Bengaluru | New Delhi: A day after it arrested Bineesh Kodiyeri, the son of Kerala CPI(M) leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, the ED said on Friday that he allegedly credited “huge amount of unaccounted funds” into the bank accounts of a drug peddler. Bineesh was arrested by the central probe agency under the anti-money laundering law in … Read more
HONG KONG—A Beijing court sentenced an influential businessman known for his outspoken criticism of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to 18 years in prison, meting out harsh punishment in a corruption case that is likely to chill dissent within the Chinese political elite. Ren Zhiqiang, 69 years old, was sentenced Tuesday after being convicted of corruption, … Read more
Mumbai: The income-tax (IT) department has seized cash of around ₹12 crore and is currently going through the contents of the lockers seized in a raid carried out last week on three alleged close associates of Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and his family members. Sources say that while the cash has been recovered from … Read more