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The TOI correspondent from Washington: Among Silicon Valley elites where tech titans have largely aligned with President Donald Trump’s purportedly race-driven MAGA vision, Indian-American venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has been an outlier. Exceptional as his opposition to Trump has been, the billionaire tech savant has set off a political and cultural firestorm this week with…
US President Donald Trump on Saturday reposted a graphic image on his Truth Social account showing a federal law enforcement officer’s severed finger, after a protester in Minneapolis allegedly bit it off during clashes with anti-ICE demonstrators.Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin originally shared the image on X, writing, “In Minneapolis, these rioters attacked our…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and other state officials on the allegations levelled by Enforcement Directorate over the raids on I-PAC — a political consultancy firm linked to Trinamool Congress The top court sought the response from chief minister within two weeks.The bench of…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was “disturbed” about commotion that occurred at Calcutta high court during hearing on disruption at Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on Trinamool-linked political consultancy I-PAC.Aftershocks of the showdown between ED and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over raids on I-PAC jolted Calcutta high court last week, prompting Justice…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted searches at the residence of Washington Post journalist in a case pertaining to “obtaining and reporting” classified and “illegally leaking information from a Pentagon contractor,” US attorney general Pamela Bondi informed on Wednesday. She added that the leaker was “behind bars”.The crackdown has raised concerns among press freedom advocates.“This…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee after she walked out of the house of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) chief Pratik Jain during an ED raid (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking directions for the registration of an FIR against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banarjee, the…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday moved the Supreme Court alleging interference and obstruction by the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government during search operations at the Kolkata headquarters of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee(I-PAC) and the residence of its director Pratik Jain. Meanwhile, the state government filed a caveat seeking to be…
KOLKATA: Aftershocks of the showdown between Enforcement Directorate (ED) and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over raids on Trinamool-linked political consultancy I-PAC jolted Calcutta high court Friday, prompting Justice Suvra Ghosh to postpone hearing petitions filed by either side till Jan 14 on grounds of “enormous disturbance and commotion” in the courtroom.The judge, seemingly annoyed…
NEW DELHI: Political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) has termed the Enforcement Directorate raids an “unsettling precedent”. The probe agency condicted searches at I-PAC offices and the residence of its director, Pratik Jain, in Kolkata a day before, in connection with a coal smuggling-linked money laundering case.In a statement on Friday, the firm…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday defended interfering during Enforcement Directorate‘s I-PAC raids, accusing the agency of attempting to “steal” her party’s details. She further levelled serious allegations against “senior BJP leaders in Delhi”, claiming that they received “coal scam proceeds” and she could “furnish proof before public”.“What I did yesterday…
