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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out fresh searches at multiple locations linked to executives of the political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and others. The searches were conducted across Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Delhi in connection with an alleged coal smuggling and pilferage case in West Bengal, sources said. "The raids are a continuation of the searches conducted earlier in the case," an ED officer said. Premises linked to I-PAC co-founder ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started probe by registering a "preliminary enquiry" into Malda violence case in which thousands of people on Wednesday blocked the two gates of the Kaliachowk-2 Block Development Office (BDO), holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. The anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday after the Election Commission of ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The election commission on Thursday evening directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe the gherao of seven judicial officers assigned to hear appeals against deletions from West Bengal final rolls, by certain "anti-social elements" in Maldah district of the state.This came hours after the Supreme Court instructed EC to entrust the inquiry/ investigation into the incident to an independent agency, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation or the National Investigation ...Read More >
Kolkata: The probe team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), entrusted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to investigate the case of harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers in minority-dominated Malda district in West Bengal, will reach Kaliachak later in the day and will first talk to the affected officers. At the time the report was filed, the NIA had yet to specify either the details of the probe team or their next course of investigation in the matter. However, sour ...Read More >
Hyderabad: BRS has sought a response from the Centre over remarks made by Union jal shakti minister CR Patil on the Kaleshwaram project, with senior leader and former MP B Vinod Kumar terming the comments "uncalled for" and demanding clarification in Parliament. Addressing a press conference at Telangana Bhavan on Wednesday, Vinod Kumar said BRS MPs had raised the issue, objecting to the minister's statement that ₹1 lakh crore spent on the Kaleshwaram project had "gone down the drain." He said ...Read More >
MADURAI: The 1st Additional District and Sessions Judge of Madurai, G Muthukumaran, concluded the hearing on the sentencing of nine policemen convicted in the Sathankulam custodial death case on Thursday and will be pronouncing the sentence on April 6. The nine convicts - namely, then inspector S Sridhar, then sub inspectors P Ragu Ganesh and K Balakrishnan, then head constables S Murugan and A Samidurai and constables M Muthuraja, S Veil Muthu, S Chelladurai and X Thomas Francis - were found g ...Read More >
New Delhi/Kolkata, April 2: The Supreme Court of India on Thursday sharply criticised the West Bengal administration, describing the state as the "most polarised" in the country, following a serious law-and-order lapse in Malda district. The apex court took suo motu cognisance of a letter from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court detailing an alarming incident during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' lists, in which seven judicial officers -- including three women and a fi ...Read More >
RAIPUR: In a major development, the Chhattisgarh high court on Thursday overturned the acquittal of former legislator Amit Jogi by a trial court and held him guilty in the 23-year-old murder case of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ram Avatar Jaggi. The high court directed Amit Jogi, son of the state's first chief minister Ajit Jogi, to surrender within three weeks. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha passed the order on an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investiga ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH, April 2: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday responded sharply to BJP criticism over the blast outside its Chandigarh office, emphasizing that the city is a Union Territory under the Administrator, not the state government. The explosion, caused by a suspected crude device, occurred Wednesday evening, triggered panic, but caused no casualties. Mann accused BJP leaders of making "absurd" statements and blaming him for incidents in Chandigarh, highlighting the city's separa ...Read More >
The Delhi high court on Thursday granted a final opportunity to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and other respondents to file their replies in the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) petition seeking expunging of adverse observations made by a trial court while discharging them in the excise policy case. A bench of justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued the direction after counsel appearing for Kejriwal and others sought additional time to submit their responses. The court was informed that ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Taking strong exception to the attack on judicial officers complying with its order to adjudicate objections regarding exclusion from voter list in West Bengal's Malda district, Supreme Court on Thursday said there is breakdown of law and order in the state and issued show-cause notice to the chief secretary, DGP, district magistrate and SP to explain why action should not be taken against them. SC said it was a "deliberate and calculated" attempt to demoralise the judicial officers a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Former Chhattisgarh MLA Amit Jogi, son of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, on Thursday reacted to his conviction by the Chhattisgarh High Court in the 2003 Ramavatar Jaggi murder case, alleging that he was not given an opportunity to present his side, which he said goes against the principles of natural justice. Speaking to ANI, Jogi said, "The High Court has accepted the CBI's appeal, but I was not even given the opportunity for a hearing in it. T ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted fresh searches at multiple locations in connection with an alleged coal pilferage and money laundering case linked to West Bengal. Officials said raids were carried out in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Premises linked to I-PAC co-founder and director Rishi Raj Singh in Bengaluru and former AAP communications in-charge Vijay Nair in Mumbai were among those covered. The agen ...Read More >
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Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday had distanced herself from the Malda hostage incident of judicial officers. Speaking at an election campaign, Mamata said that her government does not have any control on the administration. "I don't have any power, everything is taken away from me. I was not informed about anything. I don't know how the incident happened and who is responsible for this. The law and order are in the hands of the Election Commission and they listen to only Ami ...Read More >
Kolkata: Demanding the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI) had "completely failed" to maintain law and order, and described the gherao of seven judicial officers in Mothabari in Malda's Kaliachak block as a "conspiracy of Shah". She urged the minority community to remain calm and cautioned them to "never touch the judges", warning that they could face arrest by central agencies s ...Read More >
