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Vindicates demand for JPC probe: Congress on charges against Adani in US

New Delhi, Nov 21 (PTI) With billionaire Gautam Adani charged in the US with alleged bribery and fraud, the Congress on Thursday said it “vindicates” its demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation into the various “scams” involving his conglomerate. The opposition party also called for “a new and credible” Sebi head to be appointed to complete the securities law investigations into the “Adani Mega Scam”. Adani has been charged by US prosecutors over his role in an alleged years-long scheme to pay $ 250 million bribe to Indian officials in exchange for favourable terms for solar power contracts. US

Gautam Adani charged in US with bribery; Adani Group shares tumble

Nov 21 (Reuters) – Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in a $265 million bribery scheme, according to U.S. prosecutors. U.S authorities said Adani and seven other defendants, including his nephew Sagar Adani, agreed to pay the bribes to Indian government officials to obtain contracts expected to yield $2 billion of profit over 20 years, and develop India’s largest solar power plant project. A judge has issued arrest warrants for Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani and prosecutors plan to hand

Maha Vikas Aghadi will form govt in Maharashtra”: Congress leader Sachin Pilot

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 20 (ANI): As the voting for the single-phase assembly polls in Maharashtra is underway, Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday exuded confidence in winning the elections and said that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will form government in the state. “The election trends are nice. People are voting in large numbers. Voting will conclude peacefully. MVA will form a government,” Pilot told ANI. After a sluggish start, voter turnout in Maharashtra started to pick up, reaching 45.53 per cent by 3.00 pm in the single-phase assembly elections on Wednesday. A naxal hit Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra

“BJP’s hooliganism is going on continuously,” says SP MP Dimple Yadav

Etawah (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 20 (ANI): Lashing out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav said that the BJP has been losing in the Uttar Pradesh by-polls. She added that the BJP’s hooliganism is going on continuously wherever elections are taking place. “The Bharatiya Janata Party is losing, and the kind of rumours they are constantly spreading show that they are losing badly. BJP’s hooliganism is going on continuously, and wherever elections are taking place, we have seen that the entire administration is working like an agent of the BJP. If such incidents are happening

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