Mumbai: Like the proverbial bad penny in the money market, they are caught in the glare of authorities every few years, albeit with new names and a different cast of characters. More than 50 individuals and firms are in the crosshairs of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over suspicion of money laundering by rigging the prices … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday (July 30, 2025) launched searches at multiple locations in Chhattisgarh as part of a money laundering investigation into an over ₹500 crore worth medical supply “scam”, official sources said. Premises linked to some government officials, medical suppliers and agents apart from some “middlemen” are being raided in Raipur, Durg and … Read more
Former Home Minister and BJP leader Araga Jnanendra has said that the former Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare, B. Nagendra, may land in trouble again for his statements about the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after being released on bail. Answering a question in a press conference in Shivamogga on Thursday, Mr. Jnanendra said that Nagendra’s comments … Read more
In a major relief for NCP leader Praful Patel, an Appellate Tribunal that deals with the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators Act (Safema) quashed the attachment of four floors of a Mumbai building owned by him. The Enforcement Directorate had provisionally attached the floors of Ceejay House in Worli in July 2022, in a money … Read more
Hyderabad: The arrest of K Kavitha, daughter of former chief minister and BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao, a day before the Election Commission is set to announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections, may have some psychological impact on party workers. Former minister T Harish Rao said at a press conference that the party … Read more
File. | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 11 attached properties worth ₹4.81 crore in Srinagar in an alleged bank fraud case. “The ED has provisionally attached immovable properties worth ₹4.81 crore in the form of 18 kanal of land (approx.) and building, which pertains to Isfaq Ahmad Zargar, Khalil Ahmad Mughal, … Read more
Farmers engaged in harvesting and loading of sugarcane in Belagavi district of Karnataka. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Centre increases Fair and Remunerative Price of sugarcane The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, met here on Wednesday, approved ₹ 340/quintal as the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for Sugar Season 2024-25 at … Read more
Farooq Abdullah. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “Summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-laundering case, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah has informed the agency he will not appear before it, in Srinagar, on February 13 as he is out of town,” official sources said. They said the Lok Sabha member from Srinagar … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday, January 19, 2024, launched searches at the premises of Syvanus King Peter, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Ocean Lifespaces India Private Limited, in Chennai. According to police sources, the Central agency opened an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) based on a case registered by the Central Crime Branch … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate issued a summon to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for questioning in connection with an alleged land scam, sources said on Saturday. CM Soren has been asked to depose at the federal agency’s office in Delhi and get his statement recorded on a date convenient to him and the agency in the … Read more