Kolkata: In his first ever rally in West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's bastion: Bhowanipore, union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday tasked BJP to defeat the Trinamul Congress supremo in her home turf and win 170 seats among 294 in the ensuing Assembly Election in the state. Mr Shah also announced his stay for 15 days in the state during the polls before he led a roadshow near Ms Banerjee's residence at Harish Chatterjee Street in Kalighat and accompanied leader of the opposition and ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): As the West Bengal Assembly polls near, the political temperature in the state has significantly risen, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) accuse each other of manipulating the election process. As Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached West Bengal for election campaigning today, he called on people to vote fearlessly and remove the Trinamool Congress from power and "throw TMC in Bay of Bengal". Meanwhile, TMC has ac ...Read More >
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh high court on Tuesday convicted former MLA Amit Jogi, son of late former chief minister Ajit Jogi, of murder of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ram Avatar Jaggi around 23 years ago, by setting aside a trial court's acquittal. Delivering the judgment in the sensational murder case, a division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Arvind Kumar Verma directed Junior Jogi to surrender within three weeks. Jaggi who was the treasurer of the state unit of NC ...Read More >
New Delhi: Acting on the directions of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) requesting it to conduct an inquiry into the recent incident in West Bengal's Malda district where judicial officers deputed for electoral roll revision work were allegedly gheraoed and attacked. In a communication addressed to the Director General of the NIA, the poll panel referred to the apex court's order passed in a suo motu writ petition c ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): As the West Bengal Assembly polls near, the political temperature in the state has significantly risen, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) accuse each other of manipulating the election process. As Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached West Bengal for election campaigning today, he called on people to vote fearlessly and remove the Trinamool Congress from power and "throw TMC in Bay of Bengal". Meanwhile, TMC has ac ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India on Thursday handed over the probe into the gherao of the seven judicial officers in West Bengal's Malda district to the NIA, following a Supreme Court directive. Observing that West Bengal was the "most polarised state", the Supreme Court delivered a stinging indictment of the state administration after seven judicial officers engaged in SIR exercise were held hostage by protesters in Malda district and directed a CBI or NIA probe into the incident. In ...Read More >
Kolkata: There are already dozens of cases that central agencies are probing in West Bengal. One more was added to the list on Thursday, just three weeks before Assembly polls in the politically-charged state. This one is over a shocking incident in Malda, where seven judicial officers engaged in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise-related work were held hostage by protesters a day earlier. Following the Supreme Court's intervention, the Election Commission of India (ECI) roped in the N ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) The Election Commission on Thursday handed over the probe into the gherao of judicial officers adjudicating cases of Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal's Malda to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). A spokesperson of the poll authority said an NIA team would be in the poll-bound state on Friday. The Supreme Court Thursday slammed the West Bengal administration for its "complete failure" and inaction over the "deplorable" gherao and attack on seven judicial of ...Read More >
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday blamed Union home minister Amit Shah for the hostage-taking of judicial officers during protests in West Bengal's Malda against voter deletion as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), and demanded his resignation. She claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wanted to derail the April 23-29 assembly elections and impose President's rule. "Amit Shah entirely did it...the entire conspiracy... using the ECI [Election Commission of India]. He has t ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the West Bengal administration for its "complete failure" and inaction over the "highly deplorable" gherao and attack on seven judicial officers in Malda district during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The court ordered an independent probe by the CBI or NIA and directed deployment of Central forces at all locations where objections to exclusion from electoral rolls are being adjudicated by appellate tribunals ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 2 (PTI) The Election Commission of India on Thursday handed over the probe into the gherao of the seven judicial officers in West Bengal's Malda district to the NIA, following a Supreme Court directive. Observing that West Bengal was the "most polarised state", the Supreme Court delivered a stinging indictment of the state administration after seven judicial officers engaged in SIR exercise were held hostage by protesters in Malda district and directed a CBI or NIA probe into the i ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Thursday appointed a new deputy commissioner (DC) of Shahdara North zone, after the previous officer was arrested in a Rs 4 Lakh bribery case. According to an official order dated April 2, Mamta Yadav, an IAS officer serving as Assessor and Collector in the MCD, has been given additional charge of Shahdara North Zone DC with immediate effect. Lt Col Abhishek Kumra Mishra, who was on deputation in the civic body, and Devanshu Ga ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday evening handed over the probe into the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in minority-dominated Malda district to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Earlier in the day, a division bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Surya Kant, strongly denounced the incident, describing it as evidence of a complete law and order failure in West Bengal, and directed that the matter ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted fresh searches at over 10 office premises of the political consultancy firm I-PAC in four states, including Telangana, in connection with an alleged coal "scam" of West Bengal, officials said. According to ED, the raids are being undertaken at locations in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi, including the premises of I-PAC co-founder and director Rishi Raj Singh in Bengaluru and that of Nair in Mumbai. This is the second raid ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted fresh searches against two executives of political consultancy firm I-PAC, former AAP communication in-charge Vijay Nair and some others in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged coal scam in West Bengal, officials said. The raids were undertaken at locations in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. The premises of I-PAC co-founder and dir ...Read More >
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