The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out search operations at six premises in Bengaluru in respect to an investigation relating to the Chinese Loan App case.
The federal agency conducted the raids under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the agency said on Saturday.
The premises of Razorpay Pvt Ltd, Cashfree Payments, Paytm Payment Services Ltd and entities controlled and operated by Chinese Persons were covered in the search operation, said the ED.
During the search operation, ED said, it is noticed that the entities raided were generating proceeds of crime through various merchant IDs and accounts held with payment gateways and banks and they are also not operating from the addresses given on the MCA website or registered addresses and having fake addresses.
“An amount of Rs 17 crore have been seized in merchant IDs and bank accounts of these Chinese persons-controlled entities,” said the agency.
The case is based on 18 FIRs registered by Cyber Crime Police Station, Bengaluru City against numerous entities and persons in connection with their involvement in extortion and harassment of the public who had availed small amounts of loans through the mobile apps being run by those entities and persons.
During enquiries, ED said, it has emerged that these entities are controlled or operated by Chinese persons.
“The modus operandi of these entities is by using forged documents of Indians and making them as dummy directors of those entities, they are generating proceeds of crime,” said the ED. “It has come to notice that the said entities were doing their suspected and illegal business through various Merchant IDs and Accounts held with payment gateways and banks.”
Both Thackeray parties are set to annihilate whenever elections take place 3
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) started the membership enrolment drive on Sunday where the citizens are given an option to do the process even online. This process has been initiated in view of the 2022 Mumbai civic polls. Similarly, Shiv Sena has also started its membership drive.
The MNS, which is currently in low phase, has turned towards Hindutva and is trying to fill the vacuum left by its rival Shiv Sena. Thackeray has been holding meetings with his party leaders and workers in view of the local civic elections to be held across the state. On the other hand, Aditya Thackrey is going places to places and holding public rallies. Both are talking on similar lines and this time Hindutva is above all on political agenda.
Both the political stalwarts are born in radical families that used Hindutva agenda as a tool to politics. Power is only one religion they believed very strongly. To get in depth, Hinduism is secular, Shiv Sena does not reject a constitution which is secular. Hinduism recognizes all religions as different paths to God. Hinduism gives freedom of faith to Hindus. Right from the inception Shiv Sena has been a secular party. Hindutva or secularism are only matters to woo the people with the main principle being to grab power. Power is the main and only aim of all the politicians. Principles are only the faces to be shown to people.
The Bombay of the 1960s was part of a state that had just been born after a deadly linguistic reorganization of borders. Then the newly restructured state, however, was caught in a curious economic condition. While industrial growth and employment opportunities rose in the state in significant ways, there was a parallel increase in the number of job seekers. It was Bombay, particularly, that was caught in this battle, with the city witnessing a phenomenal increase in the number of university graduates, with not as many jobs for them to cash on.
In these circumstances of pressure on the part of the educated Maharashtrian youth, there arose a weekly cartoon, the Marmik or “straight from the heart”, that put across in the most pungent and cynical way, the woes of the “Marathi Manoos”. Bal Thackeray embraced Hindutva as a strategy because the politics on the issues of Marathi-speakers was not paying off.
In 1985, Bal Thackeray understood that Marathi is a good cause for popularity, but it does not have elective merits. On the plank of Marathi, you cannot win elections across nations. Then he came up with Hindutva. So, it was a well-calculated move and he embraced Hindutva…and won the successive elections. Since then, Bala Saheb’s outfits became saffron, he started sporting tilak, he was wearing Rudraksh around neck and hand. This complete saffron makeover became overnight popular among Hindutva zealots.
Eventually Shiv Sena never had a core Hindutva agenda and that is the reason there was no point in attacking Uddhav for abandoning the ideology. On the other hand, Raj had a gift on a Platter, what is left in Hindutva for other parties to cash in; he has molded it to his advantage by changing the symbol of his political party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. BJP has already got the credit of being the savior of Hindutva and hence no other parties will get credit on the basis of Hindutva any more.
Bal Thackeray, the founder of Shiv Sena started his political career with Marathi agenda and later on took up Hindutva agenda. Marathi agenda and Hindutva agenda are not contradictory. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj established Hindu Rashtra by fighting the Mughal during the Mughal period. Lokmanya Tilak who gave the slogan of “freedom is my birth right” and who was a Maharashtrian, was an advocate of Hindutva ideology. Bal Thackeray was called Hindu Hridaya Samrat or King of Hindu Hearts. So, loyalty of Raj Thackeray to Hindutva ideology remains unquestionable.
