We'd be foolish to establish Young India if we wanted to commit money laundering, says Abhishek Manu Singhvi, adds that 'there was no transfer of ownership of properties to Young India'.
Agency alleges that 'accused no. 1 & 2' acquired assets of National Herald publisher at just Rs 50 lakh compared to actual market value of the assets, which amounted to Rs 2,000 crore.
The National Herald is published by AJL and owned by Young Indian Private Ltd. Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi are majority shareholders of Young Indian, holding 38% shares each.
Gandhi's reaction came a day after ED sealed the office of Young Indian in Herald House in Delhi, and the police briefly barricaded his residence and the party office.
From being part of the freedom struggle, the daily became known as Indira Gandhi's mouthpiece. It's now in news for the case against it, especially after ED lens on Rahul, Sonia.
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi is being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged financial irregularities in the National Herald case.
Congress interim president questioned on alleged loan of Rs 90 crore given by the party to the publisher of National Herald. She has been called again on 25 July.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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