Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) The staggering Rs 11,300 crore fraud unearthed in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) last week, was “overlooked at multiple auditing and regulatory levels, compounding it to a point of no return”,…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Defrauded Rs 11,300 crore ($1.8 billion) allegedly by diamantaire Nirav Modi, state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Thursday denied media reports that it has transferred close to 18,000 employees on…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s adviser V.K. Jain on Thursday told police that he saw AAP MLAs Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal “physically assaulting” Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, according to…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court was told by the government on Thursday that besides iris scan and fingerprints, the UIDAI had added facial recognition as another layer of identification for Aadhaar number…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The founding conference of the India-initiated International Solar Alliance (ISA) will be held here on March 11, it was announced on Thursday. “The founding conference of the ISA on March…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) A day after Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat attributed the rise of Assam-based political party AIUDF to illegal immigration from Bangladesh, the party on Thursday hit back saying his…
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb 22 (IANS) Officials of the Income Tax (IT) Department on Thursday said they have attached properties worth Rs 1,200 crore of the Mehul Choksi-owned Gitanjali Group in Hyderabad. According to the IT…
Srinagar, Feb 22 (IANS) Kashmiri separatist leaders on Thursday demanded death for those responsible for the rape and murder of a minor in Kathua district. At a joint protest rally, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The CBI on Thursday registered a case and booked five persons on charges of uploading and circulating child pornography through a Whatsapp group that had 119 members from both India…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) With questions raised over his silence so far ever since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s arrival in India on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday evening welcomed him on…
Panaji, Feb 22 (IANS) In an emotional address, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who made a dramatic appearance at the state assembly on Thursday to present the budget – hours after being discharged from a Mumbai…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Slipping two ranks since the previous year, India ranked 81st in 2017 among the 180 nations surveyed for the level of corruption, according to global anti-graft watchdog Transparency International (TI)’s…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Religious minorities, particularly Muslims, in India faced increasing “demonization”, global rights group Amnesty International said on Thursday, accusing Indian authorities of using laws to stifle freedom of expression in the…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) A larger bench of the Supreme Court is likely to hear on Friday matters relating to land acquisition, as two benches on Thursday referred the matter to Chief Justice Dipak…
Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday cut a ribbon to mark the completion of construction of the city’s first and only 78-storey ultra-luxury Trump Tower Mumbai, which…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Some 10,000 credit or debit card holders have been affected by a data breach reported by Punjab National Bank (PNB), which is already reeling under a multi-crore rupee financial fraud…
United Nations, Feb 22 (IANS) The members of the UN Security Council may vote on a temporary ceasefire for Syria’s besieged Eastern Ghouta region, a day after UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres deplored the plight…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) With his visit already clouded over the issue of support to Khalistanis, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced a huge embarrassment on Thursday when a convicted Khalistan separatist Jaspal Atwal…
Manila, Feb 22 (IANS) President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday accused the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of funding a local news website critical of the Philippines government, after the US intelligence agency said he posed a…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the argument that Kerala woman Hadiya, in midst of a ‘love jihad’ controversy, was “vulnerable” to being recruited by terror group IS, saying that…