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NIA from Kolkata on transit remand, police sources said on Saturday. Both will be taken for a routine medical test, after which they will be produced before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here.

K Kavitha had allegedly «threatened» Aurobindo Pharma Promoter Sharath Chandra Reddy to pay Rs 25 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party for five retail zones allotted to his firm under the Delhi government's excise policy, the CBI told Special Court on Friday, while seeking her custody. Kavitha had told Reddy that in case of non-payment of money his business will be harmed in Telangana and Delhi under the Excise policy, the CBI has alleged. Reddy, who was an accused under the PMLA case probed by the Enforcement Directorate, had turned an approver in the case. He has not been charged sheeted by the CBI yet. Seeking custodial interrogation of Kavitha, the CBI told Special Judge Kaveri Baweja that it was on the «insistence and assurance» of Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, that Reddy participated in the liquor business in the national capital.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi took a break from his hectic campaigning in Tamil Nadu for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and visited a sweet shop in Singanallur. The owner, Babu, expressed his surprise at the sudden and unannounced visit of the Congress leader. «We were pleasantly surprised when Rahul Gandhi came by. He was probably visiting Coimbatore for a meeting. Since he likes (Gulab) Jamun, he bought a kilo of the sweet. He sampled the other sweets on display as well. I was happy that he came by. Our staff, too, were happy to see him. He was here for 25-30 minutes. We had no clue he would stop by and were all taken by surprise. We asked him not to pay but he insisted. He paid the whole amount,» the shop owner told ANI. Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had criticized the BJP, labeling the Centre's electoral bond scheme as the «single biggest act of corruption done by anybody in the world». He made these remarks at a public meeting in Coimbatore, where he accused the BJP of operating a «washing machine» to cleanse the political system.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the liquor policy case, and his failure to secure relief from the court; the ruling AAP on Friday shared an old video of the former in which he is seen exhorting his charges to stay strong and be in the service of people with sincerity and devotion. In the video, the Delhi CM, who is currently in extended judicial custody in the liquor policy case, is heard saying, «If we are killed, we will be called fallen bravehearts. If we win, we will be called fearless. But if we run away, we will be called cowards. We don't have to run away. Keep fighting, stay firm and strong in your resolve to be in the service of people with honesty and devotion.» Kejriwal's judicial custody will end on April 15, after which he will be presented before the court.

Australian regulator has received a nod from a Federal Court to appoint receivers for digital assets held by a group of collapsed crypto mining companies and their sole owners.

dog. In this case, a beagle who was apparently about to be euthanised by his first 'family', presumably because of his long list of auto-immune ailments that need both expense and care. He was saved from a lethal injection and adopted by someone, who unfortunately passed away a few months ago, leaving him homeless again. My niece and her husband, newly weds, learnt of his plight and brought him home, much to the delight of my sister-in-law. That they all were mourning the recent passing of a furry family member may have had something to do with their wish to give a home to this beleaguered beagle. And now, in the afterglow of her new grandchild, my sister-in-law has decided to foster and will probably adopt a retired 10-year-old police dog, a dignified black Labrador. Meanwhile, also last week, the Karnataka High Court quashed a central government order banning 23 breeds of dogs citing their potentially dangerous nature. These include various types of terriers such as Pitbulls, shepherd dogs, the American Bulldog, and some mastiffs. The judgment appears to be on procedural grounds as it notes the government made the decision «without a recommendation from a properly constituted committee».

Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has attached assets worth more than Rs 150 crore linked to former West Bengal food minister Jyoti Priya Mallick and two others in a PDS ration «scam»-related money laundering case. The other two accused are Mallick's alleged aide Bakibur Rahaman and TMC leader Shankar Adhya. All three have been arrested by the federal agency in the case. The attached assets include 48 immovable properties of different persons and entities including Mallick's house in Salt Lake, Bolpur, several other «benami properties» held in the name of his close associates, two hotels of Rahaman in Kolkata and Bengaluru each, bank balance in various accounts and fixed deposits, the ED said in a statement. It is also found that Mallick allegedly «received» some of these immovable properties worth more than crores of rupees as «gifts» in the name of his family members or close associates.

