Delhi It Raids

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has conducted fresh searches in Gujarat, Delhi and Maharashtra against agents, consultants and linked persons who run illegal immigration rackets to send Indians abroad, especially to the US and Canada.

NewsClick on Wednesday issued a statement on Delhi Police raids at its premises claiming it has not been provided a copy of the FIR, or informed about the offences people associated with it have been charged with.

A Delhi metropolitan court, while taking cognisance of various offences against four Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers has directed the agency to revise the guidelines to be followed by its officers during a raid.

Five people, including a head constable of the Delhi Police and a staffer of the Income Tax (IT) department, were arrested for allegedly conducting a fake raid at a businessman's home in west Delhi's Janakpuri area, the police said today.

While the automobile company did not offer an immediate comment, it had said on Tuesday that they were "extending all cooperation" to the ED.

The United States on Tuesday said it is aware of the survey operation conducted by the Indian tax authorities at the BBC office in Delhi but is not in a position to offer its judgement.

"The Income Tax Authorities are currently at the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, and we are fully cooperating. We hope to have this situation resolved as soon as possible," a BBC spokesperson said earlier in the day.

The CPI(M) on Tuesday hit out at the Centre over IT "raids" on the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) offices in Delhi and Mumbai, questioning if India remains the "mother of democracy".

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called the excise policy scam case "fake" on Friday and alleged that attempts were made to frame his deputy Manish Sisodia in it, whereas the CBI found nothing against him in its probe.

The Editors Guild of India today said it was extremely disturbed by the manner in which the Delhi Police carried out searches and seizures at the homes of the editors of The Wire as well as their office and the newsroom.

The Enforcement Directorate or ED today raided at least 25 locations in the national capital as part of its ongoing money laundering investigation into the now-scrapped Delhi Excise policy, officials said.

Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia reached a Ghaziabad bank today for the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) search of his locker in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the now-withdrawn liquor policy

Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP, Sanjay Singh asserted that the Centre won't succeed in stopping the party from increasing its influence in other states while declaring that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be "Kejriwal versus Modi".

Just as the raids on Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia were ending, the New York Times issued a strong response making it clear that its front-page article on the politician's transformation of Delhi's healthcare system and government school

The state Congress said that it had raised the matter of "corruption" in the distribution of liquor licences with the previous police commissioner but no action was taken.

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has conducted fresh searches in Gujarat, Delhi and Maharashtra against agents, consultants and linked persons who run illegal immigration rackets to send Indians abroad, especially to the US and Canada.

NewsClick on Wednesday issued a statement on Delhi Police raids at its premises claiming it has not been provided a copy of the FIR, or informed about the offences people associated with it have been charged with.

A Delhi metropolitan court, while taking cognisance of various offences against four Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers has directed the agency to revise the guidelines to be followed by its officers during a raid.

Five people, including a head constable of the Delhi Police and a staffer of the Income Tax (IT) department, were arrested for allegedly conducting a fake raid at a businessman's home in west Delhi's Janakpuri area, the police said today.

While the automobile company did not offer an immediate comment, it had said on Tuesday that they were "extending all cooperation" to the ED.

The United States on Tuesday said it is aware of the survey operation conducted by the Indian tax authorities at the BBC office in Delhi but is not in a position to offer its judgement.

"The Income Tax Authorities are currently at the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, and we are fully cooperating. We hope to have this situation resolved as soon as possible," a BBC spokesperson said earlier in the day.

The CPI(M) on Tuesday hit out at the Centre over IT "raids" on the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) offices in Delhi and Mumbai, questioning if India remains the "mother of democracy".

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called the excise policy scam case "fake" on Friday and alleged that attempts were made to frame his deputy Manish Sisodia in it, whereas the CBI found nothing against him in its probe.

The Editors Guild of India today said it was extremely disturbed by the manner in which the Delhi Police carried out searches and seizures at the homes of the editors of The Wire as well as their office and the newsroom.

The Enforcement Directorate or ED today raided at least 25 locations in the national capital as part of its ongoing money laundering investigation into the now-scrapped Delhi Excise policy, officials said.

Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia reached a Ghaziabad bank today for the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) search of his locker in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the now-withdrawn liquor policy

Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP, Sanjay Singh asserted that the Centre won't succeed in stopping the party from increasing its influence in other states while declaring that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be "Kejriwal versus Modi".

Just as the raids on Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia were ending, the New York Times issued a strong response making it clear that its front-page article on the politician's transformation of Delhi's healthcare system and government school

The state Congress said that it had raised the matter of "corruption" in the distribution of liquor licences with the previous police commissioner but no action was taken.