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  • Thursday, April, 2024| Today's Market | Current Time: 01:58:58
  • Sikhs block Delhi Metro tracks protesting Sajjan Kumar’s acquittal

    Two Metro stations in Delhi were closed Wednesday afternoon as Sikh protesters came onto the tracks with placards and shouted slogans against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s acquittal in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, an official said. The protesters were holding placards that said ‘Give justice to ’84 victims’ and ‘Hang the culprits’ and shouting slogans […]

    ED needs more trained staff, latest in IT to deal with sophisticated money laundering: Fin Min

    Finance Minister P. Chidambaram today said there is a need to equip Enforcement Directorate, ED, with more trained human resources and latest information technology to deal with the sophisticated crimes of money laundering. Addressing a function to mark Enforcement Day Celebrations this morning, he suggested to the officers of ED to be extremely careful while […]

    NHRC’s notices to Ministry & Ludhiana and Delhi Police Commissioners on baby’s sale

    The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Women and Child Development Ministry and Police Commissioners of Ludhiana and Delhi on the report of sale of a new born baby through a deal struck on social networking site Facebook. Taking a suo motu cognizance of media reports, the Commission asked them to […]

    Assam recommends CBI enquiry against 11 chit fund companies

    Assam government has recommended CBI enquiry against 11 chit fund companies.Talking to newspersons in Guwahati today,Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that a CBI team will reach Guwahati tomorrow to discussion on cases registered against chit fund companies including Saradha and Rose Valley.Gogoi said that Assam government is very serious on this issue and nobody would […]

    3 Naxals killed in encounter with CRPF in Jharkhand

    Three naxals have been killed in an encounter with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF ) personnel and Jharkhand police near Piri village in Latehar district of Jharkhand today. Around eight in the morning, the joint police team started the operation after they got information regarding the presence of 60 to 70 naxals in that area. […]

    Govt red-flags over 250 suspicious banking transactions

    The Finance Ministry has red-flagged over 250 suspicious banking transactions, most of them related to Multi Level Marketing or ponzi schemes, this year and has alerted agencies concerned and state governments on them. As many as 272 such transactions were sent to the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau by Financial Intelligence Unit India, an agency tasked […]

    Deal sternly with companies indulging in manipulative practises: SC to SEBI

    The Supreme Court has asked SEBI to deal sternly with companies indulging in manipulative and deceptive practises to send a clear message that market abuse will not be tolerated in the country. “SEBI, the market regulator, has to deal sternly with companies and their Directors indulging in manipulative and deceptive devices, insider trading etc. or […]

    Bengal chit fund scam: second FIR against Trinamool MP

      The human toll in West Bengal’s multi billion rupee chit fund muddle rose to four, with another agent of the tainted Saradha Group committing suicide, while a second FIR was filed against Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh by employees of a Bengali daily run by the chit fund-aided company. The agent Swapan Kumar Biswas,who […]

    20 yr old college student allegedly gangraped, murdered in Karnataka

    A 20-year old college student was reportedly gang-raped and murdered at Modaga near Sulebavi village in Belgaum Taluk on Friday night. She was returning to her village Modaga from Belgaum where she was studying. She appeared for her exams on Friday but did not return home. The murder was discovered on Saturday after the owner […]

    Govt announces multi-agency probe into money-pooling frauds

    In a multi-agency crackdown against alleged duping of public investors through Ponzi schemes, the govt said the entities suspected to be engaged in such activities are being probed by SEBI, RBI and the Corporate Affairs Ministry, among others. Besides, the Income Tax Department has also initiated an investigation of Saradha group and the Enforcement Directorate […]