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......

The 1965 War: A view from the east

As part of rediff.com's continuing coverageon the 1965 War, 40 Years On, Mumtaz Iqbal, a banker in then East Pakistan, looks back at the mood prevalent in the country then,and suggests that the war......

Memories of '62: Does India know China today?

On the title page of the Top Secret Report, Henderson-Brooks quotes the Chinese tactician Sun Tzu: 'Know yourself, know your enemy: A hundred battles, a hundred victories', says Claude Arpi,......

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......

ANZ re-enters Indian banking after a decade

Australia and New Zealand Banking Groupsaid on Thursday it had re-entered the Indian banking sector after a decade, opening its first branch in Mumbai.It has appointed Subhas DeGamia, a veteran......

StanChart staff in India face prosecution

The Supreme Courton Fridayallowed the prosecution of directors and top executives ofStandard Chartered Bank, who were alleged to have been involved in FERA violations as part of the securities......

StanChart post-tax profit surges 121%

Buoyed by good quality assets and liabilities of the merged entity of Grindlays Bank, the Standard Chartered Bank on Wednesday announced a 121 per cent growth in post-tax profit of Rs 848 crore (Rs......