Enforcement Directorate attaches ₹1,317.30-crore assets of IREO and others

Enforcement Directorate attaches ₹1,317.30-crore assets of IREO and others

The Enforcement Directorate has attached properties worth ₹1,317.30 crore belonging to IREO Private Limited, its managing director and vice-president Lalit Goyal, associated entities, and other key managerial persons. The attached assets include land, commercial spaces, plots, residential houses, and bank accounts. The ED case is based on the basis of 30 First Information Reports registered … Read more

The anatomy of a crackdown

The anatomy of a crackdown

The timing of the government’s action against the Popular Front of India was a secret till the end, but it carried a sense of the inevitable. Vijaita Singh, Abdul Latheef Naha, K.S Sudhi and Devesh K. Pandey report on the chronology and the reaction   The timing of the government’s action against the Popular Front of … Read more

Delhi court grants interim bail to Jacqueline Fernandez in Rs 200 cr money laundering case

Delhi court grants interim bail to Jacqueline Fernandez in Rs 200 cr money laundering case

A Delhi court on Monday granted interim bail to actor Jacqueline Fernandez in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar. Special Judge Shailendra Malik granted Fernandez the relief on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and posted the matter for further hearing on October 22. On August 31, predecessor judge … Read more

Partha Chatterjee, his aide Arpita Mukherjee kept in separate cells amid security concerns

Partha Chatterjee, his aide Arpita Mukherjee kept in separate cells amid security concerns

Former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee are held under judicial custody in different jails with high security, even as the Enforcement Directorate claimed to have seized more documents related to a money-laundering probe against them. The agency has traced a link between a company, Ananta Texfab Pvt Ltd which has … Read more

Probe agencies being ‘misused’ by Modi government : Congress on ED questioning of Sonia Gandhi

Probe agencies being ‘misused’ by Modi government : Congress on ED questioning of Sonia Gandhi

The Congress on Thursday criticised the Modi-led BJP government for “misusing” central agencies against opposition leaders. The grand old party, which held massive protests against the Enforcement Directorate‘s questioning of Sonia Gandhi, alleging that the ruling dispensation was treating the opposition as its enemies. Gandhi appeared before the ED here for questioning in the National … Read more

Gold smuggling case: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan rejects UDF demand for CBI probe

Gold smuggling case: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan rejects UDF demand for CBI probe

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan dismissed opposition United Democratic Front‘s demand for a high court-monitored CBI probe into the gold smuggling case. The CM, while responding to a submission by Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan in the Assembly, said that as the case was Centre’s subject, the state cannot make any request about which … Read more

Congress says government scared of Rahul Gandhi, ‘undeclared emergency’ in Delhi

Congress says government scared of Rahul Gandhi, ‘undeclared emergency’ in Delhi

Ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s appearance before the Enforcement Directorate, the Congress on Monday said the Modi government has imposed an “undeclared emergency” in Delhi and alleged that thousands of its workers and leaders have been arrested or placed under house arrest. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked … Read more

How many ED, IT raids on BJP leaders during last 8 years: TRS leader K T Rama Rao

How many ED, IT raids on BJP leaders during last 8 years: TRS leader K T Rama Rao

How many ED, IT and CBI raids have taken place on BJP leaders or their kin in the last eight years during the NDA government at the Centre, Working President of ruling TRS in Telangana K T Rama Rao asked on Saturday. “How many ED, IT & CBI raids on BJP leaders or their kith … Read more

Will not allow AAP to open account in Himachal assembly polls: Anurag Thakur

Will not allow AAP to open account in Himachal assembly polls: Anurag Thakur

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday said the AAP will not be able open its account in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh assembly polls and rejected Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s claims that his colleague Satyendra Jain was arrested as he was the party’s election in-charge in the hill state. “Why should we be … Read more

India Should Stop Regulatory Assault on Chinese Firms, China State Media Says

India Should Stop Regulatory Assault on Chinese Firms, China State Media Says

India should stop its “regulatory assault” on Chinese companies, state-backed Chinese newspaper Global Times said, after smartphone maker Xiaomi alleged threats of “physical violence” in Indian investigations. Reuters reported on Saturday that Xiaomi had told a court that its top executives faced threats and coercion during questioning by the Enforcement Directorate investigating illegal remittances. The … Read more