Madhu Koda's associate arrested by Enforcement DirectorateNovember 6th, 2009 RANCHI - The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested Vikas Sinha, an associate of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, for his alleged role in the hawala transactions and the illegal investments. Vikas Sinha, the brother of another associate Binod Sinha, will be produced before a local court where the Enforcement Directorate will seek his police remand before he is sent to the Directorate's regional headquarters in Patna.
Net closes in on Madhu Koda, close aide arrested (Roundup)November 6th, 2009 RANCHI/NEW DELHI - The Enforcement Directorate (ED) closed in on former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda Friday when it made its first arrest in the Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam by nabbing the brother of the politician's close associate. "We have arrested Vikas Sinha," Prabha Kant, deputy director, ED, told reporters in Ranchi.
Madhu Koda faces arrest on discharge from hospitalNovember 5th, 2009 RANCHI - Income Tax sleuths on Thursday made it clear that former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda will be arrested as soon as he is discharged from hospital. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and IT department have also directed the ARA Memorial Weaver's Hospital in Ranchi, where Koda is recuperating, not to release him without informing them.
Koda moved from ICU to general ward, ED set for arrestNovember 5th, 2009 RANCHI - As officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) readied to arrest him, former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, at the centre of a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, was Thursday shifted from the ICU to the general ward of the Apollo Hospital. The decision to discharge Koda, now an independent MP, who had been admitted after he complained of high blood pressure, nausea and a stomach ache, would be taken in a day or two after doctors review his condition, doctors at the hospital told IANS.
Koda's house sealed, Swiss bank connection being investigatedNovember 4th, 2009 RANCHI - Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's residence here was sealed Wednesday amid allegations that he amassed illegal assets worth crores. Efforts are also on to find out if he deposited money in Swiss banks, sources say.
Koda in hospital, sleuths in town to question himNovember 4th, 2009 RANCHI - The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is to quiz Madhu Koda over allegations of a Rs.2,500-crore scam, has asked Apollo Hospital for a report on the health status of the former Jharkhand chief minister who was admitted there Tuesday after he complained of a stomach ache. The ED has also asked the hospital management not to discharge the Lok Sabha MP without informing them.
Koda's house sealed, Swiss bank links being probed (Second Lead)November 4th, 2009 RANCHI - Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's residence here was sealed Wednesday amid allegations that he had amassed illegal assets worth crores. Efforts are also on to find out if he deposited money in Swiss banks, sources said.
Raids at Koda's places not a political issue: CongressNovember 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Wednesday denied that it was in the know of the raids conducted on former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's residence and his associates' offices across the country. "It is totally unfounded.
Madhu Koda admitted to Ranchi Apollo hospital, ducks IT interrogationNovember 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda today ducked IT interrogation by getting himself admitted to Ranchi Apollo Hospital in pretext of acute stomach pain. Meanwhile, Commissioner of Income Tax, Jharkhand Circle, Anjani Kumar has said Koda was not cooperating with them in investigations of the Hawala scam.
Madhu Koda's houses raidedOctober 31st, 2009 RANCHI - The Income Tax Department Saturday conducted raids at the various homes of former Jharkhand chief minister and MP Madhu Koda, an official said. The official said the IT department was conducting raids at different places in seven Indian cities.
Karunanidhi to be discharged from hospital SaturdayMay 8th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi is likely to be discharged Saturday from a hospital here following his recovery from high fever, hospital authorities said Friday.
Dasmunsi being mobilised on wheelchair: hospitalApril 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress leader and central minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, who has been in hospital for almost six months, is now being mobilised on a wheelchair every day, the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital here said Tuesday. 'Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi remains neurologically status quo and off life support,' it said.
Dalai Lama admitted to hospital, dischargedFebruary 1st, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was admitted to Apollo Hospital in New Delhi Monday and discharged later, his aide said. 'This morning (Monday) His Holiness (the Dalai Lama) was admitted to Apollo Hospital after complaining of a mild discomfort in one of his arms,' Tenzin Taklha, a senior aide to the leader, told IANS by phone.
Former Delhi Congress chief Ram Babu Sharma deadJanuary 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ram Babu Sharma, the Congress legislator from north east Delhi's Rohtas Nagar constituency and a former Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) chief, died early Wednesday at the Apollo Hospital here following a heart attack, officials said. He was 53. Sharma died at 1 a.m.
Soren in Ranchi hospital after chest painJanuary 12th, 2009 RANCHI - Outgoing Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren was Tuesday admitted to hospital after he complained of chest pain. Family sources said the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief, who quit Monday as chief minister after his defeat in the Tamar by-assembly election, began feeling uneasy in the morning and was rushed to the Apollo hospital here.