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Indian-Americans among 14 charged in $53-mn Covid relief fund fraud

As many as 14 people, including several Indian-origin business owners and employees have been charged in a $53 million fraud scheme involving a COVID-19 pandemic relief programme in the US state of......

In Photos: The Man Who Will Be Crowned King

King Charles III spent 70 long years as the heir to the British throne. In those years as a prince -- a record number among royal families -- he led a colourful and unusual life, indulging so many......

Senators slam bulldozer display at India Day Parade in US, organisers apologise

Two top American senators have condemned the display of a bulldozer at the India Day Parade in Edison, New Jersey, last month. IMAGE: A bulldozer being displayed during the India Day Parade in New......

Aarey metro carshed threat to many species: Activists

While the Maharashtra government is moving forward with the Mumbai Metro-3 carshed project in Aarey Colony, a forest area in the city, environmentalists warn that not only leopards, but a host of......

'It is very easy to destroy the environment'

'But extremely difficult, expensive and time consuming to rebuild it.'Askari H Zaidi reports. IMAGE: Dr Bala Prasad, fourth from left, and his team inspect the Hori Khan coffee estate area in......

Tata AIG, ICICI Lombard join race for RCap's assets

Tata AIG, ICICI Lombard and Nippon Life have evinced interest for the profit-making insurance arm of Reliance Capital (RCap), joining several prominent financial companies from India and abroad in......

Why the bid war for DHFL may well end up being a curse for the winner

While the lender has Rs 17,000 crore of retail assets and land parcels in Juhu, Borivali, Worli, and Chembur in Mumbai, there may be a disconnect between the quality of DHFL’s books and the......

CCD board to probe Siddhartha's transactions, plans to monetise assets

Among other things, the company is considering monetising the Global Village tech park located off Mysore Road in Bengaluru, for which private equity major Blackstone was said to have shown......

Is Zia Mody planning to retire?

'I'm an unbalanced human,' the founding partner of AZB, India's top law firm, tells Pavan Lall.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "So, who have you signed on recently?" I ask of Zia Mody,......

The Oberoi in New Delhi is scaling luxury to new heights

The iconic hotel opens after Rs 6-billion revamp At noon, a speck of sunlight is piercing the hazy sky that has become symbolic of the Delhi winter. An angular façade, intrinsic part......

Indian Movies I Loved in 2022

In a year of overwrought spectacles that slavishly sucked up to the audience, I found refuge in a bunch of 'mainstream' Indian films that espoused such old-fashioned values as dedication to craft,......

Review: Pete's Dragon is a mellow, charming ride

Pete's Dragon feels like a rare breath of clean air in the cluttered, loud blockbuster universe, says Raja Sen. The first shot in Pete's Dragon is that of the back of a head, and it is an......

Wong Kar-Wai, Lootera, Ray and Kaushik

'It is near impossible to get taxis in Hong Kong during rush hour. Suddenly a Sikh gentleman walked up to Satish Kaushik. He had recognised the actor and, speaking in Punjabi, offered to get us a......

Judge to probe allegations by Bipasha

Indian Business Association, which organized the India Day Parade in Edison, New Jersey on August 13, has instituted an inquiry about allegations of harassment by actress Bipasha Basu.Heading the......

I was harassed in US, says Bipasha Basu

Bollywood star Bipasha Basu has publicly accused two organisers of an India Day parade at Edison Township, New Jersey, of harassing her physically and mentally. The movie star was scheduled to lead......

Rishabh Pant: Unrepressed, entertaining, authentic

'I just go out there and do my thing; try to express myself. I'm glad people enjoy it,' Rishabh Pant tells Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Rishabh Pant at the Vidarbha Cricket Association ground in Nagpur,......

Arnold Palmer, the king... 50 years after his final Masters' victory

Arnold Palmer essentially said while he was right in the mix at several majors, probably some deep psychological reasons sapped his ambition to cross the hill and win. May be he sub......

Final countdown starts to London Games

Kew Gardens on an English spring morning will host the first in a series of celebrations on Wednesday to commemorate the 100 days' countdown to the London Olympics. An oak tree will be......

Tiger Woods gets traffic ticket for accident

Tiger Woods, the world's top golfer, was slapped with a traffic ticket for careless driving on Tuesday, four days after driving his Cadillac SUV into a fire hydrant and a tree outside his Florida......

Tiger Woods accepts full blame for car crash

Golf star Tiger Woods took responsibility on Sunday for crashing his SUV outside his Florida house and said his wife acted courageously to help him, but again cancelled an interview with......

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