Black money account holders seem to be ferreting out money from their overseas accounts even before the Government of India can act against them, according to the first report of the Special Investigation Team on black money, which was accessed by Headlines Today.

The report was submitted by SIT members Justices MB Shah and Arijit Pasayat to the Supreme Court in ...Read More

Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Asif Khan, who left the party after he alleged involvement of top party leadership in the Saradha chit fund scam, was arrested on charges of fraud.

Khan was reportedly arrested from the Tiljala area in South-east Kolkata by the personnel of Bidhannagar police Commissionerate.

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Khan is k...Read More

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 6: The BJD has faced embarrassment following the statement of Mayurbhanj MP Rama Chandra Hansdah, currently in CBI custody, that Rs 28 lakh seized by the central agency from his residence was part of the “party fund”.

It has given the Opposition an opportunity to attack the government. Senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapat...Read More

New Delhi : The list of black money account holders in foreign banks furnished by the government to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team is full of duds.

In its first report to the Supreme Court, the SIT noted that 289 of the names in the list of 628 persons and entities have no details while no less than 122 in the list are rep...Read More

Bhubaneswar: Asked by media persons if he had come to ‘manage’ the ongoing CBI probe into the mega chit fund scam on his arrival in New Delhi on Tuesday, a visibly upset Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik snapped back; “This is a ridiculous suggestion.” When a persistent media asked him about the possible arrest of some of his ministeria...Read More

BATHINDA: After two months of investigation, police have registered a cheating case against directors of chit firm Live India trading following a complaint from Amarpura basti resident, Lucky. In August, he had complained that the company duped him of Rs 3 lakh by promising him lucrative interest rate on his investment.

Lucky said that Live India...Read More

KOLKATA: Suspension from the party for anti-party activities hasn’t been a deterrent to Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh, who has been behind bars for almost a year for his involvement in the multi-crore Sardha chit fund scam, from contributing to the party fund.

Express learnt that `10,000 is being debited each month from Ghosh’s S...Read More

BHUBANESWAR: The State BJP has decided not to renew the membership of former party MLA from Khariar, Hitesh Bagarti, following his arrest by the CBI.

The party will launch a massive membership drive from November 8. BJP spokesman Samir Mohanty said Bagarti is no more a member of the party. “The party will not renew the membership of Bagarti...Read More

BHUBANESWAR: Having found prima-facie evidence on the money trail in the deposit scam involving Seashore Group of Companies, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has flown in its top officers to supervise the interrogation of the company’s CMD Prashant Dash. Reliable source said the ED has made substantial progress in tracking the money laundered through Seasho...Read More

KOCHI/ Thiruvananthapuram: In a shocking twist to the State’s bar bribe scam, Kerala Bar Owners Association working president Biju Ramesh claimed at its executive meeting in Kochi on Thursday that he had material sufficient to topple the Government and that Rs 20 crore had been paid as bribe during the last three to four years.

The meeting ...Read More