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Life Mission housing project was one of the pet projects of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan through which homes are built for the homeless. CBI
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Monday pertaining to the Kerala Life Mission Project scam.
The agency has said that the Kerala government s project has used proxy firms like Unitac and Sane Ventures to receive funds directly from a foreign agency by the name of the UAE consulate and was violative of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).
The CBI claimed there is prima facie evidence of foul play and a conspiracy among the officials of Life Mission and others for diversion of foreign contribution and receipt of kickbacks from the said contribution.
End Vendetta Politics Against Harsh Mander, Civil Society Members Demand
The Centre is misusing regulatory institutions and laws to harass civil society institutions, over 650 members of civil society said in a statement.
Harsh Mander. Photo: Flickr/IFPRI South Asia CC BY NC ND 2.0
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New Delhi: Over 650 members of civil society have demanded a stop to the ‘vendetta politics’ against Harsh Mander and other activists, adding that the Centre has been “misusing” regulatory institutions and laws like the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act (FCRA) to harass civil society institutions.
The statement comes after a case was registered under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act over alleged violations by two shelter homes in South Delhi which were established by the Centre for Equity Studies (CES), an NGO that Mander is associated with.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a fresh case against Unitac Builders managing director Santhosh Eapen for alleged money laundering in the Wadakkancherry LIFE Mission project. According
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India must realise that a democracy cannot be reduced to only demanding praise from the rest of the world
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India must realise that a democracy cannot be reduced to only demanding praise from the rest of the world
The ongoing protests by farmers against the three hastily promulgated agriculture laws have drawn international attention, with the denial of democratic rights to them by the government’s construction of military-grade barriers and shutting down of the Internet at protest sites getting strong statements of support from numerous international celebrities. The official response of the Ministry of External Affairs was disproportionate to the provocation, but it was not merely the reaction of a thin-skinned government. The argument put forth by the government pushed a more fundamental premise: it warned the concerned global voices that these matters democracy and hu
ED attaches over Rs 17-cr assets of Amnesty International India on money laundering charges
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It said both the entities have acquired the proceeds of crime and layered the same in the form of various movable properties. The order involves attachment of movable properties worth of Rs 17.66 crore being proceeds of crime .
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The agency has earlier attached some properties in this case and the total attachment value now stands at Rs 19.54 crore.
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has attached over Rs 17 crore bank deposits in connection with its money laundering case against two entities of Amnesty International (India), the global human rights watchdog. The agency said in a statement that a provisional order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) attaching bank accounts of Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd (AIIPL) and Indians for Amnesty International Trust (IAIT)