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court earlier this week framed charges against former Rajya Sabha member Vijay Darda, his son Devendra Darda, industrialist Manoj Jayaswal and others under relevant sections of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with a coal allocation scandal. The court also framed charges against AMR Iron and Steel, Asera Banka Power and Abhishek Jayaswal under Section 3 and 4 of PMLA. The court, however, discharged 15 of the total 21 co-accused in the case, finding no evidence to charge them. Of the 15 discharged, seven are Kolkata-based alleged shell companies controlled by a chartered accountant through six of his employees who were made directors in the alleged shell companies.

Panamanian lawyer Ramon Fonseca, co-founder of the now-defunct law firm at the center of the "Panama Papers" scandal, died while awaiting sentencing in his money-laundering trial, his lawyer said Thursday. Fonseca died during the night while hospitalized in Panama City, a member of his legal team said, adding that health issues were «why he did not attend the trial» that opened on April 8.

A former head of the Scottish National Party is expected to be Scotland's next leader

replace First Minister Humza Yousaf as the leader of the party. The SNP has been in turmoil since long-serving First Minister Nicola Sturgeon abruptly stepped down last year during a campaign finance investigation that eventually led to criminal charges against her husband. Swinney, 60, who joined the party at age 15, will try to bring stability to the SNP as it fights efforts by opponents to weaken it going into U.K.-wide parliamentary elections expected later this year.

A veteran Canadian bank analyst says Toronto-Dominion Bank’s role in an alleged money-laundering scheme has made the “worst-case scenario” more likely — a huge fine and strict limits on the lender’s U.S. growth.

Arvind Kejriwal while the Karnataka sexual abuse scandal dominated political discourse in some places. Several companies including Godrej Consumer Products and Bombay Dyeing declared fourth quarter results while the Bombay High Court granted Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal interim medical bail for two months. Thousands of Palestinians fled the south Gaza on Monday as the Israeli military prepared for a possible ground invasion.

BTS’s agency HYBE cannot catch a break! Amid the ongoing feud with Min Hee Jin, the CEO of its sub-label ADOR, the K-pop giant is now entangled in yet scandal — allegations of chart-rigging. According to a Korea JoongAng Daily, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has launched an investigation probe against the K-Pop giant to verify whether or not it has engaged in chart manipulation. On Saturday, the culture ministry of South Korea announced that it had received a petition urging an investigation into the alleged chart rigging practices and subsequent blackmailing of the BTS agency back in 2017. The case will now be referred to the Korea Creative Content Agency (Kocca), a state-run institution responsible for overseeing various facets of popular culture in Korea. Kocca will conduct a comprehensive inquiry and seek a response from HYBE. If the allegations are proven to be correct, BTS may lose all honours bestowed on them including the Order Of Culture Merit.

ANI, Rane claimed that he “will win the elections one-sided, with nearly three lakh votes" and asserted that local issues like floods and unemployment would be solved within one year. Also Read: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Will Prajwal Revanna sex scandal impact BJP- JD(S) poll prospects in Karnataka? Rane has already faced two consecutive defeats. In 2014, he lost the assembly election from Kudal to the Shiv Sena’s Vaibhav Naik.

Karnataka will give financial assistance to victims of alleged sexual assault by Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, AICC general secretary RS Surjewala announced in Belagavi on Sunday as the Congress regime sought to speed up investigations into the reports of sexual abuse of women as revealed by leaked video clips. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar accompanied Surjewala when the latter made the announcement at a media conference. Belagavi is among the 14 Lok Sabha seats that will face polls on May 7. The AICC leader said the government would give financial assistance to the Hassan rape victims as it was an unprecedented case.

Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday claimed that the Congress government in Karnataka did not take action against JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, accused of sexually abusing women, for about a year despite being aware of the matter. The Congress was afraid that it might lose Vokkaliga votes and therefore stayed silent until the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections got over, she said, speaking at a meeting with select journalists here. «The Union home minister (Amit Shah) has made it very clear that we will not tolerate the matters that go against women and on that we stand united. Though the (BJP's) alliance partner has this issue, we have made it clear that it was not acceptable, and let it be investigated,» Sitharaman said, when asked if the scandal will have an impact on her party's performance in Karnataka in the ongoing elections. It was being claimed that a driver gave a pen drive (allegedly containing evidence of Revanna's acts) to the Congress party and state home minister but they were sitting on this evidence for about a year, and «now the BJP is made to answer because the JD(S) is in alliance with us,» she said.

Santrupt Misra, the former HR head of Aditya Birla Group and current BJD candidate from Cuttack, has declared assets valued at approximately Rs 461 crore, making him the richest candidate in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections in Odisha, according to a report by the Times of India (TOI). Misra, 58, joined the BJD in February after opting for voluntary retirement from the Aditya Birla Group. His income tax returns showed earnings of Rs 76.23 crore in 2021-22 and Rs 66.21 crore in 2022-23, as per the TOI report. His affidavit submitted during the nomination filing revealed movable assets worth Rs 408 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 53 crore, including Rs 4 crore in bank deposits. According to TOI, the total current value of Misra's investments in mutual funds, alternate investment funds, bonds, and shares is around Rs 308 crore. He also owns a fleet of luxury cars valued at over Rs 2.3 crore. Additionally, the report states that his wife's movable assets are valued at Rs 11.72 crore. Despite not owning any immovable property in Odisha, Misra possesses agricultural land in Raigad district of Maharashtra, and one flat each in Hyderabad and Mumbai.

