This decision is so damaging to the government that efforts will be made to ensure that it does not stand. The prosecution has said that it will file an appeal in the high court.
Chargesheet against Chaitanya Baghel mentions intimation of delivery of 'saamaan' or cash by former CM, identifies kingpin of ‘liquor scam’, and records chats, statements and money trail.
ED alleges Lakhma played ‘integral part’ in liquor syndicate, ‘actively assisted’ in processes behind excise policy that is alleged to have caused loss of over Rs 2,000 cr to exchequer.
The bench was hearing former IAS officer Atul Tuteja and his son Yash’s petition assailing the ED’s move to initiate a probe against them under the PMLA based on an income tax raid.
Probe agency accuses multiple Congress leaders & state officials of being involved in two syndicates that extorted money from coal transporters and through illegal liquor supply.
Earlier in the day, SC denied bail to former Delhi deputy CM Sisodia — a key accused in the case — observing that a money trail of Rs 338 crore had been 'tentatively established'.
Hundreds of villagers have been squatting in front of the Malbros factory in Mansurwal since July, alleging that its waste had polluted the air, water and soil around it.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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