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CBI raids Stalin’s house

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March 21, 2013
Chennai, Mar 21: The CBI on Thursday carried out searches at 19 places across Tamil Nadu, including the residence of DMK chief M Karunanidhi’s son M.K. Stalin in Chennai in a case of alleged tax evasion of imported cars.

The CBI team reached the house of Mr. Stalin in Chennai, who is alleged to be one of the beneficiaries of importing foreign cars, agency officials said.

stalinThe raids comes close on the heels of DMK pulling out of the UPA alliance and its five ministers resigning.

An FIR was registered on Wednesday against one senior Intelligence Officer of Directorate of Revenue Murganandam and two others for allegedly abusing their official position by not taking any action when the import of foreign cars, including some limousines, was made.

According to the FIR, the officials have allegedly entered into a criminal conspiracy with unknown people and caused a loss of Rs 20 crore to the exchequer.

One of the imported cars is being used by Mr. Stalin’s son, officials said, adding after further investigation names of beneficiaries of importing the car would be included in the FIR.

The CBI said that the FIR was registered on the basis of a ’source information’ as the agency had been probing the leads in the case for quite some time.

Raids were going on at other places including a business house, house of an owner of a medical college and others, the sources said.

Meanwhile, Mr. Stalin dubbed the CBI raid as a “political vendetta” and said he would face the case legally.

“I am not aware of the reasons for the raid. We will face the case legally,” 60-year old Mr. Stalin, considered the political heir of Karunanidhi, told reporters in Chennai.

Reports had suggested that Mr. Stalin had prevailed over his father in the decision to pull out from the UPA.

As the news of CBI raids spread, senior DMK leaders and a large number of party supporters gathered at the residence of Mr. Stalin.

Chidambaram disapproves

In a statement, the Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that he strongly disapprove of the CBI action on DMK leader Stalin.

Mr. Chidambaram also added that whatever may be the reason, he is afraid that it may bound to be misunderstood. Mr. Chidambaram stated that he had conveyed his view to the Minister incharge.

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February 17,2020

New Delhi, Feb 17: Two alleged criminals were killed in an exchange of fire with the Special Cell of Delhi Police at Pul Pehlad Pur area in New Delhi on Monday morning, officials said.

The encounter took place around 5 am, they said.

Raja Qureshi and Ramesh Bahadur, who were injured during the encounter, were rushed to a nearby hospital, where they were declared brought dead by doctors, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) P S Kushwah said.

According to police, the two men were involved in multiple cases of murder and robbery.

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January 28,2020

New Delhi, Jan 28: Kolkata Metro Rail Corp expects to complete its East-West project, which runs partly under the city’s iconic Hooghly river, by March 2022 after a delay of several years doubled costs.

The authority is awaiting a final installment of Rs 20 crore ($2.8 million) over the next two years from the Indian Railway Board, said Manas Sarkar, managing director at KMRC. A soft loan of Rs 4,160 crore from Japan International Cooperation Agency helps fund 48.5% of the project.

India’s oldest metro, which started in 1984 with a North-South service, was due to expand by 2014 but faced problems including squatters on the planned route. These issues have contributed to the total project cost rising to about Rs 8,600 crore for some 17 kilometers from Rs 4,900 crore for 14 km.

“About 40% of total transport demand will be tackled by these two metro services,” Sarkar said in an interview at his office in Kolkata. “It will be a relief for environmental pollution and the city should be much more decongested.”

The new line is expected to carry about 900,000 people daily, -- roughly 20% of the city’s population -- and will take less than a minute to cross a 520-meter underwater tunnel. Depending on the time of day, it takes some 20 minutes to use the ferry and anywhere upward of an hour to cross the Howrah bridge.

KMRC will repay the JICA loan over 30 years after an initial six-year moratorium. The interest rate is between 1.2% to 1.6%. The East-West metro project is 74% owned by the railway ministry and 26% by the ministry of housing and urban affairs.

“We don’t anticipate any further cost escalation now,” Sarkar said.

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May 20,2020

New Delhi, May 20: With 5,611 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 tally reached 1,06,750 on Wednesday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

As many as 140 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths to 3,303.

Out of the total cases, 61,149 are actives cases and 42,298 patients have been cured/discharged/migrated.

Maharashtra continues to remain the worst-affected state with 37,136 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu (12,448 cases), Gujarat (12,140 cases), and Delhi (10,554 cases).

The nationwide lockdown imposed as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus has been extended till May 31.

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