NEW DELHI: The Central government on Thursday appointed senior IPS officer Dinkar Gupta as the new Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs for the appointment of Shri Dinkar Gupta, IPS (PB: 87) as Director-General, National Investigative Agency in […]
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered one of the biggest bank fraud cases to the tune of Rs 34,615 crore against Dewan Housing Finance Ltd, its former CMD Kapil Wadhawan, director Dheeraj Wadhawan and others. The agency had carried out searches at 12 locations in Mumbai, officials said Wednesday. Wadhawans are […]
NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday said that the central investigative agencies are under pressure from the BJP government to harass the opposition party leadership. Congress also accused the ruling party of using the central agencies to muffle the dissenting voices. Speaking to media at the party headquarters here, Congress leader Sachin Pilot said, “This whole […]
NEW DELHI: Breaking his silence on Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) questioning regarding the National Herald case, Rahul Gandhi said that the party should focus on the Agnipath Scheme, rather than the “small affair” of his questioning. Addressing Congress leaders and workers at the party headquarters here, the former party president also appealed to the party leaders […]
NEW DELHI: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, who was discharged from hospital on Monday, has written to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking postponement of her questioning by a few weeks as she has been advised rest by the doctors, party leaders said on Wednesday. The ED has asked her to appear on June 23 in […]
NEW DELHI: Chattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel slammed the government for harassing Rahul Gandhi as Congress continued their ‘satyagrah’ against the former party chief’s questioning by the Enforcement Directorate. Several Members of Parliament from the party, leaders and workers were detained by the Delhi Police soon after they stepped outside the party headquarters to march […]
NEW DELHI: In a sensational breakthrough on Monday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed an FIR against one of India’s premier biotech companies and officials of the government agency responsible for the approval of new drugs. The case is related to an alleged graft case involving Rs 4 lakhs to waive off the Phase […]
NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the fifth day of questioning in the National Herald money laundering case. He reached the ED office with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra even as top Congress leaders, including two chief ministers, continued to their protest against what […]
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Dr Eswara Reddy, joint drug controller in Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) while accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh to clear an under-trial injection of India’s top drug firm Biocon Biologics. In a statement, CBI spokesperson RC Joshi said that along with Reddy, Synergy […]
NEW DELHI: A seven-member Congress delegation on Monday met President Ram Nath Kovind and raise the issue of alleged mistreatment of the party MPs by Delhi Police. The Congress has submitted a memorandum to the President highlighting the alleged ill-treatment of the Members of Parliament from the party, who were protesting the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s […]