CMD of notorious NBFC (Non-banking Financial Company) JVG group, Vijay Kumar Sharma, has once again grabbed limelight due to his dubious activities. The defamed JVG group head has been detained by Delhi Police for promising unrealistic returns on investments to the people.

A Jharkhand court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to a state Congress legislator Sawana Lakra and three others convicted in a murder case.

With Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Arun Mishra unavailable, a new bench will on Thursday hear afresh a public interest litigation seeking a CBI probe into the multi-crore-rupee Saradha Group scam.

A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator on Thursday claimed to have received a call demanding Rs 25 lakh and sought immediate arrest of the extortionist.

Suspecting corruption in recruitment of RPF (Railway Protection Force) personnel, the CBI has sought files related to such appointments in the force.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been conferred with the Chevalier Sivaji Award for 2012, instituted in memory of thespian Sivaji Ganesan.

Millionaire candidates have a formidable presence in the Karnataka Assembly polls scheduled to be held on May 5. Out of the 1,052 candidates in fray, 681 or 65 percent are millionaires.

The Income Tax department on Thursday conducted searches on the premises of JD (S) candidate A Krishnappa and seized Rs 2.6 crore.

Kingfisher Airlines promoter Vijay Mallya has assured his employees that they would be paid their salary dues of eight months soon but did not give a time-line, airline staffers said on Friday.

Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar were on Friday forced to resign as the government's image continued to take a severe battering over allegations of corruption and interference with graft probe.