CBI books 5 in Delhi for looting US citizen of $400K

The CBI has booked five people for allegedly posing as Microsoft tech support and siphoning off USD 400,000 (Rs 3.37 crore as per current rates) retirement funds of a US citizen, officials said on......

RBI defends Rs 2000 note exchange exercise in court, says not demonetisation

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday told the Delhi high court that withdrawal of Rs 2000 notes is not demonetisation but a statutory exercise, and the decision to enable their exchange was......

PIL filed against exchange of Rs 2000 notes without ID, requisition slip

A public interest litigation was filed in the Delhi high court on Monday against permission to exchange Rs 2000 banknotes without obtaining any requisition slip and identity proof. Photograph: ANI......

Farmer takes on cybercriminal, recovers lakhs lost in fraud

Pawan Kumar Soni, a 55-year-old farmer based in Sri Ganganagar City in Rajasthan, became a victim of a cyber fraud when his 26-year-old son Harsh Vardhan opened a link from a phishing message that......

Food, grocery delivery firms hit records on New Year eve

Several food and grocery delivery firms witnessed their highest ever single-day orders on New Year eve, December 31. Photograph: Courtesy, Swiggy Zomato achieved a record-breaking number of......

'Which country is now standing tall in BRICS? It's India'

'India has the potential to do a lot more to take advantage of the time today where we stand to gain, geopolitically and in terms of market attractiveness.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

GST: Success And The Way Forward

No longer a discretion of the tax administrator, the audit of returns filed by taxpayers is now based on a selection by algorithms, notes Tarun Bajaj, former Union revenue and economic affairs......

MCA portal sees 20 times increase in number of authenticated users

After glitches in Version 3 of its MCA21 portal, the corporate affairs ministry has seen a 20 times increase in the number of authenticated users, including company directors and business users,......

Football Roundup: Belgium raids top soccer clubs over fraud, match-fixing

Belgian police carried out a series of raids at soccer clubs and homes across the country on Wednesday and detained many people for questioning about financial fraud and possible match-fixing,......