Fcra Violations News Today

The CBI will question the then NewsClick HR head Amit Chakraborty in Tihar Jail in connection with its probe against the news portal for the alleged violations of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, officials said Monday. They said Chakraborty will be questioned as a "witness" on Wednesday for two hours in the afternoon about alleged investments from US-based Worldwide Media Holdings (WMH) in the company PPK NewsClick Studio Pvt.

India News: NEW DELHI: The CBI will question the then NewsClick HR head Amit Chakraborty in Tihar Jail in connection with its probe against the news portal for th.

India News: The CBI has filed a supplementary charge sheet in connection with its probe against Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd and its then executive directo

The CBI has filed a supplementary charge sheet in the case against Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd and its former executive director Aakar Patel for alleged FCRA violations. The charge sheet includes details about the role of other directors and signatories. The agency has charged eight entities under FCRAs criminal conspiracy and sections

Whispers are gaining momentum

​The First Information Report (FIR) names American businessman Neville Roy Singham and American lawyer and investor Jason Pfetcher. The CBI FIR also names Newsclick founder-editor Prabir Purkayastha and unknown others. The FIR has been registered under relevant provisions of the FCRA Act, 2010. According to the FIR, the offences were committed between 2017 and 2023. A reference was sent by an under-secretary to the home ministry regarding alleged violations of provisions of FCRA, 2010, by PPK ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against NewsClick for allegedly violating the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. The CBI is currently conducting searches at two locations in Delhi. Last week, NewsClicks Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Prabir Purkayastha, and HR head, Amit Chakravarty, were arrested by the Delhi Police under the anti-terror law UAPA.

CBI officials also carried out searches at two premises of the news website. An FIR has been registered by the CBI against the website and others including its director.

It is distressing that the political parties in power should pretend to be concerned about prosecuting NGOs for FCRA violations but conveniently bend every statute to allow foreign agencies to give huge donations to political parties.  

The FIR against the Indian arm of the global NGO Oxfam was registered based on a complaint from the Ministry of Home Affairs. The complaint alleges that Oxfam India routed funds from its foreign affiliates such as Oxfam Australia and Oxfam Great Britain to certain NGOs