Shiv Sena’s alliance with the secular parties was an experiment motivated by the need to teach BJP a lesson. The two cousins have completely lost their credibility and nothing will help them, no matter how much they try. They should understand Maharashtra politics has changed making two of them irrelevant. Uddhav Thackeray joined hands with congress and NCP and miserably shunted out of power. Raj Thackeray campaigned for congress during the 2019 elections. Raj Thackeray’s politics of dadagiri was having tacit support from congress. It helped Congress to divide the votes of Shiv Sena and thereby rule Maharashtra for 15 years from 1999 to 2014. After the BJP Government came to power the clout of Raj Thackeray declined.
The core vote bank of Shiv Sena is Marathi Manoos and Hindutva supporters. The Raj party also eyed for this vote Bank concentrating more on Marathi Manoos. Since Shiv Sena is allying with Congress it’s Hindutva votes will fade away. That is what MNS is eyeing for. But since BJP has a firm grip on Hindutva reliability, MNS will get nothing. Lot of Marathi Manoos are also Hindutva sensitive and thus that will also go with BJP. Only a small fraction of regional Marathi interest votes will be divided among SS, MNS and NCP. Here NCP will have a better chance to fare as it will also get Muslim votes. Thus, the scope of the both Thackeray parties are set to decimate whenever elections.
BJP MP from Godda Nishikant Dubey, who has been booked for allegedly forcefully taking clearance from the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at Deoghar airport in Jharkhand said that there was no violation of rules and everything was done on time.
Speaking to media Dubey said, “Does the government work on the instructions of an MP? The airport belongs to the Airport Authority of India (AAI), Air traffic control (ATC) clearance is monitored by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and security is under the Bureau of Civil Aviation (BCAS). It is three entities and all three are different. FIR lodged against Airport Director too. Why? Because Deputy Commissioner (DC) knew that FIR won’t stand before High Court because if there is any mistake in this airport or if any rule has been violated or threatened, then the security in-charge is the director of the airport authority.”
“The FIR states that we arrived at the airport at 5:15 pm and at 5:25 pm we were inside the aircraft. The local sunset timing was 6:04 pm after that in 20 minutes a plane take-off, then which rule has been violated?” He further said that there were no violations of rules and everything was done on time.
“Director says no rules were violated and everything was done on time. ATC, AAI, BCAS, and DGCA aren’t filing a case but DC Deoghar Manjunath Bhajantri is citing laws. Why’s he doing that? The night landing facility matter he is talking about will be heard on September 15. He filed the wrong affidavit,” Dubey retorted.
“We had taken permission from the Airport authorities. CCTV footage shows that I was going in barefoot, so my son followed me with my footwear and asked me to wear the same. Manjunath Bhajantri deliberately filed this case,” he said.
The BJP MP said they went to get justice for the girl who was set ablaze by the stalker while adding that “the whole of Jharkhand is moving towards Islamization.” He further said that a total of 37 cases have been filed against him and his family.
“File as many as cases you want to file. A total of 37 cases have been filed against me and my family. 15 cases were filed against my wife and my 18-19-year-old children were booked. I am ready to fight this case and this fight will continue for justice,” Dubey added.
Deoghar Police in Jharkhand has registered an FIR against BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, his two sons, MP Manoj Tiwari and Deoghar airport director among nine others for allegedly entering the Air Traffic Control (ATC) room at the Deoghar Airport without permission and creating pressure over officials for takeoff on August 31 in spite of the fact that there is no night take-off or landing facility there.
The FIR was registered at Kunda police station on September 1 on the complaint of security in-charge Suman Anand who stated that the said persons violated all safety standards by entering the ATC room and forcing the officials for clearance to take-off.
The security in-charge has sought action against the pilot of the chartered plane, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, Kanishk Kant Dubey, Mahikant Dubey, MP Manoj Tiwari, Mukesh Pathak, Devta Pandey, Pintu Tiwary and Sandeep Dhingra, Airport Director. According to the complaint filed by the security in-charge, “nine people Nishikant Dubey, Kanishk Kant Dubey, Mahikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari, Member of Parliament, Kapil Mishra, Sheshadri Dubey Sunil Tiwari and Others had come to Deoghar by chartered plane at 1 pm on August 31.
