Two months jail for Andhra minister
July 25th, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 25 (IANS) A special court here Wednesday sentenced a cabinet minister in Andhra Pradesh to two months' simple imprisonment for alleged violation of the foreign exchange regulation law.The ... Read more...
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SC restrains RBI on approval to foreign law firms (Lead)
July 5th, 2012 - 5:43 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday restrained the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from granting permission under the foreign exchange provisions to overseas law firms for setting ... Read more...
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Myanmarese nationals get jail for entering India illegally
March 24th, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 24 (IANS) Two poverty-stricken Myanmar nationals were Saturday sentenced to two years in jail by a local court here for illegally entering India, a police official said.A sub-divisional ... Read more...
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I pay 40 pc of my Indian earnings as taxes: Veena Malik
March 20th, 2011 - 10:30 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Pakistani actress Veena Malik, who climbed the popularity and controversy charts alike with Indian reality show "Bigg Boss", says singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan should ... Read more...
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Court orders clubbing three chargesheets in Satyam scam
June 23rd, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 23 (IANS) The special court trying the Satyam scam cases here Wednesday clubbed three chargesheets filed by the CBI in the multi-crore accounting scam.
Pronouncing the order reserved last week, ... Read more...
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Over 75 percent winners in Rajya Sabha poll millionaires
June 19th, 2010 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Over three-fourths of the winners in the just concluded Rajya Sabha polls are millionaires, while more than one-fourth have criminal cases pending against them, an election ... Read more...
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Mumbai Customs detain four persons under FERA Act
March 22nd, 2010 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Mar 22 (ANI): The Mumbai Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) has detained four persons at the Mumbai Airport for violating the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) norms as they carried digital ... Read more...
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Naidu seeks probe against Karnataka minister’s firm
November 19th, 2009 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh's main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Thursday demanded a multi-disciplinary probe into alleged irregularities by the Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC) owned by Karnataka Tourism Minister ... Read more...
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Man acquitted of forex irregularities after 16 years
July 19th, 2009 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) A man booked 16 years ago for illegally possessing foreign currencies has finally been acquitted by the Delhi High Court.
Justice Anil Kumar allowed Prabhat Kumar Srivastava's petition, ... Read more...
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Apex court allows Chandraswami to travel abroad
May 28th, 2009 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday allowed controversial guru Chandraswami - who is facing a number of criminal charges - to travel abroad after depositing a sum of Rs.1 ... Read more...
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This day in history 19 May 2009
May 19th, 2009 - 12:31 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
This day in history 19 May 20091938 - Girish Raghunath Karnad (born 19 May 1938) is a contemporary writer, playwright, actor and movie director in Kannada language. He is the latest of ... Read more...
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India was keen to retain, and not evict, IBM in 1977: Book (With Image)
March 19th, 2009 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
By Arvind Padmanabhan
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Contrary to the general perception that India had forced US IT giant IBM to exit the country in 1977, evidence shows that the government was ... Read more...
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Court questions NHRC’s power to award compensation
November 26th, 2008 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to review its order directing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to pay Rs.50,000 as damages ... Read more...
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Court acquits Chandraswami in FERA case
October 8th, 2008 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) A city court Wednesday acquitted controversial godman Chandraswami in a nine-year-old Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) violation case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rajender Kumar Shastri acquitted ... Read more...
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Court stops Chandraswami from going abroad
February 26th, 2008 - 8:50 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday stopped self-proclaimed godman Chandraswami from going abroad on a plea by the Enforcement Directorate even as a city court released his passport. A ... Read more...
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Jaswant Singh admits he went wrong in old case
February 24th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by admin
By Ritu Sharma
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Five years after he gave the go-ahead to prosecute a senior Enforcement Directorate official on corruption charges, former finance minister Jaswant Singh has admitted he ... Read more...
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