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Jharkhand trust vote on February 5, MLAs flown to Hyderabad

Jharkhand trust vote on February 5, MLAs flown to Hyderabad

Rediff.com2 Feb 2024

The Champai Soren-led coalition government in Jharkhand will seek trust vote on February 5, minister Alamgir Alam said on Friday after a Cabinet meeting.

The journey of Hemant Soren, Jharkhand's youngest CM

The journey of Hemant Soren, Jharkhand's youngest CM

Rediff.com1 Feb 2024

From taking charge of Jharkhand as its youngest chief minister at 38 to establishing himself as a 'fighter' for tribal rights, Hemant Soren, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, is an accidental leader thrust into politics after a family tragedy.

UPA's Antrix-Devas deal a 'fraud against country', says Sitharaman

UPA's Antrix-Devas deal a 'fraud against country', says Sitharaman

Rediff.com18 Jan 2022

The government will use the Supreme Court order calling the 2005 deal between ISRO's commercial arm Antrix and privately-owned Devas Multimedia a fraud, to counter seizure of its properties, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday as she launched a blistering attack on the Congress for handing over airwaves used by the defence to the private firm for pittance. "It is a fraud of Congress, by Congress (and) for Congress," the minister told reporters as she read out paragraphs from the Supreme Court's January 17 decision allowing winding up of Devas Multimedia because of the fraud.

'Trump's voter fraud claims delegitimise democracy'

'Trump's voter fraud claims delegitimise democracy'

Rediff.com13 Nov 2020

"I'm more troubled by the fact that other Republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humouring him in this fashion," Obama told CBS News in an interview.

Beware Of This SCAM!

Beware Of This SCAM!

Rediff.com3 May 2024

'Avoid rushing into any financial transactions or disclosing personal information.'

Champai Soren to take oath as Jharkhand CM today

Champai Soren to take oath as Jharkhand CM today

Rediff.com2 Feb 2024

Jharkhand Governor C P Radhakrishnan on Thursday nominated Jharkhand Mukti Morcha legislative party leader Champai Soren as the chief minister and invited him to take the oath, capping a day of fast-paced developments.

Rs 900 Crores Cyber Scams Prevented!

Rs 900 Crores Cyber Scams Prevented!

Rediff.com6 Dec 2023

...benefiting 350,000 persons. Also, Trai detected and blocked seven million mobile phone connections involved in cyber fraud and suspicious activities.

Social media influencer held for human trafficking in 3-day police custody

Social media influencer held for human trafficking in 3-day police custody

Rediff.com29 May 2024

Kataria has been involved in a big nexus of the human traffickers since last year and may have links with an international gang, the police said.

Ajmal accused of fraud, asked to vacate land for academy

Ajmal accused of fraud, asked to vacate land for academy

Rediff.com10 Jan 2016

Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has been accused of fraud and misuse of facilities by the administration of the University of Agriculture in his hometown Faisalabad. The administration has ordered him to immediately vacate the land given to him to establish his cricket academy. The varsity administration claimed on Saturday that Ajmal had charged admission fees from one student to join the academy and over 350 students became members.

Maha to probe alleged job fraud linked to Aaditya Thackeray's cousin

Maha to probe alleged job fraud linked to Aaditya Thackeray's cousin

Rediff.com30 Dec 2022

The move has come days after the state government announced to form a special investigation team to probe into the death of Disha Salian, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Delhi cops arrest AAP MLA in land grabbing case

Delhi cops arrest AAP MLA in land grabbing case

Rediff.com9 Jul 2015

Manoj Kumar, Aam Aadmi Party's legislator from Kondli, was on Thursday arrested after being quizzed by the Delhi Police in an month-old case of alleged land grabbing.

Trump spends 20 minutes in jail for election fraud

Trump spends 20 minutes in jail for election fraud

Rediff.com25 Aug 2023

Trump, on addressing reporters after being arrested and released from jail, said: "I did nothing wrong."

Champai Soren stakes claim to form govt, Guv yet to take a decision

Champai Soren stakes claim to form govt, Guv yet to take a decision

Rediff.com1 Feb 2024

Amid a political crisis in Jharkhand, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha legislative party leader Champai Soren on Wednesday called on Governor C P Radhakrishnan and urged him to accept his claim to form the government at the earliest.