During his return in the evening, others including Dubey forcibly entered the ATC room.” As per the complaint letter, at around 17:25 hrs passengers arrived at the airport to board their chartered plane.
They were accompanied by other people who had come to see-off them. The security in-charge further states in his letter that Deoghar airport doesn’t have an IFR facility i.e. Night Takeoff and Landing facility is not available.
On August 31, the local sunset timing was 18.03 hours… air services are to be conducted up to 17.30 hours. “Security in-charge further noticed that the pilot and the passengers were pressurizing that they may be given clearance for the takeoff.
As a result, ATC clearance was given. After that, the passengers and the pilot came out of the ATC Control Room, walked towards the chartered plane, onboarded it.
The plane took-off thereafter,” the complaint letter added. Meanwhile, Deoghar Deputy Commissioner in a letter to the Principal Secretary, Cabinet-Coordination (Civil Aviation), Jharkhand, explained the entire matter.
“BJP MP Nishikant Dubey along with others entering ATC at Deoghar Airport without permission and creating pressure over officials for takeoff clearance on August 31. In view of this security protocol violation, it may be noted that necessary action may be taken to avoid such incidents in the future.
It’s also requested that the incident may be reported further to AAI, DGCA, BCAS, Secy Gen, Lok Sabha and Defence Ministry,” the Commissioner said. The BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari and others went to visit the family members of the Dumka girl who was set ablaze by a stalker.
The Faculty Association of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (FAIMS) has expressed concern over the name change of AIIMS which is under discussion.
The Faculty Association has written a letter to the members seeking an opinion with a reply within two days.
“We at FAIMS seek your opinion on this very important issue, so that appropriate action from the FASIM side should be taken on this regard Pl. give your opinion on this very important issue within two days,” the letter reads.
It further said that the AIIMS, New Delhi will face severe loss of identity and demoralization if the name is changed.
It will also affect the standing of India internationally as far as medical education, patient care and research is concerned.
“FAIMS believes this will lead to the impending loss of identity of AIIMS. AIIMS was created in 1956 with a trinity of missions for medical education, research and patient care. It has fulfilled its mission right since its inception. As of now, it is consistently ranked first in the NIRF rankings of medical institutions,” it said.
“Identity is linked with the name. If identity is lost, institutional recognition is lost both within the country and outside. That is why famous and established institutes have with the same names for centuries continued like Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard universities,” it added.
FAIMS also mentioned the identity of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), whose name has not been changed.
“In India, IITs have a name recognition which gives them an institution’s identity, and there is no proposal to change it. The same is true for AIIMs. Indian Institute of Science, which celebrated its 100 years of productive life, also has not changed its name. Also, the sense of identity is so strong, that Calcutta, Bombay and Madras Universities continue with the same name even though the cities they are located in have changed names to Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai,” the letter added.
A Delhi court recently refused to transfer an alleged murder case of a 25-year-old youth to Delhi Police Crime Branch. The family of the deceased had said that the investigation is not being done properly in the matter. The father of the deceased had moved an application for a court-monitored probe in the matter.
Metropolitan magistrate Mansi Malik of Rohini Court refused to transfer the case of the alleged murder of Rohit to the crime branch after considering the status report filed by the Investigation Officer (IO).
The court said, “It does not appear from the status report that IO is not making efforts in the investigation. At this stage, the court does not find any reason to transfer the investigation of the present case to the crime branch.”
“However, in view of the apprehension of the applicants, let court notice be issued to the IO to appear in person on the next date of hearing,” the court directed in the order of August 30.
Advocate Amit Kumar, the counsel for the applicant, submitted that the investigation of the present case be transferred to the crime branch as the IO is not investigating the case properly and in a fair manner.
Earlier, the court had directed the Delhi police to file a status report on a plea seeking a court-monitored probe. Delhi Police has filed a report stating that on July 25, five persons were produced in court. The consent for their polygraph test was taken.
The Delhi Police had also apprised the court that on the night of the incident, the deceased had consumed liquor at a bar in a mall in Rohini.
The deceased then went to the house of a friend where the alleged incident occurred. Advocate Amit Kumar had submitted that the police have not taken into consideration the WhatsApp chat, screenshot and call records of the phone of the deceased which is with the police.
The application filed in the court submitted that the deceased was allegedly murdered on July 17, 2022, and the police itself lodged an FIR under section 302 (Murder) IPC.
