National Herald

Five Congress leaders will appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to join the investigation in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering case pertaining to the National Herald matter

The Enforcement Directorate has issued notices to some Congress leaders from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in connection with its ongoing money laundering investigation into the operations of the Congress party-owned National Herald newspaper, officials said Friday. While some of the politicians belonging to the party have been summoned for questioning here over the next few weeks, others have been given notices to explain certain payments made to Young Indian, the company that owns the news outlet. Officials said four leaders have been issued the notices. Earlier this week, Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar had told reporters after finishing his questioning session with the ED in Delhi that he was questioned about certain transactions made by him to this company in the past. "Surprisingly, they (ED officials) have asked me about the payment from one of my trust, from me and my brother, to Young Indian," he told reporters on September 19. Shivakumar said he had sought mor

MP government has ordered a probe into the land allotted to the National Herald newspaper at the Press Complex in Bhopal as commercial buildings have come up there through "violation of rules"

After the Congress was denied permission to hold protests in New Delhi, Rahul Gandhi alleged that 'this was an era of dictatorship' and whatever was built in the past 70 years has been destroyed

Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Ajay Maken and Abhishek Singhvi said it will not be intimidated by this kind of "cheap and petty politics" and will continue to raise people's issues.

The presence of additional police force at the Congress headquarters could be a precautionary measure following the sealing of the Young India office.

The raids come after the probe agency questioned Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her MP son Rahul at its headquarters

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The probe pertains to alleged financial irregularities in the party-promoted Young Indian that owns the National Herald newspaper

The ED had summoned Gandhi to appear before it on June 8 in connection with a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper-AJL issue.

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The agency, according to officials, wants to record the statements of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act

The March 21 date was pending at the stage of recording of pre-charge evidence and was fixed for cross-examination of the complainant

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The AJL had in Aug announced that National Herald, which became defunct in 2008, would resume publication

The AJL had in August announced that National Herald, which became defunct in 2008, would resume publication