Ex-AP minister skips ED summons in liquor transport case Hyderabad: Former Andhra Pradesh minister Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao failed to appear before the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Hyderabad unit on Tuesday despite multiple summons in connection with the AP liquor transportation scam, agency sources said.According to ED sources, Rao had been directed to appear on July…
Sixteen people died in the warehouse collapse in Taratala on June 24 Kolkata: Establishing the financial trail that facilitated the vetting of the Taratala warehouse project is the focus of the Lalbazar SIT probe into the collapse. The team is preparing to produce six arrested accused, including Kalicharan Banerjee, suspended officer on special duty (OSD)…
An unusual protest was staged at Mahananda Colony under ward 41 of Durgapur Municipal Corporation over alleged corruption in land ownership certificate (patta) distribution. On Saturday, instead of throwing eggs at Sukumar Chakraborty, aide of ex-TMC councillor Shipul Saha, they forced him to eat an omelette while demanding accountability. Source link
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate’s probe into the alleged Andhra Pradesh liquor transport scam has traced what it describes as a structured money-laundering network that allegedly moved proceeds of crime from inflated transport bills through shell entities and fake vendors before routing them into domestic and overseas investments, including Dubai.According to ED, funds generated through inflated…
Patna: The state govt on Saturday suspended two IAS officers in the tender scam case – Yogesh Kumar Sagar of the 2017 batch and Abhilasha Kumari Sharma of the 2014 batch, an official said.The decision came three days after the Bihar Police’s Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) raided the Patna premises of contractor Rishu Shree on…
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Hyderabad, has summoned the wife of Vijayawada MP Kesineni Chinni in connection with the Andhra Pradesh liquor scam and asked her to appear on May 27. The summons relate to alleged links between PRYDE Infracon LLP and key accused Kessireddy Rajasekhara Reddy, alias Raj Reddy, in the case.ED sources said…
Chennai: In a bid to weed out corruption and plug loopholes in the tender procedure, the state municipal administration and water supply (MAWS) department has directed the local bodies not to seek site visits and machinery certificates during tenders. Contractors had been long complaining about these two conditions, which were used by officials to arm-twist…
