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Topic: PNB Fraud

Nirav Modi exhausts all legal remedies to stay in UK, political asylum now last hope

Modi, who is accused in Punjab National Bank fraud case, has lost his bid to move UK Supreme Court against extradition to India. Political asylum request still pending with UK govt.

Now, CBI books Mehul Choksi for Rs 22 crore ‘loan fraud’ against public sector NBFC

According to FIR registered by CBI, fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi allegedly pledged gemstones that were 'not real' while seeking a Rs 25 crore loan from IFCI.

Suicide risk present amid Covid at Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail, Nirav Modi tells UK court

The court was hearing an extradition appeal of Nirav Modi, who is wanted in India to face charges of fraud & money laundering in the estimated $ 2-billion PNB scam case.

Extradition to India will severely harm my mental health, Nirav Modi tells UK court

Nirav Modi's extradition would be 'flagrant denial of justice' and should be blocked on mental health ground, say papers prepared by his lawyer for hearing in UK High Court Wednesday.

India has sent documents for Mehul Choksi’s deportation to Dominica in private jet: Antigua PM

Indian officials in Delhi refused to confirm or deny whether a plane had been sent to Dominica where the 62-year-old Choksi was detained for illegal entry.

Didn’t defend Nirav Modi, appeared in UK court as an expert, says ex-HC judge Thipsay

Former judge Abhay Thipsay has refuted BJP claim that Congress is trying to derail Nirav Modi’s extradition, saying govt may have ‘past grudges’ against him.

Law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas faces probe in Nirav Modi-PNB fraud case

CBI is looking at whether to charge the law firm for concealment of evidence or name it as a prosecution witness to testify against Nirav Modi.

I’m no defaulter, being made soft target for 2019 as Modi govt is under pressure: Choksi

Mehul Choksi, accused in the Rs 11,000-crore PNB scam, claims he has an Antiguan passport for business expansion and blames bank for fraud.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.