The Delhi High Court, Tuesday, upheld Kejriwal's arrest in the money laundering case, saying the ED was left with 'little option' after he skipped repeated summonses
Jaffer Sadiq was arrested by the NCB last month for his alleged involvement in the smuggling of about 3,500 kg of pseudoephedrine with a street value of more than Rs 2,000 crore.
The ED has alleged that bribe money generated from corruption in a contract issued by the DJB was ‘passed on’ as election funds to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi.
The court further stated that any release order from custody will amount to enlarging the accused/petitioner/ Arvind Kejriwal on bail or interim bail, as an interim measure.
The latest summons, the ninth issued by ED, asked the Delhi CM to appear before it Thursday. Kejriwal has repeatedly refused to comply, calling the summons illegal.
Probe agency claims Singh’s Alchemist Group cheated investors and used their money to pay aviation companies for services availed by party’s star campaigners during 2014 LS polls.
The case dates back to Aug 2017 when IT dept carried out raids in Delhi as part of its alleged tax evasion probe against Shivakumar. They had seized over Rs 8.59 crore.
The PMLA case stems from a CBI FIR pertaining to allegations of Rs 50 lakh being paid as kickbacks to the Congress MP and S Bhaskararaman by a top executive of Vedanta group company TSPL.
Nirmala Sitharaman laid the foundation of a new site museum in 2021. It felt like a departure from the government's Harappan-centric focus. But no progress has been made since.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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