Karti Chidambaram appears before ED in money laundering case

Karti Chidambaram appears before ED in money laundering case

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram appeared before the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday in a money laundering case linked to the issuance of visa to some Chinese nationals in 2011, official sources said. The ED case pertains to the allegations of Rs 50 lakh being paid as kickbacks to Karti and his close associate S Bhaskararaman by … Read more

Visa scam case: Karti Chidambaram likely to appear before CBI Thursday

Visa scam case: Karti Chidambaram likely to appear before CBI Thursday

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram did not appear before the CBI on Wednesday to join the investigation into an alleged scam pertaining to issuance of visas to 263 Chinese nationals in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the home minister, officials said. They said he is likely to join the investigation on Thursday. A special … Read more

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram took bribe of Rs 50 lakhs to “facilitate” illegal visas: CBI

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram took bribe of Rs 50 lakhs to “facilitate” illegal visas: CBI

The Central Bureau of Investigation has alleged Congress MP Karti Chidambaram received an ‘illegal gratification of Rs 50 lakh to illegally facilitate visas for 263 Chinese nationals’ to complete a power project in Punjab, in a first information report. Karti ‘misused his influence’ in the home ministry in 2011 and ‘conspired’ with co-accused to devise … Read more

Tharoor, BJP MPs spar in Parliamentary IT panel meet on J&K net issue

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NEW DELHI: In the wake of Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology repeatedly taking up the matter of suspension of internet services in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written to the Lok Sabha Secretary General expressing national security and the matter being sub-judice in the Supreme Court as the … Read more