BJP claims Soren absconding; CM sends email to ED

BJP claims Soren absconding; CM sends email to ED

Rediff.com29 Jan 2024

The Jharkhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday claimed that Chief Minister Hemant Soren has been 'absconding' since the last 18 hours, fearing action of the Enforcement Directorate.

Price sensitivity issues dog PNB's fraud disclosures

Price sensitivity issues dog PNB's fraud disclosures

Rediff.com18 Mar 2018

The challenge before the management is ensuring simultaneous disclosure of key information to stock exchanges and investigating agencies.

'Is EC Preparing To Manipulate The Elections?'

'Is EC Preparing To Manipulate The Elections?'

Rediff.com29 May 2024

'This is total fraud. You are showing me the slip of my vote but not counting it so this is fraud.'

Choksi lands in Antigua after getting bail

Choksi lands in Antigua after getting bail

Rediff.com15 Jul 2021

Diamantaire Mehul Choksi has landed in Antigua and Barbuda, where he has been staying since 2018 after leaving India, after 51 days of custody in neighbouring Dominica for illegal entry which his lawyers claim was a kidnapping plan, local media reported. Choksi, 62, was given bail by Dominica High Court to travel back to Antigua for seeking medical help from a neurologist based there. After depositing bail money of EC Dollars 10,000, Choksi in a shirt and shorts flew back to Antigua in a chartered plane, Antigua News Room reported.

Alert! Cheque Bounce May Land You In Jail

Alert! Cheque Bounce May Land You In Jail

Rediff.com18 May 2023

Keep sufficient funds in your bank account until the cheque is cleared.

ED attaches Maha ex-MLA's assets worth Rs 152 cr in money laundering case

ED attaches Maha ex-MLA's assets worth Rs 152 cr in money laundering case

Rediff.com13 Oct 2023

The case is linked to an alleged fraud of over Rs 512 crore in a Panvel-based cooperative bank.

Rs 6000 cr fraud unearthed in Himachal Pradesh

Rs 6000 cr fraud unearthed in Himachal Pradesh

Rediff.com22 Mar 2018

The financial fraud, one of the biggest in the state as per records, was being investigated by the different departments of Himachal Pradesh for the past over four years.

Displaying washing machine, Cong taunts BJP over clean chit to Praful Patel

Displaying washing machine, Cong taunts BJP over clean chit to Praful Patel

Rediff.com30 Mar 2024

Displaying a washing machine on its press conference dais, the Congress on Saturday taunted the Bharatiya Janata Party over the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filing a closure report in a 2017 corruption case against Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel and said the ruling party's 'fully automatic washing machine' works on the principle -- 'join BJP, case closed'.

U'khand UCC Bill: Jail, penalty for non-registration of live-in relationships

U'khand UCC Bill: Jail, penalty for non-registration of live-in relationships

Rediff.com7 Feb 2024

The Uniform Civil Code of Uttarakhand, 2024 bill also says that any child born of a live-in relationship shall be considered a legitimate child.

News Events That Shook The World In 2023

News Events That Shook The World In 2023

Rediff.com26 Dec 2023

From the landing of Chandrayaan 3 to the bombardment of Palestine by Israel, a look at some events that shaped the world in the second half of 2023.

'We at the RBI feel the anger, hurt and pain at banking frauds'

'We at the RBI feel the anger, hurt and pain at banking frauds'

Rediff.com19 Mar 2018

'In plain simple English, these practices amount to a looting of our country's future by some in the business community, in cahoots with some lenders,' says RBI Governor Dr Urjit R Patel.

PNB fraud: 200 shell firms, benami assets under scanner

PNB fraud: 200 shell firms, benami assets under scanner

Rediff.com18 Feb 2018

The Enforcement Directorate, which continued its searches against Modi, Choksi and their companies for the fourth day on Sunday , is also moving to attach at least two dozen immovable properties under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Indian football is in a mess, there is politics in the sport: Bhutia

Indian football is in a mess, there is politics in the sport: Bhutia

Rediff.com30 Jan 2024

Former captain Bhaichung Bhutia demanded the resignation of All India Football Federation president Kalyan Chaubey.

BCCI lost Rs 50 crore on fraud land deal, admits NCA

BCCI lost Rs 50 crore on fraud land deal, admits NCA

Rediff.com8 Aug 2013

Members of the National Cricket Academy's sub-committee were in for a rude shock when it was intimated that the Board of Control for Cricket in India lost a whopping Rs 50 crore on a dubious land deal and is now mulling initiating criminal proceedings against those involved in the mess.

