India is scaling back its diplomatic presence in Bangladesh with non-essential staff and families from the Indian High Commission in Dhaka returning on a voluntary basis via a commercial flight, sources said on Wednesday. The High Commission is functional and all Indian diplomats continue to remain in Dhaka, sources added. Besides the high commission or embassy in Dhaka, India has assistant high commissions in Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna and Sylhet. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had said on Tuesday that it was India’s expectation that the host government would provide the…
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Woman duped of Rs 30 lakh by fraudsters posing as German embassy officials | Pune News
A businesswoman from Pune was allegedly duped of Rs 30 lakh by cyber fraudsters posing as officials from the German embassy and buyers from a German cosmetics firm. An FIR in the case was registered at Hinjewadi police station Sunday based on the complaint by the woman, who runs a food exports business, which is registered on Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) website. In April, the complainant received a call from an international number from a woman who identified herself as a buyer from a Germany-based…
Income Tax Department searches the premises of Embassy Group
[ad_1] Sources said the Income Tax Department is conducting massive searches at several locations of real estate firm Embassy Group, including its Bengaluru, Gurugram and Mumbai offices, to check alleged tax evasion. The residences of key officials of the embassy group are also being searched. “Around five sets of searches are being conducted by the tax authorities on different business groups in different sectors like real estate, liquor and textiles. The embassy is one of the group entities,” said an official. “This is a routine income tax enquiry – Embassy…