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Sheena Bora Case: Why was Indrani's voice recorded?

Sheena Bora Case: Why was Indrani's voice recorded?

Rediff.com22 Feb 2020

At the prison, both Ranjan and Manglik's cell phones were pressed into service by the CBI. Why the CBI didn't bring its own equipment seems a mystery... Ranjan's cell handset was given to Indrani and Manglik dialed it. Indrani then spoke and her speech, that emanated from the phone, via speaker mode, was recorded.

Aircel-Maxis probe stuck in last leg

Aircel-Maxis probe stuck in last leg

Rediff.com16 Jul 2013

The agency had "almost finished" its probe into the matter, which involved Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, an official said.

'We need to push back on fake news very hard'

'We need to push back on fake news very hard'

Rediff.com22 May 2017

'We have to believe that in the long run, stable and secure societies thrive on a reputable news culture and people will recognise this.'

Markets end firm, Sensex surges 300 points

Markets end firm, Sensex surges 300 points

Rediff.com6 Sep 2013

The broader markets ended firm with mid-caps and small-caps gaining nearly 0.5 per cent on the BSE.

Sheena Bora Trial: What's wrong with Peter?

Sheena Bora Trial: What's wrong with Peter?

Rediff.com5 Dec 2018

He is, at the closing of 2018, a man quite different from the Peter Mukerjea who entered judicial custody three-and-a-half years ago. He is a man not yet convicted of a crime, but already suffering for it, like the hundreds that enter these courts every day and the thousands Peter shares jail space with in a central Mumbai prison.

Indian money in Swiss banks falls by over 10% to Rs 12,615 cr

Indian money in Swiss banks falls by over 10% to Rs 12,615 cr

Rediff.com18 Jun 2015

This is the 2nd lowest amount of funds held by Indians.

Govt mulls independent office to manage centre's debt

Govt mulls independent office to manage centre's debt

Rediff.com21 Feb 2014

The finance ministry is working on a Cabinet note for establishing a full-fledged Public Debt Management Office, officials told Business Standard.

Chopper deal: ED files chargesheet in money laundering case

Chopper deal: ED files chargesheet in money laundering case

Rediff.com20 Nov 2014

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday filed its first chargesheet in a Delhi court against businessman Gautam Khaitan and others, including two Italian nationals, in connection with its money laundering probe in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal.

Sensex falls 208 points to end at 3-month low; financials drag

Sensex falls 208 points to end at 3-month low; financials drag

Rediff.com11 Dec 2015

In the metal pack, Tata Steel was up 3.7% while Vedanta was up 1.8% .

IPL betting: ED nabs bookie; conducts searches in multiple cities

IPL betting: ED nabs bookie; conducts searches in multiple cities

Rediff.com22 May 2015

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested a suspected Delhi-based bookie after launching searches in multiple cities.

Britain has a cure for India's ailing banks, Mr Rajan are you listening?

Britain has a cure for India's ailing banks, Mr Rajan are you listening?

Rediff.com18 Aug 2015

The financial crisis has challenged the intellectual assumptions on which previous regulatory approaches were largely built, and in particular the theory of rational and self-correcting markets.

Buying insurance cover: Do women matter?

Buying insurance cover: Do women matter?

Rediff.com3 Nov 2017

There is discrimination against women in insurance cover. As a flood of insurance companies tap the capital markets with public issues, there is however, hardly any reference to this asymmetry. Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports

Will the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill of any real use?

Will the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill of any real use?

Rediff.com12 Mar 2018

Legal experts are not sure if threat of confiscation of property will be deterrent enough for fleeing offenders

Database State to Surveillance State

Database State to Surveillance State

Rediff.com31 Jan 2017

The plan of UID/Aadhaar-based surveillance does not end with the collection of fingerprints and iris scan, it goes quite beyond it and poses a lethal threat to the idea of India, says Gopal Krishna.

What's the logic behind tax evasion?

What's the logic behind tax evasion?

Rediff.com5 May 2016

It is strange that the wealthy evade taxes even though the marginal utility of the money saved amounts to little and tax rates in countries, including India, have dropped

Take time by the forelock in J-K

Take time by the forelock in J-K

Rediff.com20 Aug 2019

'If development, investment, employment, implementation, credibility and commitment are ensured, security will automatically improve and subversive and militant elements will lose ground and be neutralised by the people themselves,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.

PricewaterhouseCoopers functioning under SC lens

PricewaterhouseCoopers functioning under SC lens

Rediff.com6 Dec 2013

A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said the issues raised in the plea need 'examination' and issued notice to the Centre, RBI, Central Board of Direct Taxes, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, PwC and the audit firms sharing its brand name.

Coronavirus: What about the Lab in Wuhan?

Coronavirus: What about the Lab in Wuhan?

Rediff.com12 Apr 2020

Why did the Chinese military take over the lab in Wuhan in end January? Did something go wrong? Claude Arpi glances at the mystery surrounding the origin of the coronavirus.

Cash crisis: Not the first time it's happened

Cash crisis: Not the first time it's happened

Rediff.com23 Nov 2016

India has gone through this exercise twice, and here's what happened then.

Agusta case: Centre says PM didn't strike any deal with Italy

Agusta case: Centre says PM didn't strike any deal with Italy

Rediff.com29 Apr 2016

In the matter pertaining to acquisition of AgustaWestland helicopters, the undisputed central issue that stands out is corruption, especially bribery, the statement said.

He told India about the Himalayan Blunder

He told India about the Himalayan Blunder

Rediff.com3 Jul 2020

Very few today realise that without Brigadier John Dalvi's courage, we would never have known what really happened during those tragic days of October/November 1962, reveals Claude Arpi.

