Modi, LS Speaker Om Birla to inaugurate new Parliament on Sunday

Amid the Opposition objection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the new Parliament building on May 28, the official invitation put out by the Lok Sabha Secretariat shows that the......

Dwarkapeeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati passes away

Dwarkapeeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati, once known as a 'revolutionary sadhu' for participating in freedom struggle, who spoke his mind on religious and political issues and......

Indore gets cleanest city tag for 4th time in a row

Indore was adjudged India's cleanest city for a fourth straight year while Surat and Navi Mumbai grabbed the second and third positions respectively, as the Centre announced the results of its......

Muted Raksha Bandhan celebrations amid COVID pandemic

Raksha Bandhan celebrations remained subdued this year as the rampaging coronavirus pandemic cast a shadow over the festivities, that celebrate the brother-sister bond, with people mostly......

The importance of trade

'We do India great disservice if we continue to perpetuate a flawed narrative on trade, one based on myths rather than facts,' says Hardeep Singh Puri.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Citibank fraud accused charged with duping Mum bizman

A man alleged to be the mastermind of the Rs 400-crore (Rs 4-billion) Citibank scam has now a new case of fraud registered against him on the basis of accusations by a businessman. An FIR has been......

Citibank scam: ED freezes assets worth Rs 5 cr

Several depositors were duped in the Rs 460.91-crore alleged fraud engineered by Shivraj Puri, a Global Wealth Manager of the bank working at its branch in Gurgaon. Enforcement Directorate has......

Citi fraud case: Sebi gives clean chit to brokerage firm

Securities and Exchange Board of India on Wednesday dismissed charges of alleged irregularities by brokerage firm Bonanza Portfolio in the estimated Rs 300-crore (Rs 3 billion) fraud committed by a......