SIT probe into PNB scam? Supreme Court to hear plea today Posted on 9th April 2018 |
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| The Supreme Court will hear petition filed by a lawyer seeking SIT investigation into the alleged Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam on Monday, ANI reported. Already, non-bailable warrants (NBW) have been issued against prime accused billionaire diamond merchant Nirav Modi and his uncle and co-accused Mehul Choksi by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday. A special court in Mumbai had issued warrants against the two yesterday. It was in the month of February that PNB informed the bourses that a Rs 11,700 crore has occured at its Brady House branch in Mumbai. The bank informed the bourses that a few of its former employees in connivance with billionaire diamond merchant Nirav Modi’s firms have generated faKe letters of undertakings (LoUs) which were used by them to seek loans from a few foreign branches of the Indian banks. It was in the month of February that PNB informed the bourses that a Rs 11,700 crore has occured at its Brady House branch in Mumbai. The bank informed the bourses that a few of its former employees in connivance with billionaire diamond merchant Nirav Modi’s firms have generated faKe letters of undertakings (LoUs) which were used by them to seek loans from a few foreign branches of the Indian banks.,p>Both Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi are absconding since the day the scam came out in public light. However, both have said time and again that due to their cancellation of passports, it’s difficult for them to return to India. Meanwhile, PNB along with country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has put its non-performing assets on sale. Both banks have put their 15 non-performing assets worth Rs 1,063 crore for sale, PTI reported. The public lenders have informed that they will conduct e-auction on 20th of this month. SBI alone has put 12 of the accounts with total outstanding of Rs 848.54 crore for sale. |
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Bharti Airtel defers Q2 results till Nov 14 over ambiguity on AGR verdict Posted on 29th October 2019 |
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Bharti Airtel said on Tuesday it has postponed its second-quarter earnings report to mid-November, as the wireless operator sought clarity on the court ruling asking telecom firms to cough up overdue payments to the government.
Shares of the company, which was expected to release its quarterly numbers later in the day, dropped 3.3 per cent in early trade. |
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Rupee slips 8 paise vs US dollar in early trade amid drop in oil prices Posted on 7th October 2019 |
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The rupee on Monday opened eight paise lower at 70.96 against the US dollar amid drop in crude oil prices and rise in Asian equities. The domestic unit on Friday closed almost flat at 70.88 against after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a widely expected move cut key interest rates by 0.25 percentage point. On a weekly basis, the local unit slumped by 32 paise. |
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LIC pips private insurers in first-year premium growth during April-August Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In the first five months of the current financial year, first-year premiums of life insurance companies grew by 39.84% (year-on-year) at Rs 1.05 lakh crore as compared to Rs 75,588.35 crore in April-August of 2018-19. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) continued to grow at a faster pace compared to private insurance players, shows the data from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai). |
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Apollo Hospitals rules out further stake sale Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (AHEL) has ruled out further dilution of promoters’ stake in the company. The company also said its Rs 1,337-crore stake sale of Apollo Munich Health Insurance with mortgage major HDFC will be concluded by October. Following these stake sales, the promoters’ pledged position will come down from a high of 76% to 54% by October and eventually to 20% by November or December, company sources said here. |
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World trusts India on Kashmir, not us: Pakistan minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In a major embarrassment for Pakistan and its Prime Minister Imran Khan, the country's Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah, a retired brigadier, said the international community didn't believe Pakistan's narrative on Kashmir; instead it is India whose version is trusted. |
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