The Rs 4,000-crore money laundering scam involving former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda has taken a new turn today with the Enforcement Directorate pointing fingers at five Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers.
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, who failed to appear before the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday, has sought time for his appearance, saying his documents are not ready. Koda, along with his associates, has been accused of being involved in a Rs 2000-crore hawala scam.According to one of his advocates, Koda has sought time as some of his documents, wanted by the ED, were either with the Income Tax Department or with the State Vigilance Department.
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda will be questioned by the Income Tax officials in Ranchi on Tuesday over an alleged Rs 2,000 hawala transaction case.
Devendra Mukhia, an alleged aide of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, on Monday surrendered before the Income Tax Department in Ranchi, which wants to probe his involvement in the alleged hawala and illegal investments case. Mukhia is among the four persons who had failed to meet the November 6 deadline, set by the IT department, to appear before it for questioning in connection with Rs 2000 crore hawala transactions and illegal investments case.
With former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda discharged from a Ranchi hospital on Sunday, the Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to him to appear before it on November 15 in Delhi.
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The court said accused cannot leave India without getting its permission.
Many private players have been under pressure due to factors such as macro-economic issues and delay in receivables from state electricity boards with weak financial health.
PM Modi, BJP president J P Nadda, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have all expressed grief over the incident.
A team of investigators from the Income Tax Department spent Tuesday at the residence of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, sifting through his papers and questioning him about an alleged Rs 2,000 crore hawala transaction case. The Enforcement Directorate has also begun action against him in New Delhi.The department has asked its officers in Ranchi to bring a list of the seizures and records of statements of his associates, which will be put across to Koda.
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, in jail following his conviction in the fodder scam, moved the Jharkhand high court on Thursday against the Central Bureau of Investigation court's judgement which found him guilty.
Of the 20 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, eight were from Maharashtra, three each from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, two from Jammu and Kashmir and one each from Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Four companies, including India's largest private sector electricity generator Tata Power and infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro Ltd, chose not to bid for the Rs 16,000-crore ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Tilaiya in Jharkhand even as Reliance Power, Lanco Infratech and NTPC Ltd, the country's largest power producer, submitted their technical bids.
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Companies are sending representatives to Bihar, UP, Jharkhand and Odisha to persuade workers to join them.
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Most feel as the movement of people normalises, the in-patient volumes in hospitals will grow and by the end of May, occupancy should be around 50 per cent, and 75 per cent over a period of time.
A latest survey by the Association for Democratic Reforms reveals that 14 criminals and 50 crorepatis will be contesting the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
As many as 116 farmers have committed suicide due to agrarian reasons so far this year, with maximum cases reported in Maharashtra, followed by Punjab and Telangana.
The court granted bail to Rabri and Tejashwi Yadav in the CBI case on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and a surety of a like amount.
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The ministry has also decided to offer station for redevelopment by inviting open bids from companies.
The Central Bureau of Investigation is likely to question Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal on Friday in connection with a case of alleged cheating and criminal conspiracy in bagging Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Birbhum in 2008.
The National Investigation Agency on Saturday arrested an alleged operative of banned Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh terror outfit Rezaul Karim, believed to be in charge of transporting explosives to various places in Burdwan in West Bengal.
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'Why has this turned out to be one of the greatest humanitarian crisis that has caught the Centre and the states in a bind with no answers to this unexpected tsunami?' asks Brigadier Narender Kumar (retd).
The 34th National Games will be held in Jharkhand from February 15-28 after the organisers were given the green signal by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Sunday. Originally, the Games was supposed to start from November 30, but the IOC extended it following the state's request as infrastructure worth Rs 1000 crore would only be in place by January 31 next, he said.
'The BJP has sent out a message that its allies are at its mercy.' 'The allies cannot pressurise or bargain with the BJP any more,' says Mohammad Sajjad.
The sale, consumption, manufacturing, trading, storage and advertisement of all forms of smokeless tobacco including pan masala have been banned in Assam through enactment of a legislation that has come into effect from Thursday.
The PM will spend much of Friday outside Delhi; will devote day attending official events in Jharkhand and a political rally in Banka, Bihar
Softening the demonetisation blow, the Budget for 2017-18 on Wednesday halved the tax to 5 per cent on incomes up to Rs 500,000 but proposed a new surcharge of 10 per cent on incomes between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 1 crore and raised duties on cigarettes and pan masala while stepping up allocations for infrastructure, rural, agriculture and social sectors.
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Their coal block bids may be referred to CCI.
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Shah said the 'friendship' between Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the deal, and Congress' top leadership is 'time tested and deep'.
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The Enforcement Directorate is expected to soon file a chargesheet against Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Kanimozhi and former Telecom Minister A Raja for alleged money laundering in the 2G spectrum case.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is extending all possible help to the inventor of his famous helicopter shot and one of his close childhood friend Santosh Lal, who has been diagnosed with acute pancreatitis and was airlifted to Delhi on Monday for treatment.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is extending all possible help to the inventor of his famous helicopter shot and one of his close childhood friend Santosh Lal, who has been diagnosed with acute pancreatitis and was airlifted to Delhi on Monday for treatment.
