Deeptiman Tiwary

According to the investigators, a frustration had begun to seep in among those probing the case after Sharma was appointed interlocutor and the NIA case was put on the backburner as the government was reaching out to the separatists.

The CBI has claimed that it wrote to the US, the UK, Belgium, France, Singapore and the UAE between April 25 and May 28 —which was after Nirav Modi had already made a few trips on his revoked passports.

The agency said the information about Modi’s passport was even updated by Interpol in its central database and this had been verified by the agency.

According to the ED chargesheet, Maxis had invested $800 million in Aircel—Rs 3,565.91 crore—as FDI which was approved by FIPB under Finance Ministry headed by Chidambaram.

In a letter to Aayog chairman Rajiv Kumar, Naidu has expressed his inability to attend the event, scheduled on June 17, as his presence in the state for “Eid Milap” is essential.

The ED claimed that the ASCPL received Rs 26 lakh as consultancy fee, days after the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) granted approval for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006 when Karti’s father P Chidambaram was Union Finance Minister.

Once, an RCN is issued, member countries of the Lyon-based international police cooperation agency can arrest and extradite Modi, who fled the country in the first week of January, weeks before the bank filed a complaint with the CBI.

After the attack, Baba visited Pakistan again during April-May last year and met Abdul Rauf, JeM chief Masood Azhar’s brother, who praised him for his efforts and promised a reward, NIA claimed. 

Hemant Soren also said he was in favour of Opposition parties coming together to defeat the BJP at the national level and believed that this alliance would have to rally around Congress.

Chidambaram arrived at the ED’s Jamnagar House office for questioning around 11 am. After a lunch break of about an hour in the afternoon, he was questioned till 7 pm by ED officials.

The old pension scheme allowed a constable in paramilitary forces a pension of Rs 10,000-12,000 and officers Rs 15,000 every month.

Durga Prasad had allegedly had fraudulently opened housing loan accounts in the name of various account holders in the bank without their knowledge and transferred these loan amounts to his personal accounts in Kotak Bank and HDFC Bank, the FIR said.

The assets have been attached in connection with a money laundering probe the agency is conducting against the company for defaulting on loans.

He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had lost his clean image after the Karnataka elections and that the BJP had no shame when it came to inducting corrupt people.

Rajnath Singh listed the achievements of the government, and said that the opposition parties were getting together as they “need each other’s support”, but the BJP “is not scared”.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the government’s achievements, Kashmir, Maoists and the 2019 challenge.

While he admitted that measures to restore normalcy in Kashmir, through initiatives like the appointment of an interlocutor, have not had the desired results.

The ED action is being carried out under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance issued by the government recently.

Notably, the NIA in its chargesheet has said that stone-pelting was systematically organised by members of the Hurriyat through WhatsApp groups and Facebook pages.