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New Delhi, Oct 30: Following the Supreme Court’s directive on Tuesday, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Wednesday submitted to the court in a sealed envelope, a list of 627 names of persons with foreign accounts along with a status report regarding the investigation conducted against them and . Mr. Rohatgi told the court said the investigation into the income tax violations would be completed by

New Delhi, Oct 29: The Centre government on Wednesday submitted a list of names of Indians having accounts in foreign banks to Supreme Court in black money case in a sealed envelope. The apex court refused to open the envelope and directed to place documents before the Special Investigative team (SIT). Only SIT chairman and vice chairman can open the sealed envelope containing names of account

New Delhi, Oct 29: The government will today submit the names of all Indians with foreign bank accounts following a severe reprimand from the Supreme Court which is monitoring the attempts to recover untaxed or black money stashed abroad. "Why are you providing a protective umbrella to foreign bank account holders?" asked the judges. "We can't leave the issue of bringing back black money to

New Delhi, Oct 28: Rejecting the Centre's stand, the Supreme Court today ordered Centre to disclose all the names of blackmoney holders abroad to it by tomorrow in a sealed envelope and slammed it for reluctance on the issue. The apex court had some strong words for the new government for seeking modification of its earlier order on disclosure of all names saying this was accepted by the then UPA

Mumbai, Oct 28: Devendra Fadnavis was today elected the leader of the BJP Legislature Party in Maharashtra, paving the way for his appointment as the first party Chief Minister of the state. The name of Fadnavis, state BJP president, was proposed by Leader of Opposition in the outgoing Assembly Eknath Khadse and seconded by his counterpart in the Legislative Council Vinod Tawde, and members of the

New Delhi, Oct 28: President Pranab Mukherjee has given his consent to Delhi LG's proposal to invite BJP to form the government in the national capital, the Centre today told the Supreme Court which rapped the LG for the five-month delay in taking a decision. The apex court said that in a democracy, President's Rule cannot go on forever and questioned why the authorities failed to act

New Delhi, Oct 28: The government on Monday disclosed in the Supreme Court eight more names against whom it has initiated prosecution under the Income Tax Act for allegedly stashing black money in foreign banks. Those who have been named are: Dabur India promoter Pradip Burman, bullion trader Pankaj Chamanlal Lodhiya, Goa mining company Timblo Private Ltd and five of its directors — Radha Satish

New Delhi/ Ahmedabad, OCt 28: As Nilofar is expected to make its landfall in Gujarat on October 31, authorities are planning to evacuate people in coastal areas of the state, particularly 59 villages of Abdasa and Lakhpat taluks in Kutch district. The Centre on Monday reviewed relief and rescue operations in the state even as weathermen predicted that the cyclone would not have the ferocity of

New Delhi, Oct 27: The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of S Nalini, undergoing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, challenging the law mandating the Centre's approval for her release and that of six other convicts. "Sorry, we are not interested," a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and justices M B Lokur and A K Sikri said.Nalini had challenged Section 435(1) of

Jammu, Oct 27: Ruling out any pre-poll alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP today said it will contest in all the 87 constituencies in the upcoming Assembly elections. "We won't be entering into any pre-poll alliance with any political party as we are considering to field our candidates on all the 87 Assembly constituencies in the state," BJP MP and party in charge for Jammu and Kashmir Avinash Rai