Congress plenary in Delhi from March 16-18
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) A plenary session of the Congress will be held here from March 16 to 18, wherein it is likely to ratify Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as party President and pave the…
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Merged with ruling faction on Modi’s advice: Panneerselvam
Chennai, Feb 17 (IANS) Finally, it is official. Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Friday told AIADMK office-bearers in Theni district that he merged his faction with the ruling faction on the advice…
21 more PNB fraud-related raids, property worth Rs 5,674 seized so far, says ED
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday conducted raids at 21 places across India and seized assets worth Rs 25 crore in connection with the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam,…
Three PNB fraud accused sent to 14-day police custody
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) A Special CBI court on Saturday remanded the three accused arrested in the over Rs 11,300 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case to police custody till March 3. These include…
Asha Bhosale conferred Yash Chopra memorial award
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Veteran playback singer Asha Bhosale was conferred the coveted “5th Yash Chopra Memorial National Award” at a function held here late on Friday. Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao gave away the award…
Did PNB fraud continue after retirement of so-called ‘main culprit’?
New Delhi Feb 17 (IANS) Did the fraud at Punjab National Bank (PNB) continue even after the “main culprit”, named by the bank, retired? It would seem so from the details provided by PNB to…
India, Iran sign nine agreements, agree to stop terror forces
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) India and Iran on Saturday pledged to stop the forces of terrorism and extremism, delinking it from religion and agreed that there should be an end to terror sanctuaries even…
ED attaches Rs 115-crore land of Chennai developer
Chennai/New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached land worth Rs 115 crore of VGN Developers in Chennai in a case of bank fraud while purchasing the land in 2013, an official…
Sitharaman questions Rahul’s presence at Gitanjali Jewels event
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Countering the Congress’ charge that the multi-crore bank fraud took place under the BJP government, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that Rahul Gandhi was present at a promotional…
Singhvi rubbishes BJP’s allegations, warns of legal action
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Rubbishing accusations that he and his family had links with Nirav Modi’s companies, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Saturday said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman “was liable to civil and…
BJP, Congress trade blame over multi-crore Nirav banking fraud
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The ruling BJP on Saturday blamed the Congress for the “original sin” that led to the alleged Rs 11,500 crore banking fraud by jeweller Nirav Modi and his partner Mehul…
Facebook to roll out fix for bug in two-factor authentication
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) After several people received non-security-related notifications from Facebook after giving the social network their phone numbers for two-factor authentication (2FA), the company admitted there was a bug and has promised…
Goa CMO, BJP deny news reports on Parrikar’s surgery
Panaji, Feb 17 (IANS) Authorities and the Goa unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday denied media reports that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is expected to undergo surgery at a Mumbai hospital. A…
I-League: Gokulam shatter East Bengal title hopes
Kozhikode, Feb 17 (IANS) East Bengal’s title aspirations were dealt a body blow as Gokulam Kerala FC stunned them with a come-from-behind 2-1 win at the EMS Corporation Stadium here on Saturday. Yusa Katsumi (45+4…
5-day judicial custody for Hindu Samhati chief, others
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Hindu Samhati chief Tapan Ghosh and three activists, arrested on charge of attacking media persons at an event in the city, were on Saturday remanded in five-day judicial custody by a…
Won’t let any agency eliminate Bimal Gurung: Ahluwalia
Jalpaiguri, Feb 17 (IANS) Union Minister and Darjeeling MP S.S. Ahluwalia said that some agencies want to “eliminate” Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung, but he will do his bit to protect the absconding…
Intesa Sanpaola SPA only foreign bank to be affected by PNB fraud
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The only foreign bank affected in Nirav Modi/Mehul Choksi fraud case turns out to be Intesa Sanpaolo SPA whose Hong Kong branch was called upon to provide money to Gitanjali…
Modi, Jaitley knew country was being looted: Congress
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday made a direct allegation against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying “both were aware that the country was being looted” in the…
$1.8 bn PNB fraud, macro-data hit equities’ movement
By Porisma P. Gogoi Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) The weekly trade in the Indian equity markets was almost flat. However, a slew of domestic developments like a $1.8 billion fraud reported by the Punjab National…
Was misfit in BJP, says Lovely after rejoining Congress
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Former Delhi Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely on Saturday returned to the Congress and said he was “ideologically a misfit” in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which he had joined in…