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Enforcement Directorate logo. | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate conducted multi-State searches on Friday (March 7, 2025) as part of a money laundering investigation linked to alleged illegal remittances worth crores of rupees from India to some foreign shores using shell companies, official sources said. The case stems from a Customs department complaint against … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Ashish Bhalla, promoter of WTC Group, on money-laundering charge in connection with a ₹3,000-crore ‘real estate fraud’ case in which thousands of investors were cheated of their hard-earned money. According to the agency, people were duped on the false promise of assured returns in exchange for their investment against plot/commercial … Read more
Ranveer Allahbadia. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement YouTubers Ranveer Allahbadia and Apoorva Mukhija submitted written apologies to the NCW over their offensive remarks made on “India’s Got Latent”, panel chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar said on Friday (March 7, 2025) and asserted that their comments on the online show were “simply not acceptable”. Allahbadia, Mukhija and … Read more
A general view of the Supreme Court. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Supreme Court on Friday (March 7, 2025) said women do not need sympathy but empowerment in society. The oral observation came from Justice Trivedi, one of the two women judges currently serving in the apex court. The judge was correcting a … Read more
Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on Friday (March 7, 2025) claimed the downsizing at the U.S.’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) could adversely impact India, and said the country will have to enhance its own research capacity and capability in earth sciences very significantly. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court (SC) of India. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Friday (March 7, 2025) issued a notice on the petition seeking reasonable accommodation in prisons for inmates who are persons with disabilities. The petition was filed by Sathyan Nadavoor and represented by advocate Kaleeswaram Raj. A … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (March 6, 2025) said Naxalism was being wiped out from the jungles, but expressed concern that it was fast spreading roots in urban areas with some political parties also echoing their ideology. Addressing the Republic Plenary Summit organised by the news channel here, Mr. Modi also targeted the Congress … Read more
On February 16, a third-year woman student from Nepal was found dead by suicide in the Bhubaneswar-based Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT). Initial investigation by the police revealed that harassment from a fellow male student had led the student to take her own life. Other students from Nepal carried out a protest stating that the … Read more
Months after India suspended visas for Bangladesh, the total number of daily visas is nowhere near the volume that existed before the Sheikh Hasina-led government fell on August 5, 2024, diplomatic sources said in New Delhi on Thursday (March 6, 2025). The Hindu was told that before the fall of the government, India granted nearly … Read more
Abhishek Mahendra Gupta, who claims to be the whistle-blower in the case, has filed a complaint at the judicial magistrate court, Mazgaon, Mumbai stating that he has been receiving death threats. Representative image | Photo Credit: ANI In the Torres investment scam, the 31-year-old chartered accountant Abhishek Mahendra Gupta, who claims to be the whistle-blower … Read more