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ED summons Maha NCP chief in IL&FS money laundering case

ED summons Maha NCP chief in IL&FS money laundering case

Rediff.com11 May 2023

The 61-year-old MLA from Islampur seat of Maharashtra has been asked to depose before the federal agency in Mumbai on Friday, they said. Patil, a former minister of home and finance, is also the Maharashtra president of the NCP and is a seven-term legislator.

CBI takes charge of wrestler Narsingh's dope case

CBI takes charge of wrestler Narsingh's dope case

Rediff.com16 Sep 2016

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) said that the CBI has started its probe into the doping scandal of dope-tainted wrestler Narsingh Yadav after the PMO referred his case to the investigation agency.

CBI/ED Raids And The Danger To The Republic

CBI/ED Raids And The Danger To The Republic

Rediff.com24 Aug 2022

Within a few hours of Nitish Kumar leaving the NDA, entirely reasonable people were speculating as to how the CBI or ED could be used against him or his party, notes Mihir S Sharma.

Liquor policy: ED summons BRS leader Kavitha again on Mar 16 for quizzing

Liquor policy: ED summons BRS leader Kavitha again on Mar 16 for quizzing

Rediff.com12 Mar 2023

According to sources, Kavitha was to be made to sit face-to-face with Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai, who was arrested in connection with the liquor policy case on Monday night.

Jolt to Kejriwal as minister quits govt, party over Dalit representation

Jolt to Kejriwal as minister quits govt, party over Dalit representation

Rediff.com11 Apr 2024

He also alleged that Dalit MLAs, minister or councillors of the AAP were not given any respect.

Wrestlers challenge Brij Bhushan to take lie detector Narco Test

Wrestlers challenge Brij Bhushan to take lie detector Narco Test

Rediff.com10 May 2023

The protesting wrestlers also said that they will oppose holding of competitions if Singh is involved in their organisation.

ED summons Lalu, Tejashwi for questioning in land-for-jobs case

ED summons Lalu, Tejashwi for questioning in land-for-jobs case

Rediff.com20 Dec 2023

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and his father and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for questioning in the railways land-for-jobs money laundering case probe, official sources said on Wednesday.

ED grills Rahul Gandhi for 11 hours on 2nd day, calls him again on Wednesday

ED grills Rahul Gandhi for 11 hours on 2nd day, calls him again on Wednesday

Rediff.com15 Jun 2022

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was questioned for over eight hours by the Enforcement Directorate for the second consecutive day in the National Herald money-laundering probe and was again summoned on Wednesday, even as the opposition party continued its protests and sparred with the BJP, accusing it of conspiring to defame the Gandhi family through the ''false'' case.

Excise case: ED names K Kavitha in fresh charge sheet

Excise case: ED names K Kavitha in fresh charge sheet

Rediff.com10 May 2024

The federal agency had arrested 46-year-old Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, from her Banjara hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15.

22 Indian rowers fail dope test; federation backs them

22 Indian rowers fail dope test; federation backs them

Rediff.com23 Jun 2020

RFI general secretary MV Sriram said that food supplements consumed by junior India campers would be investigated.

Vijay Mallya saga: SFIO seeks loan details from banks

Vijay Mallya saga: SFIO seeks loan details from banks

Rediff.com26 Jun 2016

As a multi-disciplinary organisation, SFIO probes cases of financial frauds that are referred to it by Corporate Affairs Ministry

WADA suspends National Dope Testing Laboratory, Ministry to appeal

WADA suspends National Dope Testing Laboratory, Ministry to appeal

Rediff.com23 Aug 2019

The WADA investigation found that the sample analysis methods of the NDTL were not upto the mark. The NDTL can appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne in the next 21 days.

CBI's 2nd chargesheet in Delhi excise policy case targets AAP Goa funding

CBI's 2nd chargesheet in Delhi excise policy case targets AAP Goa funding

Rediff.com13 Jul 2023

The CBI has alleged that Singh had transferred funds through hawala channels to Chariot Media that was handling the AAP's publicity campaign during the Goa elections, the officials said.

Excise policy: ED issues fresh summons to Kejriwal for quizzing on Dec 21

Excise policy: ED issues fresh summons to Kejriwal for quizzing on Dec 21

Rediff.com18 Dec 2023

He was first called by the federal agency to appear on November 2, but he did not depose alleging that the notice was "vague, motivated and unsustainable in law".

US court approves extradition of 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana

US court approves extradition of 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana

Rediff.com18 May 2023

India's National Investigation Agency is probing into his role in the 26/11 attacks carried out by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in 2008.

Hated India since 1971 when Indian planes bombed my school: Headley

Hated India since 1971 when Indian planes bombed my school: Headley

Rediff.com25 Mar 2016

Deposing for the third day after his cross-examination began on Wednesday, Headley said Yousuf Raza Gilani, former Pak PM, had visited his house after the 26/11 attacks.

