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SC extends Chidambaram's protection from arrest by ED till Wednesday
Rediff.com27 Aug 2019A bench of Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna said it would hear the arguments of the Enforcement Directorate on Chidambaram's two petitions, including the challenge to remand orders, on Wednesday.
Judge who paved way for Chidambaram's arrest retires
Rediff.com22 Aug 2019Justice Gaur was elevated to the high court in April 2008. He was designated as a permanent judge on April 11, 2012.
Chidambaram faces toughest test of career
Rediff.com22 Aug 2019With the fall of Congress, Chidambaram's political graph too started moving southwards.
No SC reprieve for Chidambaram, case listed for Friday
Rediff.com21 Aug 2019Registrar (Judicial) informed Chidambaram's lawyers that Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has listed the matter for hearing on Friday.
Chidambaram denied anticipatory bail; CBI, ED teams visit his home
Rediff.com21 Aug 2019The Central Bureau of Investigation had registered an FIR on May 15, 2017 alleging irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance granted to the media group for receiving overseas funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007 during Chidambaram's tenure as finance minister.
'El Chapo' sentenced to life imprisonment
Rediff.com18 Jul 2019Before he was sentenced, Guzman, complained about the conditions of his confinement and told the judge he was denied a fair trial.
Why Dawood got into match-fixing in cricket
Rediff.com17 May 2019For Dawood Ibrahim, match-fixing was a sort of 'clean job' as no force or killing were required and only a few players here and there had to be 'fixed' and the money shared, says a new book on the subject.
Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' found guilty; faces life in prison
Rediff.com13 Feb 2019Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera was convicted on numerous counts including money laundering, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, distribution of heroin and cocaine and other drugs, and illegal arms possession.
Modi ka Magic Chalega Kya?
Rediff.com11 Dec 2018'Facing foes with a common intent is not something Modi-Shah's BJP has done before,' points out Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Vyapam scam: 'People will continue to die'
Rediff.com23 Nov 2018'The big fish are still out there and people will continue to die till they are brought to justice.'
Harshad Mehta's brother, 8 SBI officials acquitted in 1992 securities scam
Rediff.com6 Nov 2018Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi, who presides over the special court set up for cases related to the 1992 securities scam, said in her judgment last week that there was no hesitation in holding that that the prosecution had failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.
TN police recover 89 antique items from bizman's house
Rediff.com28 Sep 2018A total of 89 items including 56 stone idols, 22 pillars and 12 metal statues were recovered from the house.
'I'm not always Chitrangada, sometimes, I'm Tina'
Rediff.com27 Jul 2018'And Tina, that girl inside that woman, wants to try different things.'
'BJP government is doing precious little to stop cattle smuggling'
Rediff.com26 Jul 2018'The previous (Congress) government at least did not veto provisions of the cattle laws.' 'The BJP is actively weakening the provisions.' 'The BJP government tried to export goats from Nagpur for slaughter to the Middle East.' 'The whole country was aghast and offended. We are a country of Ahimsa.' 'The BJP has incentivised the butcher industry so meat export has gone up, live animal export has gone up, leather export is on the rise, smuggling has gone up.'
ED questions Raj Kundra for over 9 hours as witness in bitcoin case
Rediff.com5 Jun 2018The businessman was summoned at the ED's office and was asked questions about the purported links of the alleged main accused of the case Amit Bhardwaj with his businesses.
Why Rishabh Pant dominates the IPL MVP standings
Rediff.com12 May 2018K L Rahul, the kingpin of the KXIP batting, is second (MVPI: 601), followed by Sunrisers Captain Kane Williamson (543). Jos Buttler, after his match-winning batting for Rajasthan Royals on Friday night, is just 4 'runs' behind at 539, and M S Dhoni is fifth with 538 'runs'.
Naroda Patiya case: Kodnani acquitted, Bajrangi's conviction upheld
Rediff.com20 Apr 2018The high court upheld conviction of 13 people including Bajrangi, and convicted another three for the first time, while acquitting 18 of the 32 people convicted by the trial court in 2012.
Global consensus must to provide affordable energy to all: Modi
Rediff.com11 Apr 2018The world, he said, needs to move towards a transparent and flexible market for both oil and gas.
A day in a Ranchi court with Lalu
Rediff.com2 Apr 2018Vaihayasi Pande Daniel -- who covers the Sheena Bora murder trial for Rediff.com -- reports on a day in a Ranchi court.
PNB scam washes out Parliament for second day
Rediff.com6 Mar 2018Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said the government is ready for a discussion on the issue of alleged financial irregularities in the banking sector and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will reply to the debate.
