New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday carried out search operations at 16 premises across West Bengal, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and other locations in a crackdown on an alleged terror-funding and illegal-infiltration racket. The raids, conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, were led by the agency’s Lucknow Zonal Office.The case stems from an FIR registered by the Uttar Pradesh Anti‑Terrorist Squad (UP ATS) on October 11,…
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New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered the transfer of two interim bail applications filed by Al-Falah Trust money laundering case accused Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui to the Bench of Justice Saurabh Banerjee, before whom his regular bail plea in one of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) cases is also pending. The interim bail applications, arising out of two separate ED cases, were listed before the Benches of Justice Manoj Jain and Justice Madhu Jain.Appearing for Siddiqui, c…
Imphal, July 2 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday emphasised that robust inter-agency coordination remains the cornerstone of India’s efforts to combat drug trafficking and realise the vision of a ‘Drug-Free India’. To further strengthen coordination among enforcement agencies, the NCB held the quarterly state-level Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting for Manipur at the state Police Headquarters in Imphal on Thursday.According to a post on the NCB’s official X handle, t…
Ayodhya, July 1 (IANS) Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Seva Samiti general secretary Achyut Shankar Shukla on Wednesday sought the Central government’s intervention in the probe into the alleged misappropriation of funds and donations from the Ram Temple.Referring to the Supreme Court direction to form the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, he said: “Accordingly, the Central government had formed the Trust. So now if the Centre itself conducts an investigation into the matter, then it would no long…
Ranchi, June 29 (IANS) Rohit Oraon, son of Jharkhand Congress MLA and former Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon, did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday for questioning in connection with the alleged liquor scam in the state.Rohit Oraon has written to the agency seeking additional time to appear.Meanwhile, former minister Rameshwar Oraon has been summoned by the ED for questioning on June 30.According to sources, both Rohit Oraon and Rameshwar Oraon, in separate communicat…
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) On the historic occasion of Shiv Sena’s 60th foundation day, the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena has been rocked by a massive crisis. A day after six Lok Sabha MPs triggered a second major split in the party within four years, moving to align themselves with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction, the Shiv Sena (UBT) MP and chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut on Friday launched a scathing attack on the dissident lawmakers, claiming that a la…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a compounding order under Section 15 of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), in the case of Ripe Accountancy Services Private Limited, which has resulted in the termination of proceedings against the company for contravention of provisions under FEMA, according to a statement issued by the Enforcememt Directorate (ED) on Friday. The order has been passed by the RBI with a one-time payment of Rs 1.77 lakh to be paid by the co…
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Thursday asserted that party supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should be at the “forefront” of the Opposition’s fight against the BJP.His reaction came amid reports of Trinamool’s merger with the Congress, which the latter has termed “rumours” and “baseless”.In an interaction with IANS, Saugata Roy said: “I want the Trinamool and Congress to work in a close alliance to remove and defeat the BJP. That is all …
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Supreme Court judge, Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, on Thursday recused himself from hearing Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez’s plea challenging a Delhi court order framing charges against her in the Rs 200 crore money laundering case linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.A bench of Justices P.K. Mishra and Atul S. Chandurkar was hearing the matter when Justice Mishra informed the parties that he would not be able to hear the case due to his son’s appeara…
Mumbai, June 9 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued compounding orders under Section 15 of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), in the separate cases of Joinmay Electronic Private Limited and Universal Biofuels Private Limited, which has resulted in the termination of investigation against the two companies for contraventions of provisions of the act, according to a press statement issued by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).The order in each case has been passed by the R…