NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah came under fire on Wednesday after he was caught on tape having his shoes removed by another person.In a purported video, a party worker was seen removing the CM’s shoes as he arrived to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary during an event in Bengaluru. A…
NEW DELHI: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) on Tuesday decided to take back the 14 plots alloted to Karnatak CM Siddaramaiah‘s wife Parvathi B M. The MUDA has also ordered to cancel the sale deed of these plots.“Smt. Parvathi’s son Dr Yathindra, a MLC, had submitted a letter….we have gone through the provisions in…
BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate has initiated a probe into the role of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and his wife for possible money laundering in the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment case following the recent FIR lodged by the state Lokayukta.According to sources, the anti-money laundering agency accepted a complaint filed by Mysuru-based RTI activist…
Parvathi Siddaramaiah, wife of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah. NEW DELHI: Parvathi Siddaramaiah, wife of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, has written to the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) offering to surrender 14 compensation plots allotted to her amid ongoing land allotment controversy.In her letter, Parvathi said, “I wish to surrender and return the compensation plots by…
NEW DELHI: Observing that rigorous bail provisions in statutes like PMLA, anti-terror law UAPA and NDPS Act cannot become a ‘tool’ to keep an undertrial accused in jail for unreasonably long time, Supreme Court on Thursday held that the requirement of expeditious disposal of cases must be read into these statutes as inordinate delay in…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji in a money laundering case. Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) last year.A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih set strict conditions for Balaji’s release. The Supreme Court’s decision came after hearing…
NEW DELHI: While lauding India on most counts, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terror financing watchdog, has called for efforts to reduce pending money laundering cases and recommended “major changes” to address prosecution in terror financing cases.FATF’s Mutual Evaluation Report on India, released on Thursday, noted that the main sources…
NEW DELHI: Adani Group late Thursday night denied allegations by New York based short-seller Hindenburg Research that Swiss authorities have frozen more than $310 million in funds across half a dozen Swiss bank accounts as part of a money laundering and securities forgery investigation into the group, dating back as early as 2021.Hindenburg made the…
Swiss authorities froze over $310 million across six Swiss bank accounts in connection with an investigation into money laundering and securities forgery allegations linked to the Adani Group, alleged Hindenburg Research citing recently released Swiss federal criminal court records.The US short-seller stated that the investigation, which began in 2021, has provided insights into financial practices…
NEW DELHI: Sending a clear message that irrespective of the seriousness of offence, an accused has to be released if statutory procedure is not followed by the investigating agency while arresting him, Supreme Court on Friday directed release of Bhushan Steel promoter Neeraj Singal in a money laundering case for allegedly defrauding financial institutions of…