His body was found in Rohini Sector 8 near the flat. The counsel had also submitted that the deceased belonged to the scheduled caste and was in love relation with a girl of another caste.
This fact was known to both families. It was also submitted that the deceased was introduced to the girl by one of their common friends. Later on, the girl became the girlfriend of the deceased. He wanted to marry her.
But she denied his marriage proposal because of the caste factor. Due to this, the deceased was depressed and disturbed. It was argued that the deceased continuously kept talking on his phone to his friend.
His friend always used to make WhatsApp calls only. On the day of the incident, the deceased went outside after receiving a call from his friend. He was taken to the flat of another friend. Later police found his body near the same building.
Indian warship INS Satpura departed from Port of Suva in Fiji in the South Pacific Ocean on Saturday. The warship reached Fiji on September 1. The visit, which is the first by an Indian warship in four years, was aimed at strengthening the friendship and cooperation between the two nations.
Earlier, INS Satpura hoisted the National Flag in San Diego on the North American continent, as part of the Indian Navy’s deployment of ships across all six inhabited continents of the world to celebrate 75 years of Independence
. INS Satpura is an indigenously designed and built, 6,000-tonne guided missile stealth frigate equipped to seek and destroy adversaries in air, surface and underwater.
The ship is a frontline unit of the Eastern Fleet based at Visakhapatnam. A frontline unit of the Eastern Fleet based at Visakhapatnam, INS Satpura was tasked with a long-range operational deployment in the 75th year of India’s Independence. Earlier, Indian Naval Warship, INS Satpura and P8I LRMRASW aircraft took part in one of the largest multilateral naval exercises, the Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC) at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shared a video of the commissioning of INS Vikrant into the Indian Navy and said that he can’t express the feeling of pride in words.
The Prime Minister on Friday commissioned the first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited here in Kochi — a significant step of the Central government towards self-reliance in the defence sector.
Sharing the video on his Twitter handle, Prime Minister Modi wrote, “A historic day for India! The feeling of pride when I was aboard INS Vikrant yesterday cannot be expressed in words.”
While commissioning INS Vikrant, the Prime Minister termed the event a “tribute” to India’s rising spirits on the world horizon.
“Today, here on the coast of Kerala, every Indian is witnessing the sunrise of a new future. This event held on INS Vikrant is a tribute to India’s rising spirits on the world horizon,” the Prime Minister said.
“Vikrant is huge and special. Vikrant is not just a warship. This is a testimony to the hard work, talent, influence and commitment of 21st century India.” Designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house Warship Design Bureau (WDB) and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, a Public Sector Shipyard under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Vikrant has been built with state-of-the-art automation features and is the largest ship ever built in the maritime history of India.
A historic day for India!
Words will not be able to describe the feeling of pride when I was on board INS Vikrant yesterday. pic.twitter.com/vBRCl308C9
INS Vikrant, built at the cost of around Rs 20,000 crore, successfully completed its fourth and final phase of the sea trials last month. With the construction of ‘Vikrant’, India has joined a select group of nations having the niche capability to indigenously design and build an aircraft carrier.
The ship has over 2,300 compartments, designed for a crew of around 1,700 people, including specialised cabins to accommodate women officers. Vikrant has a top speed of around 28 knots and a cruising speed of 18 knots with an endurance of about 7,500 nautical miles.
The aircraft carrier is 262 metres long, 62 metres wide and it has a height of 59 metres. Its keel was laid in 2009. The commissioning of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier is a momentous occasion during the ‘Amritkaal of India’s 75 years of independence and signifies the country’s confidence and prowess.
This indigenous aircraft carrier is proof of the country’s technical acumen and engineering skills. This demonstration of India’s self-sufficiency to produce an aircraft carrier warship will reinforce the country’s defence indigenization programs and ‘Make in India’ campaign.
After a big shocker in Bihar, BJP could not take the humiliation of getting shunted out of power. Five of six MLAs of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) in Manipur joined the ruling BJP on Friday, a statement from the state assembly said, weeks after he broke off an alliance with the party for the second time in nine years.
The statement signed by Manipur Assembly Secretary K Meghajit Singh said that the Speaker was pleased to accept the merger of five JDU MLAs with the BJP. Since the number of MLAs who switched sides was greater than two thirds of the total, their switch will be considered valid. This is the second time the BJP targeted Nitish Kumar party’s legislators in the northeast. In 2020, six of seven JDU legislators had joined the BJP in Arunachal Pradesh and last week the lone MLA also merged in BJP.
