Author: Anand Singh

NEW DELHI: Moving ahead in its probe into one of the biggest bank frauds in the country to the tune of ₹34,615 crores involving DHFL, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday said that it has carried out searches and recovered some precious paintings, watches and other expensive items worth ₹12.5 crores. In a […]

NEW DELHI: Union Minister Smriti Irani, in the presence of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, said in the Lok Sabha that Congress not only insulted President Draupadi Murmu but also the great tribal legacy of this country and this insult was sanctioned by Sonia Gandhi. “Congress party is not able to digest that a poor […]

PATNA: Days after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered a case in the suspected terrorist module of PFI in Patna’s Phulwari Sharief, the anti-terror probe agency on Thursday carried out searches at several locations in Bihar. A senior NIA official related to the probe told The New Indian, “Multiple teams of NIA are carrying out […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court upheld Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) powers in money laundering cases, Congress on Wednesday said there are chances that the “political usage” of ED by the Centre will increase after this judgement. In a statement, Congress media in-charge Jairam Ramesh said, “The judgment pronounced by the Supreme Court on the […]

NEW DELHI: The questioning of Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi in connection with the alleged money laundering case involving the National Herald being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) ended on Wednesday. According to ED sources, all the important aspects of the case have been covered. Sources also said that the agency has not summoned […]

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested Bhola Yadav, a former OSD of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav, in a case of alleged land for job scam. CBI spokesperson RC Joshi said, “We have arrested Bhola Yadav and Hridyanand Choudhary, who worked as a substitute employees of […]

NEW DELHI: Veteran Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma on Tuesday came out in support of party interim chief Sonia Gandhi as she appeared for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the third. Sonia Gandhi earlier appeared before the ED on July 21 and July 26. She has been questioned for over eight and […]

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference party chief Farooq Abdullah in connection with Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) money laundering case. The ED said that the supplementary charge sheet has been filed against Abdullah, Mirza Sons (a firm), Ahman […]

NEW DELHI: Days after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Trinamool Congress leader Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide and actor Arpita Mukherjee, the financial probe agency has summoned another party MLA Manik Bhattacharya in connection with the teachers’ recruitment scam. A senior ED official related to the probe told The New Indian, “Bhattacharya has […]

NEW DELHI: Former Congress chief and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi was detained along with several other party MPs while they were marching from Parliament towards Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. The Congress lawmakers were protesting over alleged misuse of investigative agencies against opposition parties and demanding a discussion on the issue of price rise, inflation, GST […]