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The Income-tax department has recovered over Rs 11 crore in cash after it conducted raids at various locations and businesses in West Bengal linked to a politician and some others, official sources said.

Malaysia's incoming premier Ismail Sabri Yaakob is a veteran politician from the country's longest-ruling party, but analysts say he is a stop-gap leader with little chance of ending long-running turbulence.

Bihar politician Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday lashed out at the government for the Income Tax Department's raids director Anurag Kashyap and actor Taapsee Pannu, among the most critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration in Bollywood.

A plot of land in Noida near Delhi worth Rs 400 crore, said to belong to Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati's brother, was seized by the Income Tax department today.

Lok Sabha Election: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the recent Income Tax raids on certain politicians were not part of "political vendetta" and things were happening as per the law.

The newest politician to join the fray of leaders who compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to German Dictator Adolf Hitler is Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy. Stepping up on his offensive against PM Modi over the recent statewide Income Tax raids on his partymen, Mr Kumaraswamy called the prime minister "worse than Hitler".

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.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that his party will launch a scheme that will provide guaranteed income to the poor people of the country if it is voted to power in the upcoming general elections. He said that the scheme would rid India of poverty and hunger. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP, however, dismissed the plan as a gimmic...

Property worth 165 crore spread across Delhi and Bihar -- allegedly belonging to the family of Bihar's veteran politician Lalu Yadav - has been seized by the Income Tax department, which is investigating assets cases against the family in several cities.

DK Shivakumar, the Karnataka minister raided on Wednesday by taxmen, had been under observation for three months, top government sources have said. Around Rs 10 crore in cash was found after raids at 60 places linked to the minister in Karnataka and Delhi; searches were carried out again at his residence in Bengaluru and at other locations this mor...

A day after the income tax department started attaching properties suspected to have been owned by family members of Bihar politician Lalu Yadav, his daughter Misa Bharti on Wednesday finally turned up at the tax department office in the national capital to face questioning by the officials.

The Income Tax Department has provisionally attached a plot of land and a house in connection with its probe in the Rs 1,000-crore benami land deals and tax evasion case allegedly involving family members of Bihar politician Lalu Yadav.

Almost a week after Bihar politician and RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti skipped questioning by tax officials, she is set to appear before the Income Tax department today.

Bihar politician Lalu Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti has been fined Rs 10,000 for skipping a summons and has been asked by Income Tax officials to appear for questioning next Monday.

Just before she walked in for a 5 pm appointment with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sent a warm tweet of support to Bihar politician Lalu Yadav, accused of getting 1,000 crore from proxy land deals by Income Tax officials, who searched almost 20 locations in Delhi and Gurgaon today to collect evidence.

The Income-tax department has recovered over Rs 11 crore in cash after it conducted raids at various locations and businesses in West Bengal linked to a politician and some others, official sources said.

Malaysia's incoming premier Ismail Sabri Yaakob is a veteran politician from the country's longest-ruling party, but analysts say he is a stop-gap leader with little chance of ending long-running turbulence.

Bihar politician Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday lashed out at the government for the Income Tax Department's raids director Anurag Kashyap and actor Taapsee Pannu, among the most critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration in Bollywood.

A plot of land in Noida near Delhi worth Rs 400 crore, said to belong to Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati's brother, was seized by the Income Tax department today.

Lok Sabha Election: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the recent Income Tax raids on certain politicians were not part of "political vendetta" and things were happening as per the law.

The newest politician to join the fray of leaders who compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to German Dictator Adolf Hitler is Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy. Stepping up on his offensive against PM Modi over the recent statewide Income Tax raids on his partymen, Mr Kumaraswamy called the prime minister "worse than Hitler".

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.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that his party will launch a scheme that will provide guaranteed income to the poor people of the country if it is voted to power in the upcoming general elections. He said that the scheme would rid India of poverty and hunger. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP, however, dismissed the plan as a gimmic...

Property worth 165 crore spread across Delhi and Bihar -- allegedly belonging to the family of Bihar's veteran politician Lalu Yadav - has been seized by the Income Tax department, which is investigating assets cases against the family in several cities.

DK Shivakumar, the Karnataka minister raided on Wednesday by taxmen, had been under observation for three months, top government sources have said. Around Rs 10 crore in cash was found after raids at 60 places linked to the minister in Karnataka and Delhi; searches were carried out again at his residence in Bengaluru and at other locations this mor...

A day after the income tax department started attaching properties suspected to have been owned by family members of Bihar politician Lalu Yadav, his daughter Misa Bharti on Wednesday finally turned up at the tax department office in the national capital to face questioning by the officials.

The Income Tax Department has provisionally attached a plot of land and a house in connection with its probe in the Rs 1,000-crore benami land deals and tax evasion case allegedly involving family members of Bihar politician Lalu Yadav.

Almost a week after Bihar politician and RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti skipped questioning by tax officials, she is set to appear before the Income Tax department today.

Bihar politician Lalu Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti has been fined Rs 10,000 for skipping a summons and has been asked by Income Tax officials to appear for questioning next Monday.

Just before she walked in for a 5 pm appointment with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sent a warm tweet of support to Bihar politician Lalu Yadav, accused of getting 1,000 crore from proxy land deals by Income Tax officials, who searched almost 20 locations in Delhi and Gurgaon today to collect evidence.