Sensex, Nifty fall drastically at close; banks, auto lose heavily

Sensex, Nifty fall drastically at close; banks, auto lose heavily

Rediff.com11 Jun 2015

Sensex, Nifty end the day in red on unfavourable cues from global markets.

AgustaWestland: ED slaps laundering case against ex-IAF chief

AgustaWestland: ED slaps laundering case against ex-IAF chief

Rediff.com4 Jul 2014

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday slapped a money laundering case against former Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi and 20 others in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal to probe alleged kickbacks of Rs.360 crore.

Sensex drops 371 points to end at 1-week low; financial shares drag

Sensex drops 371 points to end at 1-week low; financial shares drag

Rediff.com28 Mar 2016

The S&P BSE Sensex ended down 371 points at 24,966 and the Nifty50 closed 101 points lower at 7,615.

Sensex bounces back to end up 131 points

Sensex bounces back to end up 131 points

Rediff.com16 Mar 2016

Financials were among the top losers along with Sun Pharma and index heavyweight Reliance Industries

Indian F1 Grand Prix set to return in 2016

Indian F1 Grand Prix set to return in 2016

Rediff.com19 Nov 2014

The Indian Formula One Grand Prix is expected to return in 2016 as a "fruitful" meeting between F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone and race promoters has prepared the ground for the comeback of the high-profile event.

Indian black money deposits moved out of Switzerland

Indian black money deposits moved out of Switzerland

Rediff.com11 Sep 2015

The Swiss National Bank, the country's central banking authority, has estimated the funds currently held by Indians in Swiss banks at a mere $1.98 billion. Fear of disclosure due to greater scrutiny of this illicit wealth has played the main role in the flight of capital.

'Pinning all the blame on Rahul is simplistic, unfair'

'Pinning all the blame on Rahul is simplistic, unfair'

Rediff.com10 Jun 2019

'I would personally like to see Rahul Gandhi continue as party president.' 'I genuinely believe he has far more to offer to the party still, particularly in leading us in these challenging times that we find ourselves in.'

PHOTOS: Migrants welcome here

PHOTOS: Migrants welcome here

Rediff.com6 Sep 2015

8,000 asylum-seekers reach Germany in a single day amid deepening refugee crisis

'India needs to highlight its world-class nuclear security'

'India needs to highlight its world-class nuclear security'

Rediff.com13 Jan 2015

With the spectre of nuclear terrorism growing, the international community is concerned about the security of India's nuclear facilities. The worry has grown since 2010, when radioactive Cobalt-60 surfaced in a New Delhi scrapyard, killing one person and hospitalising eight others.

In 2015, Indian highway projects may not hit potholes

In 2015, Indian highway projects may not hit potholes

Rediff.com29 Dec 2014

The sector hit many roadblocks during 2014, as builders were seen shying away from the projects and investments dried up amid various regulatory, judicial and policy-related bottlenecks.

Chopper deal: HC seeks replies from Centre, ED on Khaitan's bail plea

Chopper deal: HC seeks replies from Centre, ED on Khaitan's bail plea

Rediff.com30 Oct 2014

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response of the Centre and the Enforcement Directorate on the bail plea of businessman Gautam Khaitan, arrested last month in a money laundering case related to the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP chopper deal.

'Main risk for emerging markets: Stronger US dollar'

'Main risk for emerging markets: Stronger US dollar'

Rediff.com13 Apr 2017

Indian market probably has more headroom than the US, says Geoff Lewis, senior strategist for Asia, Manulife Asset Management.

Sheena Bora Trial: Indrani didn't want Rahul around

Sheena Bora Trial: Indrani didn't want Rahul around

Rediff.com12 Jan 2019

The night before Sheena was allegedly killed, 'Indrani Madam instructed me to not send anyone up to her flat.' 'She told me to especially not allow Rahul Mukerjea.'

A 20-year-old entrepreneur's success story

A 20-year-old entrepreneur's success story

Rediff.com9 Sep 2014

Besides being a successful entrepreneur, he is the world's second youngest writer of books on ethical hacking.

Aadhaar is based on unscientific thinking, fallible biometric data

Aadhaar is based on unscientific thinking, fallible biometric data

Rediff.com21 Nov 2017

Biometric authentication is based on the unscientific and questionable assumption that there are parts of human body that does not age, wither and decay with the passage of time.

SHOCKING: Selective foeticide rampant in national capital, reveals AIIMS

SHOCKING: Selective foeticide rampant in national capital, reveals AIIMS

Rediff.com17 Aug 2016

The recent study suggested that nearly 35 per cent of the cases were stillborn, 29 per cent were born alive and 36 per cent were born before the period of viability.

Why the CBI should be insulated and not independent

Why the CBI should be insulated and not independent

Rediff.com26 Jun 2013

You just cannot let an institution go adrift and never reporting to any other institution and never submitting itself to any monitoring review or evaluation with regard to its functioning and particularly with regards to an institution which has dominion over the lives and liberties of citizens. That kind of total abdication of government responsibility with regard to that kind of an institution will be dangerous to democracy itself, to the people, Bahukutumbi Raghavan tells Sheela Bhatt

Who is discharging the chief minister's functions?

Who is discharging the chief minister's functions?

Rediff.com8 Oct 2016

'It is certain Jayalalithaa will be in no position to attend to official business.' 'Indeed, doctors would have forbidden anything that would aggravate her condition and lead to complications,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant, advising how a Constitutional vacuum can be averted in Tamil Nadu.

Right to Privacy must be a Fundamental Right

Right to Privacy must be a Fundamental Right

Rediff.com19 Aug 2015

In 1954, a bench of eight Supreme Court judges declared that the Constitution-makers did not recognise the Fundamental Right to Privacy. It is hoped that a larger bench as and when constituted will uphold the Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right overruling the 1954 decision, says the distinguished lawyer, P P Rao.