ED sleuths crack crucial overseas hawala links in Bengal scams

IANS | December 27, 2023 10:59 AM

Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths probing the different cases of financial money laundering in West Bengal have been able to crack certain crucial overseas hawala links playing vital roles in diverting scam proceeds outside the country, sources said on Wednesday.

74 criminals walk into UP police station & surrender

IANS | December 27, 2023 8:54 AM

Hardoi, Dec 27 (IANS) In an unprecedented incident, about 74 criminals, listed as ‘history-sheeters’, walked into the Ataria police station in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district holding placards of their pledge to abstain from criminal activities and surrendered.

ED files charge sheet against Robert Vadra's close aide C.C. Thampi

IANS | December 26, 2023 9:00 PM

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed a supplementary charge sheet against C.C. Thampi, a UAE-based NRI and a close aide of Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi, stating that he not only renovated a property at No. 12 Bryanston Square in London through Sumit Chadha, but also stayed there.

Motorist who drove SUV through river in Himachal to evade jam fined

IANS | December 26, 2023 6:21 PM

Manali, Dec 26 (IANS) An impatient motorist who drove his Delhi-registered SUV through the snow-fed Chandra river in Himachal Pradesh’s remote Lahaul Valley, risking his life to beat the traffic jam on Christmas Day, has been identified and fined Rs 3,500, a senior police official said on Tuesday.