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

23 DIED TODAY IN INDIA AS INDIA GURU ''RAM RAHIM SINGH'' WAS CONVICTED FOR RAPE.{PHOTOS}

Rioters smash television trucks during violence in Panchkula, India, August 25, 2017                 The victims are believed to be Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's followers. Angry supporters rampaged through Panchkula town, near Chandigarh.About 2,500 of Singh's followers have been arrested, police said.Earlier, his devotees smashed cars and set media vans alight, saying he was innocent.More than 200,000 of his followers had flocked to the Chandigarh area ahead of Friday's verdict.Singh, who says he has millions of disciples, was found guilty of raping two women at the headquarters of his sect, known as Dera Sacha Sauda, in 2002.Thousands of army, police and paramilitary forces were deployed. They fired tear-gas canisters and water cannon into the crowd to try to restore control, says the BBC's Ravinder Singh Robin in Panchkula.However, the region's police chief BS Sandhu said the violence was now under control.Curfews have been imposed in several areas of Chandigarh city and across the state of Punjab, and internet services were suspended.Violence also spread to the capital, Delhi, where two train coaches were set on fire, according to reports.-BBC.More photos below
Messenger of God posterAn Indian soldier stands guard Friday in Panchkula, where the guru's trial was held.

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