The source of the synthetic drugs was Asia, especially India and China.
The candidate is from the DMK's ruling family, and the sky is the limit -- for both expenses and expectations.
It's a close fight between the Election Commission trying its hardest to prevent Tamil Nadu's electoral malpractice and the political parties out to buy votes at any cost, says B Srikumar.
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.
'Today may be the last day for depositing old notes, but tomorrow all the worries of the banks will not go away.' 'As long as there is cash shortage, banks will not be able to function normally.' 'Nobody knows when the shortage will be over.'
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar was questioned again by the CBI on Wednesday in connection with a corruption case.
As many as 69 assembly constituencies in the Yadav heartland, considered crucial for the ruling Samajwadi Party in the state, went to the polls in this phase.
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.
Out of these, no balance has been found in case of 289 accounts
Kumar's son Prashant Bishnoi is a national-level shooter.
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.
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.
Sebi has been probing Prayag Group for allegedly running unauthorised collective investment scheme and for defaulting in repayments to various small investors.
The Commission said it cannot, under the existing law, disqualify a contesting candidate or prevent him from contesting the election, nor can it prevent an elector from casting his vote in an election, if otherwise qualified and eligible, as is being demanded by some of the parties.
Poor performance of the banking, oil and exploration industries have impacted corporate tax collections.
Hindalco has already bagged 4 mines in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
In 2014-2015 the I-T department put up 669 cases for prosecution. The charges stuck in only 34 cases: Just 5%. It was no exceptional year -- the story broadly follows the script every year.
The ruling AIADMK is leaving no stone unturned to win the Vellore Lok Sabha poll and push its tally to two in the state, with its candidate even donning the skull cap to woo minority votes. But the DMK's stars are clearly on the ascendant in the lone constituency that goes to the polls on August 5. A Ganesh Nadar reports.
What is the wider political strategy behind Mr Modi's concerted attack on black money, asks Subir Roy.
Fraudsters were luring gullible investors of daily returns up to Rs 75,000.
Phony NFL merchandise and tickets worth $21.6 million have been seized and 50 people arrested in a crackdown on counterfeiting ahead of this weekend's Super Bowl, U.S. law enforcement officials said on Thursday.
Families who used to make a living out of driving the famed 'Victorias' in Mumbai struggle to make ends meet.
Premier Li Keqiang highlighted his government's performance in the last one year and the challenges ahead in various fields. Compared to other reports by his predecessors, Li spoke more frankly about the mounting challenges faced by the country. Srikanth Kondapalli on the two recent Chinese parliament sessions.
Dept to focus on real estate, infra, mining and manufacturing to detect evasion.
The question wafting in the winds over the Vaigai riverbed is, has Karunanidhi's disgraced son accepted his fate? A Ganesh Nadar and Saisuresh Sivaswamy find out.
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.
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.
Singh and Badami subsequently took Waghmare to a corner of the corridor outside, where others have no access, and gave him a lecture. The conversation was largely inaudible, except for a phrase here or there. The thrust was unmistakable. Waghmare had to learn not to give such detailed answers to the defence.
B R Ambedkar's fears about personality cults in politics and money power in elections seem to be coming true, says Nitin Desai
If the high security notes introduced in 2015 were kept in the system, the pain due to demonetisation can be ameliorated to a certain extent. But unfortunately, such thought process have no place in the hasty demonetisation decision.