Lucknow: The Akhilesh Yadav government is facing tough questions for awarding the contract of Anganwadi food supply to liquor baron Ponty Chadha. The Uttar Pradesh government's decision makes a mockery of the Supreme Court order that the food supply for small children and pregnant women should be given only to self-help groups, mahila mandals and village communities. Ponty Chadha's company Great Food Value has been distributing anganwadi food for the...
01:40 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Moradabad: Firing was reported from liquor baron Ponty Chadha's residence on Friday morning. The incident took place at around 8:30 am at Chadha's Moradabad bungalow. Reports say firing was heard for almost 15 minutes followed by some screaming sounds. The police now say that a relative of Chaddha accidentally set his pistol off. Seven family members were inside the house when the firing took place. Ponty Chadha's son Monty Chadha...
11:25 AM, Oct 05, 2012
New Delhi: Business house Wave Group has taken up the Delhi franchise in the much-hyped Hockey India League, making it the fourth of the six teams which will compete in the tournament starting in January next year. Hockey India on Monday announced that Wave Group, under Gurdeep Singh 'Ponty' Chadha, would own the Delhi franchise in the HIL. This would be the business group's maiden foray in the world of...
07:31 PM, Sep 17, 2012
New Delhi: In what seems to be a growing proximity between the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh and businessman Ponty Chadha. The Noida Authority has cleared the masterplan for the 152-acre 'Wave City Centre'. This land was won by Wave Infratech, owned by Ponty Chadha during the Mayawati regime. Ponty Chadha was believed to be extremely close to Mayawati. The Uttar Pradesh administration under the SP regime had initially...
10:35 AM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: Three months after the Income Tax department conducted searches on his businesses, liquor baron Ponty Chadha is said to have reported Rs 175 crore of 'undisclosed' income to the department. "The business group has admitted an undisclosed income of Rs 175 crore and further tax related proceedings are on," official sources said. The I-T department has begun the process of collecting tax on the concealed income after it...
06:12 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: A senior income tax officer, S S Rana, who led raids on the businesses of Uttar Pradesh liquor baron Gurpreet Chadha alias Ponty Chadha, was on Friday transferred. The transfer of the official has come after reports that information on the raid was leaked to Chadha. The Central Board for Direct Taxes had said that it would investigate how the information on the income tax departments raids on...
07:47 PM, Feb 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT) will investigate how information on the Income Tax department's raids on liquor baron Gurpreet Chadha alias Ponty Chadha was leaked earlier this month. The CBDT said that it was confirmed that 100 crore rupees were in Chadha's locker but when the I-T department reached there, only a Rs 100 note was found. The CBDT said that Chadha's daily income receipt is...
11:23 AM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Income Tax department has been trying to establish links between liquor baron Ponty Chadha and Uttar Pradesh's Orai-based mining mafia head Sukhdev Singh. Recently, Rs 1.5 crore were recovered from Sukhdev's office in raids conducted by the IT department. The I-T department also raided liquor baron Ponty Chadha's premises across Delhi and UP. Jewellery worth Rs 4 crore and Rs 50 lakh cash was seized. I-T officials...
07:52 AM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of the crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls that begin next week, the Income Tax department raided liquor baron Ponty Chadha's premises across Delhi and UP. Jewellery worth Rs 4 crore and Rs 50 lakh cash has been seized so far. I-T officials carried out raids at 17 properties owned by the businessman. In a late night development, the final locker that was found in a Noida mall...
09:30 AM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: Liquor baron Gurpreet Chadha alias Ponty Chadha, known to be very close to UP Chief Minister Mayawati, has been raided by the Income Tax Department on Wednesday morning. The Directorate of Criminal Investigation of Income Tax raided 17 places belonging to the liquor baron across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh including his multiplexes in Noida and sprawling farm house in Chattarpur spread over 13 acres. Ponty Chadha is the...
12:11 PM, Feb 01, 2012
