Cooch Behar: The Election Commission (EC) has sought a report from the district election officer regarding the ‘search’ conducted on the helicopter used by Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee by Income Tax department officers on Sunday, a senior official said. Earlier in the day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the BJP over … Read more
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday extended the judicial custody of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal until April 23 in connection with excise policy case.Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, overseeing cases involving the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED), prolonged Kejriwal’s custody after his appearance via video-conferencing as the earlier custody period had … Read more
New Delhi: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K T Rama Rao on Sunday met his sister K Kavitha, who is in the CBI custody in a case linked to the alleged Delhi excise scam, at the agency office. Kavitha, 46, was arrested on April 11 by the CBI in Tihar jail, where she was … Read more
There is momentum for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the ground in Tamil Nadu, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday, exuding confidence that her party would do well in the southern state in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In an interview with CNN-News18, she also touched upon a wide range of talking … Read more
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd and eight officials of ministry of steel over alleged corruption of Rs 315 crores in the execution of the NISP project, reported PTI quoting officials. The officers booked are from the NMDC Iron and Steel Plant. Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering & … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has informed a special court that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha allegedly “threatened” Aurobindo Pharma promoter Sharath Chandra Reddy to pay Rs 25 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for five retail zones under Delhi’s excise policy. According to the CBI, Kavitha warned Reddy … Read more
Against the backdrop of a nationwide debate on judicial probity, on March 7, Abhijit Ganguly sat beside Bengal’s leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari and state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar.Only 48 hours ago, Ganguly had resigned as a Calcutta HC judge, having courted controversies. His penchant for ordering CBI and ED probes, dragging TMC and its … Read more
Several women in Sandeshkhali had accused Sheikh and his supporters of land-grab and sexually assaulting them under coercion. (PTI File) The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a CBI probe into the alleged crimes against women and forcible land-grab in Sandeshkhali. Sandeshkhali has become one of the biggest issues in West Bengal ahead of Lok … Read more
East Medinipur Police has registered FIRs against NIA and CRPF officials based on a complaint of the wife of arrested Trinamool leader Monobrata Jana. Jana’s wife has alleged that NIA officials tried to outrage her modesty after forcibly entering her residence in Bhupatinagar during the probe, a day after an NIA team was attacked following … Read more
Last Updated: April 01, 2024, 17:35 IST Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. (PTI file photo) The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said heartiest congratulations to the Election Commission for fearlessly conducting impartial elections and for giving equal opportunity to all the parties to contest the elections without any bias or discrimination Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh … Read more