Prajwal Revanna's alleged sex-tape scandal will not impact the BJP's alliance with JDS, former CM Basavaraj Bommai declared on Friday. “We are for inquiry. But he has been able to flee the country because of the Congress government’s insistence on delaying action for the Vokkaliga votes in the earlier phase of elections” he told ET. The scandal broke last week when pen drives of obscene videos allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna – former PM HD Deve Gowda’s grandson and the NDA candidate from Hassan – were distributed all over his constituency, days before the Lok Sabha election took place there. He has since fled the country. Karnataka government’s Special Investigative Team (SIT) issued a look out notice for him on Thursday. The government, Bommai added, could have put out a red alert notice against him after he absconded, or even applied for revoking his passport. “It has not taken any of these steps yet, which is very telling,” he said.

Supreme Court on Friday verbally observed that it could consider granting interim bail to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal due to the Lok Sabha elections. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta made the oral observation after observing that the arguments on Kejriwal's plea, challenging his arrest in the Delhi excise scandal, may take time to conclude. The bench enquired about the date of polling in Delhi. «This may take time. But if the case takes time, we may consider the question of interim bail due to elections,» justice Khanna remarked orally. However he made it clear, repeatedly that the bench has not decided anything in this regard and was merely posing a query to the ED counsel to be answered on Tuesday.

Rishi Sunak. Labour seized the constituency of Blackpool South, in the northwest of England, in the latest by-election defeat for the Tories as it appears on course to lose an upcoming general election.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Will Prajwal Revanna sex scandal impact BJP- JD(S) poll prospects in Karnataka? Further, he said that the Centre should play a "very active role in trying to get justice for these women because apparently, there are more than 2,800 videos that are floating around". JD (S) MP Prajwal Revanna from Hassan Lok Sabha Constituency is facing a SIT probe over allegations of sexual abuse. On April 28, he was booked in an alleged sexual harassment case following g complaints by his former housekeeper.

Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'allowed' sex scandal accused, NDA Hassan candidate Prajwal Revanna, to flee the country and thereafter cancelled all meetings in Karnataka as he was 'afraid'. «In the history of the country, not a single prime minister had sought support from voters for a mass rapist… It is not sex scandal, but a mass rape case. Prajwal had raped 400 women and it is shameful that Modi campaigned for him in Hassan,» Gandhi claimed at a rally in Raichur.

Rupala over his remarks on erstwhile 'maharajas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited the scion of the Jamnagar royal family and praised the community for its sacrifices. Rupala is the BJP candidate for the Rajkot Lok Sabha seat, which goes to polls on May 7. Ahead of his poll rally in Jamnagar on Thursday evening, Modi met Jam Saheb Shatrusalyasinhji at his residence in the city. «Upon reaching Jamnagar, went to the residence of Jam Saheb Shri Shatrusalyasinhji and had a wonderful interaction with him. Meeting him is always a delight. His warmth and wisdom are exemplary,» Modi said on X.

Karnataka government on Thursday issued a lookout notice for the suspended JD(S) leader. Prajwal’s counsel has requested seven days’ time for the MP to appear before SIT since he is out of Bengaluru. While the Congress has mounted a big attack on the BJP which is in poll alliance with the JD(S), Amit Shah, the Union home minister, countered the allegations, stressing the BJP's position against crimes committed against women. Shah questioned the Congress-led government's failure to take action in Karnataka before the allegations came to light. The Revanna effect on Lok Sabha polls Elections in the South Karnataka which is dominated by the Vokkaliga community the Gowda family belongs to are already over in the previous phase. Now constituencies in the Central and North Karnataka will go to polls on May 7. The BJP has accused the Congress govenrment of holding back on the Revanna scandal till polls on the Vokkaliga-dominated seats were over, fearing the community's anger against the Congress govenrment and its impact on the polls.

Shashi Tharoor has said the alleged sex scandal involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna will echo in the remaining phases of the Lok Sabha polls not just in Karnataka but elsewhere as the BJP will have a tough job explaining its position after having campaigned for the accused in the elections. Prajwal and his father H D Revanna, former Karnataka minister, were booked by police on Sunday on charges of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation based on a complaint from a woman, who worked in their household. Prajwal is the grandson of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and nephew of Karnataka former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy. Faced with unrelenting attack from the Congress and other political parties, the JD(S), an ally of the BJP, suspended Prajwal.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the obscene videos case involving former prime minister HD Deve Gowda’s grandson and JD(S) Lok Sabha candidate from Hassan constituency, Prajwal Revanna, on Thursday issued a lookout notice against him.

SIT) formed for probing the sex scandal involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna has issued a look-out notice against him on Thursday, Times Now reported. The grandson of former PM Devegowda had sought 7-day time to appear for probe, which was denied. Revanna, accused of sexually abusing several women, had given his first response on the matter on Wednesday and said that the truth will prevail.