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Chandigarh: Punjab has exceeded its excise revenue target for 2025-26, collecting Rs 11,782 crore till March 31. The amount is Rs 582 crore more than the revised target of Rs 11,200 crore.Announcing the figures, finance, planning, excise and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema attributed the gains to tighter enforcement and a trade-friendly policy regime. "Significantly, excise revenue has nearly doubled over the past four years, rising from Rs 6,254.8 crore to Rs 11,782 crore. A new target of ...Read More >
Sambalpur: Two persons were arrested for allegedly siphoning off nearly Rs 3.67 crore of govt funds after a major financial scam was unearthed in the excise department of Sambalpur district, said SP (Sambalpur) Mukesh Bhamu on Friday.The accused have been identified as Sandeep Kumar Pattnaik, a suspended junior assistant posted in the Sambalpur excise office, and Sarat Chandra Behera, a retired assistant sub-inspector (ASI). Police said another accused, Achyut Dehuri, also a retired ASI, is unde ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Two employees of the Excise Department, including a retired official, have been arrested by Sambalpur police in connection with an alleged embezzlement of government funds worth over ₹3.67 crore between 2022 and 2025, officials said on Friday. Superintendent of Police, Sambalpur, Mukesh Kumar Bhamoo, said the accused have been identified as Sandeep Kumar Pattnaik, a suspended junior assistant, and Sarat Chandra Behera, a retired Excise Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI). Police sources ...Read More >
Mumbai city (area under Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC jurisdiction) recorded 15,516 property registrations in March 2026, the highest monthly registration for March in 14 years, according to data from the Maharashtra Department of Registrations and Stamps analysed by Knight Frank India. The registrations in March 2026 generated over ₹1,492 crore in stamp duty revenue for the state exchequer. The registrations include both new sales and re-sales. On a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis, reg ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Jagruthi President Kalvakuntla Kavitha, on Tuesday, March 31, called out the Revanth Reddy government, alleging that the wealth assurances made by Congress during the 2023 Assembly Elections have turned out into a "hollow promise." Citing the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report of the financial year 2024-25, on X, she claimed that the state government drew money through ways and means advances and overdrafts. "Except for two days in the year, for the remaining 363 ...Read More >
Sanuar (Patiala): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday accelerated Punjab's development push on the ground by launching a series of major infrastructure and irrigation projects in Patiala's Sanaur constituency, announcing ₹87 crore worth of road renovation works alongside ₹27 crore canal lining projects that will bring irrigation water to 40,066 acres across 83 villages. Driving home a decisive shift from past governance, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann asserted that while previous govern ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Monday, March 30, wrote to the Telangana Governor urging him to recommend a High Court-monitored investigation into illegal mining operations in the state, alleging that the ruling Congress government was shielding those responsible, including a sitting minister. In a representation submitted to Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla, the BRS MLAs and MLCs alleged that large-scale illegal mining and stone crushing operations were being carried out in open vio ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India has enforced the Model Code of Conduct in Bihar, directing strict compliance on defacement, misuse of official resources, and advertisements funded by public exchequer. Over 800 flying squads are deployed to ensure swift complaint resolution, with citizens able to report violations via a 24/7 call center and the C-Vigil App. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued directions to the Chief Secretary and Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar regarding the imme ...Read More >
Mumbai city (area under BMC jurisdiction) recorded 12,070 property registrations in September against 9,111 units in the same month last year, marking a 32% YoY (year-on-year) increase, it said, pointing out that stamp duty collections touched ₹1,292 crore, up 47% YoY. The rise in registrations was due to the shifting festive calendar. Last year, property activity was subdued during the inauspicious Shraddh period (September 17-October 2, 2024), whereas this year it fell earlier (September 7-21 ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) Healthcare services were affected at AIIMS-Patna on Friday as resident doctors went on an "indefinite strike" in protest against the alleged high-handedness of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. According to a press statement issued by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA), AIIMS-Patna, on Friday, "The RDA expresses deep disappointment and anguish over the lack of action by the administration following the violent and traumatic incident that occurred on Wednesday, when MLA Chetan An ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate has framed charges against Saisree Engineers Pvt. Ltd. (SEPL) and others for defrauding a bank of Rs 7.51 crore. The ED said SEPL engaged in the layering of loan funds through its bank accounts. A part of the loan was siphoned off and withdrawn in cash and used for the personal benefit of SEPL directors. The investigation revealed that SEPL received Rs 13.53 crore from Bharat Coking Coal Ltd., which it deposited in its current account held with Andhra Bank ...Read More >
New Delhi, July: Two decades chase of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) came to an end on Wednesday with the successful extradition of fugitive Monika Kapoor, an accused in a 2002 import-export fraud and was on run since then, from USA, the agency said in a statement. As per the CBI statement, Fugitive Monika Kapoor, Prop Of Monika Overseas, in conspiracy with her brothers, namely Rajan Khanna and Rajiv Khanna, forged export documents viz. shipping bills, invoices and bank certificates o ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Two decades chase of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) came to an end on Wednesday with the successful extradition of fugitive Monika Kapoor, an accused in a 2002 import-export fraud and was on run since then, from USA, the agency said in a statement. As per the CBI statement, Fugitive Monika Kapoor, Prop Of Monika Overseas, in conspiracy with her brothers, namely Rajan Khanna and Rajiv Khanna, forged export documents viz. shipping bills, invoices and ba ...Read More >
