Benami properties News

ED raided 6 locations in Kolkata on charges of cheating through gaming app. This raid took place at the Kolkata house of a businessman's son in which Rs 17 crore cash was recovered.

ED conducted raids today (on Saturday) in Kolkata, West Bengal. ED has recovered a huge amount of cash in the raid of businessman Nisar Khan's house. A machine has been called for counting Rs.

ED conducted raids today (on Saturday) in Kolkata, West Bengal. ED has recovered a huge amount of cash in the raid of businessman Nisar Khan's house. A machine has been called for counting Rs.

The provisions of the ordinance will apply for economic offenders who refuse to return, persons against whom an arrest warrant has been issued for a scheduled offence as well as wilful bank loan defaulters with outstanding of over Rs 100 crore.

The department had set up 24 dedicated Benami Prohibition Units (BPUs) under its Investigation Directorates all over India in May, 2017 to ensure swift action in respect of Benami properties.

The comments assume significance in the backdrop of Puri reportedly stating last month that seeding Aadhaar to property transactions was a great idea and as the government was linking Aadhaar with bank accounts, it might take some additional steps for the property market also.

Modi said big transformations do not come easily and for it hauling up of the entire system was needed.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday accused RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his family members of having transacted through a cooperative bank headed by a former party MLC to invest in benami properties, and sought a probe by the CBI and Enforcement Directorate into it.

Nitish Kumar on Wednesday congratulated the Modi government on the first anniversary of demonetisation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday termed 2017 a special year and urged the youths to take the country ahead with determination to create a “New India”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said those who have looted the nation and the poor are now not able to sleep peacefully.

More than 400 Benami transactions have been identified since the Benami Act has come into effect, informed Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, who has been named in a CBI FIR in land-for-hotels case, on Wednesday broke his silence on the ongoing political crisis in the state and alleged that he is being subjected to a political vendetta by the opposition. 

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday grilled RJD chief Lalu Prasad`s daughter Misa Bharti into its ongoing probe into the case of money laundering of over Rs 8,000 crore.

Nitish Kumar had called a meeting of JD(U) MPs, MLAs and other office-bearers of the party to discuss the CBI raids on RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushil Kumar Modi has recently alleged that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav and his family members of receiving several acres of land as 'gift' from outsiders, including party leaders and even his domestic help. 

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday demanded the sacking of RJD chief Lalu Prasad's two minister sons - Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav from the Bihar cabinet in the wake of CBI lodging an FIR against them.

The BJP leader had earlier demanded dismissal of deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav .

The Income Tax department on Thursday quizzed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's son-in-law Shailesh Kumar for nine hours as part of an enquiry in connection with charges on ownership of Benami properties.

The department has been investigating a money laundering case against her.