Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, after a high level meeting here on Monday to discuss the 'rebuild Kerala' initiative in aftermath of the worst-ever floods that hit the state last year, indicated that the World Bank will provide a Rs 3,596 crore loan for rebuilding activities covering various sectors.


Kerala expects Rs 3,596 cr World Bank loan for rebuilding


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A major fire engulfed a chemical factory in Naraina here on Monday, a fire officer said. No casualty was reported in the blaze.


Major fire in chemical factory in Delhi


The Indian Embassy in Doha has issued a notification warning job seekers to be wary of fake recruiting agents in Qatar, the media reported on Monday.


Indians warned of fake recruiting agents in Qatar


A year after singer Meesha Shafi accused Ali Zafar of sexual harassment, the singer-actor on Saturday urged her to face the court as her case against him was dismissed. He even drew a parallel between her and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai.


Sexual harassment: Ali asks Meesha to face the court


An ailing senior technician working with the beleagured Jet Airways committed suicide by jumping off his building terrace, police said here on Saturday.


Ailing Jet technician commits suicide


Twelve luxury cars belonging to absconding diamantaires Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi have been auctioned for Rs 3.29 crore, an ED statement said here on Friday.


12 cars of Nirav Modi, Choksi auctioned for Rs.3.29 cr


Two people were injured in an explosion at Tata's main Welsh steelworks plant on Friday, the company has confirmed.


Two injured in explosions at UK Tata Steel plant


A police complaint has been filed against Bollywood star Salman Khan for snatching a journalist's mobile phone while he was trying to shoot a video of the actor.


Police complaint filed against Salman Khan


The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is ready to strike against Deloitte Haskins and Sells in the murky IL&FS case. IANS learns that MCA has taken an aggressive view over malpractices by Deloitte over the last decade which have led to papering over the large cracks in its finances. Misrepresentation, cooking of books by auditors and malafide practices with respect to the web of subsidiaries are at the kernel of Deloitte's architecture for IL&FS for which MCA will disbar them.


MCA ready to strike against IL&FS tainted Delolite (IANS Exclusive)


Thirteen luxury cars owned by fugitive diamantaires Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi went on online auction by the Metals & Scrap Trading Corporation, here on Thursday.


Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi's 13 luxury cars on auction


The CBI has issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against Bhushan Steel Chairman Sanjay Singhal and his wife and Vice Chairman Aarti Singhal in connection with its investigation in a case of cheating in loans worth Rs 2,348 crore against them, official sources said on Wednesday.


CBI 'lookout' notice against Bhushan Steel top officials


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has provisionally attached 25 movable and immovable properties worth Rs 40.34 crore of Olympus Granites Pvt Ltd and others in the illegal granite mining case.


ED attaches Rs 40 crore properties of Olympus Granites


The Tamil Nadu police on Tuesday told the Madras High Court that mobile messaging player WhatsApp had declined to share details of the videos circulated in the Pollachi sexual abuse-cum-blackmail case.


Pollachi sex abuse: WhatsApp refused to share details


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochchar, her husband Deepak Kochchar and brother-in-law Rajiv Kochchar for questionning in a money-laundering case.


ED summons Chanda Kochhar, husband, brother-in-law


Sushant Singh, host of "Savdhaan India", crime-based reality show, along with his co-author Kulpreet Yadav will soon bring out a book on India's women criminals. It was expected to be launched on May 20, said Penguin, the publisher.


Savdhaan India host's debut crime book likely in May


Two persons, including a five-year-old, were killed and three others injured as gusty winds and unseasonal rains wreaked havoc here on Monday night, officials said.


Gusty winds claim two lives in Hyderabad


In fresh disclosures, the Income Tax Department on Monday said it had detected tax evasion of more than Rs 1,350 crore during its early April search and seizure operations carried out on a major solar power company.


Tax raids on solar power firm find Rs 1,350 cr tax evasion


The seizure of illegal cash in northeast Indian states has broken all records and the Directorate of Income Tax has set up a Special Task Force (STF) to probe suspicious high value cash deposits and withdrawals in 68 banks in the region, officials said on Monday.


Record cash seizure in NE during LS polls, STF set up


Tokyo prosecutors on Monday indicted former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn over a fresh charge of misusing company funds paid to a distributor in Oman, yet another setback for the once-celebrated auto tycoon who maintains he is innocent of all allegations.


Ghosn indicted on fresh charge of Nissan fund misuse


Amazon's online shoppers are being fooled by fake review factories running on multiple Facebook groups.


Fake review factories fooling online Amazon shoppers


Former and current employees at a Boeing plant in South Carolina that produces the company's 787 Dreamliner jet have claimed that the factory has been plagued by shoddy production and weak oversight that have threatened to compromise safety, The New York Times said in a report.

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