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New Delhi: Amrita Roy, the erstwhile royal of Bengal’s Krishnagar who will take on Trinamool Congress’s Mahua Moitra, told NDTV today that given the law and order situation in the state, she thought she had a role to play. Citing the recent allegations of land grab and sexual harassment emanating from Sandeshkhali against Trinammol Congress…
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Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra (File). New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in a foreign exchange violation case, sources said Wednesday. The agency wants to question Ms Moitra over transactions linked to a non-resident external, or NRE, account, as well as a few instances of…
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Mahua Moita won Bengal’s Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat in the 2019 election (File). New Delhi: Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra must overcome the challenge of Bharatiya Janata Party debutant Amrita Roy, the matriarch of a local royal family, if she is to win back the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat from which she was so controversially expelled…
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Mahua Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha in December last year. New Delhi/Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra’s home in Kolkata was searched by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today in the cash-for-query case. This comes a day after the CBI registered a First Information Report or FIR against Mahua Moitra. The Lokpal…
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Lokpal orders CBI probe into charges against Mahua Moitra The Lokpal has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to further probe the allegations made against former Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra and submit a report on its findings within six months. “After careful evaluation and consideration of the entire material on record, there remains no doubt regarding…
New Delhi: Anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal on Tuesday directed the CBI to investigate the cash-for-query allegations against Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra and submit findings before it within six months, according to an order. Ms Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha in December last year for “unethical conduct” and has moved the Supreme Court…
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Mahua Moitra, expelled from the Lok Sabha three months ago, has been fielded again by Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress in what is seen as a message of defiance to the BJP. Trinamool has fielded her from Bengal’s Krishnanagar — the very same seat she represented — thumbing nose at critics who had predicted an end…
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A file photo of Niranjan Hiranandani | Photo Credit: Karuunakaran M The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has questioned billionaire businessman Niranjan Hiranandani, the promoter of prominent Mumbai-based realty company Hiranandani Group, in a foreign exchange violation case, official sources said on Monday. The 73-year-old real estate tycoon is understood to have submitted some documents to the…
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Mahua Moitra pointed out that parliamentary committees lack criminal jurisdiction New Delhi: TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday said she will appear before the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on November 2 but also expressed her desire to cross-examine businessman Darshan Hiranandani over the allegations made against her in the cash-for-query case. Ms Moitra had requested…
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Opposition MPs claim hacking attempts on their iPhones. New Delhi: Apple on Tuesday responded to claims by opposition MPs – including the Congress’ Shashi Tharoor and Priyanka Chaturvedi of the Shiv Sena (UBT) – of messages warning them of “state-sponsored attackers trying to remotely compromise” their iPhones. Apple said it “does not attribute the threat notifications to…
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