Modi, Hooda snatching land from farmers: Kejriwal

Modi, Hooda snatching land from farmers: Kejriwal

Rediff.com28 Mar 2014

Hitting out at Narendra Modi and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleged they were snatching land from farmers and giving it to industrialists.

UP villager accuses Bachchan of fraud, moves court

UP villager accuses Bachchan of fraud, moves court

Rediff.com29 May 2010

A woman from Uttar Pradesh has sought a local court's intervention to file a criminal case of 'cheating and fraud' against actor Amitabh Bachchan in Barabanki district, nearly 35 km from Lucknow.The complainant, Raj Kumari, is the gram pradhan (village head) of Daulatpur, where the actor had acquired five bigha of land to build a women's college named after his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai.

SC tells govt to demolish mosque inside Allahabad HC complex within 3 months

SC tells govt to demolish mosque inside Allahabad HC complex within 3 months

Rediff.com13 Mar 2023

The Supreme Court on Monday directed authorities to remove a mosque from the premises of the Allahabad high court within three months, telling the petitioners that opposing the demolition that the structure stood on a terminated lease property and they can't claim it as a matter of right to continue.

In a first, Maharashtra proposes single-window registration of land titles

In a first, Maharashtra proposes single-window registration of land titles

Rediff.com21 May 2019

State's move is seen as a pilot for a national rollout of online land title records. Maharashtra plans to start the system in Mumbai.

Several JNU, IIT professors duped of crores by ex-staffer

Several JNU, IIT professors duped of crores by ex-staffer

Rediff.com7 Jan 2023

Several professors of Jawaharlal Nehru University and other institutions have accused a former JNU employee of duping them of crores of rupees promising them homes on a Delhi Development Authority (DDA) plot under a housing development scheme which was never there.

Asaram Bapu's ashram denies land grad reports

Asaram Bapu's ashram denies land grad reports

Rediff.com17 Jan 2013

The Asaram Ashram on Thursday denied as "baseless and erroneous" reports that its founder Asaram Bapu was allegedly involved in a Rs 700 crore land grab case in Madhya Pradesh. "The allegations on Sant Shri Asharamji Bapu are thoroughly baseless, untenable and rejected outright," Sunil Wankhede, Central Media In-charge at the Sant Shri Asharamji Ashram said in a statement.

Rs 700-cr land grab case against Asaram Bapu

Rs 700-cr land grab case against Asaram Bapu

Rediff.com16 Jan 2013

Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu has run into fresh trouble with the Serious Fraud Investigating Office seeking his prosecution in a Rs 700 crore land grab case in Madhya Pradesh.

Rs 700-crore land grab case against Asaram Bapu

Rs 700-crore land grab case against Asaram Bapu

Rediff.com16 Jan 2013

Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu has ran into fresh trouble with the Serious Fraud Investigating Office seeking his prosecution in a Rs 700 crore land grab case in Madhya Pradesh.

Over Rs 946 cr allocated to CBI in Budget 2023

Over Rs 946 cr allocated to CBI in Budget 2023

Rediff.com1 Feb 2023

The agency received Rs 911 crore to manage its affairs in the Budget Estimates for 2022-23, which was later decreased to Rs 906.59 crore in the Revised Estimates.

Govt allocates Rs 928 cr to CBI, down by Rs 40 cr from FY 2024

Govt allocates Rs 928 cr to CBI, down by Rs 40 cr from FY 2024

Rediff.com1 Feb 2024

The agency had received Rs 946.51 crore to manage its affairs in the Budget Estimates for 2023-24, which was later increased to Rs 968.86 crore in the Revised Estimates.

ED attaches assets linked to Sena MP Sanjay Raut

ED attaches assets linked to Sena MP Sanjay Raut

Rediff.com5 Apr 2022

The attachment is linked to a money laundering probe linked to a Rs 1,034 crore worth land 'scam' related to the re-development of a 'chawl' in Mumbai.

Booking Travel Online? Read This!

Booking Travel Online? Read This!

Rediff.com26 Jun 2023

During the trip, check your bank account and credit card statements regularly for unauthorised transactions.

Cong questions delay in FIR against ABG Shipyard in duping 28 banks

Cong questions delay in FIR against ABG Shipyard in duping 28 banks

Rediff.com13 Feb 2022

The opposition party questioned why the government took five years after the liquidation proceedings of ABG Shipyard to lodge an FIR in connection with the alleged duping of 28 banks.