
New Delhi: Come April 1 and cheques and bank drafts will be valid only for three months, a development that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) thinks will help mitigate frauds related to such instruments. The RBI has directed that with effect from April 1, 2012, banks should not make payments against cheques, drafts, pay orders or banker's cheques if they are presented after the period of three months from...

05:05 PM, Mar 23, 2012

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday issued a non-bailable warrant against Congress MP and former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin for his repeated failure to appear before it in connection with a cheque bounce case. Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Vikrant Vaid issued the warrant against former captain of the Indian cricket team for March 1 after rejecting his counsel's submission that he was busy in the election campaigning in the ongoing Uttar...

07:58 AM, Feb 19, 2012

New Delhi: KBC winner Sushil Kumar Tuesday denied reports that he had complained about not getting his Rs.5 crore prize money, saying Sony officials were constantly in touch with him and he had complete faith that he would get it. "I have never said that I haven't got a single penny of the prize money. The channel had already told me that the money would be given to me in...

05:57 PM, Dec 13, 2011

Ranchi: A cheque from Indian Cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, one of the country's richest sportstars, has bounced, and that too for a payment of Rs 645. The cheque, dated March 15, 2011, was paid to the Ranchi Municipal Corporation. Dhoni had issued the cheque to pay taxes on an apartment that he owns in Ranchi, his hometown. The cheque has now been returned to the State Bank of India...

11:03 AM, Jun 25, 2011

Students of the IIMs are a happy lot receiving summer internships that have been the best after the slowdown. ...

09:01 AM, Nov 17, 2010

Kolkata: It's raining jobs at IIM campuses across the country - big banks are back for summer placements and hedge funds have made their debut. Students of the IIMs are a happy lot receiving summer internships that have been the best after the slowdown. Now they hope that this trend continues for the final placements as well. At the IIM campus in Kolkata, 200 companies were in attendance on the...

08:48 AM, Nov 17, 2010

This staple in the wallets of tourists, are making a silent exit. ...

01:48 AM, Dec 15, 2009

Pune Warriors India innings: Three wickets by Marchant de Lange and a fifty by skipper Gautam Gambhir helped Kolkata Knight Riders beat Pune Warriors India by seven runs. It's KKR's sixth win in ten matches. This is it with our live match updates. Our match report will be up shortly. 20th over: 143 for 8 Despite scoring 10 runs in the last over bowled by de Lange, Pune still fall...

07:25 PM, May 19, 2008

Adelaide: Former skipper Ricky Ponting has emerged as the frontrunner to lead Australia in the absence of injured Michael Clarke, in Friday's tri-series clash against Sri Lanka. Clarke has been ruled out of the match due to a hamstring injury he sustained during the side's four-wicket loss to India here on Sunday, and that could force the selectors to return to Ponting. While the most likely scenario is Ponting temporarily...

07:40 PM, Apr 23, 2008

See who tops the list for doing the 'Most Shameless Paycheque Role Of All Time’. ...

12:23 AM, Mar 26, 2008

Kolkata: In order to make cricket corruption-free, former Pakistan captain Imran Khan on Monday urged international players to disclose their bank accounts and advised the respective boards to be more vigilant. Allan Border, Kapil Dev and Imran Khan, all World Cup-winning skippers, voiced their concerns about spot-fixing during a promotional campaign here on Monday. "To investigate spot fixing is a very difficult thing. I would go a step further and...

01:34 PM, Jan 09, 2008

New Delhi: The controversy surrounding the Kochi IPL team seems to have been resolved with the Kerala team replying to the the showcause notice issued to them by the BCCI the deadline for which was Wednesday, October 20. The letter is currently lying with BCCI president Shashank Manohar and the appropriate action will be taken once the response is reviewed. Earlier, reports had said that Kochi had failed to meet...

10:05 PM, Oct 25, 2007

Banks delay cheque clearance to eat away interests, says a Delhi petitioner. ...

10:41 AM, Aug 30, 2007

A farmer's widow has been running from pillar to post to secure the money. ...

08:20 AM, Jul 08, 2007