ED can summon any person; those summoned expected to respect and respond: Supreme Court
The Court made the observation while lifting a stay imposed by the Madras High Court on the execution of ED summons issued to five district collectors in Tamil Nadu.
After ED Arrests, China Advises India to Create 'Non-Discriminatory' Business Environment
The ED has, so far, taken into custody seven people, including two Chinese nationals, in connection with charges of money laundering against the Indian subsidiary of the Chinese phone manufacturer, Vivo.
Raids, Seizures, Searches: How Central Agencies Have Taken Poll Position
ED’s latest round of searches and seizures have, again, been directed against important opposition leaders of states which are in the midst of high-pitched electoral battles, with BJP among the principal players.
After 26/11 Mumbai Attacks, India Has Weaponised Economic Transactions for Mass Surveillance
The tragedy in India is that an external threat to security has seen the state weaponise all forms of governance systems against its own citizens, writes Srinivas Kodali.
The Real Mystery of the Manish Sisodia Case Is the Supreme Court’s About-Face
What happened between October 17 and October 30 that despite all the pertinent points Justice Khanna had made against the ED arguments, he suddenly found merit in the ED case?
Ahead of FATF Meeting, Report Says India Weaponising Terror Financing, Money Laundering Laws Against NGOs
A shadow report compiled by anonymous civil society actors and forwarded to the FATF finds that India has been indiscriminately targeting NGOs using “unproven” and “frivolous claims”.
India ‘weaponising global anti-terror fund’ to crack down on civil society groups, Amnesty says
The Indian government has exploited the assessment reports of a global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog to target “legitimate human rights work of civil society”, a new report by Amnesty International said. More than 20,600 NGOs had their licences cancelled in India in last ten years, Amnesty says.
#piano practice this morning went well: working on a little #Chopin and a little #Bach as sort of opposite modes, and some progress seems to be happening.
feeling quite a bit better after a difficult #lupus#myocarditis weekend. The beach beckons but proofs go first. Hope everyone has a good day today, or at very least an interesting one!
‘Do you eat beef? Did you study at JNU’ — Kappan’s first-person account of his arrest
Speaking for the first time since he was released on bail, Siddique Kappan told a packed hall in Kolkata about how he feels like he is still in an open-air prison.