India, All india, 20th Feb 2018, News & Stories from India

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Modi allegedly cheated the state-run bank by using fake “letters of understanding” (LoUs) to get loans. Most of the letters were sent to overseas offices of Indian banks, which made the actual loans, said Sunil Mehta, PNB's MD. (Photo: PTI)

PNB scam: Bank GM held after Vipul Ambani, 4 others of NiMo Jewellers

Nirav Modi sent a letter to the bank this week saying he owes less than half the amount claimed by the bank in the alleged fraud.

20 Feb 2018 9:31 PM

The RBI had advised the banks to get the SWIFT infrastructure comprehensively audited for malicious software script or activities. (Photo: PTI)

In June 2016 before PNB fraud, RBI warned banks of SWIFT abuse

The circular has emerged a day after the Centre said the PNB fraud was a result of failure of the RBI.

20 Feb 2018 8:54 PM

Addressing a conference on 'doubling farm income by 2022', Modi said pulses production in the country has risen to 23 mn tonnes from 17 mn tonnes in just one year. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Modi hard sells pro-farmer initiatives announced in year budget

PM said that coating urea with neem has helped in enhancing efficiency of fertiliser and boosting productivity as also led to cost saving.

20 Feb 2018 8:39 PM

The video posted by local channels show Narayanaswamy splashing petrol from a bottle in the BBMP office at Bengaluru's Horamavu. (Photo: ANI)

K’taka: Cong leader threatened to set BBMP on fire; case registered

The Karnataka Congress President has directed the Bengaluru District North District Congress Committee to immediately suspend Narayanswamy.

20 Feb 2018 8:26 PM

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets business leaders at the end of India-Canada business forum in Mumbai on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

People-to-people connection important for Indo-Canadian ties: Trudeau

Applauding India for trade potential, Trudeau said that there was an anxiety in the western world about the success of trade here.

20 Feb 2018 8:16 PM

Jaitley went on to blame auditors for being unable to detect irregularities and asked supervisory agencies to assess the system requirement to detect such frauds. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

FM breaks silence over PNB fraud, blames auditors for not detecting irregularities

Without naming PNB or Nirav Modi, Jaitley said bank management did not live up to their task as it failed to detect the delinquent.

20 Feb 2018 8:05 PM

Gandhi is on a two-day campaign trail in the north-eastern state till Wednesday with road-shows in Tura and Shillong and a rally in the Jaintia Hills scheduled on the last day of his visit. (Photo: AP)

BJP actively participating in corruption by allowing Mallya, Nirav Modi to escape: Rahul

'BJP instead of giving hope, security, economic growth, dealt us only with hopelessness, unemployment, fear, hatred, violence,' Rahul said.

20 Feb 2018 7:50 PM

The Defence Ministry issued a comprehensive list of companies, which have either been blacklisted or business with whom has been put on hold as the firms have been accused of wrongdoings. (Photo: ANI)

6 firms ‘debarred’, 14 suspended in defence ministry’s graft list

Global arms majors Singapore Technologies Kinetics (STK), Israel Military Industries are in the 'blacklisted' list.

20 Feb 2018 7:26 PM

Singhvi, meanwhile, refuted the allegations made against his family and described the action as 'harassment' being meted out to him as he belonged to an opposition political party. (Photo: File)

I-T issues notice to Cong leader Singhvi’s wife for purchases from Nirav Modi

I-T questions that Rs 1.5 cr was paid by cheque for the purchase of the jewellery, while about Rs 4.8 cr was paid in cash by Anita Singhvi.

20 Feb 2018 7:21 PM

PNB, the second largest state-run bank, had on February 14 detected a USD 1.77 billion fraud at its Brady House branch in south Mumbai and named the firms led by Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi's Gitanjali Group and some other diamond and jewelry merchants as suspects. (Photo: File)

Nirav Modi raided by I-T dept in Jan 2017 after note ban: sources

However, the raids did not result in flagging the Rs 11,400 crore bank fraud, which Nirav was allegedly pulling off.

