

21 Jul 2017

Reliance Industries

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries acquires 24.9% stake in Balaji Telefilms

Moving online, people have started ditching cable/satellite TV subscriptions for OTT (Over-the-top) content services, which deliver audio-visual media and television content via the Internet.

21 Jul 2017

India

Reliance AGM 2017: 'Free' 4G VoLTE feature phone launched

The 40th annual general meeting of Reliance Industries started at 11am today. The main attraction is the launch of a new 4G VoLTE feature phone, which will be offered free of cost to customers.

10 Jul 2017

Mumbai

Fire breaks out at Mukesh Ambani's house 'Antilia'

ANI reported today that at 9:10 PM a major fire broke out on the terrace of Antilia building, owned by India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani.

15 Jun 2017

India

How expensive are Reliance Jio "free" services?

There will be a general consensus if one says that the history of Indian telecom can now be broken down into two very distinct time frames, one that was before Jio and the other after Jio.

30 May 2017

Reliance Jio

RCom is hurting and it's not only the debt burden

This could have been the premise of a Bollywood potboiler but it isn't.

17 May 2017

India

Mukesh "Global Game Changer" Ambani, says 2017 Forbes list

2017 is going to be a golden year for Mukesh Ambani

12 May 2017

India

Assam to take forward Modi's 'Act East Policy'

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal said that his administration would set up an 'Act East' department to combine and take ahead the Centre's Act East Policy.

02 May 2017

Bharti Airtel

Reliance Jio accuses Airtel of misleading advertisements

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio launched a complain with the telecom regulator TRAI, against its fierce rival Bharti Airtel for violation of tariff rules.

05 Apr 2017

Bharti Airtel

Jio's free services may not end anytime soon

It is evident that Reliance Jio is bearing a loss in revenue to give free service to its users.

09 Mar 2017

India

India loses 11 billionaires to demonetization, Ambani still the richest

According to the Hurun Global Rich List India, India's club of the richest has shrunk by 11 people since the demonetization was unleashed in November.

23 Nov 2016

India

India's richest 1% control over half of nation's wealth

A Credit Suisse study showed that India's richest 1% currently exercise ownership over 53% of the country's overall wealth.

16 Aug 2016

India

Reliance Industries penalised $250 million

India's Reliance Industries faced a penalty of $250 million from the Oil Ministry for failing to scale up the company's productions to meet the production target in the Krishna-Godavari basin.

07 Aug 2016

Reliance Jio

RIL seeks to commission $35 billion worth projects in 2016-17

The Annual Report 2015-16 stated that the company seeks commissioning of projects with investment of $35 billion in 2016-17.

Nita Ambani, the first Indian woman member of IOC

Nita Ambani was elected as the member of IOC (International Olympic Committee), at its 129th session in Rio.