Where Babus sleep on bed of cash

BHOPAL: In 'bimaru' Madhya Pradesh, bank lockers of bureaucrats and government officials are bursting with cash and gold.

An IAS couple here owns 25 flats and 400 acres of land. A middle-ranking engineer's wife owns three houses and has more than 10 kg gold in her bank locker. And wherever the income tax department conducts a raid, so much cash is unearthed that counting machines have to be brought in. Read more: In MP, babus sleep on bed of cash

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Cash Pours Out Of Burst Pipe

CHENNAI: It had all the ingredients of a comic thriller. Early in the morning, a lorry laden with wood rams a pipeline and it bursts. Then, along with water currency notes come out gushing! Soon, rumours spread that money is pouring out of a pipeline and people from several places rush in to collect the notes. There is chaos and traffic in the area is brought to a halt. The drama, that unfolded on the Vyasarpadi bridge early on Tuesday, lasted nearly 30 minutes. The police said later that some thieves had hidden the currency notes under the pipe that was hit by the lorry. Read more........Cash pours out of burst pipe in Chennai

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Win Rs 0 for catching 10 wanted men

NEW DELHI: Believe it or not, catching Delhi Police’s 10 ‘most wanted criminals’ will not fetch you any cash reward while nabbing two others will make you richer by Rs10 and Rs20.

The city police has declared ‘Rs0’ as cash reward for catching 10 out of the over 80 persons described as ‘most wanted’ on the website of zonal integrated police network (ZIPNET). Read more.........................Win Rs 0 for catching 10 wanted men

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Cash in a Sack lands at High Court judge's house

CHANDIGARH: A sackful of crisp notes, in neat bundles adding up to Rs 15 lakh, which was delivered at the door of a high court judge has the judiciary and the government in a tizzy. The "courier" was none other than a munshi working with Haryana's additional advocate general. Read more......................................Cash in a sack lands at HC judge's house

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Termites eat up cash, FDs in bank locker

Prasad, a ghee trader from Bihar state of India had kept all his savings, cash and kind, in the bank locker of Central Bank of India's Naya Tola branch here. But recently, when he opened the locker, he found to his horror that all his cash and fixed deposit documents had been destroyed by termites. Read full story.............................................Termites eat up cash, FDs in bank locker

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Catch a Monkey & win Cash prize

Wanna earn some Extra money, Catch a Monkey!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes that is the way proposed to the public in Himachal Pradesh state of India.

"Catching a monkey in Himachal Pradesh would soon a become rewarding endeavour as wildlife officials here are thinking of involving the public and giving them a cash prize for catching the menacing simians.

"We are preparing a proposal to involve people in capturing monkeys by offering them monetary benefits," said Vinay Tandon, chief of the state wildlife department."

Read more....................................Catch a monkey in Himachal, win a reward

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Indians prefer to stash cash at home than invest

While the fear of meeting unforeseen expenses is forcing over 81% of Indian households to save, 36% of households still prefer to stash cash at home — which does not earn any returns — and 51% park their savings in banks. Read more....................................Indians would rather keep cash than invest

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Killer to hand over cash

A GRANDMOTHER found guilty of the so-called honour killing of her daughter-in-law has been ordered to hand over cash she defrauded from her victim. Read more...............................Killer to hand over cash

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Cash rewards to kill 400,000 rats

In India, north-eastern state of Mizoram has offered cash rewards for people to kill a population of an estimated 400,000 rats as widespread destruction of paddy crops by the ravenous rodents has sparked fears of a famine in the region,as per a news report "We are motivating villagers to kill rats and bring tails as evidence to local authorities," James Lalsianliana, the head of the state's rodent-control cell told, "We are awarding two rupees [5 cents] per rat killed."..........Read more.......Indian state offers cash rewards to kill 400,000 rats

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