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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has attached fresh assets worth Rs 4 crore as part of a money laundering investigation against a Chinese national staying “illegally” in India and his associate. It said the Chinese national’s associate allegedly indulged in a host of criminal activities like gambling, prostitution and secret clubs for people from China. The probe pertains to the Chinese man identified as Xue Fei who was first booked by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police in Noida, near Delhi. The attached properties are in the form of bank and fixed deposits of Rs 3.12 crore and an immovable property (residential flat) worth Rs 60 Lakh situated… Read More »Assets Worth Rs 4 Crore Linked To Chinese Man In Money Laundering Case

The judge in Donald Trump’s New York criminal case has delayed to November 19 a decision on potentially throwing out the US president-elect’s conviction, the court said Tuesday. Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts in May after a jury found he had fraudulently manipulated business records to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with a porn star ahead of the 2016 election. Trump, due to be sentenced on November 26, may receive a reprieve if Judge Juan Merchan decides to dismiss the case following the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. That landmark ruling saw the court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, decide that presidents have sweeping immunity from prosecution for a range… Read More »Judge Delays Decision In Trump’s New York Criminal Case To November 19

A high-tech marijuana operation, using imported seeds and full-spectrum grow lights, has been busted in Greater Noida and an English graduate from Meerut has been arrested. Police said the man cultivated at least 100 marijuana plants, including premium (OG) and other varieties, at his flat in Beta-2’s Parsvnath Panorama society, selling the produce from each of them on the dark web for between Rs 50,000 and Rs 60,000. He was inspired to get into the drug trade after watching web series and used to gather information on growing marijuana on the internet, said an official. Briefing reporters on Tuesday, a senior police officer said the accused, Rahul Chowdhary, would grow premium marijuana (OG) in flower… Read More »Imported Seeds, Full-Spectrum Lights: High-Tech Marijuana Op Busted In Greater Noida

Ahead of the voting in the first phase of Assembly elections in Jharkhand on Wednesday, Returning Officer for Ranchi Assembly constituency, Utkarsh Kumar said that the mock poll will begin at 5.30 am after which polling will commence. “Polling parties for all 374 polling booths have gathered here to collect polling material. Later, they will leave for their respective booths in GPS-tracked vehicles. The mock poll will begin at 5.30 am, after which polling will start. All basic facilities including drinking water, toilets, and web-casting facilities are available at all polling stations. All preparations are in place for polling. Security and CAPF deployed at polling stations. All rules and regulations laid down by the Election… Read More »Jharkhand Assembly Polls Phase 1: Key Seats To Watch Out For Tomorrow

Power discoms have provided electricity connections to 6,791 of the 10,802 applicants living in Delhi’s unauthorised colonies following Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena’s intervention, the Raj Niwas said on Tuesday. The remaining applications are being processed and the applicants will soon get power connections, the Raj Niwas said in a post on X. In October, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), after the LG’s intervention, allowed the discoms to provide power connections to four categories of habitations in the city, without the requirement of its no-objection certificate (NOC). These habitations included unauthorised colonies regularised by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) before the land-pooling regulations were notified, land allotted to landless persons under the 20-point programme,… Read More »6,791 Power Connections Provided In Delhi On Lt Governor’s Intervention