Sri Lanka: LTTE finances down by 70 per cent

The finances of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam have come down by a whopping 70 per cent due to decline in overseas fund raising activities and curbs on its global financial network, terrorism......

Fake news: Centre won't relent, WhatsApp looks for middle path

The government is in no mood to buy the privacy and security argument pitched by WhatsApp, whereas the American firm says traceability will undermine end-to-end encryption and the private nature of......

Pak shared nuclear secrets with Iran, Libya: ISI report

Pakistan, which used every "legal and illegal" means to go nuclear, shared its secret atomic technology and equipment with countries like Iran and Libya, says an Inter-Services Intelligence report,......

India slips to 42nd place on EIU Democracy Index; US at 21st

India has moved down from 32nd place last year and remains classified among 'flawed democracies'. India has slipped to 42nd place on an annual Global Democracy Index amid 'rise of......

Naveen Jindal, family on ED radar

The Enforcement Directorate has started a probe against industrialist and member of Parliament Naveen Jindal and his family for alleged violation of Foreign Exchange Management Act provisions. The......

Valuations, access to capital spur fintechs' homecoming

Why are financial-technology (fintech) players moving back to India, or doing the reverse-flipping? Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The reasons are financial regulation, better access to......

US tax crackdown extends to those with Indian ties

In a crackdown on offshore tax evasion, American authorities have begun a criminal probe into HSBC individual account holders, who may not have disclosed their accounts in India. Indian Finance......

Tax probe: India might have tipped off US

India may have provided the fodder to the US tax evasion probe on some clients of HSBC Holdings, with respect to their accounts in the sub-continent nation, according to a finance ministry source.......

Russia faces ban from athletics for widespread doping offences

The scandal revolves around accusations that money was demanded from top athletes to 'bury' medical tests showing drug use The international police body Interpol said it would coordinate a global......