The Karnataka government on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the alleged misuse of investors' deposits worth crores of rupees by the city-based IMA Jewels firm.


Probe ordered into investment 'fraud' by Bengaluru jewels firm


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Close on the heels of raids by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) at the corporate headquarters of J&K Bank in Srinagar, of the Income Tax (I-T) Department on Tuesday raided 10 business premises of Srinagar Deputy Mayor Sheikh Imran who owes Rs 120 crore to the bank.


I-T raids on Srinagar Deputy Mayor's businesses


Capital punishment does not deter crime, veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar said after six people were convicted for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year.


Capital punishment no deterrent to crime: Javed Akhtar


The government has compulsorily retired almost a dozen senior tax officers on charges ranging from extortion, bribe and sexual harassment.


Govt compulsorily retires tax officers over charges ranging from extortion, bribe, sexual harassment


The Government has compulsorily retired almost a dozen senior tax officers on charges ranging from extortion, bribe and sexual harassment.


Government compulsorily retires tax officers on extortion, bribe, sexual harassment charges


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) here on Monday questioned for over eight hours former Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel in connection with a money laundering probe into the losses suffered by Air India under the alleged multi-crore aviation scam.


Aviation scam: ED quizzes Praful Patel for 8 hours


As the scope of the investigation involving J&K Bank enlarges, the jiggery pokery that existed has sent alarm bells ringing. The extent of the malfeasance is humongous. Five top officers from the sacked J&K Bank Chairman Parvez Ahmad Nengroo's Secretariat were transferred on Monday evening to different branches.


Probe into J&K Bank malaise widens; 5 top officials shifted (IANS Special)


As the scope of the investigation involving J&K Bank enlarges, the jiggery pokery that existed has sent alarm bells ringing. The extent of the malfeasance is humongous. Five top officers from the sacked  J&K Bank Chairman Parvez Ahmad Nengroo's Secretariat were transferred on Monday evening to different branches.


Probe into J&K Bank malaise widens; 5 top officials shifted (IANS Special)(Correcting headline)



Probe into J&K Bank malaise widens; 5 top officials sacked (IANS Special)


The BJP government in Tripura has asked the Centre to expedite the probe into all the 74 chit fund cases in connection with the unlawful collection of money from people by illegal chit fund organisations, an official said on Monday.


Tripura asks Centre to expedite chit fund cases probe


Former ICICI Bank CEO and managing director Chanda Kochhar on Monday skipped questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a Rs 1,875-crore Videocon loan case citing poor health.


Videocon loan case: Chanda Kochhar skips ED questioning


A team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) resumed searches on Sunday at the corporate headquarters of the J&K Bank here, after completing a nearly 10-hour raid the previous day.


Searches resume at J&K Bank corporate headquarters


A Special CBI court has sentenced the Managing Partner of Cochin-based Greenwood India firm and seven others to five to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for cheating Central government's public sector company SBI Global Factors Limited (SBIGFL) to the tune of Rs 4.91 crore in 2011, the agency said on Friday.


CBI court sentences eight to rigorous imprisonment for fraud


Actress Sonam K. Ahuja was trolled for her comment urging people not to make the the killing of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl in Aligarh, into a "selfish agenda". She says she believes in speaking up for those with no voice.


Sonam trolled for comment on toddler's murder


The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to television actor and singer Karan Oberoi, over a month after he was arrested on alleged charges of raping and blackmailing a woman.


Rape-accused actor Karan Oberoi granted bail


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday summoned former ICICI bank Managing Director and CEO on June 10 in connection with the Rs 1,875 crore Videocon loan case, a official said.


Videocon loan case: ED summons Chanda Kochhar on June 10


Even as the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday filed a report in a special CBI court on a gold smuggling episode in which a Customs Officer has been arrested among others, there came a new twist with the RAW and NIA beginning a probe as well.


Trivandrum airport gold smuggling case: RAW, NIA join probe


The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a petition filed by former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy seeking its permission to visit Ballari to see his ailing father-in-law.


SC to hear on Friday mining baron's plea to visit Ballari


French prosecutors have dropped an investigation into rape allegations made against actor Gerard Depardieu.


Rape charges against Gerard Depardieu dropped


Refining major Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has come under scrutiny for allegedly evading Central excise duty to the tune of Rs 346.34 crore.


HPCL under scanner for alleged excise duty evasion


Back in the early 1970s, when J. Inder Singh Kalra began writing "Platter Chatter" on food for a leading daily, there were many who sniggered. But Jiggs Kalra was way ahead of his time and doggedly pushed his way through to earn monikers aplenty and show the path ahead to more than a generation of food writers - and, indeed, raise the art of gastronomy to new heights.

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