Raids at Koda’s places not a political issue: Congress

November 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.

November 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - The vigilance department of the Jharkhand government will approach the Income Tax (IT) department and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to get details of the raids conducted against former chief minister Madhu Koda, who is facing corruption charges, an official said here Monday. "We will seek the help of IT and ED to get details of raids conducted against Koda and his associates Vinod Sinha and Sanjay Chaudhary.

November 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren Monday said that supporting Madhu Koda as chief minister was a blunder and in future his party would not support any Independent member for the position. "Supporting Madhu Koda government was a blunder.

November 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is faced with allegations of corruption, was interrogated on camera Monday while the Income Tax department (IT) and enforcement directorate officials continued searches in cities across the country for the third day Monday. The IT officials were questioning Koda on camera so that his statements are recorded on video for proof.

October 31st, 2009 RANCHI - The income tax (IT) department, which is probing a disproportionate assets allegation against former Jharkhand chief minister and MP Madhu Koda and his associates, Saturday conducted raids at 70 places in eight cities and discovered documents relating to illegal transactions worth Rs.2,000 crore, an official said. "In the Mumbai raid, we have come across documents which indicates that Rs.300 crore to Rs.400 crore were sent to foreign countries through different mediums including hawala.

October 31st, 2009 RANCHI - The Income Tax Department, which is probing a disproportionate assets charge against former Jharkhand chief minister and MP Madhu Koda, Saturday conducted raids at 70 places in eight Indian states, an official said. "We are conducting search operation at 70 places of eight cities of the country.

October 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.

October 21st, 2009 MUMBAI - Maharashtra's ruling Congress-led alliance was ahead in the race to control the 288-member assembly Thursday as counting of votes polled in the Oct 13 elections progressed. Counting trends from 120 of the 288 constituencies showed the Congress and its ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) ahead in 58 places.

October 19th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Congress Monday accepted a challenge by ruling Akali Dal president and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to have a debate on the issue of development in the state. Congress legislator Sukhpal Singh Khaira has asked Badal to intimate the date, time and venue for the debate.

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The model code of conduct in poll-bound Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana and Maharashtra, where voting to elect new state governments will be held Oct 13, came into effect Monday. The model code of conduct comes into effect from today (Monday) in the all three states, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla told reporters while announcing the poll schedule for the three Congress-ruled states.

May 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - A section of city-based intellectuals, owing allegiance to the opposition Trinamool Congress, Tuesday alleged that the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) was bringing in cadres from outside to create trouble and destabilise the voting process. 'The CPI-M is bringing in cadres from outside to create disturbances on the day of polling.

April 21st, 2009 PATNA - Retracting from his stand on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday said that United Progressive Alliance (UPA) does not necessarily belong to the Congress party and the coalition would meet after the completion of elections to decide their primeministerial candidate. The Railway Minister had maintained all along that Manmohan Singh is the UPA nominee for the post of Prime Minister.

April 15th, 2009 RAIPUR - Over 1,000 lives have been lost in Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh since 2005 but Maoism hardly finds a mention during the poll season with both the main parties - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress - completely ignoring the issue during campaigning. Eleven Lok Sabha seats in the state go to the polls in the first phase Thursday.

March 26th, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday met West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pranab Mukheree to discuss the issue of joint campaigning for the Lok Sabha election in the state. 'We discussed the issue of Congress-Trinamool Congress joint campaigning across the state.

March 7th, 2009 KOLKATA - Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani Friday said the Congress and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) have an 'unwritten agreement' in West Bengal and in national politics.