Union Minister Nityanand Rai said that the Lalu family and corruption are synonymous. Today, the court has also accepted the fact that the Lalu family is prima facie guilty in the land-for-jobs case, and the trial will proceed against them.
In a major breakthrough against cybercrime, the Cyber Crime Police Station of UT Chandigarh has arrested three women for their alleged involvement in an organised cyber fraud racket that duped a city resident of Rs. 1.73 lakh through a credit card scam.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Friday alleged that Enforcement Directorate was "committing robbery" at the I-PAC office, where all of the TMC's data related to elections was present, and justified West Bengal Mamata Banerjee's actions to protect that data.
TMC Chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will lead a rally in Kolkata on Friday against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) following the raid on I-PAC a day earlier.
The Rouse Avenue court on Friday directed to frame charges against former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, Tejaswi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav, Misa Bharti and other Accused persons in land for job scam case.
"... They have more advertising revenue than any established newspaper, which in itself is a scam. The so-called owners Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the scam are under scrutiny, and are currently on bail...," Joshi said.
In December 2025, the CBI uncovered and disrupted an organised phishing network operating in the NCR/Chandigarh region that provided bulk SMS services to cybercriminals, including foreign actors targeting Indian citizens. The accused procured approximately 21,000 SIM cards in violation of
Patra said the ED conducted searches at 10 locations across the country, six in West Bengal and four in Delhi, in connection with an alleged coal scam and linked hawala transactions. According to him, raids were carried out on premises connected to Anup Majhi, an accused in the coal scam,
"Who does the constitutional head want to protect by snatching the evidence and files? She (Mamata) did it to protect those who are involved in the coal scam and Hawala cases," the BJP leader said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to lead a protest in Kolkata on January 9 following the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the IPAC office on Wednesday in connection with the alleged fake government job scam.
The BJP's remarks came amid a dramatic political confrontation after the ED carried out searches at multiple locations, including the I-PAC office, as part of a nationwide probe into an organised fake government job racket that allegedly duped aspirants with fraudulent appointments across
Her remarks came in the wake of a dramatic episode at the Kolkata office of political consultancy firm I-PAC, which was raided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged fake government job scam.