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Nirav Modi seeks bankruptcy cover as PNB fraud mounts to Rs12,636 cr
28 Feb 2018
Nirav Modi's Firestar Diamond has filed for bankruptcy protection in US even as Punjab National Bank informed the CBI of another fraud Rs1,251 crore involving Gitanjali Gems
After, PNB and BoB, Oriental Bank hit by Rs390-cr loan fraud
24 Feb 2018
The CBI registered a case against Dwarka Das Seth International Pvt Ltd, a Karol Bagh, New Delhi- based company engaged in manufacturing and trading in diamond, gold and silver jewellery nearly six months after OBC filed a complaint with the central agency
Federal Bank buys 26% stake in Equirus Capital
23 Feb 2018
Scam-hit PNB to infuse Rs5,473-cr govt funds to boost capital
23 Feb 2018
Punjab National Bank is going ahead with a planned Rs5,473-crore capital-raising from the government through a preferential issue, even as the bank boasted that it has enough assets to meet any liability caused by the Rs11,300-crore fraud
Govt likely to dissolve Banks Board Bureau
20 Feb 2018
Four big banks join Invoicemart TReDS platform
20 Feb 2018
Four big banks join Invoicemart TReDS platform
20 Feb 2018
Four big banks join Invoicemart TReDS platform
20 Feb 2018
Four big banks join Invoicemart TReDS platform
20 Feb 2018
Nirav Modi says PNB’s haste limited his ability to clear dues
20 Feb 2018
Jeweller Nirav Modi, the alleged kingpin of the Rs11,400-crore fraud on Punjab National Bank (PNB), has said PNB's haste has shut the doors on his ability to clear the dues
Govt’s Rs2,60,000-cr investment may not save PSU banks from rot
19 Feb 2018
Central agencies have filed an FIR against Rotomac promoter Vikram Kothari for allegedly swindling Bank of Baroda of over Rs800 crore close on the heels of jeweller Nirav Modi’s Rs11,300-cr fraud on Punjab National Bank
SBI, UBI share $500 mn of the $1.77 bn Nirav Modi-fraud on PNB
17 Feb 2018
The Punjab National Bank scam involving a Rs11,300 crore fraud by global jeweller Nirav Modi could balloon into a much larger banking industry scam after investigating agencies extended probe to other major jewellers and banks
SBI, UBI share $500 mn of the $1.77 bn Nirav Modi-fraud on PNB
17 Feb 2018
The Punjab National Bank scam involving a Rs11,300 crore fraud by global jeweller Nirav Modi could balloon into a much larger banking industry scam after investigating agencies extended probe to other major jewellers and banks
SBI, UBI share $500 mn of the $1.77 bn Nirav Modi-fraud on PNB
17 Feb 2018
The Punjab National Bank scam involving a Rs11,300 crore fraud by global jeweller Nirav Modi could balloon into a much larger banking industry scam after investigating agencies extended probe to other major jewellers and banks
PNB fraud: net widened; Modi, Choksi passports suspended
17 Feb 2018
By Friday, the ED and CBI had searched 35 locations in 11 states and seized jewellery worth Rs5,100 crore in connection with the Rs11,400 crore ‘fraud’ pulled by jewellers Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi on Punjab National Bank
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