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Taxmen conduct 'surveys' at offices of Newslaundry, Newsclick

Taxmen conduct 'surveys' at offices of Newslaundry, Newsclick

Rediff.com10 Sep 2021

The Income Tax department on Friday conducted separate 'survey operations' at the premises of online news portals Newsclick and Newslaundry in New Delhi, officials said.

Raut got Rs 1 cr as proceeds of crime: ED; court remands him till Aug 4

Raut got Rs 1 cr as proceeds of crime: ED; court remands him till Aug 4

Rediff.com1 Aug 2022

A special court in Mumbai on Monday remanded Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till August 4 in a money laundering case.

PMC Bank case: ED summons Sanjay Raut's wife

PMC Bank case: ED summons Sanjay Raut's wife

Rediff.com27 Dec 2020

The ED wants to question Varsha Raut with regard to "receipt" of some funds that were allegedly siphoned from the bank, official sources claimed.

Ex-Fortis promoters Malvinder, Shivinder sent to 14-day judicial custody

Ex-Fortis promoters Malvinder, Shivinder sent to 14-day judicial custody

Rediff.com17 Oct 2019

The investigating officer of the Delhi police, in the remand application, had sought custodial interrogation of the accused saying it was required to identify the persons to whom the alleged siphoned off money was transferred and to ascertain the purpose of creating the shell companies.

BharatPe sacks employees, vendors; to claw back shares from Grover

BharatPe sacks employees, vendors; to claw back shares from Grover

Rediff.com10 May 2022

Payments startup BharatPe on Tuesday said it has terminated several employees and vendors as well as filed criminal cases against them for misconduct besides deciding to claw back former founder Ashneer Grover's restricted shares in the firm. The steps have been taken by the company's board following a detailed corporate governance review against the backdrop of alleged lapses and misdoings during the tenure of Grover as managing director. IPO-hopeful BharatPe, which allows shop owners to make digital payments through QR codes, has implemented a new code of conduct for senior management and employees and brought in a comprehensive vendor procurement policy to avoid a repeat of alleged lapses that happened when Grover was managing director.

Hindujas want to steer clear of Jet's past

Hindujas want to steer clear of Jet's past

Rediff.com12 Jun 2019

Among the other conditions of the Hinduja group for picking up a stake in Jet is that bankers must take a haircut of 80 per cent and that they should help negotiate with operational creditors like aircraft lessors for moratorium on certain immediate payments.

Tribunal quashes Sebi ban on Yashovardhan Birla, 8 others

Tribunal quashes Sebi ban on Yashovardhan Birla, 8 others

Rediff.com30 Aug 2021

The Securities Appellate Tribunal has quashed a Sebi order that had barred Yashovardhan Birla and others from the securities market for two years for alleged mis-utilisation of IPO proceeds.

Shiv Sena-NCP Leaders Facing ED Heat

Shiv Sena-NCP Leaders Facing ED Heat

Rediff.com31 Mar 2022

The central government, in its typical sledgehammer style, has unleashed the might of its investigative agencies like the Enforcement Directorate against NCP and Shiv Sena leaders.

Huge scam in YES Bank for many years, say ED

Huge scam in YES Bank for many years, say ED

Rediff.com26 May 2020

Proceeds of the crime had been siphoned off and laundered or concealed, or layered and integrated into the main financial system through the acquisition of properties. His wife Bindu Kapoor has been charged with being aware of the source of monies that were being routed through these companies.

Hand over Choksi to India, not us, Antigua PM tells Dominica

Hand over Choksi to India, not us, Antigua PM tells Dominica

Rediff.com27 May 2021

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has asked neighbouring Dominica, where fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi was caught, to hand the diamantaire over to India directly, local media reported.

AIIMS doctor said Sushant died by strangulation, claims family lawyer

AIIMS doctor said Sushant died by strangulation, claims family lawyer

Rediff.com25 Sep 2020

The family lawyer said he was getting "frustrated" by the delay in the CBI taking a decision in the case.

Cryptocurrency heists just got harder, thanks to tech

Cryptocurrency heists just got harder, thanks to tech

Rediff.com19 Jul 2022

Earlier last month, for the first time ever, an anonymous hacker was served with a restraining order as a non-fungible token (NFT), reports Shivani Shinde.

40% of loss in Mallya, PNB scams recovered from sale of shares: ED

40% of loss in Mallya, PNB scams recovered from sale of shares: ED

Rediff.com23 Jun 2021

About 40 per cent of the money lost by banks in the PNB scam and the fraud linked to fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya's defunct Kingfisher Airlines has been realised by way of sale of shares seized under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Enforcement Directorate said on Wednesday.

Will respond strongly to frauds: Sequoia Capital

Will respond strongly to frauds: Sequoia Capital

Rediff.com17 Apr 2022

'We will take tough calls where needed in the interest of doing what is right.'

