The search operations launched by the Income Tax department have been underway for the second consecutive day in Tamil Nadu's Karur and Thiruvannamalai districts on Saturday.
Hitting out at the central government over the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids against him, Delhi Cabinet Minister Raaj Kumar Anand on Friday said that they are "politically motivated".
The searches were part of an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Anand and other persons connected with the case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday registered a case on a complaint from the Customs Department against a Jaisalmer-based firm on the allegations of illegal export of Shawls and Stoles suspected to contain guard hair of Shahtoosh or Chiru (Tibetan Antelope) which is a protected an
The raids in the Congress-ruled state are being conducted in Jaipur and Dausa including the premises of the Additional Chief Secretary in the Public Health Engineering Department, Subodh Agarwal.
Following the Enforcement Directorate crackdown on several Opposition parties, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot took a dig at the ED by likening it to a "locust swarm from Pakistan."
Union Minister and Telangana BJP president, G Kishan Reddy, on Thursday rejected claims that the party has anything to do with the ongoing Income Tax (I-T) department raids against Congress leaders in Telangana and said that the "I-T is just doing their job."
"The court gave a search warrant earlier but today the ED needs no court warrant. ED officers decide whose house they have to raid. Raids are conducted on the premises of only opposition leaders. How many BJP chief ministers and ministers premises have been raided till now, BJP needs to answ
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) conducted raids at the residence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Labour and Employment Minister Raaj Kumar Anand in the Civil Lines area on Thursday.
Israeli security forces arrested 46 wanted Palestinians in overnight counter-terror raids around Judea and Samaria on Tuesday night, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Wednesday. The IDF said 30 of the people arrested were associated with Hamas.