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Swamy, Sonia, Rahul to file short notes on plea in National Herald case: HC

The Delhi High Court asked BJP MP Subramanian Swamy and Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to file a short note on the submissions in the National Herald case. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna directed them to file the written note on the arguments within four weeks and said thereafter, the written submissions will be accepted with costs of Rs 15,000. The court listed the matter for arguments on October 29. The high court was hearing a plea moved by Swamy seeking to lead evidence before the trial court in the National Herald case, in which the Gandhis and others are accused. It had, on February 22, 2021, issued notice to the Gandhis, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Oscar Fernandes (since died), Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda and Young India (YI), sought their stand on Swamy's plea and stayed the proceedings in the case. The court said on Monday that the interim order of stay shall continue till the next date of hearing in the matter. The Congress leaders w

PMLA Authority upholds ED's 2023 attachment of assets of National Herald

The authority said in its order that it believes that the movable assets and equity shares that were attached by the ED are proceeds of crime and linked to the offence of money laundering

Shareholders do not become owners: Sibal on ED order on Herald case

Earlier, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party over ED's action to attach properties worth 751 crores in the National Herald Case

National Herald probe: ED attaches Rs 752 cr assets of Cong-linked firms

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has attached immovable assets and equity shares worth about Rs 752 crore as part of its ongoing money laundering investigation against the Congress-promoted National Herald newspaper and companies linked to it. The provisional attachment order came as the elections in five states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram are in progress and the counting of votes is scheduled to be held on December 3. The Congress called the agency action as "petty vendetta tactics" and dubbed the ED a "coalition partner" of the BJP which, it claimed, is staring at a certain defeat in the assembly polls. The federal probe agency alleged in a statement that in this case the shareholders and donors of the Congress were "cheated" by the office-bearers of AJL and the party. A provisional attachment order has been issued by the federal probe agency under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Associated Journals Lt

Congress is 'Scamgress', it has no right to talk about corruption: KTR

Dismissing the corruption allegation of Rupees one trillion (One lakh crore), KTR said that how can a Rs 80,000 crore project cause Rs one lakh crore of corruption?

Rouse Avenue Court to hear Rahul Gandhi's fresh passport plea on Friday

A court here on Wednesday posted the hearing on a plea for a fresh passport by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, an accused in the National Herald case, on May 26. Gandhi had moved the court Tuesday seeking a 'no objection certificate' to secure a fresh "ordinary passport" after having surrendered his diplomatic travel document upon his disqualification as an MP. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vaibhav Mehta posted the matter on Friday for the filling of written submissions and the arguments of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy. "The applicant ceased to be a Member of Parliament in March 2023 and as such he surrendered his diplomatic passport and is applying for a fresh ordinary passport By way of the present application, the applicant is seeking permission and no objection from this Court for issuance of fresh ordinary passport to him," the application said. The court had on December 19, 2015 granted bail to Gandhi and others in the case.

Five Congress leaders to join ED's probe in National Herald case today

Five Congress leaders will appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to join the investigation in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering case pertaining to the National Herald matter

National Herald: ED issues notices to Cong leaders from Andhra, Telangana

The Enforcement Directorate has issued notices to some Congress leaders from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in connection with its ongoing money laundering investigation into the operations of the Congress party-owned National Herald newspaper, officials said Friday. While some of the politicians belonging to the party have been summoned for questioning here over the next few weeks, others have been given notices to explain certain payments made to Young Indian, the company that owns the news outlet. Officials said four leaders have been issued the notices. Earlier this week, Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar had told reporters after finishing his questioning session with the ED in Delhi that he was questioned about certain transactions made by him to this company in the past. "Surprisingly, they (ED officials) have asked me about the payment from one of my trust, from me and my brother, to Young Indian," he told reporters on September 19. Shivakumar said he had sought mor

MP govt orders probe into land allotted to National Herald in Bhopal

MP government has ordered a probe into the land allotted to the National Herald newspaper at the Press Complex in Bhopal as commercial buildings have come up there through "violation of rules"

What was built in 70 yrs destroyed now: Rahul calls it era of dictatorship

After the Congress was denied permission to hold protests in New Delhi, Rahul Gandhi alleged that 'this was an era of dictatorship' and whatever was built in the past 70 years has been destroyed

Party 'under siege', govt treating our leaders like 'terrorists': Congress

Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Ajay Maken and Abhishek Singhvi said it will not be intimidated by this kind of "cheap and petty politics" and will continue to raise people's issues.

Additional police force deployed outside Cong HQ, Sonia Gandhi's residence

The presence of additional police force at the Congress headquarters could be a precautionary measure following the sealing of the Young India office.

ED raids Cong-owned National Herald office, dozen other locations in Delhi

The raids come after the probe agency questioned Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her MP son Rahul at its headquarters

LIVE news updates: Covid virus jumped to humans at Wuhan mkt, find studies

Live news updates:The findings may quash the theory that the virus leaked from the lab at the infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology

LIVE news updates: EC issues certificate of election to Droupadi Murmu

Live news updates: The certificate will now be sent to the Union Home Secretary

Congress to protest nationwide against ED summons to Sonia Gandhi

Congress leaders decided to protest across the country on July 21, the day Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to appear before the ED in National Herald case

National Herald case & Section 8 of Companies Act

While a private listed company is formed for profit, a company formed under Section 8 -- erstwhile Section 25 -- of the Companies Act 1956 is for charity only. Let us find out more about the latter

Congress workers march to LG's house protesting against Delhi Police

Delhi Congress workers held a protest in the Civil Lines area with a march to Lieutenant Governor's house, led by state president Anil Kumar

Money laundering case: Rahul asked to appear before ED again on Tuesday

The probe pertains to alleged financial irregularities in the party-promoted Young Indian that owns the National Herald newspaper

Still suffering from Covid, Sonia seeks more time to appear before ED

The ED had summoned Gandhi to appear before it on June 8 in connection with a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper-AJL issue.