ED restitutes Rs 15,000-crore worth assets in PACL 'fraud' caseThe Enforcement Directorate has returned assets valued at over Rs 15,000 crore to a special committee. This action aims to help investors r...
30 Mar, 2026, 10.34 PM IST
India, Israel teams may meet next month on proposed trade pact: OfficialIndia and Israel teams will meet next month to discuss a proposed Free Trade Agreement. This pact aims to boost bilateral trade and investm...
31 Dec, 2025, 03.28 PM IST
Jailed Pearls Group CMD Nirmal Singh Bhangoo dies at Delhi hospitalNirmal Singh Bhangoo, the CMD of Pearls Group and an accused in a multi-crore chit fund scam, passed away at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital i...
26 Aug, 2024, 05.57 PM IST
Need to re-evaluate pearl millet cultivation in India amid climate change: StudyAmid shifting weather patterns and evolving agricultural priorities, the study urges a timely revision of the classification criteria gover...
08 Sep, 2023, 07.53 PM IST
Nitish Kumar stresses on "rainbow revolution" for agricultural growthKumar said altogether nine districts in the state have been earmarked for organic farming out of which four have been covered under the sch...
05 May, 2018, 09.56 PM IST
Gene map reveals how bajra survives extreme heat, droughtThe discovery published in the journal Nature Biotechnology may help develop climate adaptation strategies in other important food crops.
19 Sep, 2017, 02.19 PM IST
Pearls gave Rs 9,500 crore as agents' commission: CBICBI sources said agents received a commission of a whopping over Rs 9500 crore between 1996 and 2012 for allegedly luring the gullible inve...
07 Apr, 2016, 08.32 PM IST
CBI unearths around Rs 2000 crore worth of assets of Pearls GroupQuestioning of Pearls Group chief Nirmal Singh Bhangoo (right) continued to bring out more assets including two posh hotels in Goa.
21 Jan, 2016, 09.33 PM IST
Pearls Group chief arrested in connection with Rs 45,000 crore scamCBI arrested Chairman-cum -Managing Director of Pearls Group Nirmal Singh Bhangoo and three other top officials in connection with Rs 45,00...
08 Jan, 2016, 11.23 PM IST
Enforcement Directorate searches PACL premises in multiple citiesThe Enforcement Directorate carried out multiple searches in connection with its money laundering probe in the alleged Rs 60,000 crore ille...
31 Dec, 2015, 01.17 AM IST
How a drought-hit Maharashtra farmer braved penury by cultivating freshwater pearlsGandate, whose family traditionally cultivates rice, started freshwater pearl farming after getting basic training from a scientist at the ...
26 Dec, 2015, 11.12 AM IST
'Magic millet' gets an enrichment boost to cure anaemiaA global clinical trial has proved that use of 'magic millet' reduces the incidence of iron deficiency or anaemia dramatically in children.
14 Jun, 2015, 12.02 PM IST
New bajra variety to be released for cultivation in Haryana, Rajasthan, GujaratK S Khokhar, Vice-Chancellor, said today the new bajra hybrid is high yielding and resistant against major diseases.
03 May, 2015, 11.53 AM IST
CBI forms special teams to probe Pearls schemeSources said CBI has named Bhangoo & PACL director Sukhdev Singh besides six other directors of the companies in a case of criminal conspir...
02 Jan, 2015, 07.33 PM IST
Indian companies like Videocon, JSS Steel & others invest $ 1.88 billion overseas in MarchInvestment by Indian companies abroad increased by 13.7 per cent to $ 1.88 billion in March, according to the RBI data.
10 Apr, 2013, 05.54 PM IST
- DuPont, an international seed company praises buoyancy in Indian agriculture
DuPont business, is the world's leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetic providing high-quality seeds to farmers in more th...
14 Feb, 2012, 02.54 PM IST
- India develops low water consuming varieties of rice, wheat
With depleting water resources in the country, govt has developed 41 varieties of rice & 22 varieties of wheat in the last one decade
11 Sep, 2011, 12.03 PM IST