NEW DELHI: In view of the assembly elections later this year, the Congress on Tuesday appointed Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel as the senior observers for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh respectively. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal in a statement said that party chief Sonia Gandhi has appointed Gehlot as a […]
PANAJI: The Congress on Monday sought disqualification of two of its leaders – Michael Lobo and former chief minister Digambar Kamat – from the Assembly. Congress alleged that the two senior functionaries were trying to “engineer a defection” in the party for a switchover to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Both the leaders have […]
NEW DELHI: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, who earlier skipped two summonses by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), has been asked for the third time to appear before the agency on July 21 in connection with the National Herald case. A source in the ED confirmed summons to the 75-year-old leader. READ MORE: ED Grills […]
PANAJI: Amidst fear of desertions, Congress today sent party general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Mukul Wasnik to Goa to oversee the latest political developments in the state. Months after defeat in the assembly polls earlier this year, the Congress on Sunday once again faced another crisis as former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat and […]
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday said that it has arrested Farhad Mohammad Sheikh aka Babla, who was a close associate of the main accused in connection with the gruesome murder of Kanhaiya Lal Teli in Udaipur. An NIA spokesperson here said that the anti-terror probe agency sleuths on Friday arrested Sheikh, […]
NEW DELHI: Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, on Saturday slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over the searches at his residence saying that his daughter’s entire university stint has been “prepped with the raids”. In a tweet, Karti said, “Press Statement Regarding CBI My daughter’s entire […]
NEW DELHI/CHENNAI: Moving ahead in its probe into the alleged Chinese Visa scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out searches at the premises of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, which it had sealed earlier, sources said. A CBI source told The New Indian, “A team of CBI officers are at the […]
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said that it registered a case against former officials of the Delhi Jal Board and NBCC and carried out searches at several locations and recovered Rs 1.5 crores from the premises of the then General Manager of the NBCC. CBI spokesperson RC Joshi said that […]
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday said that it carried out searches at two locations in connection with the Rs 34,615 crore bank fraud case involving Kapil and Deehraj Wadhawan and recovered a large number of paintings and sculptures worth Rs 40 crore. CBI spokesperson RC Joshi said, “The CBI carried […]
NEW DELHI: The Adjudicating Authority of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said that it has imposed a penalty of Rs 51.72 crore on Amnesty India International Pvt Ltd, a human rights watchdog, and Rs 10 crore on its former CEO Aakar Patel for contravention of the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act, (FEMA). In […]