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The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said it has searched the Bangalore-located office and residential premises of Edtech major BYJU’s CEO Raveendran Byju and seized “incriminating” documents and digital data as part of a foreign exchange violation probe. A total of three premises, two business and one residential, were raided recently under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), it said in a statement. Raveendran Byju The agency said it has seized various incriminating documents and digital data. It said the action was taken on the basis of “various complaints” received by private people and alleged that Raveendran Byju was issued “several” summons but he remained “evasive and never appeared” before the ED. The searches found that his company, Think & Learn Pvt. Ltd., received foreign direct investment (FDI) to the tune of about Rs 28,000 crore during 2011–2023. “The company also remitted about Rs 9,754 crore to various foreign jurisdictions during the

It was at this park where the roof of a bavdi (step-well) inside the Beleshwar Mahadev Jhoolelal Temple premises had caved in on Thursday, killing the devotees.                           Finally, Indore civic body razes illegal construction of temple BHOPAL: The Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) embarked on a demolition drive on Monday against encroachments at a park in the Sneh Nagar locality of Indore, the country’s cleanest city, which reportedly contributed to the temple tragedy which left 36 devotees dead and 17 injured while attending a Ram Navami pooja. At this park, the roof of a bavdi (step-well) inside the Beleshwar Mahadev Jhoolelal Temple premises had caved in on Thursday, killing the devotees. According to local residents, Sneh Nagar Garden was one of the biggest parks in the city till a few decades back, when a multi-purpose recreational centre for kids was slated to come up in the late 1980s. But continuous encroachments there by people with political patronage saw m

Gandhi, in his appeal filed in the sessions court against the conviction and two-year jail term handed last month, submitted he was treated harshly by the trial court. Gandhi, in his appeal filed in the sessions court against the conviction and two-year jail term handed last month, submitted he was treated harshly by the trial court. SURAT: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday told a sessions court in Surat his conviction by a magistrate's court in a 2019 defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark was erroneous, patently perverse, and he was sentenced in a manner so as to attract disqualification as a Member of Parliament. Gandhi, in his appeal filed in the sessions court against the conviction and two-year jail term handed last month, submitted he was treated harshly by the trial court which was "overwhelmingly influenced" by his status as an MP, and maintained there is no such thing as a definite Modi samaj or community on record. In his application

Deepak Boxer was the head of the Gogi gang, a position he assumed after Jitendra Gogi was murdered in 2021.                         How Delhi Police Led Mexico Operation To Arrest Most-Wanted Gangster  New Delhi: Deepak Boxer, one of Delhi's most-wanted gangsters, has been arrested in Mexico and will be brought to India later this week. A special Delhi Police team caught Boxer in Mexico with the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). "The gangster will be brought to India in a day or two. He is among the most wanted gangsters of Delhi-NCR, who fled the country on a fake passport," said an officer. This is the first time that Delhi Police has arrested a gangster outside India. Deepak Boxer was on the run since he murdered a realtor in August 2022. The builder, Amit Gupta, was shot several times on a busy road in Delhi's Civil Lines area. In a Facebook post, Boxer claimed that Gupta was murdered by him and that the motive for the murder was not extortion at

Child rights body flags videos of kids pelting stones in Howrah clashes Section 144 imposed in disturbed areas of Hooghly KOLKATA: Tension gripped the Rishra area in Hooghly where violence between two communities spread on Sunday evening during another Ram Navami procession. BJP’s state president Sukanta Majumdar, who was on his way to Rishra, was intercepted and police did not allow him to proceed. In protest, BJP supporters put up a roadblock on bustling GT Road for over three hours. “Mujamdar was not allowed to visit the trouble-torn area as Section 144 has been clamped in the area,’’ said police. “The ruling Trinamool Congress s misusing the police to meet their purpose. The men in uniform stood mute spectators and now they are resisting us,’’ said Majumdar. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of creating unrest in Bengal. “Ram Navami is over five days ago. But they are still taking out processions in the name of the event only to create unrest in the state,’’ she said.

