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1 week ago | 
thehindu.com | Suhasini Haidar |Devesh K. Pandey
Belgian authorities confirmed on Monday (April 14, 2025) that they have Mehul Choksi, the fugitive diamond businessman, in custody after he was arrested over the weekend. He is wanted, along with his nephew Nirav Modi, in a case by Punjab National Bank alleging loan frauds worth more than ₹13,578 crore. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been pursuing his extradition since 2018 when he left the country.
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1 month ago | 
thehindu.com | Devesh K. Pandey |Kallol Bhattacherjee
An Indian Air Force aircraft on Monday (March 10, 2025) evacuated 283 Indian nationals who had fallen prey to fake job offers in Southeast Asian countries. The victims were forced to work in fraudulent call centres operating in regions along the Myanmar-Thailand border and were subsequently made to indulge in cybercrime and other fraudulent activities. Another Air Force aircraft is expected to evacuate more Indians on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) or Wednesday (March 12, 2025).
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
thehindu.com | Devesh K. Pandey
The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached 10 immovable properties worth about ₹20.69 crore in connection with the laundering and overseas transfer of funds to the tune of ₹4,978 crore generated through various cybercrimes. The agency has identified the two main accused as Punit Kumar aka Puneet Maheshwari aka John (resident of Moti Nagar), and Ashish Kakkar aka Pablo (resident of Greater Kailash). They were arrested last year.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | Devesh K. Pandey
8 hours agoRajpal Yadav Issues His First Statement On Receiving Death Threat From Pakistan: ‘It's Not My Job To...’Actor Rajpal Yadav has been in the film industry for quite some time now. Having made a mark for himself, he has a huge fanbase. On Thursday morning, his fans were left in shock after reports of him receiving death threats made the headlines.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
thehindu.com | Devesh K. Pandey
Bhupesh Arora, the main accused in the HPZ Token fake investment case involving about ₹2,200 crore, has been declared a fugitive economic offender by a court in Nagaland. The order under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act was issued by a special court in Dimapur on January 22, based on a complaint moved by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
thehindu.com | Devesh K. Pandey
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday searched multiple locations linked to the banned terror outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) across three States and a Union Territory, in connection with the Chandigarh grenade attack case. The operation covered various locations in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Chandigarh.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
thehindu.com | Devesh K. Pandey
Doordarshan (DD) has deployed about 40 cameras, including one mounted on a helicopter, and two on boats, to provide unprecedented coverage of the special “snan” (ritual dip) during the ongoing Mahakumbh at Prayagraj. On January 13, a day before the Mahakumbh was officially launched on the first ‘Amrit Snan’ day, the public broadcaster provided a four-hour-long live coverage, which was followed by a 12-hour live telecast of the special “snan”.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
thehindu.com | Devesh K. Pandey
The Interpol has launched ‘Silver Notice’, the newest addition to the organisation’s list of colour-coded notices and diffusions, as part of a pilot project involving 52 countries and territories. It’s aimed at helping trace and recover criminal assets for combating transnational organised crime through enhanced international police cooperation. The first-ever notice seeking information on assets related to a key mafia-linked person has been issued on the request of Italy.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
thehindu.com | Devesh K. Pandey
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday (January 9, 2024) accused the Congress of misleading people on the issue of Goods and Services Tax (GST). BJP national spokesperson and former Rajya Sabha MP, Syed Zafar Islam, in a press statement, said the Congress was “rattled by the implementation and success of GST because it no longer has any loopholes, depriving Congress of opportunities for corruption”. “As a result, Congress has been attempting to tarnish the image of GST from the start.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Devesh K. Pandey
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday (December 8, 2024) alleged that former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, as the co-president of the Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia-Pacific (FDL-AP), was linked to an organisation financed by the “George Soros Foundation.” Reiterating its allegation about a connection between the Congress party and billionaire George Soros, the BJP — through a thread on X — said it implied “their shared goal of diminishing India’s growth”.
