Whistle-blowers allege the brothers violated court orders by selling assets like art and real estate worth crores bought by funds from their companies.
After two decades of negotiations, India and Thailand have finally put ink to paper and sealed the extradition treaty between the two countries, says Rediff.com's Vipin Vijan, who is travelling with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Thailand
The Calcutta high court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to file an affidavit by Thursday stating whether the central investigating agency had been handed over investigation by other states into the multi-crore chit fund scam that affected lakhs of investors.
'A separate 'Investigation Agency (Other Offences)' or IA(OO), can be created under the state governments, with the expertise and resources required for investigating non-violent offences,' recommends Alok Tiwari, a Cabinet Secretariat officer.
Enforcement Directorate alleged that he was not cooperating and sought his custodial interrogation.
'It seems to be a bit of an aberration. It should be set right; there is a proper mechanism in place. In the normal course, the state police do not have any jurisdiction on central government employees,' the official said.
PMC Bank depositors have spent the last one year holding protests, meeting politicians, writing to various authorities in an effort to get their hard-earned money back.
The SIT was created by Supreme Court and notified by the government last year to curb black money.
The department of economic affairs is said to be in discussions with various probe agencies, including the income tax department and the Enforcement Directorate, and bankers in drafting the final rules.
'It is just that they are not in the limelight in a city like Mumbai.' 'It is not a lonely journey, but a tough journey for sure.'
The gold, weighing over 30 kg, was seized from the "diplomatic baggage" that had landed by air cargo at the Thiruvananthapuram international airport recently from the Gulf.
'Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the decisions taken by my government in the national interest,' President Droupadi Murmu said in her address to both Houses of Parliament.
The top court had granted bail to Chidambaram in the case lodged by the CBI saying he is neither a 'flight risk' nor is there a possibility of 'his abscondence from the trial'.
Shah is likely to be released later on Friday evening or Saturday after completing the formalities.
After an all-party meeting in New Delhi, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi also said that some of these 32 bills have already been discussed by standing committees of Parliament.
Sanjeev Khanna, the step father of Sheena Bora and a key accused in the sensational murder case, was on Tuesday remanded in judicial custody till September 21.
The Income Tax department has declined to share details of probe being carried out in Rs 5,600 crore (Rs 56 billion) payment default by National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) saying it would "hamper the process of investigation or apprehension of offenders".
President Droupadi Murmu administered him the oath at a brief ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The ED opposed the bail plea of the accused, saying they indulged in a "very serious" economic offence.
Surjewala alleged that Mehta and his family were allowed to leave India even when there were complaints pending against him with the CBI.
Somaiya had on Sunday claimed he was barred from entering Kolhapur with the district authorities citing law and order as well as security concerns following his allegations of corruption against Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Hasan Mushrif.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance released its manifesto for the February 20 Punjab polls on Saturday, promising a slew of sops for various sections, including 75 per cent reservation in all government jobs for youngsters from the state, an unemployment allowance, 35 per cent reservation for women in government jobs and massive infrastructure development.
For the first offence, a person can be given a rigorous punishment of one to seven years with a fine ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 3 lakh.
NSEL scam: Brokers of IIFL, Anand Rathi, Geojit arrested.
Last month, the bank was placed under Prompt Corrective Action due to high level of bad loans, lack of sufficient capital to manage risks and negative return on assets for two consecutive years.
The modern world will not accommodate bigotry of the sort India is showing the world today, argues Aakar Patel.
This is not an election Budget in the sense that I might target the voter in the coming elections. But if you look beyond this round of state elections, and tilt the periscope to graze at the more distant horizon, see how the Narendra Modi government wishes things looking by the summer of 2024, observes Shekhar Gupta.
Total scam in collusion with middlemen is estimated at over Rs 700 crore. Probe is on in 10 more cases.
Senior Maharashtra Indian Police Service officer Sunil Paraskar, accused of raping and molesting a model-turned-actress, has declined to undergo a polygraph test while the victim expressed readiness to face the scientific examination.
Sebi's main contention against brokers is that the NSEL was offering paired contracts and they were forward contracts, which were "illegal".
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party accused the central dispensation of keeping the party ministers and MLAs in controversy to ensure that the work done by the Delhi government was not highlighted among the people.
The map shows the state wise rate of crime/atrocities committed against SCs by non-SCs in 2016.
Official talks were held between Modi and Seikh Tamim for multi-sectoral partnership and strengthening of Indo-Qatar ties following which the agreements and Memorandums of Understanding were signed on the second day of the Prime Minister's visit.
Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman on Monday recused himself from hearing liquor baron Vijay Mallya's petition against the confiscation of his properties by the Enforcement Directorate.
Senior IPS officer Archana Ramasundaram on Thursday took over as the Central Bureau of Investigation's first woman Additional Director but was suspended by Tamil Nadu government late in the night for allegedly not following rules before joining the central probe agency.
Baghel led from the front to take on the BJP, led by Raman Singh, after being entrusted the task to revive the Congress' fortunes in Chhattisgarh following the third consecutive defeat in the 2013 assembly polls.
"The four directors of the company, including Michael Ferreira, have been brought to Hyderabad from Mumbai on warrant," a senior police official attached to Central Crime Station, a wing of Hyderabad Police, said on Wednesday.
1980-batch IPS officer Sulkan Singh, who was DG-Training, will replace Ahmed, a 1984-batch IPS officer, who has been shifted as the DG of Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary, a senior home department official said.
Having registered an FIR over the controversial interview of one of the December 16 gang rape convicts, Delhi Police on Wednesday said it will probe as to why the contents of the work were not shown to the relevant authorities.
From Ranbaxy to Religare, Aashish Aryan takes you through a maze of legal cases involving Malvinder Mohan Singh and his younger brother Shivinder Mohan Singh. Both are in police custody following a complaint of fund siphoning.
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