Private hospital promoter charged with cheating bankOctober 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against the promoter of a private hospital in Ghaziabad for allegedly cheating the State Bank of India of Rs.64.4 million, officials said Thursday. "A case was registered against Dr.
Jet Airways sacks two pilots for joining unionAugust 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Jet Airways has sacked two of its senior pilots for joining a newly formed union. Balaraman and Sam Thomas were sacked for joining the National Aviators Guild - the pilots union - which was registered with the labour commissioner in Mumbai last month.
Armed men loot Rs.1.24 mn in DelhiAugust 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Three armed men Saturday looted Rs.1.24 million from a hospital employee on his way to a bank here, police said. M.L. Raut, an employee of Batra hospital in south Delhi, along with a guard was going to the Oriental Bank of Commerce in the area when he was attacked by three motorcycle riders.
Fewer cheating cases in Class 10 CBSE exam this yearMay 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The number of cheating cases in the Central Board of Secondary Education Examination (CBSE) Class 10 exam has dipped to less than half the figure last year. Nonetheless, Delhi has topped the list.
Cement company official stabbed by sacked guardMay 19th, 2009 RAIPUR - A sacked security guard of Lafarge Cement was arrested near here for stabbing the unit vice president for removing him from his job, police said Tuesday. Prem Kumar Verma, who used to work as a security guard with the company, Monday stormed into the chamber of Kirandeep Patil, posted as vice-president of the unit at Baloda Bazar in Raipur district, and stabbed him with sharp edged weapon, District Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar told reporters.
Manipuri student arrested for online fraudMay 15th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A Manipuri student has been arrested in Pune on charges of cheating students from Fiji studying in Uttar Pradesh of money after telling them they had won a lottery, police said Friday. Khangya Kasan, 20, was held Thursday after a complaint from the Fijians studying in Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh who lost about Rs.42,000 after they deposited it in a bank in response to an email.
Former US embassy employee held for cheatingMay 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A former employee of the US embassy here has been arrested for duping people by promising them jobs with the mission with forged appointment letters, police said. Somya Ranjan Dass was arrested Friday after Arvind Kumar complained to police that Dass had assured him of a job in the embassy but was only cheating him since July 2006, police said.
World Bank says employee who works in DC likely had swine flu after Mexico tripApril 30th, 2009 World Bank: DC employee likely has swine fluWASHINGTON — Some employees of the World Bank in Washington are being asked to work from home after one of their colleagues was preliminarily diagnosed with swine flu. The bank said Thursday that the man is believed to have been exposed to the illness while traveling in Mexico for business from April 13 to 18.
Ex-Satyam owner Raju charge sheeted by CBIApril 7th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju and eight others. The 76-page charge sheet was filed before the special court here under various sections of Indian Penal Code for cheating and forgery.
It is a 'political conspiracy', says sacked NCW memberMarch 2nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Nirmala Vankatesh, the sacked member of the National Commission for Women (NCW), lashed out at the central government Monday, terming her removal a 'political conspiracy'. 'It is a political conspiracy against me,' Vankatesh told reporters here.
China sacks top banker for briberyFebruary 3rd, 2009 BEIJING - China has sacked a top official of the state-run China Development Bank on corruption charges, officials said Wednesday. Wang Yi, vice president of the bank and a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was sacked for 'severe violation of disciplines and the law', the disciplinary commission of the CPC, said.
Accountant dupes bank of Rs.870,000January 13th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - An accountant of Union Bank of India has allegedly robbed his organisation of Rs.870,000 during his stint at two Chandigarh branches of the bank in 2004, a police officer said Wednesday. A case of cheating was registered against the accused, H.K.
Former DDA employee held in flat scam, probe widensJanuary 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A retired Delhi Development Authority (DDA) employee was detained Wednesday after the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police found evidence against him in the irregularities in the allotment of over 5,000 flats. M.L. Gautam, who retired from the telephone department of the DDA in 2005, was held after his name cropped up in the interrogation of Deepak Kumar, who was arrested Sunday.
One more arrested in DDA housing scamJanuary 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Delhi-based financer was arrested Sunday for his alleged involvement in the irregularities in the allotment of over 5,000 flats by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). 'Deepak, 34, has been arrested from Pashchim Vihar area on charges of planning and executing a conspiracy in the scam,' Delhi Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat told IANS.
Sacked SBI employee from Rajasthan held for DDA scamJanuary 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Economics Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police Friday evening registered its first case in the alleged irregularities in the allotment of over 5,000 flats by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and arrested a man from Rajasthan. 'We have registered a case and arrested Laxmi Narayan Meena from Junjhunu in Rajasthan on charges of cheating, forgery and impersonation,' Delhi Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said.