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"Bombs May Have Been Planted": Trinamool After CBI Raids Sandeshkhali
Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has now knocked on the doors of the Election Commissioner with an official complaint against the CBI, accusing it of "throttling" the Opposition's, including its own, campaigns at a time when elections are on.
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Income Tax Department On "Chopper Searched" Charge By Trinamool Leader
As a row erupted over the TMC's claim of a "raid" by income tax officials targeting a helicopter used by Abhishek Banerjee, I-T department sources claimed on Sunday that there was no enforcement action such as search or survey.
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Cash, Precious Metals Worth Rs 428 Crore Seized In Poll-Bound Tamil Nadu
A whopping Rs 428 crore in cash and precious metals have been seized from Tamil Nadu ahead of the assembly polls in the state tomorrow, the Election Commission said.
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AIADMK Writes To Poll Body, Seeks Restraint On "Unwanted Raids" On Its Leaders
In a letter to Election Commission, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Advocates' Wing said that income tax raids are being conducted at properties linked to its MLAs and ministers that are politically motivated. The party seeks immedi
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Biju Janta Dal's Pradeep Maharathy Arrested For Assaulting Poll Body Officials In Odisha
Pradeep Maharathy, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate from the Pipili Assembly constituency, was on Monday arrested for assaulting the Election Commission (EC) officials during a raid at his farmhouse in Puri, Odisha, the night before.
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"Weren't Raids": Poll Body On Tax Department Action Against Kanimozhi
The Income Tax department did not raid DMK leader Kanimozhi's house in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin on Tuesday, instead conducted a verification exercise along with a joint team of police officials, the Election Commission said on Thursday.
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Election Panel Rebukes Revenue Department For "Casual, Trivial" Response
The Election Commission, in a strongly-worded letter, censured the Revenue Department of the central government over the "casual and trivial manner" in which its advisory on raids was responded to. Expressing serious displeasure, the election body said that the Revenue Department "insolently" chose to issue a counter advisory in its response.
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No Political Motive In Madhya Pradesh Raids: Officials Tell Poll Body
Senior Revenue Department officials, here on Tuesday, met the Election Commission and briefed the EC on the process of search, surveys and raids.
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On Raids, Government Silent On Key Point Raised By Election Commission
The Election Commission met the income tax department chief and the revenue secretary today to discussed tax raids across the country, just days before the national elections starting Thursday. The opposition has alleged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government is using the tax department to harass and intimidate them before the elections, after...
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Poll Body's Directive On I-T Raids Is ''Too Little, Too Late'': Congress
The Congress Monday termed the Election Commission's directive to the I-T Department on raids carried out during poll time as "too little, too late" and hoped it will take decisive action against "prejudiced officers" of I-T and Enforcement Directorate trying to "bulldoze and intimidate" political opponents.
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Pre-Election Raids Must Be Neutral, Inform Us: Poll Body To Agencies
The Election Commission on Sunday instructed investigative and enforcement agencies to ensure that their pre-poll raids remain politically neutral, and inform its officials before undertaking any such exercise.
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Income Tax Officers Raid Homes Of Kamal Nath's Aides In Delhi And Indore
The homes of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's former private secretary Praveen Kakkar in Indore and former advisor Rajendra Kumar Miglani in Delhi were raided by income tax officers this morning in connection with an alleged hawala (illegal transaction) case, sources said.
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Aam Aadmi Party Protests Outside Election Commission Over "Illegal Raids"
AAP workers led by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, sat on a protest outside the Election Commission on Friday, alleging "politically motivated and illegal" raids were being conducted on a call centre hired by the party to make people aware that their names had been deleted from voters' lists.
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Ahead Of Karnataka Polls, Tax Department Raids At Least 11 Contractors
The Income Tax Department today conducted searches on a number of contractors in poll-bound Karnataka in connection with a tax evasion probe, officials said.
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Raided Karnataka Minister Was 'Tearing Papers', Says Arun Jaitley: 10 Facts
An angry Congress shouted slogans in parliament on Wednesday as its senior leaders accused the BJP-led central government of "abuse of power," questioning the timing of raids on a Karnataka minister, DK Shivakumar, that saw Income Tax officials visit a luxury resort in Bengaluru, where the Congress has kept 43 legislators from Gujarat to prevent de...
