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I-T raids entities linked to Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath
08 Apr 2019
I-T officials from Delhi escorted by CRPF personnel carried out the searches, while reports said the raids had some connection with the Rs3,600-crore AgustaWestland case
AgustaWestland case accused Michael says ‘FAM’ is for family and ‘AP’ for Ahmed Patel: report
05 Apr 2019
UAE honours PM Narendra Modi with the `Order of Zayed’
04 Apr 2019
UAE honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the country’s highest civilian decoration, the Order of Zayed, for reinforcing historical and comprehensive strategic ties between the two countries
CBI findings in Sardha Chit Fund case ‘very, very serious’: SC
26 Mar 2019
Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the CBI’s interrogation of the then Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in the Sardha Chit Fund case has brought out some “very very serious facts” and that the Supreme Court cannot “close its eyes” to such findings
Mueller report sees no Trump role in Russian meddling in US elections
25 Mar 2019
Attorney General William Barr said the investigation by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller into the alleged Russian meddling in US elections failed to prove any Russian connection to Trump and that there was insufficient evidence that Trump had attempted to obstruct justice
Nirav Modi arrested in London on PNB fraud case
20 Mar 2019
Modi allegedly cheated Punjab National Bank through fraudulent issuance of Letters of Undertakings and Foreign Letters of Credit, thereby siphoning off funds worth Rs6,498.20 from PNB's Brady House branch in Mumbai while his uncle and aide Mehul Choksi has been accused of swindling Rs7,080.86 crore, also from PNB
Nirav Modi arrested in London on PNB fraud case
20 Mar 2019
Modi allegedly cheated Punjab National Bank through fraudulent issuance of Letters of Undertakings and Foreign Letters of Credit, thereby siphoning off funds worth Rs6,498.20 from PNB's Brady House branch in Mumbai while his uncle and aide Mehul Choksi has been accused of swindling Rs7,080.86 crore, also from PNB
Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose appointed India’s first Lokpal
20 Mar 2019
President Ram Nath Kovind also on Tuesday announced an eight-member Lokpal team selected from top judges and experienced bureaucrats
Pramod Sawant is Goa’s new chief minister
19 Mar 2019
Since the coalition partners of the Parrikar-led government had allied with BJP on condition that the government is headed by Manohar Parrikar, the then defence minister of India, the BJP, therefore, has no allies as of now
Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar dies battling cancer
18 Mar 2019
Former defence minister and four time chief minister Parikkar, 63, who transformed Goa from a laggard to a dynamic economy, had in January vowed to serve Goa till his last breath
Former Supreme Court judge PC Ghose to be India’s first Lokpal
18 Mar 2019
The selection of the first Lokpal comes nearly five years after the Lokpal Act, which envisages the establishment of a Lokpal at the centre and Lokayuktas in states to look into cases of corruption against certain categories of public servants, was notified on 16 January 2014
Premji pledges another 34% of his Wipro shares to philanthropy
14 Mar 2019
Wipro chairman Azim Premji, who is also chairman of the Azim Premji Foundation, has now 67 per cent of his beneficial ownership in Wipro Ltd pledged irrevocably to charity
Real hero Abhinandan Vardhaman comes home
01 Mar 2019
During a dog-fight with Pakistani jets that intruded into Indian territory, the IAF pilot fired an air-to-air missile called “R-73” from the MiG-21 and downed an F-16 jet, but his plane was hit by a missile fired by another pilot
PM Modi conferred Seoul Peace Prize for 'economics, global peace'
22 Feb 2019
Under Modi, India has been in the forefront of economic, social, technological and environmental initiatives, like ensuring access to banking facilities, education, food and shelter and ensuring that development does least harm to the environment
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