SC orders probe into collusion between Tihar officials and Unitech

SC orders probe into collusion between Tihar officials and Unitech

Rediff.com6 Oct 2021

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a full-fledged probe into the collusion of Tihar jail officials with Unitech's imprisoned ex-promoters Sanjay and Ajay Chandra, based on Delhi police commissioner Rakesh Asthana's report filed in a sealed cover.

HC allows journalist Rana Ayyub to travel abroad, questions look-out circular

HC allows journalist Rana Ayyub to travel abroad, questions look-out circular

Rediff.com4 Apr 2022

The Delhi high court on Monday allowed journalist Rana Ayyub to travel abroad while questioning the Enforcement Directorate over a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against her barring her from travelling abroad.

Amit Shah accuses 'Bhatija and Co' of swindling Amphan relief

Amit Shah accuses 'Bhatija and Co' of swindling Amphan relief

Rediff.com23 Mar 2021

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday alleged that 'Bhatija (nephew) and company' had swindled central funds sent for Amphan relief and said that probe will be ordered into it and culprits will be booked after the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power in West Bengal.

Why Do Indians Have To Die in Congo?

Why Do Indians Have To Die in Congo?

Rediff.com2 Aug 2022

Last week, two BSF troopers from Rajasthan, members of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Congo, were killed by protestors. Do we need to lose lives fighting in a country not ours, in a war that is not ours and for a cause that is not ours, asks Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd), who served in the UNPKF in Congo.

Forced to buy MF Husain from Priyanka, Rana Kapoor tells ED

Forced to buy MF Husain from Priyanka, Rana Kapoor tells ED

Rediff.com23 Apr 2022

Kapoor told the ED that he was told by the then petroleum minister Murli Deora that the refusal to buy the MF Husain painting will not only prevent him from building a relationship with the Gandhi family but also prevent him from getting the Padma Bhushan award.

CBI charge-sheets its 4 officials in bribe-for-relief case

CBI charge-sheets its 4 officials in bribe-for-relief case

Rediff.com20 Mar 2021

The CBI filed a charge sheet against its four officials in a bribe-for-relief case involving the investigation against Frost International for allegedly committed a bank fraud of over Rs 4,300 crore, officials said.

Why do you need news portal editor's custodial interrogation, HC asks Delhi poilce

Why do you need news portal editor's custodial interrogation, HC asks Delhi poilce

Rediff.com5 Aug 2021

The Delhi high court on Thursday extended till December 17 the interim protection from arrest granted to Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha in a foreign funding case and asked the Delhi police why it needed his custodial interrogation when the RBI has given a prima facie finding in his favour.

Choksi may have taken girlfriend to Dominica for dinner: Antigua PM

Choksi may have taken girlfriend to Dominica for dinner: Antigua PM

Rediff.com30 May 2021

He said that Government of Dominica and law enforcement agencies, unless the court rules otherwise, can deport him to India because he is an Indian citizen, Antigua News Room reported.

CBI contacts MEA, Interpol to locate Mehul Choksi's whereabouts

CBI contacts MEA, Interpol to locate Mehul Choksi's whereabouts

Rediff.com25 May 2021

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, wanted in a Rs 13,5000-crore loan fraud in Punjab National Bank, has gone missing in Antigua and Barbuda where he had been staying since January 2018, the Royal Police Force of the Caribbean island nation said in a statement.

Banks' NPAs never went away, they were only hidden

Banks' NPAs never went away, they were only hidden

Rediff.com26 May 2022

Indeed, there were frauds, and the politician-banker-industrialist nexus played a role in the rise of NPAs, but governance issues in Indian banking are far more nuanced and complex, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

BharatPe co-founder Nakrani lauds board action on unseating Grover

BharatPe co-founder Nakrani lauds board action on unseating Grover

Rediff.com7 Mar 2022

BharatPe co-founder Shashvat Nakrani has accused Ashneer Grover, with whom he had co-founded the payment startup, of creating a false narrative about the company, and said the board acted quickly and decisively in unseating him after receiving finds of a PwC report. BharatPe, which allows shop owners to make digital payments through QR codes, last week stripped Grover of all titles and positions over his alleged "misdeeds" and may take further legal actions, including clawing back of some of his shareholding. In a letter to employees, Nakrani said the Grover episode was an aberration and not the norm at BharatPe, and went on to defend the board who he said were celebrated names in the banking and financial services industry.

Rhea being hounded for loving a drug addict: Lawyer

Rhea being hounded for loving a drug addict: Lawyer

Rediff.com8 Sep 2020

'Three central agencies hounding a single woman, just because she was in love with a drug addict and a person suffering from mental health issues'

Bombay HC stays investigation against Indiabulls Housing

Bombay HC stays investigation against Indiabulls Housing

Rediff.com29 Apr 2021

In its order, the court cast serious doubts on the bonafides of the complainant - Ashutosh Kamble, a shareholder of the company.