PNB scam, demand for special status for AP stall Parliament
Rediff.com5 Mar 2018Noisy protests disrupted the both houses of the Parliament on the first day of the second part of the budget session
PNB appoints forensic auditor for NiMo-Choksi fraud case
Rediff.com1 Mar 2018PNB issued a formal appointment letter to Belgium-based consultancy firm BDO
PNB fraud: FM slams regulators, auditors for 'not raising red flags'
Rediff.com24 Feb 2018Jaitley slammed lack of ethics in certain sections of businesses and said multiple layers of auditing system chose to either look the other way or did a casual job.
PM breaks silence on PNB fraud: 'Won't tolerate loot of public money'
Rediff.com23 Feb 2018Days after the fraud allegedly masterminded by diamantaire Nirav Modi came to light, the prime minister asked the management of financial institutions as well as the supervisory bodies to do their job diligently to check such frauds.
PNB fraud case: Finance Minister Jaitley blames bank management, auditors
Rediff.com21 Feb 2018Without naming either the alleged kingpin of the fraud, billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, or Punjab National Bank, Jaitley questioned the ethics of some businesses in the country and asked as to why the bank's internal and external auditors could not detect the fraud which had been going on for 7 long years.
You closed all options to recover dues by going public: Nirav Modi tells PNB
Rediff.com19 Feb 2018The billionaire jeweller, who has fled the country, in the letter also disagreed with the loan default amount of Rs 11,400 crore and pegged the amount his companies owe to the bank at under Rs 5,000 crore.
DU, JNU students arrested in New Year drugs bust
Rediff.com30 Dec 2017The NCB claimed that the students were both addicts and suppliers of these drugs.
CBI techie arrested for subverting rail ticketing system through illicit software
Rediff.com27 Dec 2017The CBI said the software enables the user to save all required details to book Tatkal tickets beforehand.
Fake stamp paper scam kingpin Abdul Karim Telgi dies
Rediff.com26 Oct 2017He was in news after the then DIG (Prisons) D Roopa recently alleged that Telgi was among several prisoners who received special treatment in the jail.
Dawood to Daddy: Bollywood's dons
Rediff.com11 Sep 2017Bollywood glorifies Mumbai's dons in its movies.
When sportsmen and the drug mafia made for strange bedfellows
Rediff.com11 Aug 2017Rediff.com lists those sportsmen who have been accused of 'sleeping with the enemy'
Former Barca defender accused of links with Mexican drug lord
Rediff.com10 Aug 2017US sanctions Mexico captain Rafa Marquez for alleged drug ties 'I deny categorically any type of relation with this organization'
DIG Roopa, who alleged VIP treatment to Sasikala in jail, transferred
Rediff.com17 Jul 2017Roopa has now been posted as commissioner for road safety & traffic.
Sasikala paid Rs 2 cr to get VIP treatment in jail, says officer
Rediff.com13 Jul 2017DG (Prisons) rejected allegations, saying action will be taken against DIG D Roopa.
Disqualified officials stalling Lodha Reforms: CoA to SC
Rediff.com12 Jul 2017In a scathing status report, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) has described N Srinivasan and Niranjan Shah as "disqualified office bearers with vested interest", who are trying to stall implementation of Lodha reforms.
DRI arrests national-level shooter for smuggling guns, wildlife
Rediff.com2 Jun 2017Bishnoi is alleged to be the kingpin of a global syndicate involved in smuggling of fire arms and wildlife.
Bangladesh hangs chief of terror group HuJI
Rediff.com12 Apr 2017Bangladesh on Wednesday executed banned Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and his two associates for a 2004 attack on a shrine that killed three people and wounded the British high commissioner at the time.
25 years later, 4 bank officials convicted in securities scam
Rediff.com12 Apr 2017A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Mumbai has convicted four former bank officials in one of the multi-crore securities scam cases and sentenced them to three years imprisonment, 25 years after the scam involving 'Big Bull' Harshad Mehta came to the fore.
Fake call centre scam mastermind arrested in Mumbai
Rediff.com8 Apr 2017The scam, which operated since 2013 through at least half a dozen call centres in Thane, targeted at least 15,000 US-based tax payers, who were allegedly conned by Indian tele-callers.
Worrying case of growing IS footprint in Pakistan
Rediff.com4 Mar 2017Exclusive documents obtained by the Pakistan daily The News and from law enforcement officials tasked with the responsibility of eradicating the 'Daesh' in Balochistan and Sindh revealed that the terror group has also spread its tentacles into tribal dominant Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province as they have been recruiting young Afghans living in refugee camps.