The Enforcement Directorate said on Saturday, April 12, 2025, that it has issued notices to take possession of immovable assets worth ₹661 crore that it had attached in the probe into the money laundering case against Congress-controlled Associated Journals Limited (AJL).
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National Herald case: ED issues notice to take possession of assets in Congress-linked AJL case
The Enforcement Directorate said on Saturday (April 12, 2025) that it has issued notices to take possession of immovable assets worth ₹661 crore that it had attached in the probe into the money laundering case against Congress-controlled Associated Journals Limited (AJL).
Supreme Court puts President on a deadline, says prudent to consult apex court before taking a call on State Bills
The Supreme Court has put the President on a three-month deadline to decide whether or not to assent to State Bills referred to her by a Governor. The clock would begin ticking from the day the Governor referred the Bill to the President for her consideration.
Amid protests, Mamata Banerjee says Waqf Amendment Act will not be implemented in West Bengal
The Waqf (Amendment) Act will not be implemented in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday (April 12, 2025) amid violent protests in the state. Ms. Banerjee said the law was made by the Centre and answers should be sought from it. “My sincere appeal to people of all religions, please remain calm, remain restrained. Do not engage in any irreligious behaviour in the name of religion. Every human life is precious; do not incite riots for the sake of politics. Those who are inciting riots are harming society,” she said in a post on X.
Sukhbir Badal re-elected as SAD president in Punjab; Akali rebels call it a jolt to unity efforts
Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday (April 12, 2025) was re-elected as president of Shiromani Akali Dal, the century-old party that has been passing through a rough phase and its leaders have been toiling hard for the party’s revival to stay relevant in State politics.
Israeli forces have completed encirclement of Gaza’s Rafah, military says
Israeli forces have completed the encirclement of Gaza’s Rafah, the military said on Saturday (April 12, 2025), part of an announced plan to seize more areas of the enclave, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population. The military has issued repeated evacuation warnings to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians across Rafah since it resumed operations in Gaza on March 18, forcing them into a diminishing space limited by the sea.
Iran says ‘indirect talks’ begin with a U.S. envoy over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program
Iran and the United States have begun negotiations in Oman over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. Esmail Baghaei, a spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, made the announcement on the social platform.
White House aims to eliminate NOAA climate research in budget plan
The administration of President Donald Trump aims to eliminate the arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that oversees research on climate change and refocus the U.S. fisheries service to support energy development, according to a draft White House budget document.
Delayed ‘Phule’ to clear controversy, already complied with CBFC amendments: Anant Mahadevan
Phule, based on the lives of social reformers Jyotirao Govindrao Phule and Savitribai Phule, has been delayed due to objections raised by the Brahmin community and not because of the censor board-suggested amendments, film’s director Anant Mahadevan said on Friday.
UPI outage: Several users say transactions failing; NPCI says working to resolve ‘intermittent technical issues’
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services have been affected with multiple reports of failure of transactions from across the country. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which manages the UPI operations, acknowledged the outage and said that it was working to resolve the issue, hours after several users flagged the issue.
Published – April 12, 2025 06:32 pm IST