The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to verify any mismatch in affidavit details submitted by Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, BJP’s candidate from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat.
The Congress had sent a complaint to ECI regarding mismatch in actual and declared assets in the affidavit submitted by Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of BRS leader K Kavitha till April 23 in the alleged money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy. Kavitha was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 15.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials today conducted raids at over two dozen locations in Tamil Nadu in connection with a drugs trafficking linked money laundering probe against Jaffer Sadiq, a former Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) functionary and Tamil movie producer.
The Delhi High Court will today deliver its verdict on a petition by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, challenging his arrest in a money laundering case linked with the alleged excise scam. The Delhi chief minister has questioned the “timing” of his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate and said it was in contravention of the basic structure of the Constitution. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma will pronounce the order at 2:30 pm on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court is also set to deliver its verdict on Kejriwal’s petition seeking additional time to meet with his lawyers. The Delhi chief minister was arrested by the ED on March 21 after the high court refused to grant him protection from coercive action by the probe agency.
The head of the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple in Canada’s Edmonton, Boota Singh Gill, was killed on Monday after he was shot multiple times, The Indian Express reported today. The shooting took place at a construction site linked to Gill’s business near the Millwood Rec Center in the Alberta province. Sarabjeet Singh, a civil engineer who was also shot in the incident, has been seriously injured and is reportedly fighting for his life.
With carrier Vistara announcing a scale-down in operations by reducing 25-30 flights a day, the already high airfares have began rising further, with some routes witnessing a drastic jump. Prices of tickets have jumped by approximately 20-25 per cent across important routes such as Delhi-Goa, Delhi-Kochi, Delhi-Jammu and Delhi-Srinagar.
