
The process to auction off United News of India agency has begun. Among the five groups that have lined up to bid for it are Gautam Adani’s brother-in-law Rakesh Ramanlal Shah and BJP MP MJ Akbar.
Newslaundry learned that five entities will participate in the bidding process, which is expected to take two or three months. They are The Statesman newspaper, the Brain Trust of India, Kolkata-based Four Square Infrastructure, former Chauthi Duniya editor Santosh Bhartia, and Rakesh Ramanlal Shah.