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ED Raids Karti Chidambaram’s Premises In Delhi, Chennai; Congress Alleges Vendetta

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday, January 13, conducted searches at New Delhi and Chennai premises of former union minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram in connection with the INX Media money laundering case.
The Congress termed the raids “a malicious vendetta” by PM Modi and his government against senior Congress leaders. Meanwhile, Karti Chidambaram’s lawyer said nothing was found and nothing was seized from Chidambaram’s homes.
Two days ago, on Thursday, ED had issued fresh summons to Karti Chidambaram after he failed to appear before it. He has now been called by the agency on Tuesday, January 16. The ED had registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Karti and others in May last year. The case pertains to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval granted in 2006 by the then finance minister P Chidambaram.
It had lodged an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) against the accused named in the CBI complaint which included Karti, INX media and its directors, Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, among others. It was the ED which had provided information about the alleged illegal payments made by INX Media, based on which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed its FIR, said a Time Of India report. The report said that the CBI had also carried out searches at the homes and offices of Karti Chidambaram across four cities for allegedly receiving money from the media firm owned by the Mukerjeas to scuttle a tax probe.
The CBI alleged that Karti Chidambaram received money from INX Media for using his influence to manipulate a tax probe against it in a case of violation of FIPB conditions to receive investment from Mauritius.
The CBI has said it has also recovered vouchers of Rs 10 lakh which were allegedly paid for the services. They were charged of criminal conspiracy, receiving illegal gratification, cheating, influencing public servants and criminal misconduct.
These vouchers were issued in favour of Advantage Strategic Consulting (P) Limited, a firm “indirectly” owned by Karti Chidambaram, the CBI had alleged.
The Chidambarams have, however, denied all the charges made against them.
After the CBI searches on May 16, former finance minister P Chidambaram had issued a statement saying the government was using the CBI and other agencies to target his son. The FIPB approval was granted in “hundreds of cases”, he had said.
On Saturday, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala today said he wasn’t surprised by the malicious vendetta being unleashed against senior Congress leaders including P Chidambaram and his son. “Not surprised by the malicious vendetta being unleashed against senior Congress leaders including P Chidambaram and his son. Everyday PM Modi and his government use ED and CBI as captive puppets to seek revenge from opposition,” he said according to reports on ANI.
Karti Chidambaram’s lawyer Arun Natarajan was reported to have said the nothing was found or seized in the raids. “The ED conducted a raid today. Nothing was found, nothing was seized. The raid concluded at 10.45 a.m.,” Arun Natrajan reportedly told journalists. He also said this was not an enquiry but just a raid, and kept emphasising that nothing was found or seized.
In October last year, during investigation ED found that FIPB approval given by P Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis case was beyond his mandate. The law enforcement agency, in its investigation, also found that the amount for FIPB approval was wrongly projected to conceal the facts. It also found that the company promoted by Karti and P Chidambaram’s nephew allegedly received two lakh dollars from Maxis Group in guise of software consultancy.
The Aircel-Maxis deal refers to a series of allegations of kickbacks in the telecom sector, which was part of the wider 2G scam that engulfed the UPA regime.
In 2011, former Aircel head C Sivasankaran complained to the CBI that he was being forced by then telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran to sell Aircel to the Malaysia-based Maxis Communications group owned by T Ananda Krishnan.
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Smriti Irani shares photo of meeting between PM Modi and her father
Actor Sonu Sood praised Irani’s dedication and upbringing with a comment. He wrote lots of praises for this good student. He said aapki beti badi mehnat karti hai, badi achi taalim di hai aapne.

Union Minister Smriti Irani and her father on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP leader shared a photo of the meeting on Instagram and captioned the picture: When the boss meets the father. Irani compared the meeting to a parent teacher meeting in school.

Television producer Ekta Kapoor commented on the photograph complimenting Irani’s father’s looks. Actor Sonu Sood praised Irani’s dedication and upbringing with a comment. He wrote lots of praises for this good student. He said aapki beti badi mehnat karti hai, badi achi taalim di hai aapne.

