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Scams are ‘part of India’s national character’. It goes as far back as 1971 Nagarwala case

Rasheed Kidwai’s latest book digs up the 1971 case where a retired Army Captain scammed SBI of Rs 60 Lakh by imitating Indira Gandhi and her Principal Secretary PN Haksar.

Want to be a part-time playboy? How ‘fake gigolo racket’ busted by Delhi cops ‘swindled 100 men’

The 4 accused, arrested from Delhi's Hari Nagar, allegedly duped men by luring them with 'part-time' opportunities to work as 'playboys' or 'male masseurs'.

Delhi Police arrests four for duping people with gigolo, masseuse job offers

According to police, the accused cheated around 100 people, including the son of a police official. It was found that they were running the scam for the last two years.

‘Deleted chat records, illegal access to backup server’: What CBI ‘found’ in NSE co-location scam case

CBI filed supplementary charge sheet in case in August. Charge sheet reveals how OPG Securities owner 'bribed' NSE officials to get advantage over other brokers between 2010 and 2014.

Mamata Banerjee plans Cabinet reshuffle after Partha Chatterjee’s arrest in recruitment scam

The Bengal chief minister had taken over senior minister Chatterjee’s many departments, but will now bring in fresh faces to handle the work.

Senior Karnataka IPS officer Amrit Paul arrested in police recruitment scam

Commenting on the arrest of the ADGP rank officer, CM Basavaraj Bommai said the government had given a free hand to the CID and hence, they took action based on evidence.

Delhi Police dismisses 12 constables for submitting fake driving licences 14 years ago

The constables, recruited via an exam in 2007, were posted with the Police Control Room unit.

JEE scam and NEET ban are failures of the existing system. But tougher questions lie ahead

Given the large number of students associated with these exams, and the high stakes involved, NEET and JEE controversies need to be handled with care.

Kerala used proxy firms to receive foreign funds for housing project, evade audit, CBI to SC

CBI says 2 private companies were used as proxy firms to receive funds from UAE for Kerala govt's LIFE Mission, a housing project for underprivileged. Cites high court order to back its probe.

Court sends former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta to police custody in alleged TRP scam

Dasgupta is the fifteenth person to be arrested in the case related to alleged rigging of Television Rating Points (TRP) by some TV channels.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.