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SSC scam: Partha Chatterjee, Arpita Mukherjee sent to jail till August 18

Special PMLA court judge Jibon Kumar Sadhu granted 14 days' judicial remand of Chatterjee and Mukherjee on a prayer by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

ED freezes over Rs 64-crore bank deposits of crypto exchange WazirX

The federal agency said it conducted raids against a director of Zanmai Lab Pvt Ltd, which owns WazirX, on August 3 in Hyderabad and alleged he was "non-cooperative".

ED attaches assets worth Rs 2.16 cr in money laundering case

The ED has attached immovable and movable assets worth Rs 2.16 crore in connection with a money laundering case against Nava Diganta Capital Services Ltd, and its other group companies.

Malli­karjun Kharge, Piyush Goyal spar over ED summons during Parl session

The government does not interfere in the functioning of law-enforcement agencies, Goyal said and asked the Congress leaders and the LoP to face the law instead of "running away"

'Modishahi' reaching a new low: Congress on ED's summons to Kharge

The Congress Thursday said Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge's summoning by Enforcement Directorate during the working hours of Parliament was an "insult" to the legislature

ED summons Sanjay Raut's wife for questioning in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Varsha Raut, wife of arrested Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, for questioning in a money laundering investigation linked to alleged irregularities

Top headlines: BoE raises rates by most since 1995; GAIL Q1 net up 51%

GAIL (India) Ltd, the nation's largest gas utility, on Thursday reported a 51 per cent jump in its June quarter net profit on the back of bumper margins from gas marketing

Mumbai court extends Sena MP Sanjay Raut's ED custody till August 8

The ED had sought an extended custody for Raut till August 10 as it had secured certain documents and wanted to probe related matters

Not afraid of Modi, will not be intimidated: Rahul Gandhi on Herald case

Launching a scathing attack, Rahul Gandhi said he is "not afraid of Narendra Modi" and will not be "intimidated" by the Enforcement Directorate action in the National Herald case

PMLA case: MP Sanjay Raut to be produced in court as ED custody ends today

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-laundering case, will be produced before a special court here on Thursday. Raut's ED custody granted by the court on Monday, ends on Thursday. The central agency had arrested Raut on Sunday midnight in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra 'Chawl' (old row tenement) in suburban Goregaon and related financial property transactions involving his wife and alleged associates. The ED had produced Raut before the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court judge MG Deshpande on Monday and sought his remand for eight days. But the court sent the Sena leader to the agency's custody till August 4. The agency had told the court on Monday that Raut and his family received "proceeds of crime" worth over Rs one crore generated out of alleged irregularities in the housing redevelopment project. The 60-year-old Rajya Sabha member is a close aide of Shiv Sena presiden

Congress accuses Centre of treating party leaders like 'terrorists'

Congress came down heavily on the BJP government at the Centre, accusing the ruling dispensation of treating its party leaders as 'terrorists'

Partha, Arpita to remain in ED custody till Aug 5

Former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee were sent to three more days in the custody of the ED by a special court in Kolkata in the SSC scam case.

YES Bank-DHFL case: ED attaches Rs 415 cr worth assets of builders

Assets worth Rs 415 crore of arrested Maharashtra builders Avinash Bhosale and Sanjay Chhabria have been attached in Yes Bank-DHFL bank loan fraud case, the Enforcement Directorate said.

Oppn expresses 'deep apprehension' over SC upholding PMLA amendments

Expresses hope this 'dangerous verdict is short-lived'

WBSSC scam case: Partha, Arpita to remain in ED custody till Aug 5

The ED had sought four days of custody for Chatterjee and three days for Mukherjee, from whose apartments crores of rupees in cash and other valuables were recovered last month.

Party 'under siege', govt treating our leaders like 'terrorists': Congress

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.

Delhi: ED seals premises of Young Indian company in National Herald office

The temporary seal has been put in order to "preserve the evidence" which could not be collected as authorised representatives were not present during the raids on Tuesday, they said.

ED serves FEMA notice to cryptocurrency exchange WazirX: Minister

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has served crypto exchange WazirX a notice under the FEMA Act, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary told Rajya Sabha. The ED is investigating two cases related to crypto-currency against WazirX under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), he said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. "In one of the cases, investigation done so far has revealed that one Indian Crypto-exchange platform, Wazirx, operated by Zanmai Labs Private Limited in India was using the walled infrastructure of Cayman Island based exchange BINANCE. Further it has been found that all crypto transactions between these two exchanges were not even being recorded on the blockchains and were thus cloaked in mystery," he said in a written reply on Tuesday. Reacting to the Parliament's reply, WazirX said it has not been served a notice for money laundering. According to the minister, a Show Cause Notice (SCN) has been issued under the provisions of FE

Additional police force deployed outside Cong HQ, Sonia Gandhi's residence

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

Can PMLA really be the go-to legislation to probe financial crimes?

Several older legislations like the Black Money Act and the Benami Transactions Act have become subservient to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act now