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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has uncovered a major money laundering case involving a Rapido bike taxi driver in Delhi, whose bank account saw ₹331.36 crore worth of transactions between August 2024 and April 2025. The driver, who typically earns just ₹500-600 daily and lives in a small two-room home, was unaware of these huge sums moving through his account. RAPIDO BIKE GUY’S ACCOUNT EXPLODES WITH ₹331 CRORE OVERNIGHT – ALL TO PAY FOR A GUJARAT POLITICIAN’S FAIRYTALE UDAIPUR DESTINATION WEDDING AT TAJ ARAVALLI! Yes, you heard that right – the same dude who picks you up in the rain for…

A special court in Mumbai on Friday turned down Mehul Choksi’s request to stop the process of declaring him a Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO). This is a big blow for the diamond businessman, who is the main accused in the massive Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam. Choksi, arrested in Belgium back in April 2025, had asked the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court to drop the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) push to label him an FEO. Choksi’s argument and ED’s pushback Choksi told the court he’s already locked up in Belgium over Indian cases, and India wants him extradited anyway.…

20th Century Fox In addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Cinematic Universe, franchises like “Star Trek” and “Star Wars” have long featured multiple movies and TV shows that comprise a wider canvas of stories. More rare, however, are universes that bring together different franchises, with “Godzilla” and “King Kong” forming their own connected world of stories known as the “MonsterVerse.” But the colossal beasts weren’t the first movie monsters to create their own cinematic universe. Decades earlier, the “Alien” and “Predator” franchises connected on-screen to do the…

A new draft Bill seeks to regulate Bengaluru’s largely informal domestic workforce by introducing written contracts, compulsory registration and structured benefits.The Karnataka government is preparing for a major shift in how domestic workers are employed and protected, with its new Draft Domestic Workers Bill aiming to bring an informal, largely unregulated sector under formal oversight. Bengaluru, where thousands of households rely on maids, cooks, drivers and gardeners, is expected to see the biggest impact.At present, hiring happens almost entirely outside formal channels. In apartment complexes, residents share vacancy messages on WhatsApp groups, while domestic workers often arrive with their friends…

Before registering a landslide win in the recent Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP had taken a hard stance over the Election Commission (EC)’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, claiming that the exercise would root out “infiltrators”, including those from Bangladesh, even as the Opposition alleged that Muslims were being targeted for deletions.But as the EC undertakes its SIR exercise in other states including West Bengal, the BJP in Bengal has taken a softer position, saying the party is “not against rashtravadi (nationalistic) Muslims”. In Bihar, the NDA won 202 of the state’s 243 seats because of dominant…

It was during 1972 that Yellamma, a 22-year-old pregnant woman, was in severe labour pain. But the hospital was not just a faraway but a distant dream for Yellamma, who lived in a remote village of Karnataka. The woman who came to her rescue was Sulagatthi Eeramma, a midwife, to perform the delivery successfully, and Yellamma gave birth to a baby boy, Manjappa, who is now 53 years old.In her over 50 years of ‘career’ in midwifery, Eeramma, who is now 103 years old, has attended more than 13,000 such deliveries in and around her village called Obalashettihalli, located 79…

In a landmark move to modernize India’s financial regulatory framework, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday announced the issuance of 244 Consolidated Master Directions, effectively scrapping 9,345 outdated and redundant circulars that had accumulated over seven decades. This sweeping overhaul, described by RBI officials as a “paradigm shift in its regulatory communication”, aims to consolidate fragmented guidelines into a single, accessible reference for banks and financial institutions, ensuring greater clarity and efficiency in compliance. The initiative, finalized after extensive public consultation, repeals instructions dating back to as early as 1944, including British government era regulations, while preserving the…

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar signalled a truce in their power struggle Saturday following a breakfast meeting held at the CM’s residence at the instance of the Congress central leadership. Siddaramaiah also claimed that the reports of the tussle between him and Shivakumar was a “media creation”. He said that a visit of some party MLAs close to the Deputy CM to Delhi on November 20, which was apparently aimed at lobbying for Shivakumar’s claim to the CM’s post with Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, was a bid to seek ministerial positions for themselves in case…

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy, D.K. Shivakumar Saturday put up a united face for media cameras, seeking to dispel speculation of an intensifying battle between them.Shivakumar had breakfast at Siddaramaiah’s official residence as instructed by the Congress high command to force a truce—at least temporary—to quell the ongoing leadership tussle, which threatened the stability of the state government as well as one of its last remaining strongholds. “We are united, and there are no differences between D.K. Shivamumar and myself,” Siddaramaiah said. Show Full Article He added that the two leaders had been instructed to resolve their differences.The…

At a closed-door breakfast meeting in Bengaluru, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar reaffirm party unity, dismissed talk of internal rifts, and outlined plans for upcoming political challenges.Bengaluru witnessed a significant political development today as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar held a breakfast meeting at the CM’s Cauvery residence, putting an end to weeks of speculation over internal differences within the Congress leadership.The interaction took place against the backdrop of persistent rumours surrounding power-sharing and disagreements between the state’s top two leaders. Following their meeting, the two addressed the media together and delivered a…