Lawyers in his legal team said that the sessions court granted him bail and posted the matter for hearing on whether stay can be granted on his conviction or not Rahul Gandhi  A Surat court on Monday granted bail to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case over his 2019 remark about the surname Modi. The sessions court will hear the matter on April 13, an official said. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday filed an appeal against his conviction and two years jail in the 2019 criminal defamation case in Surat sessions court. He was accompanied by his sister and party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra along with scores of party leaders in what is said to be Congress' show of strength. Lawyers in his legal team said that the sessions court granted him bail and posted the matter for hearing on whether stay can be granted on his conviction or not. The lawyers said that on next hearing, the court has told Rahul that his presence was not required. Meanwhile, the court

The US Justice Department said Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, a 29-year-old resident of Madison was given away by DNA he had left on an unfinished burrito.                                                                Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury. WASHINGTON: An Indian-descent man has been arrested for alleged involvement in the fire-bombing of an office building in the US' Wisconsin state last May. Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, a 29-year-old resident of Madison, Wisconsin, was arrested at Boston's international airport on Tuesday, according to court papers. He is charged with one count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive. If convicted, he faces between 5 and 20 years in prison. It's a rare occurrence for the Indian American community, which is considered a model minority in the US, with the highest levels of education and mean household income. There have been few, if any at all, instances of their involvement in a crime or activism-related cr

 Assistant professor Hari Padman was arrested from a house in Madhavaram, said the police. Assistant professor Hari Padman CHENNAI: The Chennai city police arrested the faculty in Kalakshetra Foundation for making sexual advances to a former woman student in the institution. This comes days after a case was registered. Assistant professor Hari Padman was booked under IPC sections 354A (sexual harassment) ( 509 (use of words, gestures or acts intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and section 4 of the Women Harassment Act. He was arrested from a house in Madhavaram, said the police. The case was registered based on a complaint by a former student at an All Women Police station in the city. Police sources said that Hari was sending obscene messages and comments to her through social media. The victim also mentioned that the faculty harassed her while she was studying and she had to discontinue because of him. However, the accused kept harassing her for years even after she left the i

According to sources, the incident took place around 9.07 pm when the train reached the Korapuzha railway bridge after crossing Kozhikode city.                        Kerala: Three dead, eight injured as man sets co-passenger on fire in train KOZHIKODE: Four hours after the shocking incident of a man allegedly setting afire a co-passenger and injuring eight others in an express train, three dead bodies, including of a woman and a one-year-old child, were spotted between Elathur railway station and Korapuzha Bridge, here at 1 am on Monday. According to the Elathur police, after the train reached Kannur, some passengers complained about a woman and a child missing. Later, their bodies were found on the tracks. It is believed that the woman might have jumped out of the train when she heard that a fire had broken out. The woman reportedly hailed from Kannur and the one-year-old child was her nephew. The body of a man, who had also jumped out, was recovered. He has not been identified yet

Investigators later said they had confirmed "an unidentified explosive device exploded in a cafe in central St Petersburg."                                  Russian military blogger killed in blast at St Petersburg cafe A leading Russian military blogger was killed Sunday in an explosion at a cafe in Russia's second-largest city of Saint Petersburg, the interior ministry said. Investigators later said they had confirmed "an unidentified explosive device exploded in a cafe in central St Petersburg." "19 people were also injured to varying degrees," they said in a statement. The TASS news agency quoted a law enforcement source as saying the blast was "caused by an improvised explosive device hidden inside a statue given to Tatarsky as a gift". Tatarsky, whose real name is Maxim Fomin, has more than 500,000 followers on Telegram and is in favour of Russia's campaign in Ukraine. The explosion occurred at "Street Food Bar No. 1" in t

 Senior Congress leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, are accompanying Rahul Gandhi to the court.  Ahead Of Rahul Gandhi's Appeal In Court, Congress Alleges "Illegal Arrest"  New Delhi: The Congress on Monday alleged that "illegal arrests" were being made to prevent party leaders and workers from going to Surat where Rahul Gandhi is set to file an appeal in a court against his conviction in a criminal defamation case. Senior Congress leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, are accompanying Rahul Gandhi to the court. The Congress leader will seek suspension of his sentence by the sessions court, sources said. In a tweet in Hindi, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, "There are continuous reports of illegal arrests by the BJP government in Gujarat to prevent Congress leaders and workers from going to Surat." "The undemocratic face of BJP is being exposed again and again," he said. The Congress condemns

Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology (HICET), located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu is an institution affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and was established in 2000. Student testimonials shed light on the truth of campus life at Coimbatore’s Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology. What appears to be a top-notch institution from the outside may not be precisely the same once you enrol. Reviews of Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology by students make it abundantly obvious that the facilities promised by the institution and the placements are different from what the students were given there. According to one of the reviews written by an engineering student, “Our campus has only been visited by a small number of businesses. The rest were located off-campus. Students must get ready for their interviews and exams. The colleges offer some fundamental assistance. such as spoken lessons and grammar. Reviews of Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology