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I-T detects Rs 3,185 cr black income; seizes Rs 86 cr new notes

I-T detects Rs 3,185 cr black income; seizes Rs 86 cr new notes

Rediff.com20 Dec 2016

The taxman carried out a total of 677 search, survey and enquiry operations

Day after I-T raid, ex-K'taka dy CM's aide found hanging

Day after I-T raid, ex-K'taka dy CM's aide found hanging

Rediff.com12 Oct 2019

The Congress unit described Ramesh's suicide an outcome of "targeted harassment" of their rank and cadre to keep them away from the party.

Taliban Will Be Around For A Long While

Taliban Will Be Around For A Long While

Rediff.com15 Sep 2021

Unless the Taliban goofs up in a big way, which seems highly unlikely, we are looking at a regime that will be around for quite a long while and present a level of governance that the puppets of the richest and most advanced countries failed to provide, predicts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

How to spot a Ponzi scheme and avoid it

How to spot a Ponzi scheme and avoid it

Rediff.com6 Aug 2018

Ponzi schemes have characteristics that the informed investor can spot easily.

India ranks 40 out of 53 countries in global IP index

India ranks 40 out of 53 countries in global IP index

Rediff.com5 Feb 2020

The number one way the Modi administration can demonstrate its commitment to the success of the Atal Innovation Mission, Accelerating Growth for New India's Innovations, Make in India, Digital India, and Startup India is to strengthen its IP framework in ways that promote the legal and regulatory certainty necessary for greater R&D investment, high-value jobs, and greater innovative and creative outputs, the report said.

You closed all options to recover dues by going public: Nirav Modi tells PNB

You closed all options to recover dues by going public: Nirav Modi tells PNB

Rediff.com19 Feb 2018

The billionaire jeweller, who has fled the country, in the letter also disagreed with the loan default amount of Rs 11,400 crore and pegged the amount his companies owe to the bank at under Rs 5,000 crore.

Coming soon: Navy's next-gen patrol vessels

Coming soon: Navy's next-gen patrol vessels

Rediff.com23 Aug 2018

These next generation ships can patrol the oceans for three or four months compared to the navy's current patrol boats, which can be at sea for a maximum of 45 days.

CBI lodges fresh FIR against Nirav Modi, approaches Interpol

CBI lodges fresh FIR against Nirav Modi, approaches Interpol

Rediff.com17 Feb 2018

The agency on Friday also carried out searches on the premises of the Gitanjali Group at 20 places in Mumbai, Pune, Surat, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Coimbatore.

A look at some of Mallya's little-known firms

A look at some of Mallya's little-known firms

Rediff.com14 Mar 2016

Mallya's Rajya Sabha declaration lists investments in racing, finance and investment firms.

Sebi orders attachments to recover Rs 140 crore this year

Sebi orders attachments to recover Rs 140 crore this year

Rediff.com30 Apr 2015

Sebi has ordered attachment of bank and securities accounts of over 40 entities so far this year.

Sebi promises speedier actions with greater powers

Sebi promises speedier actions with greater powers

Rediff.com28 May 2013

The capital markets watchdog has asked the government to empower it to carry out search and seizure operations, to attach properties and to ask for information and records for all relevant entities.

Gujarat bourses have most vanishing firms

Gujarat bourses have most vanishing firms

Rediff.com16 Jul 2016

They took investor money via IPOs and then disappeared.

Sebi begins nearly 200 attachment proceedings to recover money

Sebi begins nearly 200 attachment proceedings to recover money

Rediff.com6 Nov 2013

Sebi has been given direct powers to freeze bank accounts, attach properties, conduct search and seizure and initiate recovery proceedings.

Can the lone BJP MP in TN retain his seat?

Can the lone BJP MP in TN retain his seat?

Rediff.com17 Apr 2019

Pon Radhakrishnan is also a Union minister of state. His opponent is the richest candidate in Tamil Nadu.

