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…
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New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally remarked that the alleged interference by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in an ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation had the effect of putting democracy “in peril”, observing that such actions cannot be brushed aside as a mere dispute between the state and the Union government.A bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice N. V. Anjaria was hearing petitions filed by the ED seeking registration of a C…
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 19 (IANS) Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), whose co-founder Vinesh Chandel was arrested earlier this month by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in Delhi in connection with the multi-crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal, on Sunday, announced its decision to temporarily shut down all its operations in the poll-bound state for 20 days.The management of I-PAC, which has been acting as the voter strategy agency of the Trinamool Congress since 2022, on Sunday sent…
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) The officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have been conducting simultaneous raids and search operations in different locations in West Bengal since Saturday morning, including the state capital of Kolkata and its outskirts, in connection with a land-scam case.Sources aware of the development said, among the places where the central agency officials are conducting simultaneous raids and search operations, include the office and the residence of an influential city…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court of India is scheduled to hear a plea on Wednesday filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging interference by West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee during its search operations at the office of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata.As per the cause list published on the apex court’s website, the matter is listed for hearing on March 18 before a Bench of Justices Prashant Ku…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday the plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during its search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata. As per the cause list published on the apex court’s website, the matter is listed for hearing on March 18 …
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has been “terrorised” in West Bengal, as the apex court adjourned hearing on its plea accusing the state government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of interfering in recent search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata. During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General S.V. …
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday the plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the Central agency’s recent search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata. As per the cause list published on the apex court’s website, the matter is lis…
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is investigating the multi-crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal, is also currently examining the hawala aspect related to the diversion of illicit proceeds overseas.Sources aware of the development said the investigating officials have secured some specific information that part of the proceeds of the crime in the alleged scam were diverted to neighbouring Bangladesh and Dubai through the hawala route.The probe officials have als…