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ALSO READ: PM Modi makes big announcement on Kashmir: 'J&K will get the status...' "The people of the Congress and INDIA alliance do not care about the sentiments of the majority of the people of the country. They enjoy playing with the sentiments of the people. A person who has been sentenced by the court and who is on bail -- they visit the house of such a criminal and enjoy cooking mutton in the month of Sawan, and they make a video of it to tease the people of the country," newswire ANI quoted Modi as saying.

TCS) in the global consulting practice, has taken legal action against the tech giant, alleging discriminatory employment practices. In a lawsuit filed in a US court, Devorin claims that TCS exhibits bias towards H-1B visa-holder employees of Indian/South Asian origin while targeting older American workers for termination to make room for Indian nationals and «freshers». Devorin has demanded a jury trial to address these allegations of discrimination. According to the complaint, Devorin was informed in July last year that his team was disbanded, and he was required to apply for a consultant role directly on an engagement. Despite his persistent efforts through emails and applications, Devorin's attempts did not progress beyond the initial stage. He believes that the resource management group intentionally hindered his applications. In contrast, a younger Indian employee swiftly secured a role and was offered multiple positions, none of which were extended to Devorin.

Manish Sisodia, who has been arrested by the CBI and ED in connection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam case, on Friday moved a court here seeking interim bail for poll campaigning. Special Judge for the CBI and ED, Kaveri Baweja, is likely to take up the application for hearing later in the day. The CBI as well as the ED have alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the Delhi excise policy, undue favours were extended to licence holders, licence fee was waived or reduced and licences were extended without the competent authority's approval. The beneficiaries allegedly diverted «illegal» gains to the accused officials and made false entries in their books of account to evade detection, the probe agencies have alleged.

Vietnam, however, it is rare in financial crime cases and for someone this well known. Lan was involved in the 2011 merger of the troubled Saigon Joint Commercial Bank, or SCB, with two other lenders in a plan coordinated by Vietnam’s central bank. According to the government documents, Lan is accused of using the bank for personal gains, illegally controlling it between 2012 to 2022.

TCS: The IT company is expected to present moderate figures for Q4FY24, driven by the acceleration of significant deal victories, despite the ongoing weakness in crucial international markets. The company will disclose its earnings for the March quarter on Friday, April 12. Industry experts estimate TCS's revenue growth to be in the lower single digits on a quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) basis in constant currency terms.

Long-winded and often-unedifying judicial processes are said to be among the reasons foreign investors resist dispute resolution in India. New Delhi’s demand that Indian options be exhausted before overseas arbitration is sought gets in the way of bilateral investment treaties too.

Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar and his subordinate YVVJ Rajasekhar following the orders of a court in Uttarakhand's Almora town. On March 2, the court admitted a complaint by an NGO, Pleasant Valley Foundation, against the officials and asked the revenue police to register a case against them and investigate the charges. Pleasant Valley Foundation alleged that the officials sent four people to a school run by the NGO in Dadakada village on February 14. The four men vandalised the office chamber of the NGO's joint secretary and took away files, records, documents and pen drives which contained evidence of their involvement in scams. They allegedly threatened to frame the NGO's officials if complaints of corruption filed by it against them with the Vigilance department and other forums were not immediately withdrawn, the complainant said.

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Sam Bankman-Fried, facing the prospect of spending much of his adult life behind bars, on Thursday appealed his conviction and 25-year prison sentence for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded. Defense lawyer Marc Mukasey had announced plans for the appeal to the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals during Bankman-Fried's March 28 sentencing hearing. The 32-year-old former billionaire crypto wunderkind was convicted in November on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in what federal prosecutors have called one of the biggest financial frauds in U.S. history.

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Sandeshkhali, a village in West Bengal, can get their complaints lodged, officials said on Thursday. The agency has created the e-mail ID in compliance with the orders of the Calcutta High Court passed on Wednesday.

Delhi government and quitting the AAP, Raaj Kumar Anand asserted on Thursday that he did not take the decision under any pressure but was unable to tolerate «injustice». The Patel Nagar MLA also kept people guessing about his next move by saying that «politics is a game of possibilities and no one knows what lies ahead in the future», even as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders have claimed that he might join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Anand is still «technically» a minister although he has resigned, officials said. «He has claimed to have sent his resignation to the Chief Minister's Office but the chief minister is in judicial custody. There is no possibility in the near future that his resignation letter will reach the chief minister for his approval,» a senior Delhi government officer said on Thursday.