New Delhi: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday phoned his Indian counterpart P Chidambaram to thank him for the release of singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, detained at the airport here for carrying undisclosed foreign currency of over $100,000. "The two ministers spoke to each other. Rehman Malik thanked Chidambaram for ensuring the early release of Rahat Ali Khan," told a spokesperson in the Pakistan High Commission. The spokesperson...
04:36 PM, Feb 15, 2011
On Talking Point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks, 'Should Bollywood stay away from Pak artists?' ...
12:01 AM, Feb 15, 2011
New Delhi: A day after he was detained at the Delhi airport on charges of carrying undisclosed foreign currency, Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was released on Monday after interrogation by officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Rahat, along with two of his colleagues Maroof and Chitresh Shrivastava, have been asked to appear before the DIR on February 17, informed sources said. Rahat was released after an...
07:41 PM, Feb 14, 2011
New Delhi: The detention of Pakistani Sufi singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is threatening to blow up into a major diplomatic row between the two countries. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is still being questioned by India's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for the second day on Monday. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Vijayalakshmi Sharma, DG DRI said," Rahat Ali Khan has not been arrested. We are only questioning him. We are still...
07:15 AM, Feb 14, 2011
New Delhi: Renowned Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was detained at the IGI airport in New Delhi on Sunday by revenue intelligence sleuths after he and two of his troupe members were caught allegedly carrying $ 1.24 lakh (about Rs 60 lakh) in undeclared foreign currency. Rahat (37) and his entire troupe, numbering around 16, including his manager Maroof and event manager were detained and their interrogation were underway...
10:09 PM, Feb 13, 2011
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The assumption that the Karmapa will create a China-friendly chain of monasteries in the Himalayas by using Himachal Pradesh as a staging point for anti-India ...
04:31 PM, Feb 03, 2011
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He gave me my name. The 16th Karmapa has long gone, but he has always been my spiritual guide. I can recall almost all of ...
04:02 PM, Feb 03, 2011
Dharamsala: The Enforcement Directorate questioned Karmapa Lama in Dharamsala in connection with the foreign currency recovered from his office. Enforcement Directorate officials reached Karmapa's monastery on Tuesday afternoon to question him. He was grilled for over five hours but reportedly insisted that he had no idea where the money recovered from his office came from. Foreign currency worth Rs 7 crore was recovered from Karmapa's office last week. Raids were...
01:25 PM, Feb 01, 2011
New Delhi: A cloud of suspicion may hang over the Karmapa Lama, but a day after he was questioned over unaccounted money, Buddhist monks and devotees, including foreigners, gathered in a show of support near Dhararmshala. His office even rejected China's statement that he was not a spy on the grounds that they did not an endorsement from the middle kingdom. "We don't need any endorsement from China. When there...
07:41 AM, Feb 01, 2011
New Delhi: On the controversy surrounding the Karmapa Lama, the Finance Ministry has asked for a report from the Himachal Pradesh government. While the Karmapa was questioned by a three member team of Himachal police, his treasurer Shakti Lama has been sent to police custody till February 5. His secretary's house which was sealed was searched by the police on Saturday. Currency worth Rs 6 crore has been seized out...
09:19 PM, Jan 29, 2011
Dharamsala: Huge amount of foreign currency was seized during raids at a transit home of 17th Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje at Sidhbari near Dharamsala on Thursday. ADGP (Law and Order) S R Mardi said the exact amount of currency notes of different countries recovered during the raids at Gyuto Monastery, 6 km from here, will be known after counting them. A close aide of Kaprmapa, Rabjaychojan alias Shakti Lama, was...
06:13 PM, Jan 27, 2011
London: Money can buy you happiness, only if you earn more of it than your friends, scientists say. A study of life satisfaction in dozens of countries found that contrary to popular perception, economic growth doesn't bring with it a corresponding long-term rise in happiness. While people may feel more positive in the short-term, the shine quickly wears off, found the study by researchers from University of Southern California. However,...
05:10 PM, Dec 14, 2010
Mumbai: New bourse for currency derivatives the United Stock Exchange of India began operations on Monday and witnessed good volumes in the first hour of trade. After the NSE and MCX, USE is the third bourse offering currency trading in the country. "We are witnessing good volumes and it (volumes) has already crossed Rs 2,000 crore in the first hour of trading," USE Director Gaurav Arora told reporters after the...
05:08 PM, Sep 20, 2010
It could take six months to two years before we will be able to type the new Rupee symbol. ...
02:41 PM, Jul 18, 2010
The question in everyone's mind is how and when do we get to type the new symbol? ...
02:11 PM, Jul 15, 2010
Imkong Imchen was detained at the Kathmandu airport on Wednesday for carrying Indian currency notes. ...
10:25 AM, Jun 30, 2010
The Indian rupee will join the select club of currencies like US dollar and others. ...
03:34 PM, Feb 26, 2010
The rupee strengthened on Monday, boosted by gains in other Asian currencies and domestic shares. ...
11:13 AM, Feb 22, 2010
Delhi Police on Friday busted a fake currency racket in the capital. ...
11:44 PM, Jan 22, 2010
The fake notes are allegedly printed in Pakistan government-owned press. ...
12:07 PM, Dec 20, 2009
