Tata Trusts Directors to Meet After New Delhi Rebuke Over Rift

The directors of Tata Trusts are set to meet Friday, people familiar with the matter said, after government officials stepped in this week to defuse a boardroom fight at the powerful philanthropic body, which indirectly controls India’s oldest conglomerate the Tata Group.

The meeting follows a government-mediated discussion on Wednesday where officials urged representatives of Tata Trusts and Tata Sons Pvt., the group holding company, to settle their differences and avoid disruption to the group’s operations, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified as the matter is private.

The dispute flared after ...