As ED grills Kavitha, 'raid detergent' posters emerge in Hy'bad

As ED grills Kavitha, 'raid detergent' posters emerge in Hy'bad

Rediff.com11 Mar 2023

Other posters, which came up on public walls at different places in the city featured leaders who joined BJP from others parties and BRS MLC K Kavitha on the other hand.

ED records statement of ex-NSE MD Chitra Ramkrishna in money laundering case

ED records statement of ex-NSE MD Chitra Ramkrishna in money laundering case

Rediff.com24 May 2022

The Enforcement Directorate has recently recorded the statement of former NSE managing director and chief executive officer Chitra Ramkrishna, lodged inside Delhi's Tihar jail, as part of a money laundering investigation against her and others, officials said Tuesday. The proceedings for recording the statement were conducted on two occasions inside the jail. The statement has been recorded under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. Ramkrishna is lodged in the Tihar jail after she was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on March 6 in the alleged National Stock Exchange (NSE) co-location scam case and investigation linked to other governance irregularities at the bourse.

Challenges To Opposition Unity Continue

Challenges To Opposition Unity Continue

Rediff.com24 Apr 2023

The Congress is planning to call a meeting of Opposition parties in May. It is possible to keep all possibilities open in case Karnataka yields a hung House, leading to a recalibrated Opposition.

26/11 case: Did India take easy way out fearing legal intricacies?

26/11 case: Did India take easy way out fearing legal intricacies?

Rediff.com19 Aug 2014

Former Home Minister P Chidambaram said the government of India would not file formal charges against Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley until Ajmal Kasab's trial was over. Vicky Nanjappa reports

ED searches 2 former IL&FS auditors in connection with money-laundering case

ED searches 2 former IL&FS auditors in connection with money-laundering case

Rediff.com10 May 2023

The ED carried out searches against two former auditor firms of IL&FS -- BSR and Associates and Deloitte Haskins and Sells -- on Wednesday in connection with its money-laundering probe into alleged financial irregularities at the infrastructure development and finance company, official sources said. The premises linked to the two auditors in Mumbai were searched under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they added. The action came a week after the Supreme Court set aside a Bombay High Court verdict that quashed an SFIO probe against the two companies, both former auditors of IL&FS Financial Services, paving the way for action against them under the Companies Act and allowing the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to take forward its enquiry against them.

Pannun 'Plot': 'US and India have bent backward...'

Pannun 'Plot': 'US and India have bent backward...'

Rediff.com15 Dec 2023

'...to prevent this episode from disrupting ongoing cooperation.' 'The discovery of this plot had the potential to derail much of what has been achieved in the relationship during this administration's tenure -- I don't think that fact has been sufficiently appreciated in India.'

Doctor's stir continues, govt hikes security in hospitals

Doctor's stir continues, govt hikes security in hospitals

Rediff.com20 Aug 2024

Healthcare services remained affected at state-run hospitals in West Bengal as junior doctors continued their cease-work protest.

CANNOT accept Lakhvi's bail, change your decision: India to Pak

CANNOT accept Lakhvi's bail, change your decision: India to Pak

Rediff.com18 Dec 2014

An outraged India told Pakistan on Thursday that release of Laskhar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, one of the key conspirators of the Mumbai terror attacks, on bail was unacceptable to it and demanded immediate steps for reversal of the decision.

US shared inputs, Canada did not: Jaishankar on Pannun, Nijjar plots

US shared inputs, Canada did not: Jaishankar on Pannun, Nijjar plots

Rediff.com7 Dec 2023

"Insofar as the US is concerned, certain inputs were given to us as part of our security cooperation with the United States. Those inputs were of concern to us because they (were) related to the nexus of organised crime, trafficking and other matters.

Pay dues honourably or face coercive action: Jaitley to Mallya

Pay dues honourably or face coercive action: Jaitley to Mallya

Rediff.com28 Mar 2016

Vijay Mallya left India on March 2, presumably for London.

Bomb blast outside Hafiz Saeed's house kills 3 in Lahore

Bomb blast outside Hafiz Saeed's house kills 3 in Lahore

Rediff.com23 Jun 2021

Three people were killed and over 20 others injured in a bomb blast outside the house of the Mumbai terror attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed in Lahore on Wednesday, the police said.

Govt's 'snooping' order headed to SC

Govt's 'snooping' order headed to SC

Rediff.com22 Dec 2018

'With the top court's judgment declaring the Right to Privacy a Fundamental Right, the powers under the provision need to be looked afresh.' 'To utilise such sweeping powers in the right manner will also be a challenge.'