Sonu Sood evaded tax of Rs 20 crore, violated FCRA: I-T Dept

Sonu Sood evaded tax of Rs 20 crore, violated FCRA: I-T Dept

Rediff.com18 Sep 2021

The department had launched searches against the 48-year-old actor and the Lucknow-based group of industries involved in infrastructure on September 15 and the CBDT said the action was continuing.

Ex-Fortis promoters Malvinder, Shivinder seek interim bail

Ex-Fortis promoters Malvinder, Shivinder seek interim bail

Rediff.com18 Oct 2019

The court posted the matter for hearing on October 22.

BharatPe: 'Why should I resign?'

BharatPe: 'Why should I resign?'

Rediff.com12 Apr 2022

'At the first board meeting I chaired, I sensed that corporate governance is an issue in this company.' 'I started taking steps that may have aggrieved a few.' 'This has now become a mission I intend to accomplish before I step down.'

NRHM scam: 65-yr-old in Bihar gives 'birth' to 8 children in 14 months

NRHM scam: 65-yr-old in Bihar gives 'birth' to 8 children in 14 months

Rediff.com21 Aug 2020

'Leela Devi, aged 65, has been shown to have sired eight girls in 14 months and for every so-called childbirth Rs 1,400 were transferred into her purported account'

How Piramal managed to outbid Oaktree, Adani for DHFL

How Piramal managed to outbid Oaktree, Adani for DHFL

Rediff.com24 Jan 2021

When the third round of bids was opened, Oaktree's offer was the highest, but with several riders. While Piramal offered higher upfront cash and offered to merge its financial business with DHFL, Adani was ranked third in the race, reports Dev Chatterjee.

Cyber Fraud Helpline: How it Works

Cyber Fraud Helpline: How it Works

Rediff.com29 Jun 2021

Since its launch in April, helpline 155260 has been able to prevent more than Rs 18.5 million of defrauded money from reaching the hands of fraudsters.

Police book Indiabulls promoters, directors

Police book Indiabulls promoters, directors

Rediff.com27 Apr 2021

The Maharashtra police has booked Indiabulls group companies, including its flagship Indiabulls Housing Finance (IBHL), for allegedly siphoning off funds and for accounting irregularities committed by the promoters and directors of the company between 2014 and 2020. A first information report was registered by the Palghar police on April 13 under various sections of Indian Penal Code dealing with cheating, fraud and criminal conspiracy. The move comes after Palghar's judicial magistrate passed an order under Section 156 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (power to direct police/agency to investigate the matter), following a complaint filed by Ashutosh Kamble, a shareholder of IBHL.

Gupta family was 'ensconced' in state capture: SA President Ramaphosa

Gupta family was 'ensconced' in state capture: SA President Ramaphosa

Rediff.com13 Aug 2021

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has conceded for the first time that divisions within the ruling African National Congress prevented appropriate action against the influential Gupta family from India for their alleged involvement in massive state capture.

RBI seeks cyber security experts for IT arm

RBI seeks cyber security experts for IT arm

Rediff.com19 Jan 2017

The cell was formed after attacks on the Bangladesh central bank by international hacker groups siphoned off millions of dollars.

ED arrests ex-Fortis promoter Shivinder Singh in RFL money laundering case

ED arrests ex-Fortis promoter Shivinder Singh in RFL money laundering case

Rediff.com12 Dec 2019

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh in a money laundering case related to the alleged misappropriation of funds at Religare Finvest. A team of ED officials went to Tihar Jail and placed Singh under arrest as per the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Caribbean court stays Choksi's repatriation from Dominica

Caribbean court stays Choksi's repatriation from Dominica

Rediff.com28 May 2021

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the High Court of Justice Commonwealth of Dominica on Friday put a stay on the repatriation of India-born fugitive Mehul Choksi from Dominica. "This order is to be served immediately on the defendants by email and fax and in person, and the head of immigration at the Douglas Charles airport by email and fax," read the court order. The court will hold the next hearing in the matter on May 28 at 9 am local time.

Singapore HC orders freezing bank account of Nirav Modi's family

Singapore HC orders freezing bank account of Nirav Modi's family

Rediff.com2 Jul 2019

The Singapore high court has put a freeze on deposits of $ 6.122 million following Enforcement Directorate's request on the ground that the money was "proceeds of crime" illegally siphoned off by Nirav Modi from the Punjab National Bank.

I fear getting arrested: Journo on UP mid-day meal scam

I fear getting arrested: Journo on UP mid-day meal scam

Rediff.com6 Sep 2019

'The Modi government is doing a good job but corrupt officers are siphoning off funds,' says journalist Pawan Kumar Jaiswal against whom an FIR has been filed for his video expose of school children being fed salt and rotis as their mid-day meal.