Observing that offenders cannot be protected under the shield of law-enforcement agencies of a particular State, the Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior State-police officials on pleas filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).<
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram has moved to the Delhi High Court against the framing of charges in the Chinese Visa scam Case. The trial court had framed charges of conspiracy and corruption against him.
The central agency has approached the Supreme Court after the West Bengal police had registered FIRs against ED officers following the raids at the political consultancy firm I-PAC in Kolkata on January 8 in connection with the coal smuggling case.
Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday said that the state government would challenge the scrapping of the MGNREGA scheme constitutionally and legally, and would also take the issue to the people's court.
BJP National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari hailed the apex court's decision to stay all the FIRs against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers in the I-PAC raid case in Kolkata till the next hearing on February 3.
The agency has also sought directions to the impleaded authorities under the Department of Personnel and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs to initiate departmental inquiry and major penalty proceedings against the officers concerned.
"It was Mamata Banerjee who actually took away many documents from the office. This shows that there is something behind the entire episode, that there are certain documents which the TMC did not want to be given to the investigating agencies...," the BJP President accused.
Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez held a "long and courteous" telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, during which the two leaders discussed key bilateral issues, including oil, minerals, trade and national security, marking a potential shift in diplomatic relations
Unnikrishnan Potti, named as the prime accused, was taken into custody by the SIT in October last year. The investigation gathered momentum after the SIT submitted its second report to the Kerala High Court, pointing to serious irregularities in the minutes and decisions of the Travancore
This case pertains to an alleged violation of prohibitory orders during a protest at Jantar Mantar demanding the implementation of women's reservation before the 2024 General election itself.