Patna,March 13: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Monday alleged that the Enforcement Directorate had finished its raid at his Delhi house last week “in half an hour” but its officials stayed on at his hours awaiting “clearance from above”. Talking to reporters outside the state assembly, Yadav also rubbished the ED’s claim of […]Continue Reading
BY AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO BHUBANESWAR, JAN. 20: Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA from Talcher, Braja Kishore Pradhan on Friday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a mining case. According to sources, BJD MLA Braja Kishore Pradhan reached the ED office at around 1.30 pm to record his statement in connection […]Continue Reading
New Delhi,July 27: The Supreme Court on Wednesday backed the Enforcement Directorate’s powers under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, saying Section 19 that deals with the power to arrest does not suffer from the “vice of arbitrariness”. Upholding the validity of some provisions of the PMLA, a bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JULY 11: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to depose before it on July 21 for questioning in the National Herald newspaper-linked money-laundering case, officials said on Monday. Gandhi was issued a second summons for June 23 by the agency, but the 75-year-old Congress leader could not keep the […]Continue Reading
New Delhi,JULY 22: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the premises of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s brother on Wednesday as part of countrywide searches in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged fertiliser scam, officials said. ED sleuths were assisted by personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), who were seen […]Continue Reading