New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has issued a foreign exchange violation notice to internet giant Google for alleged irregularities in transfer of funds to its foreign entities. The Directorate has asked the Indian arm of the company to explain to it all the permissions the company has obtained from RBI in this regard and its source of income in the country along with I-T returns filed earlier. "We have an...
05:42 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Chennai: Vigilance officials on Wednesday conducted raids in the premises of former DMK minister NKKP Raja across Tamil Nadu in connection with a disproportionate assets case. The raids by officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption were in progress in Chennai and Erode districts, DVAC sources said. Raja is the latest among several DMK leaders and former Ministers besides MLAS to face police and DVAC action either on...
09:52 AM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: Weeks after the aviation regulator warned Kingfisher not to compromise on aviation safety, its promoter Vijay Mallya on Wednesday met DGCA top brass in New Delhi and discussed the financial and operational recovery plan of the cash-strapped airline. "He (Mallya) has a recovery plan. It is up to us to see that he keeps to the plan," DGCA chief EK Bharat Bhushan told PTI after over an hour-long...
07:13 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: In view of complaints of corruption in the private sector, the government is considering bringing corporates under a proposed anti-graft law. Official sources said the chiefs of the Central Vigilance Commission, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate have been called in by a parliamentary standing committee next week to give their views in this regard. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and...
02:22 PM, Jan 22, 2012
New Delhi: CBI and Enforcement Directorate on Friday placed before the Supreme Court fresh status reports on the progress of probe into the 2G spectrum scam which also contained their responses to allegations of interference of an influential minister in the investigation against some firms. "I have two status reports from ED and CBI in sealed covers on each issue raised by the petitioners. Our full reply is by way...
07:22 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate, India's premier probe agency for money laundering, is studying the alleged multi-crore Uttar Pradesh rural health scam and may register cases against the accused, including Babu Singh Kushwaha whose membership of the BJP has been suspended. According to sources, the Enforcement Directorate has started going through the First Information Reports (FIR) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged largescale...
05:17 PM, Jan 08, 2012
New Delhi: The judicial custody of the 6 directors of Kolkata's AMRI hospital will end on Thursday. The directors were arrested after a massive fire in the hospital's basement led to the death of 93 people, mostly patients. The Kolkata police on Tuesday announced compensation for families of the 29 of those dead. The rest would be given compensation after due verification of documents, it said. Meanwhile, industry body FICCI...
08:10 AM, Jan 05, 2012
New Delhi: Families of victims who lost their lives in the tragic AMRI hospital fire incident in Kolkata have decided to form an association. 22 families have come together to form the Human Health Rights Forum and they will move to High Court to demand justice for the victims. The West Bengal government on Tuesday released its first batch of compensation, with 29 families being distributed cheques. The association is...
06:23 AM, Jan 04, 2012
Kolkata: A day after industry lobby FICCI urged the West Bengal government to release the seven AMRI Hospital directors who were arrested after a fire killed 93 people at the premises, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the law would take its own course in the case. "A business house had requested me not to take any action against them (AMRI directors). But it is not correct. We want...
03:29 AM, Jan 04, 2012
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday registered a case against Speak Asia, a Singapore-based online survey company, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in connection with a multi-level marketing scam, sources said. The firm had allegedly duped over 12 lakh investors, also called as panelists, to the tune of Rs 1,300 crore, after assuring them commission if they introduced new members. Speak Asia had promised lucrative returns to...
10:31 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Kolkata: Three weeks after the directors of Kolkata's AMRI hospital were taken into custody after a fire in the hospital's basement claimed 90 lives, industry body FICCI has slammed the arrests as 'anti-industry', and not 'completely non-discriminatory'. "Those not responsible for day-to-day operations of any business should be released immediately. This is only fair and will also prevent the spread of any negative sentiments within the domestic investor community," FICCI...
07:37 PM, Jan 03, 2012
New Delhi: Widening its probe into the finances of yoga guru Ramdev, the Enforcement Directorate has summoned his aide Balkrishna in connection with a foreign exchange violation case registered against their trusts. The agency, according to sources, has asked Balkrishna or an authorised representative on his behalf to be present before agency officials in New Delhi on January 10. The representative also has been asked to bring along documents and...
04:51 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Kolkata: Speaking to news reporters on Tuesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at FICCI saying the state did not want an industry that killed people. "A chamber has said that the directors of AMRI should be released. I want to tell them that we want industry here, but we do not want industry that will kill people. "A murderer's identity is that of a murderer, a terrorist...
03:08 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Kolkata: Paromita Guha Thakurta, the daughter of one of those who died in the AMRI fire tragedy has asked for strict punishment to the hospital staff saying they were highly irresponsibly in carrying out their duties. ...
01:53 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Kolkata: Three weeks after the directors of Kolkata's AMRI Hospital were taken into custody after a fire in the hospitals basement claimed 89 lives, industry body FICCI has slammed the arrest of 7 hospital directors as anti-industry, and not 'completely non-discriminatory'. In a strongly worded statement, FICCI demanded the immediate release of those who were not responsible in the day-to-day operations of the business. It said it would prevent the...
10:12 AM, Jan 03, 2012
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