Ashfaq: A hawala racketeer who financed terror

Pakistani national Arif alias Ashfaq, who was awarded a death sentence in the Red Fort attack case on Monday, is an international hawala racketeer financing terrorist activities in India. Months......

Was Nirav Modi tipped off?

'It can't be a coincidence that he and his family, uncles and all, vanished from India only days before the scam was discovered.''Surely someone senior in the government alerted him that the......

FAQ on Impeachment of Judges

Parliament is expected to take up a motion for impeaching Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court. M R Madhavan (head of Research, PRS Legislative Research, New Delhi) explains the process......

What Jaitley said in impeachment of Justice Sen

It was a historic day in Rajya Sabha where a motion was moved to impeach a judge of Kolkata High Court and remove him from his post. At 3 pm on Wednesday, the motion was moved by Communist Party of......

Citi joins list of foreign banks scaling down India ops

Citi Bank on Wednesday joined the list of foreign banks that have exited the retail banking business in India as the US-based banking giant announced selling its consumer banking portfolio to Axis......

Deepak Parekh may give up HDFC executive role

Deepak Parekh is likely to step down as the executive chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) by the end of the year. He is expected to take over as the non-executive chairman of......

ABN Amro loses India chief

ABN Amro has lost one of its most senior Asian executives, the first major departure in the region since a Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium won the takeover battle for the Dutch bank in......

Once a bustling hub, Kolkata's central business district has few takers today

Dalhousie square has close to 55 historic landmarks Statue of Sir John Woodburn, which earlier stood at Dalhousie Square, Kolkata. Photograph: Courtesy of Special Collections, University of......