A clerk who made Rs.30 crores!

Bhopal, He is a government clerk. But when officials raided his premises Sunday, they found to their shock he had assets worth Rs.30 crore including land, cars, jewellery and several bank accounts.

The Economic Offences Wing of the Madhya Pradesh Police raided three properties belonging to Raman Dhuldhoye, 50, who works with the road transport office (RTO) in Indore. Read More................A clerk who made Rs.30 crores!

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Peon worth Rs.12 crore

Ujjain, A peon working in the city’s municipal corporation was found to own assets worth around Rs.12 crore during a raid by the Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta police, officials said.

Narendra Deshmukh, 53, a peon in the Ujjain Municipal Corporation, owns 18 acres of land, farmhouses, 10 bank accounts and four luxury cars. Read More................Madhya Pradesh peon worth Rs.12 crore

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Beggars turn bidders at property auction

KARAIKAL (Puducherry): Three beggars took officials and influential local bidders by surprise when they walked into the commune panchayat office at Thirunallar in Puducherry on Friday to take part in the auction of commercial complexes near the famous Thirunallar Saneeswara Bhagwan temple.Read More................Beggars turn bidders at property auction in Puducherry

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Beggar dies with Rs 2 Lakh in pocket

Indians, irrespective of whatever strata of the society they might belong to, have an inherent sense of saving money for rough times. We all save, thinking that the deposits would serve us during adverse times and illness. Sometimes, we even take out a few coins to give alms to a poor beggar so that he can conjure up on all his earnings over a period of time and get himself a square meal. Read More................Ajmer: Beggar dies with Rs 2 Lakh in pocket

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This thief's average monthly income pegged at Rs 3.6Lakhs

AHMEDABAD: When Irfan Shaikh, 35, started narrating his adventures, officials at Ellisbridge police station were wide-eyed. The reason was apparent: he confessed to having stolen goods worth Rs 25 lakh in seven months. It put his monthly earnings at Rs 3.57 lakh, more than some of the CEOs in the city. However, the 'modest' man used to roam around on a battered scooter. Read more.....This thief's average monthly income pegged at Rs 3.6L

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This Woman is a Rich Thief

PATNA: In her late 40s, she is a thief who owns a double-storied house and two taxis plying in Delhi. And recently she spent Rs 10 lakh on the marriage of her daughter with a police sub-inspector.

That’s the real, not reel, life story of Jaimanti Devi of Kosut village in Nalanda district, according to Patna police. Jaimanti was on Saturday arrested from her native village on the charge of stealing cash and valuables of a shopper in Patna’s Hathwa Market. Read More................This woman is a lakhpati thief

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Poor boy marries rich girl, family beheaded in Bihar

Patna Eight members of a man's poverty-ridden family were shot and beheaded before their bodies were thrown into a river in Bihar after he secretly married a wealthy girl, police said on Wednesday. Read more.............Poor boy marries rich girl, family beheaded in Bihar

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This Beggar in India is a Millionaire

AJMER: For Mohammed Jakir, an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh, begging may have begun as a compulsion but through his ingenuity he turned it into a career option.

The 42-year-old amputee, who begged in Indian cities for more than two decades, is today known to be a rich man in Bangladesh.

Indian intelligence sleuths, who nabbed Jakir after learning about his all-too-frequent visits to Bangladesh, claim that his wealth in that country could be around Rs 75 lakh! Read more.................................Beggar in India is a millionaire in Bangladesh

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Richie Rich 'Lord Venkateswara' Sits on a Goldmine

Our earlier post describes in detail that "Tirupati Balaji' is the Richest God in the world". Now here is more about that Richie Rich Lord who actually sits on a Goldmine. This temple of "Lord Venkateshwara" is in the town of Chittor District of Andhra Pradesh in India & is located in the foot hills of Tirumala.

As per one report:

Currently there are nearly 11 tonnes (11,000 kgs) of Gold ornaments and vessels in Lord Venkateswara possession ( Actually with the trust which runs temple of Lord Venkateshwara in the foot hills of Tirumala). The administration maintains 19 records to register the accounts of these jewels, vessels and precious items.

Gifting precious and dazzling jewels to Lord started with the Pallavas almost 1400 years ago which was latter followed by Pandyas, Cholas, Vijayanagara rulers. Among Vijayanagara rulers, emperor Sri Krishna Devaraya alone offered a huge chunk of diamonds and gold offerings during his seven-times visit to Tirumala along with his wives, Tirumala Devi and Chinna Devi.