CBI to quiz Kejriwal on Sunday; Oppn unity on display

CBI to quiz Kejriwal on Sunday; Oppn unity on display

Rediff.com15 Apr 2023

As opposition leaders like the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Janata Dal-United supremo and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed solidarity with Kejriwal on Saturday and renewed calls to speed up opposition unity efforts to take on the BJP, officials said the CBI may ask the AAP chief about the policy formulation process, especially of the "untraceable" file which was earlier slated to be put before the Delhi Council of Ministers.

Pak army says Saeed's detention in country's interest

Pak army says Saeed's detention in country's interest

Rediff.com31 Jan 2017

The Opposition in the Pakistan Punjab assembly on Tuesday staged a walkout to protest against Saeed's detention.

Sack TN Guv for instigating communal hatred: DMK to Prez

Sack TN Guv for instigating communal hatred: DMK to Prez

Rediff.com9 Nov 2022

The DMK and its allies submitted a list of pending assembly bills with the Raj Bhavan.

UPA's attempts to frame Modi in Ishrat case have backfired: Jaitley

UPA's attempts to frame Modi in Ishrat case have backfired: Jaitley

Rediff.com7 Feb 2014

The damage done to India's intelligence agencies and its ability to undertake covert operations is irreparable, says senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley

NIA chargesheet: How Masood Azhar orchestrated Pathankot attack

NIA chargesheet: How Masood Azhar orchestrated Pathankot attack

Rediff.com19 Dec 2016

The National Investigation Agency on Monday filed a chargesheet in the Pathankot airbase terror attack, naming Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and three others of his organisation as accused.

Sprinter Hima Das provisionally suspended for...

Sprinter Hima Das provisionally suspended for...

Rediff.com5 Sep 2023

Hima Das has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for three whereabout failures in 12 months.

Strong possibility of 26/11 plotter Tahawwur Rana being extradited to India: Sources

"Strong possibility" of 26/11 plotter Tahawwur Rana being extradited to India: Sources

Rediff.com14 Jan 2019

Rana was arrested in 2009 on the charges of plotting the 26/11 terror attack. Some 166 people, including US nationals, were killed in the attack carried out by 10 Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists. Nine of the attackers were killed by police while lone survivor Ajmal Kasab was captured and hanged after handed down death sentence by an Indian court.

Vivo sent Rs 62,476-cr worth turnover to China to avoid getting taxed in India: ED

Vivo sent Rs 62,476-cr worth turnover to China to avoid getting taxed in India: ED

Rediff.com7 Jul 2022

A whopping Rs 62,476 crore has been "illegally" transferred by smartphone maker Vivo to China in order to avoid payment of taxes in India, the Enforcement Directorate said Thursday, as it claimed to have busted a major money laundering racket involving Chinese nationals and multiple Indian companies. This money is almost half of Vivo's turnover of Rs 1,25,185 crore, it said without stating the time period of the transaction. The crackdown on the leading Chinese company came after the federal probe agency found that three Chinese nationals, all of whom "left" India during 2018-21, and one other person from that country incorporated as many as 23 companies in India in which they were also helped by a Chartered Accountant, Nitin Garg.

Delhi excise case: ED arrests AAP's Sanjay Singh following searches

Delhi excise case: ED arrests AAP's Sanjay Singh following searches

Rediff.com4 Oct 2023

This comes after the agency conducted searches at his residence earlier in the day in connection with the case.

Rs 253-cr assets of Nirav Modi group in HK attached

Rs 253-cr assets of Nirav Modi group in HK attached

Rediff.com22 Jul 2022

The Enforcement Directorate Friday said it has attached gems, jewellery and bank deposits worth Rs 253.62 crore of some Hong Kong-based companies of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi as part of a money laundering probe. Some assets of Nirav Modi group of companies in Hong Kong were identified in the form of gems and jewelleries lying in private vaults and bank balances in accounts maintained there and these have been provisionally attached under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the federal probe agency said in a statement. The amount kept in banks amounts to $30.98 million and Hong Kong dollars 5.75 million, which is equivalent to Rs 253.62 crore (as on July 22, 2022), it said.

Amendments to UAPA passed in LS after heated debate

Amendments to UAPA passed in LS after heated debate

Rediff.com24 Jul 2019

Shah said the BJP-led government had only brought an amendment to the law which was enacted by thr Congress and whose provisions were later made stringent.

NSE phone tapping: Ex-Mumbai PC Sanjay Pandey appears before ED again

NSE phone tapping: Ex-Mumbai PC Sanjay Pandey appears before ED again

Rediff.com19 Jul 2022

Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi for the second day on Tuesday for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the alleged illegal phone tapping of NSE employees, officials said. This is the second consecutive day that the retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer is being questioned by the federal probe agency in this case. Like Monday, the officer will continue to reply to questions on the business and operations of a firm floated by him for security audit of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and his statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, they said.