BJP remains the side to beat in 2019

BJP remains the side to beat in 2019

Rediff.com17 May 2018

'Karti Chidambaram may be the beginning of a larger can of worms that the government has waited thus far to pop open,' says Vikram Johri.

DeMo@1: I-T to probe 80K people for cash deposit of over Rs 10 lakh each

DeMo@1: I-T to probe 80K people for cash deposit of over Rs 10 lakh each

Rediff.com8 Nov 2017

This is the new addition to the tax data, which had identified over 600,000 people for scrutiny over huge inconsistencies in the cash deposits

Pakistan's devotion to LeT's Saeed runs deep

Pakistan's devotion to LeT's Saeed runs deep

Rediff.com13 Jan 2021

The perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attack, who shot dead 166 people, had confessed to details that should have been enough to hang him, but Pakistan enjoyed his anti-India rhetoric and let him spread his tentacles. A revealing excerpt from Khaled Ahmed's Pakistan's Terror Conundrum.

With Rs 13,000 crore, Hyderabad tops list of black money declarations

With Rs 13,000 crore, Hyderabad tops list of black money declarations

Rediff.com3 Oct 2016

A total of 64,275 declarations were made under the scheme, an average of Rs 1 crore per disclosure. This is expected to translate into tax collection of about Rs 30,000 crore from the scheme, of which the government exchequer should get around Rs 15,000 crore by the end of 2016-17.

Congress is blocking passage of Lokpal Bill: BJP

Congress is blocking passage of Lokpal Bill: BJP

Rediff.com14 Dec 2013

In a sharp reaction to Rahul Gandhi's comments on the Lokpal Bill, the Bhyaratiya Janata Party on Saturday alleged Congress and its allies are blocking the passage of the legislation and it is ready to support the measure even amid the din and without a discussion.

Sebi's score: 1,400 defaulters, Rs 130-crore unpaid penalty!

Sebi's score: 1,400 defaulters, Rs 130-crore unpaid penalty!

Rediff.com5 Dec 2013

Some of the defaulters have not paid up amounts as small as Rs 15,000, while the majority of individual penalties are worth a few lakhs of rupees and a few others amounting to a few crores of rupees.

US launches biggest crackdown on designer drugs

US launches biggest crackdown on designer drugs

Rediff.com27 Jun 2013

The source of the synthetic drugs was Asia, especially India and China.

Nokia factory freeze lifted; paves way for Microsoft deal

Nokia factory freeze lifted; paves way for Microsoft deal

Rediff.com12 Dec 2013

The high court court on Thursday accepted Nokia's appeal to release its local factory after its seizure by authorities in a tax dispute, removing a hurdle for the sale of the company's mobile phone business to Microsoft.

Modi's money talk: A tale of 3 Budgets

Modi's money talk: A tale of 3 Budgets

Rediff.com27 Mar 2017

There are tell-tale signs of a slide in the quality of Budgets presented by the current administration, says Parthasarathi Shome.

Pak targets Lashkar, Jaish with 'intelligence-based ops'

Pak targets Lashkar, Jaish with 'intelligence-based ops'

Rediff.com23 Feb 2017

Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad launched to fight terrorism across country.

Markets end in the green led by index heavyweights

Markets end in the green led by index heavyweights

Rediff.com9 Mar 2016

Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints, L&T, ONGC and Infosys have gained between 1%-1.5%.

Mercedes dominant at Australia F1 Grand Prix practice

Mercedes dominant at Australia F1 Grand Prix practice

Rediff.com13 Mar 2015

Mercedes opened their Formula One season by dominating practice at the Australian Grand Prix on Friday, with Nico Rosberg edging his world champion team mate Lewis Hamilton in both sessions at Albert Park.

Indians' money in Swiss banks hits record low

Indians' money in Swiss banks hits record low

Rediff.com29 Jun 2017

The total money of Indians fell by 45 per cent during 2016 to CHF 675.75 million, marking the biggest ever yearly decline in such funds.

