What the Saradha scam revealsMore details will doubtless pour out about Sudipto Sen’s rackets as investigations proceed. But one thing is certain. The vast majority of Saradha’s victims will only get a pittance from the Rs 5 billion compensation fund set up by the Mamata Banerjee government, to be part financed by an additional levy on cigarettes, of all things. But the investors’ stake is estimated at Rs 170 billion, if not more, says Praful Bidwai. The lightning speed at which the Saradha scandal ... Rediff.com, 3 weeks ago |
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Now, Saradha shockwaves rock AssamThe Saradha fraud in West Bengal is reverberating in neighbouring Assam as well, with depositors, as well the company’s former agents and employees, holding protest demonstrations here against Saradha Realty India and its sister concerns.On Tuesday, the authorities sealed a Saradha office at the Lalganesh area in Assam, after protestors ransacked the office.Protests were also staged by employees at a Saradha Group biscuit factory in Dhubri, lower Assam.“Fraud and cheating cases have ... Rediff.com, 1 month ago
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Truth and consequences - a dilemma for Twitter and its usersSan Francisco : Does Twitter have a credibility problem? For many, a single fake tweet from the Associated Press account that briefly roiled financial markets on Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average down about 145 points, vividly reaffirmed the ... Jagran Post, 3 weeks ago
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I will strip again, if my fans want, says Poonam PandeyNew Delhi: Having earned sky-high popularity by making tongue in cheek comments and catching imagination with her bare-all photoshoots, Bollywood nymphet Poonam Pandey is once again set to drop her inhibition that could jazz up the atmosphere which is already ... Jagran Post, 1 month ago
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Will watch other Afzal-like cases before concluding: OmarJammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday told the state assembly that 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s hanging was not ‘selective and political’ and that ‘the course of action regarding similar cases would determine it’. “Let us wait and watch what action is being taken against others convicted in similar cases”, he added and lambasted the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and separatists for doing politics on human blood. Rediff.com, 2 months ago
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