Enforcement Directorate

FEMA Violations: ED Imposes Rs 51 Cr Penalty On Amnesty, Rs 10 Cr On Aakar Patel

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 […]

Vivo India Remitted Rs 62,000 Cr Out Of India To Avoid Tax Payment: ED

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED)carried out searches at 48 locations across the country on the premises linked to Chinese phone maker Vivo and 23 other companies associated with it, including GPICPL, whose directors have fled India. The ED said that Vivo India remitted Rs 62,476 crores out of Rs 1,25,185 crores mainly to China, […]

Chinese Directors Of Firm Associated With Vivo Flee As ED Continues Raids

NEW DELHI: Two Chinese directors of a firm association with mobile maker Vivo fled the country as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) zoomed in with regards to a money laundering case. As ED carried out searches at 44 locations on Wednesday, Zhengshen Ou and Zhang Jie, directors at GPICPL, fled from India via Nepal, sources told […]

ED Searches Several Locations Of Vivo, Others

NEW DELHI: Months after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached assets worth Rs 5,500 crore of Chinese mobile maker Xiaomi, the financial probe agency on Tuesday carried out searches at another Chinese mobile manufacturer Vivo and its sister concern companies. According to ED sources, the financial probe agency sleuths carried out searches at over 44 locations […]

Yes Bank-DHFL Case: ED Gets Custody Of Pune Builder Till July 5

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: A Mumbai Court on Tuesday sent ABIL group chairman Avinash Bhosale to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till July 5 in connection with an alleged money laundering case involving Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor and Kapil Wadhawan of the DHFL. The court also ordered that the questioning of Bhosale, the father-in-law of the Maharashtra […]

ED Summons Raut; SS Leader Cries Conspiracy

NEW DELHI: Amid Maharashtra political crisis, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday summoned Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut for questioning on Tuesday. He was called in connection with the Pravin Raut and Patra Chawl land grab case. The ED summons to the Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP comes at a time when the ruling Maha […]

Pilot Accuses BJP Of Misusing Agencies To Harass Congress Leadership

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 […]

Agnipath Scheme Will Weaken Army: Rahul Gandhi

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 […]

Sonia Seeks Postponement Of ED Questioning

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 […]

ED Grills Rahul For Day 5, Congress Says Govt Hounding Him

  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 […]