In a coordinated move, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked ABG Shipyard Limited, one of the India’s largest private sector shipyard firm and its directors for defrauding a consortium of 28 banks led by State Bank of India (SBI) to the tune of Rs 22,842 crore. CBI officials said that along with the […]
NEW DELHI: In what spells more trouble for Bhupinder Singh ‘Honey’, nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in illegal mining case, the Income Tax department is also set to register a case against him under Benami Act. According to the IT department sources, the […]
NEW DELHI: Tightening its noose around journalist Rana Ayubb, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said that it has attached three bank accounts of hers in connection with a money laundering case. According to ED officials, the Mumbai-based journalist, who is a columnist at US-based Washington Post, allegedly did not utilise the funds that she […]
Lucknow: The voter turn out in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls till 6 pm on Thursday was recorded at 60.17 per cent, less than 2017 assembly polls where 63.5 per cent votes were polled, the Election Commission said. However, the final tally would differ as voting details of certain segments where voting […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday revised the polling dates in Manipur after taking into consideration inputs, last precedents and several other factors. The poll panel in a statement said that the polling in Manipur first phase will now take place on February 28 instead of February 27 and polling of the second phase […]
Amritsar: As the poll dates draw closer in Punjab, the voter expectation of the next government and the issues that they wish for it to tackle is gaining strength. In Amritsar’s Golden Temple area, locals are divided on the development and are keen to choose a party that will bring about the desired change. Having […]
Chamkaur Sahib: Poll promises are getting intense across party lines as the election fever peaks in Punjab. Making it clear that youth is its focus, Congress CM candidate and present Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi, said that if Congress is voted to power in the state again, his first task on the first […]
Lucknow: After women and youth, it is ‘focus on farmers’ in the third manifesto released by Indian National Congress (INC) ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The first phase of voting will start tomorrow. While releasing the manifesto, Congress General Secretary and party in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that if voted to […]
MUSSOORIE: While the temperature in this hilly town remains chillingly low, the political temperature is soaring as the assembly elections are just less than a week away. People here feel that issues of parking and nationalism will echo in Mussoorie. The New Indian team visited Mussoorrie and spoke to a host of locals and shopkeepers, […]
New Delhi: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday wrote to Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu alleging that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been harassing him and his family after he refused to help topple the Maharashtra government. “The ED and other investigating agency officials are now reduced to puppets of their political masters,” he […]