INDIAN BILLIONAIRE GAUTAM ADANI CHARGED IN U. S. FOR ALLEGED BRIBERY, FRAUD. (PHOTO).

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  Indian billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US for alleged bribery, fraud Gautam Adani, the chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, whose business empire extends from ports and airports to renewable energy,has been indicted in New York over an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud scheme, United States prosecutors have said. The authorities on Wednesday charged Adani and two other executives at Adani Green Energy, his nephew Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain, with agreeing between 2020 and 2024 to pay more than $250m in bribes to Indian government officials to obtain solar energy supply contracts expected to yield $2bn in profits. Prosecutors said the renewable energy company also raised more than $3bn in loans and bonds during this period based on false and misleading statements. Shares of Adani Enterprises, the group's flagship firm, closed down 22% on Thursday. Other group firms also closed in the red. Adani Green Energy, which is the firm at the c

59 PROTESTERS,ARRESTED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE.

Voters queue to cast their ballots in Johannesburg's Alexandra township, May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings          According to sources,the South African police arrested 59 people after post election protest in Johannesburg township turned violent.Brigadier Neville Malida said ''Police used rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse protesters in Alexandra area,they had burned tires and barricaded the roads.400 people had gathered on friday outside a court in Alexandra to demand the release of other protesters arrested a day earlier''.According to the Electoral commission on friday said ''The South African ruling Party,African National Congress {ANC},won the 2014 national election with 62.16 percent of the votes''.

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