20 Feb 2018 7:08 PM

A bench comprising justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman said that it would monitor the progress of the NRC work in Assam after 30 days. (Photo: Asian Age)

Assam citizenship: SC refuses to extend deadline to publish final NRC

The apex court said that work of verification of around 1 crore citizens in the state should continue without interference from any quarter.

20 Feb 2018 6:57 PM

The provisional attachment action has been carried out to 'recover outstanding tax demands', understood to be about Rs 85 crore. (Photo: File)

I-T dept attaches 14 bank a/cs including Vikram Kothari in Rotomac bank fraud

This is the second major financial scam to break out after the sensational Rs 11,400 crore fraud by Nirav Modi.

20 Feb 2018 6:47 PM

Five Chinese ships were detected in the region and were observed leaving and it had nothing to do with the ongoing political crisis in the Maldives, the sources said. (Photo: ANI)

No Chinese warship movement detected near waters of Maldives: Indian Navy

The sources in Indian Navy went on to stress that these were not warships as previously reported in Chinese websites.

20 Feb 2018 6:40 PM

In a recent verdict on the Kerala 'love jihad' case in January this year, the Supreme Court declared that an adult woman has the right to live freely and choose a life of her choice. (Photo:File)

Kerala ‘love jihad’: Want to remain Muslim, wife of Jahan, Hadiya tells SC

Hadiya's marriage was annulled by Kerala HC after she converted to Islam and married Jahan.

20 Feb 2018 5:52 PM

A master plan would be ready by March and the detailed project report would be prepared by July, an official release quoting the Jharkhand chief minister said. (Photo: PTI)

Itkhori to have World's tallest ‘Buddha’ stupa: J’khand CM Raghubar Das

As per records, 104 ft Buddhist stupa built by King Ashoka at Kesaria of Bihar is presently considered as World's largest Buddhist Stupa.

20 Feb 2018 5:41 PM

India is said to have coal reserves of up to 300 billion tonnes. (Photo: PTI/ File/Representational)

Coal India lose monopoly as India opens coal mining to private firms

The reform is expected to bring efficiency in the coal sector by moving from an era of monopoly to competition.

20 Feb 2018 5:33 PM

Mohammed Nalapad Haris has been booked for attempt to murder for allegedly assaulting one Vidwat at the pub-cum-restaurant in Bengaluru on Saturday night. (Mohammed Haris Nalapad/Facebook)

K’taka Cong MLA apologises in Assembly over assault by son in pub

To opposition BJP leader Jagadish Shettar’s charge that there was a delay of 40 hours before Nalapad surrendered.

20 Feb 2018 5:21 PM

Delhi Administrative Subordinate Services president DN Singh said, 'We are going on a strike with immediate effect, we are with our Chief Secretary, until they (AAP MLAs) are not arrested we will not get back (to work).' (Photo: ANI)

Delhi bureaucrats go on strike, demand action against alleged assault of chief secy

Delhi chief secy Anshu Praksh has alleged that he was assaulted by AAP MLAs in the presence of the CM Arvind Kejriwal.

20 Feb 2018 5:00 PM

Donald Trump Jr. poses for a photograph ahead of a media event in New Delhi, on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

India 'substantially above board' for business compared to China: Trump Jr

Trump Jr said the 'spirit' of doing business in India is much more aligned with the US way of doing business.

20 Feb 2018 4:51 PM

This unprecedented escalation in ceasefire violations by India is continuing from the year 2017 when the Indian forces committed more than 1970 ceasefire violations. (Photo: Representational | PTI)

Pak summons Indian diplomat over death of 8-yr-old in ‘unprovoked firing’

Pakistan’s foreign ministry claimed that the boy, Ayan Zahid, was killed after Indian troops opened fire in Khuiratta Sector in the PoK.

20 Feb 2018 4:33 PM

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