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Chandigarh, March 21 – Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann stated on Saturday that the state's "improving" law and order is now evident, driven by a zero-tolerance policy against drugs and a sustained crackdown on organized crime.Mann said that the state is one of the safest and most peaceful...

New Delhi, March 20 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has executed its largest seizure in a single case, worth over ₹22,000 crore, by freezing properties in its investigation into money laundering against PACL (Pearls Group), based in Chandigarh, which is accused of orchestrating a ₹48,000 crore...

Bhopal, March 19 – The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Bhopal Zonal Office conducted searches and seized assets at three premises linked to M/s Rajul Group and its partner, Priyank Mehta, in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, on Thursday.The action, conducted under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange...

Jaipur, March 16 – Under Operation Shikanja, a statewide initiative in Rajasthan to curb organized crime and illegal activities, the Karauli Police have taken major action against an alleged "Online Betting King" by identifying illegal assets worth approximately Rs 35 crore and initiating...

Raipur, March 16 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Raipur Zonal Office, has provisionally attached immovable properties worth approximately ₹80.36 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.The attachment, carried out on March 13, 2026, relates to an alleged scam in the...

Srinagar, March 16 Police on Monday seized assets worth crores belonging to an alleged drug peddler in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.Police seized four immovable properties belonging to "notorious drug peddler" Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Rakh e Lajoora, in...

Chandigarh, March 9 – The Punjab Police announced on Monday that they had frozen properties worth more than ₹600 crore, linked to drug traffickers, over the past two years, marking a major achievement in their ongoing crackdown on the drug economy in the state.Notably, Punjab accounted for 50...

Bhubaneswar, March 8 The Odisha Vigilance arrested a government engineer on Sunday for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, officials said.Pramod Kumar Ray, assistant executive engineer (AEE) in the Derabish irrigation sub-division under the Kendrapara...

Mumbai, March 5 A special court here has issued notices to Nirav Modi's brothers, who are absconding, asking them to explain why they should not be officially declared "fugitive economic offenders" (FEOs) in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam.The notices were issued to Neeshal and Nehal Modi...

Amaravati, March 5 Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha told the assembly on Thursday that the state government would seize and auction the assets of the fireworks factory owners involved in the fatal explosions to compensate the victims.Her remarks came a day after Chief Minister...

Mangaluru, February 28 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Mangaluru Sub-Zonal Office, has filed a prosecution complaint (charge sheet) under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, before the Special Court for PMLA cases in Mangaluru against several individuals...

Jaipur, February 26 – The Rajasthan Police have launched a major crackdown on an organized cyber fraud network allegedly involved in siphoning off crores of rupees from government welfare schemes. Fifty-one accused have been arrested, and proceedings have been initiated to attach properties...

New Delhi, February 25 The Enforcement Directorate has seized Anil Ambani, chairman of the Reliance Group, Mumbai house, 'Abode', valued at ₹3,716 crore, under the anti-money laundering law, official sources said on Wednesday.The luxurious house, which stands 66 meters high with 17 floors, is...

As a significant step to dismantle the terror ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have seized a plot of land belonging to Swar Din, also known as Swaru, a Pakistan-based terror handler, in the Bhatodi area of Billawar in the Kathua district.According to the Kathua...

Shivpuri (MP), February 21 Police have arrested 20 members of an inter-state gang for allegedly extorting crores by running a sextortion-cum-digital extortion racket, which was mainly operated from the Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh, an officer said on Saturday.Assets, including...

Kolkata, February 17 – The process of formally accusing Chandranath Sinha, the West Bengal minister, of involvement in the multi-crore bribery case involving school jobs in the state, may be delayed indefinitely.This is because the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which had initiated the formal...

Mumbai, February 14 – The Enforcement Directorate arrested a former Lodha Developers director, Rajendra Narpatmal Lodha, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in connection with an ongoing investigation into an alleged fraud case involving losses of over ₹100 crore to the real estate...

Bhubaneswar, February 13 The Odisha Vigilance has arrested a junior clerical staff member on the charge of misappropriating government funds worth Rs 2.38 crore, an official statement said on Friday.Subrat Kumar Behera, a junior assistant in the office of the Angul chief district medical...

Srinagar, February 13 Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday attached properties worth Rs 1.5 crore belonging to an alleged drug peddler in the Kulgam district of south Kashmir.According to a police spokesperson, the assets include six shops, five warehouses, a tin shed, and a platform located in...

Kanpur (UP), February 12: In a major crackdown against the illegal trade of codeine-based cough syrup, a joint team from the Kanpur and Varanasi police commissionerates has attached properties worth approximately Rs 5.5 crore and frozen a bank account containing Rs 37 lakh linked to an accused...