CBI today arrested two businessmen associated with real estate for their alleged links with Artha Tatwa (AT) group, a chitfund ponzi company accused of duping investors of crores of rupees in Odisha.

Vineet Lalani and Dilip Mohanty, both directors of Orison Group of companies, were arrested by the Central investigating agency on the charge of criminal conspiracy ...Read More

In  a jolt to ruling Biju Janata Dal, the CBI on Tuesday arrested BJD MP Ramchandra Hansda and former party MLA Subarna Nayak over charges of their links with chit fund firm Nabadiganta Capital Services. Former BJP MLA Hitesh Bagarti too was arrested over the same charges.

Soon after their arrest, BJD chief Naven Patnaik suspended Hansda and Nayak from the p...Read More

Bhubaneswar: The special CBI court on Saturday permitted CBI to take MLA Prabhat Tripathy on remand till November 13 for further questioning over his alleged involvement with the Artha Tatwa (AT) Group and its chief Pradip Sethy. The CBI had prayed for a 14-day remand of Tripathy.

Tripathy was arrested by CBI on Friday evening over his alleged involvement with th...Read More

Bhubaneswar: Utkal Bharat president Kharebela Swain on Wednesday slammed the State Government for the unruly scene created by ruling BJD supporters in front of the CBI office after the arrest of Banki BJD MLA Prabhat Tripathy. He informed that he has written a letter to Chief Justice of India Justice HL Dattu appealing him to ensure a SC-monitored probe.

In the l...Read More

Bhubaneswar: The CBI, probing into the mega chit-fund scam in Odisha, arrested Congress leader and businessman Dillip Mohanty and builder Vineet Lalani on Wednesday for their alleged link with chit fund company Artha Tatwa (AT) Group.

Both of them came to the CBI office at around 4 pm and were interrogated for more than 3 hours by the investigating officers. Dill...Read More

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that no one from his family would lead BJD in future. The young leaders of BJD will take his place and lead the party efficiently, said Patnaik during an interaction with Editorial Director of New Indian Express Mr Prabhu Chawla.

With such statement of Patnaik, a long time speculation over ‘who will lead B...Read More

Kolkata: Reaffirming that none in the Trinamool Congress has received money from any chit fund, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday again targeted the media for trying to portray them as thieves and said that a section in media had glorified chit fund companies by publishing their advertisements.

The chief minister demanded a ...Read More

NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of the arrest of a BijuJanataDal (BJD) MP in the Rs 500 croreOdisha chit fund scam, the amicus curiae in the case on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court alleging that the NaveenPatnaik government appeared to have stifled the court-ordered CBI probe to protect influential politicians.

Bringing the spotlight on the BJD g...Read More

BHUBANESWAR: The arrest of several BJD leaders, including a sitting MP and MLA, by the CBI in the chit fund scam in Odisha has dented Naveen Patnaik's claim of running a clean and transparent government.

When the chit fund case came up for hearing before the Supreme Court, Naveen's government opposed a CBI inquiry and said that an inquiry...Read More

The federal government on Thursday announced its first bitcoin securities fraud case, accusing a Texas man of engineering a Ponzi scheme by getting people to turn over their bitcoins in return for promises of high interest rates and the ability to recoup their investment at any time.

Trendon Shavers, of McKinney, appeared in federal court in Texas on securities f...Read More