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Interpol issues Red Corner Notice against Mehul Choksi: CBI
The Interpol has issued a Red Corner notice against absconding billionaire Mehul Choksi, who is accused of cheating state-run Punjab National Bank to the tune of $2 billion in alleged collusion with his nephew Nirav Modi, officials said Thursday. The international police cooperation agency issued the notice against Choksi Wednesday on the request of the CBI rejecting…
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Scotiabank obligation for decades of profits
By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Organisation of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and at Massey College in the University of Toronto. The views expressed are his own) A curious double standard…
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Choksi’s application to sue Gov’t thrown out by High Court
The High Court has denied an application from Mehul Choksi to sue Immigration Minister Paul Chet Green. Choksi, who intended to sue the minister for the alleged illegality of the government’s approval of an extradition requested by the Government of India, appeared before the High Court with his lawyer Dr David Dorsett. Now a naturalized…
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Advertisers told to remove billboards from Friars Hill Road and Sir George Walter Hwy
The Project Implementation Management Unit (PIMU), the entity responsible for the rehabilitation of Sir George Water Highway and Friars Hill Road has received orders from the Development Control Authority (DCA) to urge property owners and businesses to remove all advertisement billboards and signs along the roadside of the two corridors. Relevant authorities are therefore urged…
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Gov’t insists transfer of broadcast equipment, license was illegal
The transfer of a broadcast license from Observer Media Group to NewScope was among issues discussed at Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting. According to the notes from the meeting, the Cabinet reviewed the presentation which took place in the Parliament on the subject of the media personalities who have seemingly purchased equipment and other intangibles from the…
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Hurricanes, Jaguars to bowl off second round
Round two of the regional four-day game bowls off on Thursday with the Leeward Islands Hurricanes facing defending champions Guyana Jaguars at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground. Both teams enter the contest with confidence, having won their opening matches of the season. Hurricanes triumphed over Barbados Pride to shoot to the top of the standings,…