Smriti Irani Irani took to X(formerly Twitter) and shared another photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and her father on social media platform. She thanked PM Modi for taking time out of his schedule for her father. Large number of comments started coming on the social media post. One social media user Harsh Kumar said Smriti Kumar’s father has a grand personality.
One user Nishant said this is the picture of the day.
One user Ram Saraswat said everybody feels happy on the the success of his son but the success of the daughter provides one with inner peace. He said Smriti Irani’s mother and father must be proud of her.
One user Yash Naiknavare said there could be could countless gestures that PM Modi displays in everyday life. He thanked Smriti Irani for sharing the moment on social media.
Another user Arun Sood said Modi is the Man of the century.
One user praised Smriti Irani for her achievements in her life. One user Himanshu Jain said both of them must be proud of her. One user said Modi was a true leader.
One social media user Vijay gave his respect to Smriti Irani’s father.
One user Rudraksh said every Indian wants to thank Modiji in person not only for all that he is doing but also on behalf of his children for giving them the chance at a great future.
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Telangana: Former Chief Minister KCR hospitalised following a fall; suspected hip and back injury
According to local reports, the former chief minister will undergo some tests today. KCR is in stable health as of right now.

Former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), fell at home and was taken to the hospital in Hyderabad this morning at around 2 a.m.
The 69-year-old may need surgery since doctors believe he may have injured his hip following the fall. At around two in the morning on Friday, he was taken to the Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad. Since losing the state assembly elections three days ago, the former chief minister has been hosting meetings at his house.
According to local reports, the former chief minister will undergo some tests today. KCR is in stable health as of right now.
BRS MLC K Kavitha posted on X with an update on KCR’s condition, stating that he is receiving professional medical care at the hospital right now.
Meanwhile, KCR held the position of Chief Minister of Telangana from 2014 till 2023, following his party Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)’s loss by the Congress in the recently held Assembly Elections.
In the Telangana election, KCR stood for two seats; he won the Gajwel seat but lost to Kamareddy. He was beaten from the Kamareddy seat by Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy of the BJP, who also defeated KCR and Revanth Reddy.
Revanth Reddy, a member of the Congress, and eleven other ministers were sworn in as Telangana’s chief minister yesterday.
In the 119-member Telangana assembly, the Congress secured 64 seats, while the BRS managed to secure just 39. This was the first loss for BRS since Telangana was created in 2014.
During the lengthy poll campaign, the party attempted to draw attention to all of its programmes for the underprivileged. Nevertheless, the execution of certain programmes had granted MLAs an excessive degree of authority to determine how to allocate monies, giving rise to accusations of both corruption and prejudice.
Despite KCR’s warnings to these MLAs to get a grip and step up their game, all of them received election tickets. As a result, the Congress was awarded the majority of these seats.
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Differently abled activist slams IndiGo for lack of travel assistance, tweet goes viral
Viral Modi, an activist as well as a motivational speaker faced a distressing situation on an Indigo flight from Delhi to Mumbai. Despite her paralyses from the waist down since 2006 and reliance on a wheelchair, she was left forgotten by the cabin crew after landing. The oversight led to her having to alert the housekeeping staff for assistance to deplane.

Many posts on the internet are witness to the fact that the country has to go a long way to make several public places, transport and other amenities accessible for people with disabilities. A 32-year-old disability rights activist’s recent is one such reminder of the lack of facilities.
Viral Modi, an activist as well as a motivational speaker faced a distressing situation on an Indigo flight from Delhi to Mumbai. Despite her paralyses from the waist down since 2006 and reliance on a wheelchair, she was left forgotten by the cabin crew after landing. The oversight led to her having to alert the housekeeping staff for assistance to deplane. This was followed by a 40 minute wait for an aisle wheelchair after all the passengers had left.
Virali’s said that the call button, which is used to ask for help was out of her reach and despite her prior notification about her need for a wheel chair at the gate, the airline failed to provide one. She added the helper who eventually came to assistant was negligent, pushing the aisle chair despite her stiff legs and failing to ensure her personal wheelchair was brought to the baggage claim area promptly. This resulted in an additional 30 minute delay for Virali while her fellow passengers departed.
The situation took a more personal turn when Virali discovered that the cushion for her wheelchair, which had been made custom made to support her spine and prevent sores during long hours of sitting was missing. This loss was particularly distressing as it occurred shortly after the international day of persons with disabilities on December 3. She highlighted the irony of her experience with the airline.
In response to her public sharing of the incident on X(formerly Twitter), Indigo took steps to rectify the situation. The assured Virali of providing a new customizable cushion tailored to Modi’s specifications and have promised to deliver to her home.
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