New Delhi: Two decades chase of CBI ended today, i.e., 09.07.2025 with the successful extradition of Fugitive Ms. Monika Kapoor, who is accused in a 2002 Import-Export fraud and was on run since then, from USA. Fugitive Monika Kapoor, Prop. Of M/s Monika Overseas in conspiracy with her brothers namely Sh. Rajan Khanna and Sh. Rajiv Khanna forged export documents viz. Shipping Bills, Invoices and Bank Certificates of Export and Realization during the year 1998 and obtained 06 Replenishment (Rep. ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken the custody of Monika Kapoor, an alleged economic offender, in the US and will bring her back to India, ending an over two-decade-long run from the law, officials said on Wednesday. The development comes after Kapoor's extradition from the US. The CBI in a press release said the chase has ended after two decades "with the successful extradition of Fugitive Ms. Monika Kapoor, who is accused in a 2002 Import-E ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Former Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged corruption in the augmentation of some Delhi Jal Board sewage treatment plants, official sources said. Jain, 60, reached the federal probe agency's office here around 11:15 am and his statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) poli ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 27 (ANI): It was a moment straight out of a fan's dream -- and Alia Bhatt was living it. The actress turned heads at the special screening of Umrao Jaan, dressed in a gorgeous saree inspired by one of Rekha's most iconic looks from the 1981 film Silsila. Dressed in a light pink saree, Alia's look was styled by Rhea Kapoor. Also Read | 'Squid Game 3' Full Series Leaked on Tamilrockers, Movierulz & Telegram Channels for Free Download & Watch Online; Is Lee Jung ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has registered a case against former health ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Satyendar Jain, besides some govt officials and private contractors, alleging large-scale corruption in Delhi govt's health infrastructure projects.The investigation is claimed to have revealed massive irregularities, unexplained delays and significant misappropriation of funds in the construction of various hospitals, polyclinics and ICU infrastructure across the city.ACB is i ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Two days after a law student died and his friend suffered critical injuries when a car knocked them down as they stood near railing on the service lane of Delhi-Jaipur highway in the early hours of Tuesday, a civil engineer was arrested on Thursday.Mohit (31), an employee of a private company in the city, told police that he got drowsy while driving. He is staying at a PG facility in Sector 14.The student who died, Harsh Singhal (25), was a resident of Om Nagar colony. His friend Abhish ...Read More >
The Delhi Government's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Thursday registered an FIR against Aam Aadmi Party leaders and former Health Ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Satyendra Jain in connection with alleged corruption in the implementation of health infrastructure projects during the tenure of the AAP government, an official said. The leaders, along with unknown government officials and private contractors, were booked under section 13(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, along with Sections ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has registered a case against former Delhi Health Ministers Saurabh Bhardwaj and Satyendar Jain in connection with large-scale corruption in health infrastructure projects of the Delhi government, an official statement from the police said on Thursday. 24 hospital projects, 11 greenfields and 13 brownfield, were sanctioned at a cost of Rs 5,590 crores in 2018-19. These projects are mired in inexplicable delays and astronomical c ...Read More >
MADURAI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who arrived in Madurai on Saturday night, will be taking part in the BJP's state core committee meeting during the day on Sunday, and address party functionaries at Velammal Global Hospital Ground in the evening. BJP sources said Shah will be visiting the Meenakshi Amman Temple on Sunday morning, where he is expected to spend around 30 minutes. He will then hold a meeting with the state's core committee, which includes union minister for state L Murugan, ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned at least a dozen people, including actor Dino Morea, officials from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), civic contractors and intermediaries, for questioning related to its money laundering investigation into the execution of contracts for desilting the Mithi River. All the summoned people have been asked to appear for questioning at the agency's Mumbai office next week, said an official aware of developments. The people summoned i ...Read More >
"He was earlier apprehended by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with another fraud case and is currently in judicial custody. "The case was initially registered in January 2017 based on a complaint from a private bank," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Economic Offences Wing) Vikram K. Porwal said in a statement. The bank had alleged that 467 fake Foreign Inward Remittance Certificates (FIRCs) were submitted by 18 account holders - belonging to 17 different firms - at its Narain ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) An exporter was arrested for cheating and forgery related to a foreign trade benefit scam, causing a loss of Rs 30.47 crore to the exchequer, a Delhi Police official said on Saturday. "Angad Pal Singh was arrested soon after his deportation from the US and arrest by CBI in another case," said Vikram K. Porwal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Economic Offence Wing). He said the accused was arrested on the complaint of the Naraina branch of ICICI Bank, which det ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday approved continuation of Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS) for 2025-26 under which farmers get short-term credit at affordable rate through Kisan Credit card (KCC). The decision regarding continuation of MISS for fiscal year 2025-26 with the existing 1.5 per cent interest subvention was taken by the Union Cabinet, informed Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The continuation of the scheme will cost exchequer Rs 15,640 crore. ...Read More >
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