Kochi: Even as two of his fellow superstars Mammootty and Mohanlal are under the scrutiny of Income Tax (I-T) sleuths, Malayalam superstar Dileep attended the tax department's cultural celebrations here as one of the chief guests. Dileep sent the audience into ripples of laughter each time he referred to the raids against his co-superstars. "The moment you people came to invite me, I asked my producer and director who was...
03:36 PM, Jul 25, 2011
Ranchi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday conducted raids at the house of SIMI activist Manzar in Ranchi. Manzar is a trained SIMI activist with suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) links. Though the Indian Mujahideen is the prime suspect in the Mumbai blasts case, the NIA sources have told CNN-IBN that the raids are not related to the Mumbai blasts. The raids were conducted on a tip-off from another man...
12:46 PM, Jul 15, 2011
New Delhi: The trailer of 'Chittagong Strike One' is out and actor Manoj Bajpai is back as iconic freedom fighter Surya Sen aka 'Masterda' in director/producer Bedabrato Pain's period drama based on the Chittagong armoury raid of 1930. The film, co-directed and co-produced by US-based filmmaker Shonali Bose, stars Manoj Bajpai, Barry John and Delzad Hiwale. Shonali Bose, who shot to fame with the film 'Amu' and is married to...
01:45 PM, Jul 08, 2011
Islamabad: The Pakistani Army on Monday rejected Afghanistan's contention that it had fired hundreds of rockets into the Afghan territory killing many people, while launching a counter-attack blaming Kabul for failing to prevent cross-border raids that had killed 55 Pakistanis. Chief military spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas said claims by Afghan authorities were incorrect. He said there had been five "major attacks" launched from Afghanistan that had killed 55 Pakistani...
07:06 PM, Jun 27, 2011
Washington: Pakistan's intelligence service has arrested the owner of a safe house rented to the CIA to observe Osama bin Laden's compound before the US raid that killed the al-Qaida leader, as well as a "handful" of other Pakistanis, a US official said late on Tuesday. In Pakistan, a Western official confirmed a New York Times report that five of the Pakistani informants who fed information to the CIA before...
09:50 AM, Jun 15, 2011
Jaipur: Income Tax department conducted raids at 14 premises and surveys at six places belonging to private doctors here for suspected tax evasion, officials said on Thursday. The raids launched on Wednesday were being carried out till late last night and are likely to end on Thursday, they said. The raids and surveys were carried out at private hospitals, homes and offices of nine doctors in Lal Kothi, Malviya Nagar,...
11:36 AM, Jun 09, 2011
London: US President Barack Obama would approve a new incursion into Pakistan if the United States found another leading militant there, he said in a BBC interview broadcast on Sunday. US Navy SEALs killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the September 11 attacks on US cities in 2001, in a raid on his fortified compound in Pakistan on May 2, ending a manhunt for the world's most-wanted...
04:53 PM, May 22, 2011
Washington: One of Osama bin Laden's sons went missing in the midst of the US Navy SEALs' raid that eliminated the dreaded terrorist in his Abbottabad hideout more than a week ago, according to the slain al-Qaeda chief's three wives who are in the Pakistani custody. The women said that one of bin Laden's sons has not been seen since the May 2 raid, unnamed Pakistani officials were quoted by...
04:58 PM, May 11, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama and his key national security team in the White House situation room watched a soundless video feed of the raid on al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden at his hideout in Pakistan, a media report has said. "In the White House Situation Room on Sunday night, the president and his national security team watched a soundless video feed of the raid," eminent author and journalist Bob...
12:47 PM, May 07, 2011
While US special forces ambushed bin Laden, Obama got live feeds coming in from the helmet cam of the Navy seals. ...
12:16 PM, May 05, 2011
Islamabad: Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the US assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons. The photos taken by a Pakistani security official who entered the compound after the early morning raid on Monday, show two men dressed in traditional Pakistani garb and one in a t-shirt, with blood streaming...
07:47 AM, May 05, 2011
Islamabad: Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the US assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons. The photos taken by a Pakistani security official who entered the compound after the early morning raid on Monday, show two men dressed in traditional Pakistani garb and one in a t-shirt, with blood streaming...
07:47 AM, May 05, 2011
Amman: Secret police raided homes near Damascus overnight, rights campaigners said on Sunday, as popular opposition to Syria's authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad increased following bloody attacks on pro-democracy protesters. Security forces and gunmen loyal to Assad have killed at least 112 people over the last two days. They fired at protesters demanding political freedoms and an end to corruption on Friday and on mass funerals for victims a day later....
05:33 PM, Apr 24, 2011
Philipsburg: An 85-year-old British sailor who dreamed of crossing the Atlantic on a raft as a young boy completed the journey with three friends Wednesday. The crossing to this Caribbean island, led by Anthony Smith of London, took about two months and was generally smooth except for damage to two rudders on the large, sail-powered raft. "Some people say it was mad," he told The Associated Press when he arrived...
12:22 PM, Apr 07, 2011
New Delhi: The Shunglu committee has submitted its sixth and final report on irregularities in conducting the Commonwealth games. Suresh Kalmadi, former Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy and CWG OC CEO Jarnail Singh have been held responsible for the shoddy preparations. The report says the budget overshot by 57 per cent and no one took ownership of the event. The report comes even as more raids were conducted on officials...
08:34 PM, Apr 05, 2011
Hyderabad: Income Tax officials on Wednesday raided houses and offices of leading Telugu film actors in Hyderabad and other cities of Andhra Pradesh. Houses, offices and other properties of actors Nagarjuna, Ravi Teja, actress Anushka Shetty and producer D. Shiva Prasad Reddy in Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills neighbourhoods were raided simultaneously. The IT sleuths reportedly seized some documents relating to purchase and sale of properties, sources said. The raids...
04:43 PM, Mar 23, 2011
Hyderabad: Income Tax Department on Wednesday conducted searches at the residences and offices of several Telugu film personalities, including Nagarjuna. According to a senior official, the investigations wing of the Department carried out the searches. Film industry sources said the action was prompted when the department found out about large number of land transactions involving film personalities in Visakhapatnam, the second-largest city in the state after Hyderabad. "The searches were...
04:16 PM, Mar 23, 2011
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted raids at Hasan Ali's chartered accountant's residence in Pune. Hasan Ali and his chartered accountant Sunil Shinde were in Mumbai to attend the tribunal hearing in connection with the black money case when the raids took place. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Sunil Shinde said, "It's because I am Hasan Ali Khan's CA the raids have happened." "I am in Mumbai for the...
10:18 AM, Mar 23, 2011
New Delhi: Kashinath Tapuriah - once he was just known as late Priyamvada Birla's brother. Today, he is accused by the Enforcement Directorate to be the main associate of Hasan Ali Khan, the man allegedly responsible for India's biggest ever case of money laundering and black money accounts in tax havens. He was raided by the ED on Monday in Kolkata, after CNN-IBN exposed documents of bank transactions connecting him ...
06:40 PM, Mar 07, 2011
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday filed an FIR against suspended Prasar Bharti CEO BS Lalli for causing a loss of Rs 135 crores to the Exchequer. The CBI carried out searches at the residences of B S Lalli and Wasim Dehlvi, owner of Zoom - a TV production equipment supply firm that provided services in CWG - in connection with alleged irregularities in the award of broadcasting rights of...
08:23 AM, Mar 04, 2011
