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Topic: fraud

Why HC quashed CBI case against TN minister’s family firm that sought bank loan through ‘deception’

Case pertained to alleged fraud relating to Rs 30 cr bank loan obtained by Truedome EPC India, a group company of minister KN Nehru’s family firm.

Fugitive businesswoman accused in 2002 import-export fraud case extradited from US after 2 decades

Monika Kapoor is accused of committing fraud of Rs 1.44 cr in 1998. CBI team is returning with her to India, where she will face trial. Her brothers, also accused, were convicted in 2017.

Actress Alia Bhatt’s former assistant Vedika Shetty in custody for ’embezzling over Rs 76 lakh’

Mumbai Police has arrested Shetty for allegedly cheating the actress & embezzling money from her production company's account based on complaint filed by Alia Bhatt's mother Soni Razdan.

‘Will cooperate,’ Shivakumar alleges ‘misuse of name’ after ED summons son in Aishwarya Gowda fraud case

The Karnataka Deputy CM further said that some people who were cheated by Gowda came to him and said that she pretended to be Shivakumar's sister to siphon off money from them.

ED raids multiple Jaypee Group premises in alleged Rs 12,000 crore fraud case

Targeted premises include offices and properties linked not only to Jaypee Associates but also to other major real estate players such as Gaursons, Gulshan, Mahagun & Suraksha Realty.

CISF suspends 5 personnel who carried out fake I-T raid at woman’s home & took away cash, jewellery

According to police, the woman and her stepmother were embroiled in a property dispute, and the latter sought help from a relative, who brought a CISF inspector on board with the plan.

UP govt scraps MoU with VueNow, blacklists it after founder’s arrest by ED in Rs 3,500 crore ‘scam’

MoU was related to setting up data centres at Rs 13,500 crore investment. At UP Global Investors Summit 2023, VueNow founder was seen speaking in presence of senior govt officials.

What’s the fraud case against SEBI ex-chief & how ‘big break’ caught by RTI activist turned sour

Bombay HC has stayed a special court order, seeking an FIR against Madhabi Puri Buch on a complaint by Sapan Shrivastava while calling the activist 'a habitual complainant'.

CBI’s Rs 2,434 cr fraud case against Anand Jain’s Jai Corp: Public money, tax havens, ‘forged invoices’

The agency alleges Jain engaged in fraudulent trading, deceived investors through a real estate business and diverted bank loans to offshore entities.

Inside VueNow, now under ED lens: Lavish offices, MoU with UP govt & Rs 3,500 crore ‘ponzi scheme’

CEO Sukhvinder Kharour & wife Dimple were arrested by ED at Delhi airport last week. In 2023, UP govt had lauded Kharour for ‘reposing faith in state policies' at investors’ summit.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?