Kannada actor Ranya Rao on Saturday filed a bail petition in the Sessions Court, a day after her request for bail was rejected by a lower court in the gold smuggling case. The Sessions Court is expected to hear the petition on Monday. The Special Court for Economic Offences denied bail to the Kannada actor … Read more
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
The Left government in Kerala on Tuesday officially confirmed that senior bureaucrat M Sivasankar‘s controversial book, detailing his experience as an accused in the gold-smuggling case, was published without its mandatory prior permission. In a single-line written reply given in the state Assembly, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan admitted that the official did not seek any … Read more
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala had an eventful 2020 when it reported the country’s first COVID-19 case, witnessed a fatal air crash and saw a top bureaucrat being jailed in the sensational gold smuggling case, with the opposition charging the buck stopped at the CMO. After 28 years and several twists and turns, curtains came down on Sister … Read more
New Delhi: Stepping up its probe into the Kerala gold smuggling case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to send its officials to the United Arab Emirates after obtaining special permission owing to Covid-19. Scheduled international passenger flights have been suspended in India since March 25 due to the pandemic, but flights to the … Read more