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During the course of proceedings, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing Shivakumar, said that Shivakumar has ‘only twenty active accounts’ as opposed to ‘317 accounts’ contended by the agency. (Photo: screengrab)

ED is 'desperate' to keep D K Shivakumar in jail, Abhishek Manu Singhvi tells court

Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar was hearing the bail plea of Shivakumar, who was sent to judicial custody in Tihar jail earlier this week.

21 Sep 2019 3:46 PM

Sana was arrested by the ED on July 26 in connection with a money-laundering probe against Qureshi and others. (Photo: Representative)

Moin Qureshi case: Sana Satish Babu sent to judicial custody till Aug 23

Earlier, court had sent Babu to ED custody. As law enforcement agency did not seek additional time, the court sent him to judicial custody.

09 Aug 2019 3:38 PM

The SP did not rule out the possibility that the money would have been spent on anti-social activities. (Photo: Representational)

Rs 8.45 lakh hawala money from Kuwait seized in Assam, 2 held

The accused was not been able to tell, from where this money came and the nature of the expenditure.

22 May 2019 12:11 PM

West Bengal Cheif minister Mamata Banerjee during a roadshow in Kolkata on Friday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of bribing voters via hawala

Banerjee said many saffron leaders were distributing cash under the protection of the Central forces to people to get votes.

11 May 2019 1:54 AM

Calling it a serious matter, CAIT urged the government to start a high-level enquiry at Indian ports to bring an end to the crony nexus. (Photo: File | Twitter)

CAIT urges govt to probe Chinese goods imported via hawala route

CAIT, in a statement, claimed that "such hawala money might be transferred to Pakistan for conducting terror activities".

17 Mar 2019 6:28 PM

A two-day strike was called by separatists to protest the NIA raids at residences of several leaders in connection with an investigation into terror funding through hawala channels in the valley. (Representative Image)

Separatist-sponsored strike disrupts normal life in Kashmir Valley

Most of the shops and other business establishments were shut in Srinagar, officials said.

28 Feb 2019 2:16 PM

The agency has also arrested Neeraj Kochar, owner of Viraj Profiles, who was allegedly using services of Tiwari for influencing CBI officers probing a corruption case against an Indian Revenue Officer in which Kochar is also an accused, sources said.

Govt officials using caterer for ‘hawala’ transactions

The agency sleuths on Thursday raided the offices of the caterer.

10 Aug 2018 2:12 AM

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra. (Source: PTI)

‘Hawala transactions rising due to GSTN software’

Mitra said a test-version GSTR 3B was also introduced recently, but it was not backed by invoices, which led to illegal money transfers.

25 Jul 2018 6:11 AM

The remittances were for at least 25 import consignments, from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) and Mumbai ports, with actual declaration of Rs 3.14 crore, officials later found.

Payments made via hawala king’s account

The remittances were for at least 25 import consignments, from JNPT & Mumbai ports, with actual declaration of Rs 3.14 crore, officials later found.

29 Apr 2018 2:19 AM

Oldest hawala operator in city sent lakhs to Pujari gang

The money was distributed among gang members.

01 Dec 2017 1:37 AM

According to police officials, Choudhary in Delhi met the scam’s alleged mastermind, Sagar Thakkar, who was arrested in April after he arrived in Mumbai from Dubai.

Thane police search for another IRS scam accused

Reema is also wanted in the case for her alleged role but cannot be traced.

25 May 2017 2:52 AM

CAG in its report pointed out that the I-T department is primarily responsible for combating the menace of black money in the country. (Representational image)

I-T faces CAG’s wrath on fake sales

Currently the list contains around 2,059 dealers who had issued invoices involving tax evasion of more than Rs 10,640 crore.

13 Mar 2017 2:15 AM

Hounded for campaigning in Punjab, says Satyendar Jain

Jain says I-T department cannot implicate him, calls it vendetta.

07 Jan 2017 1:22 AM

During interrogation, the suspects claimed that they were specialists in transporting hawala money in such a way that it could go undetected through X-ray machines. (Photo: Representational Image)

Rs 3.5 crore old cash seized from Karol Bagh hotel

Five persons have been detained and a massive hunt has been launched to trace the hotel owner.

15 Dec 2016 2:04 AM

The agency on December 7 launched an “enquiry of records” operation at over 50 bank branches across the country to detect money laundering and hawala dealing instances through these channels as part of its action to check financial crimes post demonetisation. (Representational image)

ED: Errant bank officials to be charged

The ED teams launched the operations at branches located in major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai.

13 Dec 2016 4:25 AM

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