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"Bombs May Have Been Planted": Trinamool After CBI Raids Sandeshkhali
Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has now knocked on the doors of the Election Commissioner with an official complaint against the CBI, accusing it of "throttling" the Opposition's, including its own, campaigns at a time when elections are on.
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Income Tax Department On "Chopper Searched" Charge By Trinamool Leader
As a row erupted over the TMC's claim of a "raid" by income tax officials targeting a helicopter used by Abhishek Banerjee, I-T department sources claimed on Sunday that there was no enforcement action such as search or survey.
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Cash, Precious Metals Worth Rs 428 Crore Seized In Poll-Bound Tamil Nadu
A whopping Rs 428 crore in cash and precious metals have been seized from Tamil Nadu ahead of the assembly polls in the state tomorrow, the Election Commission said.
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AIADMK Writes To Poll Body, Seeks Restraint On "Unwanted Raids" On Its Leaders
In a letter to Election Commission, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Advocates' Wing said that income tax raids are being conducted at properties linked to its MLAs and ministers that are politically motivated. The party seeks immedi
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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Biju Janta Dal's Pradeep Maharathy Arrested For Assaulting Poll Body Officials In Odisha
Pradeep Maharathy, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate from the Pipili Assembly constituency, was on Monday arrested for assaulting the Election Commission (EC) officials during a raid at his farmhouse in Puri, Odisha, the night before.
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"Weren't Raids": Poll Body On Tax Department Action Against Kanimozhi
The Income Tax department did not raid DMK leader Kanimozhi's house in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin on Tuesday, instead conducted a verification exercise along with a joint team of police officials, the Election Commission said on Thursday.
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Election Panel Rebukes Revenue Department For "Casual, Trivial" Response
The Election Commission, in a strongly-worded letter, censured the Revenue Department of the central government over the "casual and trivial manner" in which its advisory on raids was responded to. Expressing serious displeasure, the election body said that the Revenue Department "insolently" chose to issue a counter advisory in its response.
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No Political Motive In Madhya Pradesh Raids: Officials Tell Poll Body
Senior Revenue Department officials, here on Tuesday, met the Election Commission and briefed the EC on the process of search, surveys and raids.
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On Raids, Government Silent On Key Point Raised By Election Commission
The Election Commission met the income tax department chief and the revenue secretary today to discussed tax raids across the country, just days before the national elections starting Thursday. The opposition has alleged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government is using the tax department to harass and intimidate them before the elections, after...
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Poll Body's Directive On I-T Raids Is ''Too Little, Too Late'': Congress
The Congress Monday termed the Election Commission's directive to the I-T Department on raids carried out during poll time as "too little, too late" and hoped it will take decisive action against "prejudiced officers" of I-T and Enforcement Directorate trying to "bulldoze and intimidate" political opponents.
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Pre-Election Raids Must Be Neutral, Inform Us: Poll Body To Agencies
The Election Commission on Sunday instructed investigative and enforcement agencies to ensure that their pre-poll raids remain politically neutral, and inform its officials before undertaking any such exercise.
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Income Tax Officers Raid Homes Of Kamal Nath's Aides In Delhi And Indore
The homes of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's former private secretary Praveen Kakkar in Indore and former advisor Rajendra Kumar Miglani in Delhi were raided by income tax officers this morning in connection with an alleged hawala (illegal transaction) case, sources said.
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Aam Aadmi Party Protests Outside Election Commission Over "Illegal Raids"
AAP workers led by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, sat on a protest outside the Election Commission on Friday, alleging "politically motivated and illegal" raids were being conducted on a call centre hired by the party to make people aware that their names had been deleted from voters' lists.
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Ahead Of Karnataka Polls, Tax Department Raids At Least 11 Contractors
The Income Tax Department today conducted searches on a number of contractors in poll-bound Karnataka in connection with a tax evasion probe, officials said.
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Raided Karnataka Minister Was 'Tearing Papers', Says Arun Jaitley: 10 Facts
An angry Congress shouted slogans in parliament on Wednesday as its senior leaders accused the BJP-led central government of "abuse of power," questioning the timing of raids on a Karnataka minister, DK Shivakumar, that saw Income Tax officials visit a luxury resort in Bengaluru, where the Congress has kept 43 legislators from Gujarat to prevent de...
