WBSSC scam: Rs 27.90 crore, 6 kg gold recovered from Arpita's house

Kolkata (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate has recovered Rs 27.90 crore and six kg gold from
another house of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of arrested West Bengal Commerce & Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee.

A truck of RBI left Arpita's…

Killing of BSF personnel in Congo may be 'war crime': UNSC

United Nations (IANS) The killing of the two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel involved with the UN peacekeeping operations in Congo may be a 'war crime', the UN Security Council has declared, backing an assertion by the Acting Head of…

8 cops injured in Delhi clash against narcotics sale

New Delhi (IANS) A mob of around 150 people that gathered in Delhi's Ashok Vihar against the sale of narcotics clashed with the police, leading to the injury of 8 personnel while they were trying to bring the situation under control.

Senior…

SC affirms stringent provisions of PMLA, not compulsory for ED to disclose ground of arrest

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the stringent provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with definition of the proceeds of crime, power of arrest, search and seizure, attachment of properties and…

4 NCR hospitals raided by I-T in tax evasion case

New Delhi (IANS) The Income Tax Department was conducting search operations on the premises of four renowned private hospitals in Noida, Faridabad and Gurugram for allegedly evading taxes, sources said.

The I-T Department has so far not officially…

Vigil along Indo-Nepal border intensified after 13 held with 2 kg uranium

Patna (IANS) Security along the Indo-Nepal border has been tightened after 11 Afghanistan and two Nepalese nationals were arrested last week while attempting to smuggle in two kg uranium.

The Nepalese authorities arrested the accused from Viratnagar…

Centre fast-tracks project for secured radio communication for armed forces

New Delhi (IANS) The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has fast-tracked the indigenisation of Software Defined Radios (SDRs) to fulfill the increasing demand by the Armed Forces across a broad spectrum of operations.

The complete product life cycle…

Twitter says whole business will close due to account blocking orders, K'taka HC issues notice to Centre

Bengaluru (IANS) Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the ruling BJP government at the Centre in connection with the order asking to block nearly 1,100 Twitter accounts by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

The…

ED suspects assets recovered from Arpita Mukherjee's residence just a small portion of actual reserve

Kolkata (IANS) Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities, suspect that the assets recovered from the residence of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of West Bengal…

DGCA audit to focus on availability of sufficient, suitably qualified and experienced manpower

New Delhi (IANS) With a focus on the availability of sufficient and suitably qualified and experienced manpower, including training and duty time limitation and facilities such as hangers, stores, spares, consumables, special tools and equipment,…