The most exquisite and precious among the riches of Lord is the “Vajra Kireetam” the diamond crown which was designed by TTD in 1986. This was the third on in the crown series of the Lord which was prepared at a cost of Rs 5.73 crore using 28,369 diamonds of high quality and 26 kgs of “aparanji” (pure) gold. The entire weight of the kireetam is about 13.36 kgs. As per current bullion rates, the crown might cost over Rs 50 crore.

Read more of the report at Economic Times.........................Lord Venkateswara: Richie Rich Lord sits on a goldmine

*** Dear Readers: I too once visited the "Tirupati Balaji" temple at Tirumala. In fact there was a large white colored big cotton bag which was hanging in the temple premises, in which people were putting their donations. It is said that many times visiting women just take out all their gold ornaments they are wearing & just put these gold ornaments in the cotton bag out of their devotion to the Lord. Many men just put bundles of currency notes in the bag. There were many rooms which were visible to the visitors, in which many men were just counting the currency notes put in the bag as offering to the Lord & interestingly all these men counting the notes were monitored through a Close TV Circuit Cameras in a control room which was monitored by a man so that a strict vigil can be there on persons counting the currency notes!!!!!!!!!!!! Now you can understand the devotion of people to the "Lord Venkateswara" in India & how He has become the Richie Rich God of the world.

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Mukesh Ambani's world's most expensive $2-bn Home

The 27-storey skyscraper being built in Mumbai by Mukesh Ambani, the richest person in India, could be the world's largest and costliest home with a price- tag nearing two billion dollar, according to Forbes magazine.

"When the Ambani residence is finished in January, completing a four-year process, it will be 550 feet high with 4,00,000 square feet of interior space," Forbes said in a report on its website.

Earlier in March, Mukesh Ambani was ranked as the fifth richest person in the world with a net worth of 43 billion dollars by the Forbes magazine in its annual list of world's wealthiest billionaires. While Lakshmi Mittal, who is an Indian citizen was ranked higher at fourth, he is a British resident. Among resident Indians, Mukesh was ranked at top.

"The only remotely comparable high-rise property currently on the market is the 70 million dollar triplex penthouse at the Pierre Hotel in New York, designed to resemble a French chateau, and climbing 525 feet in the air," Forbes said in its report titled, "Inside The World's First Billion-Dollar Home."

Mukesh Ambani heads India's most valuable firm Reliance Industries, an oil and petrochemicals giant.

"Like many families with the means to do so, the Ambanis wanted to build a custom home. They consulted with architecture firms Perkins + Will and Hirsch Bedner Associates, the designers behind the Mandarin Oriental, based in Dallas and Los Angeles, respectively," the report said.

"Plans were then drawn up for what will be the world's largest and most expensive home: a 27-story skyscraper in downtown Mumbai with a cost nearing 2 billion dollars."

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Rags to Riches story of a Thief

From herding cattle to gambling in tony Goa casinos, most wanted thief Nadeem Yousuf's is the proverbial rags to riches story. Born in a family of several children in a Ghaziabad village, Nadeem had to herd cattles for survival as a teenager but went on to become a master thief, rivalled perhaps only by the legendary Bunty chor. Read more................................Master thief's rags to riches story

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20 Rich Indians earn equal to 300 million people

Top 20 rich Indians earn as much as 30 crore people in the country, former Reserve Bank Governor Bimal Jalan said while launching the high-profile NGO Public Interest Foundation. Read more...............................................20 rich Indians earn equal to 30 cr people: Jalan

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She is a rich beggar

Can we think of a rich beggar? Can beggars be rich enough to earn handsome money in life? If we go by the story of this lady beggar from Patna in Bihar state of India, you shall have no other option but to believe that beggars can be rich enough also. Here is Sarvatia Devi who is in her early forties & she has a bank account with a hefty amount in it. She too has two insurance policies for which she pays Indian Rupees 36,000 as premium annually. She begs near the Darbhanga Kalibari in Patna, Capital city of Bihar state of India.

As per her insurance agent she has purchased two short-term policies worth Indian Rupees 3 lakh ( 0.3 million) and Indian Rupees 1 lakh ( 0.1 million) for which she pays an annual premium of Indian Rupees 31,000 and Indian Rupees 5,000 respectively. She is also having a "comfortable home" besides a well-settled married daughter. She has traveled across the country and even been on pilgrimage to many holy places in India, all by begging. Read more.........Beggar pays Rs 36,000 premium

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