Geneva/New Delhi: HSBC whistleblower Herve Falciani, whose 'Swissleaks' revelation which forced the Indian government to probe ill-gotten money stashed abroad, was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison by a Swiss federal court.
Falciani, who refused to appear for trial in Switzerland, has been charged with industrial espionage. He is having dual French and Italian nationalities.
November 28, 2015
The Border Security Force (BSF) is not treating the recent rise in threat from global terror outfit Islamic State (IS) casually, especially after its recent attacks in Paris and the article 'Revival of Jihad in Bengal' published in its magazine Dabiq.
November 27, 2015
HSBC Holdings will shut its private banking business in India, a spokesman said, marking the exit of another foreign bank from the cut-throat business in Asia’s third-largest economy.
November 27, 2015
Billionaire Sunil Mittal, chairman of Bharti Enterprises, on Thursday said that he is taking a voluntary Rs 5-crore cut in his annual salary to provide legal and financial assistance to underprivileged undertrials.
November 27, 2015
Jerusalem: For the first time, Israeli military has successfully tested from a ship an advanced surface-to-air missile co-developed with India which will be deployed to secure vital offshore assets like gas fields.
November 26, 2015
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 79 (Ashwin 5-32, Jadeja 4-33) and 32 for 2 need another 278 to beat India 215 (Vijay 40, Harmer 4-78, Morkel 3-35) and 173 (Dhawan 39, Tahir 5-38)
November 26, 2015
Being told to get off plane in front of passengers was "humiliating", says Kameelah Rasheed, who alleges discrimination.
November 26, 2015
NEW YORK: Minneapolis? Nope, this Midwestern city in the USA won't work for Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan. Here, intolerance is the swift thwack of a gunshot when non-whites are out on the streets protesting peacefully.
November 26, 2015
When Donald Trump landed in Ohio this week, he got a taste of the meager Republican super PAC efforts aimed at him: a 47-second Web video clipping together some of his most provocative comments and a small airplane trailing a banner proclaiming, “Ohioans Can’t Trust Trump.”
November 25, 2015
Just as you thought 4G or 5G LTE would finish off Wi-Fi once and for all, Li-Fi appears on the scene to rock its status.
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