Blackmoney: Over Rs 1 lakh cr illegal income detected

Blackmoney: Over Rs 1 lakh cr illegal income detected

Rediff.com16 Jul 2014

The government has detected over Rs 1 lakh crore of undisclosed income in the last financial year, a figure more than double as compared to the search and seizure action undertaken by the Income Tax department during 2012-13 to check black money.

Why Sahara may find it difficult to sell stake in Force India F1 team

Why Sahara may find it difficult to sell stake in Force India F1 team

Rediff.com17 Feb 2016

Sahara India needs to pay back $5.3 billion, raised from millions of small investors through the sale of bonds ruled by the Supreme Court to be illegal, before founder Subrata Roy can be released.

Deposited black money after Nov 8? Pay 50% tax. If not, 85%

Deposited black money after Nov 8? Pay 50% tax. If not, 85%

Rediff.com28 Nov 2016

Nearly three weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced junking high denomination 500 and 1000 rupee notes, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley introduced a bill to amend the income tax law.

SC stops monitoring probe against Kripashankar Singh, family

SC stops monitoring probe against Kripashankar Singh, family

Rediff.com2 Sep 2013

The Supreme Court put an end to the investigation monitored by it against former Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh and his family members for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets and left it to the trial court to consider supplying final report to activists on whose public interest litigation the probe was ordered.

Revealed! 628 Indians hold Rs 4,479-cr dirty money in a Swiss bank

Revealed! 628 Indians hold Rs 4,479-cr dirty money in a Swiss bank

Rediff.com12 Dec 2014

Out of these, no balance has been found in case of 289 accounts

A decent Budget for trying times

A decent Budget for trying times

Rediff.com16 Feb 2017

Against a turbulent and uncertain background, Budget 2017-18 hewed a steady, forward-looking course, says Shankar Acharya, former chief economic adviser to the government.

DeMo: Jaitley's Report Card

DeMo: Jaitley's Report Card

Rediff.com7 Nov 2017

'It is common knowledge that cash is anonymous.' 'When demonetisation was implemented, one of the intended objectives was to put identity on the cash holdings in the economy.' 'With the return of Rs 15.28 lakh crore in the formal banking system, the almost entire cash holding of the economy now has an address.' 'It is no more anonymous,' says Arun Jaitley.

Chidambaram asks I-T to avoid raids

Chidambaram asks I-T to avoid raids

Rediff.com3 Jun 2013

Dept to focus on real estate, infra, mining and manufacturing to detect evasion.

Sheena Bora Trial: Dog breeder Doglis takes the stand

Sheena Bora Trial: Dog breeder Doglis takes the stand

Rediff.com21 Aug 2019

'Quite the raconteur, much to the dismay of Courtroom 51's CBI Special Judge Jayendra Chandrasen Jagdale, Christopher 'Doglis' Marquis, a Bandra dog-breeder who was Prosecution Witness No 57 and a panch or witness, seemed to move into the witness box with glee, embellishing every answer that he gave to the lawyers' questions with a variety of additional details.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora murder trial.

Fidel Castro, Cuba's revolutionary leader, dies

Fidel Castro, Cuba's revolutionary leader, dies

Rediff.com26 Nov 2016

The Cuban government has announced nine days of mourning and has set Castro's funeral for December 4.

PAN-based database of taxpayers in the works

PAN-based database of taxpayers in the works

Rediff.com17 Jun 2015

Database to contain taxable financial transactions and history of any tax-paying individual.

Fighting black money: Modi has failed to keep his promise

Fighting black money: Modi has failed to keep his promise

Rediff.com11 Apr 2016

In his massive election rallies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi often caught voters fancy promising that each individual would get Rs 15-20 lakh in his bank account if he came to power.

Government faces flak over Finance Bill in Rajya Sabha

Government faces flak over Finance Bill in Rajya Sabha

Rediff.com27 Mar 2017

The Opposition on Monday charged the government with trying to promote crony capitalism, creating fear by giving "unbridled power" to taxmen, trying to snoop into people's lives through increased use of Aadhaar through the provisions of the Finance Bill.