EXCLUSIVE: Kumar was member secretary of Haryana State Pollution Control Board when govt funds amounting to Rs 169 crore deposited in IDFC First Bank were siphoned off.
It was during his term as Principal Secretary of School Education and Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department that Pankaj Aggarwal allegedly got involved in the irregularities.
First chargesheet, filed last month before special CBI court, details role of public servants, agency says. It also identifies Noida-based firm as key beneficiary of 'proceeds of crime'.
Delhi court’s 4 April order banned Google, Meta, other media houses from publishing content linking Sandesaras to Sterling Biotech bank fraud case, directed delisting of certain URLs.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau's FIR reveals that the cheques bore forged signatures of a senior IAS officer, who had relinquished charge much before the bank accounts were opened.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini attributes the fraud to collusion by lower-level employees at Chandigarh banks & says the full sum was credited back to state govt accounts.
Mehta family, living in London, is linked to a series of bank frauds. While CBI has filed 16 cases against Mehta, his wife Sonia & sons Suraj and Vishal face a dozen cases of fraud.
July could be busiest month for India’s diplomatic establishment as Narendra Modi and S Jaishankar cover major power centres globally. The visits are aimed at outreach and outcome.
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The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.
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