The JDU had won six of the 38 constituencies it had contested in the assembly elections held in March this year. The MLAs who joined the BJP are Kh Joykishan, N Sanate, Md Achab Uddin, former DGP L M Khaute and Thangjam Arunkumar. Khaute and Arunkumar had previously sought to contest the assembly polls for the BJP, but joined the JDU after being turned down by the party. The move by the MLAs comes weeks after Nitish Kumar dumped the BJP and joined forces with Tejashwi Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Congress and other parties, displacing the BJP from the co-pilot’s seat in Bihar.
Veteran BJP leader told Afternoon Voice, “Who will vote for Nitish for PM, when Bihar is still the most backward state in India. Nitish has only been concerned for his seat in the past many years as CM, never really elevating the community, created employment or provided investment opportunities. This party hopping journey will continue.”
The Supreme Court has granted anticipatory bail to Mohan Krishna Kejriwal, Gopal Kejriwal and Sri Krishna Kejriwal, former directors of Mohan Steel Limited in a case linked to an alleged company fraud of Rs 7,500 crore (approx.) caused to a consortium of 14 banks, in which the Promoters and Directors of the Rotomac Group of Companies and Frost International Limited are also facing trial.
A bench comprising of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Abhay S. Oka in its September 2’s order observed that it is not disputed that the appellants have been cooperating with the investigation and the whole issue arises out of records and documents.
“In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the order dated 30.03.2022 is made absolute,” the court said.
On March 30, the court granted interim protection from arrest to former directors of the private company and directed them to cooperate with the investigation.
The SFIO led an investigation into the Rotomac group of companies and filed a complaint in May, 2020.
The Petitioners were represented by a team from Karanjawala & Co led by Sandeep Kapur, Senior Partner and comprising Tahira Karanjawala, Niharika Karanjawala and Apoorva Pandey, who briefed Senior Advocate Siddhartha Dave.
Senior Advocate Dave submitted before the bench that the Petitioners have been cooperative throughout the investigation, that the statement of one of the Petitioner had already been recorded and that the other Petitioners were never called by the investigating agency and all other co-accused have been granted bail in the matter.
The Bombay High Court issued notices to the Government of India, Serum Institute of India (SII), Microsoft founder Bill Gates, All India Institute of Medical Science Director, DCGI chief and others after a petition was filed by father of a late front line worker, seeking compensation for the death of his daughter allegedly due to COVID vaccine.
Dilip Lunawat in his petition, “blamed the Government and others for misrepresenting the facts about the COVID-19 vaccine by making false claims about its safety and ‘forcing’ medical practitioners to take the vaccine.”
Notices have also been issued to the Union government, Maharashtra government and Drug Controller of India, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry.
He has sought compensation of Rs 1000 crore for the alleged death of his daughter Dr Snehal Lunawat after taking the Covishield vaccine.
The petition also mentioned, “In the interview given to news channel on 4th January 2021, by respondent Dr VG Somani who is Drug Controller General of India, it is categorically mentioned that the vaccines are 110 per cent safe.”
The petition further quoted the published portion of the news where DCGI claimed the safety of the vaccine. It read, “We will never approve anything if there is slightest of safety concern. The vaccines are 110 per cent safe”.
“Similar interviews were given by respondent Dr Randeep Guleria Director of AIIMS, Delhi and others. They asked everyone to take vaccines by stating that, the vaccines are completely safe,” the petition reads.
The petition went on to blame the authorities for creating alleged false narratives and misrepresentation about the Coronavirus vaccine.
“On the basis of such false narratives and misrepresentation by the senior authorities like Dr VG Somani and others, and its implementation by the state authorities without any proper verification, the health workers like the petitioner’s daughter was compelled to get the vaccine,” the petition read.
According to the petition, “Dr Snehal Lunawat administered her first dose of vaccine on January 28, 2021, after getting convinced by the alleged false narrative. Later on March 1, 2021, Sneha lost the battle of life due to the side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine as claimed by father Dilip Lunawat.”
“The central Government AEFI committee on 2nd October 2021 admitted that the death of complainant’s daughter was due to side effects of Covishield vaccine,” stated the petition.
Dr Sneha Lunawat was a doctor and senior lecturer at SMBT Dental College and Hospital at Dhamangaon near Igatpuri in Nashik.
