Cobrapost

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  DHFL Surges After Independent CA Firm's Report On Cobrapost Allegations

  Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd. surged as much as 20 per cent to Rs 160.80 on the BSE after an independent chartered accountant firm T. P. Ostwal & Associates LLP gave clean chit to DHFL promoters on the allegations made by Cobrapost.

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  How the Government Was Punked. An Expose that Really Wasn't.

  Government officials were in a spin on Monday afternoon. A web portal which has in the past conducted sting operations, had announced a press conference the next day promising a big expose.

• Congress-post not Cobrapost, says BJP for Babri Masjid sting

  The BJP has complained to the Election Commission against a sting operation on the 1992 Babri Mosque demolition at Ayodhya, being released two days before the general election.

• Stalk-gate: Centre clears probe into alleged spying on woman by Narendra Modi government

  The union government has cleared an inquiry into whether Narendra Modi and his government in Gujarat illegally spied upon a young woman architect. The Centre's plunge into the controversy known as "stalk-gate" has been reviled by the BJP, which has declared Mr Modi its candidate for prime minister.

• 2013: Sting operations, bad loans hit all from SBI to Yes Bank

  From the country's largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), to the youngest Yes Bank, lenders were fined for violating regulatory norms after sting operations exposed chinks in their armour.

• For just Rs. 50,000, MPs agree to lobby for fake foreign firm: Cobrapost sting

  Investigative website Cobrapost today claimed it has secretly filmed at least 11 MPs willing to recommend, for money, the case of a fictitious oil exploration company.

• How IT companies are using Facebook, Twitter to malign rivals: Cobrapost expose

  With the Internet emerging as the new political battlefront, a sting operation by website Cobrapost claims to expose how IT companies are using social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to help politicians build up fake fan bases and also malign rivals.

• In Gujarat, security is provided by stalking and snooping: P Chidambaram's dig at Narendra Modi

  "This is the first time I have heard that there is a request for providing security and in that wonderful state, security is provided by stalking and snooping," he said.

• 'Stalking sahebzada': Congress targets Narendra Modi for alleged Snoop-gate

  The Congress today unholstered a biting attack on Narendra Modi for the alleged illegal monitoring of a young woman in his state in 2009 by senior police officials. The Congress has alleged that Mr Modi, who is running for Prime Minister, authorised police officials via his then Home Minister, Amit Shah, to tap the woman architect's phones and fol...

• Snooping allegations against Amit Shah: Congress demands probe by Supreme Court judge

  Targeting Narendra Modi, Congress women leaders today demanded a probe by a sitting or a retired Supreme Court judge to fix accountability on alleged illegal spying on a woman architect in Gujarat in 2009.

• Snooping allegations against Amit Shah baseless, says BJP; rules out rethink on Narendra Modi

  The BJP has rubbished the allegation that Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah misused his powers and the state police as Gujarat's home minister for the illegal surveillance of a young woman in 2009. The Congress wants a CBI investigation

• Cobrapost allegations: Action against some more banks on the anvil, says RBI chief

  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday that it will take action against some more banks for alleged violation of regulatory norms following an expose by a news portal.

• Lax implementation of KYC norms has caused losses, says SBI

  In the wake of an expose by online news portal Cobrapost on violation of KYC norms by several banks of the counrty, State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Pratip Chaudhuri has said his bank has been "put to a loss" by the non-compliance of guidelines by private sector peers.

• Irda asks insurers to keep customer records for 5 years

  Amid allegations of insurance products being used for money laundering, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) has asked insurers to keep records of customers and beneficiaries for five years after termination of business relationship.

• Finance Ministry displeased at state-run banks' poor quarterly performance

  The Finance Ministry has made public its displeasure over the dip in the quarterly numbers of most of the state-run lenders, including State Bank of India.