# India

IPS officer Karnal Singh is new Enforcement Directorate director

Senior IPS officer Karnal Singh has been appointed Director of the Enforcement Directorate, it was announced on Wednesday. The Appointments…

IANS | New Delhi | February 8, 2017 8:30 am

IPS officer Karnal Singh is new Enforcement Directorate director

Senior IPS officer Karnal Singh has been appointed Director of the Enforcement Directorate, it was announced on Wednesday.

The Appointments Committee of the cabinet approved the decision. