New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging interference by then West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior state police officials during search operations conducted earlier this year at the Kolkata office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC).A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria earlier deferred the matter after Solicitor General Tushar Meht…
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Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) In the wake of the Trinamool Congress’s electoral debacle in West Bengal, MP Saayoni Ghosh on Wednesday said that there was a “growing dominance” of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), causing a “communication gap” in the party.During an interaction with IANS, Ghosh addressed questions that have been raised over I-PAC’s role and rumours of “internal conflict” in the Trinamool.While denying having faced any such thing within the party, she asserted that her commu…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned to May 22 the hearing on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by then West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior state police officials during search operations conducted earlier this year at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) in Kolkata. A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria deferred the matter after Solicitor General…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday granted regular bail to Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) co-founder Vinesh Kumar Chandel in a money laundering case linked to the alleged coal pilferage probe.Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal of the Patiala House Courts passed the order in favour of Chandel, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).While allowing the bail plea, the court recorded th…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the interim bail plea of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) co-founder Vinesh Kumar Chandel, who is in judicial custody in a money laundering probe linked to an alleged coal pilferage case. Additional Sessions Judge Shefali Barnala Tandon of the Patiala House Courts rejected Chandel’s application seeking temporary release on medical grounds relating to the condition of his 74-year-old mother, who is stated to be suffering fro…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a scathing attack against Trinamool Congress while referring to the issue of the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s intervention while the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids and search operations at the office of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of I-PAC’s co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata earlier this year. However, through referring to that event while addressing a campaign rally a…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) A Delhi court has issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a bail plea filed by Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) co-founder Vinesh Kumar Chandel in connection with a money laundering probe linked to the alleged coal pilferage case. Additional Sessions Judge Dhirendra Rana of the Patiala House Courts sought the ED’s response on Chandel’s plea and posted the matter for hearing on April 29.Chandel is currently in ED custody pursuant to an order pa…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday in connection with the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) raid case.The hearing forms part of an ongoing legal dispute over allegations that the Chief Minister interfered in an ED search operation conducted at the premises of the Indian Political Action Committee.The matter traces back to raids carried out by the…
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed apprehension that several Trinamool Congress workers will be selectively arrested before the two-phase Assembly elections in the state later this month.“They have planned to arrest many. I have got the list. I will fight inch by inch. They have targeted only Trinamool Congress workers. A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party is contesting from Birbhum district. He earned crores of rupees from coal smuggling….
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Sunday denied reports that the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) had halted its West Bengal operations for 20 days and asked its employees in the Kolkata office to go on leave for the period. In a statement circulated among media persons by Trinamool Congress, and not the I-PAC, the party claimed that the information circulated was completely “baseless” and appeared to be a deliberate attempt to create confusion on the ground.“IPAC WB …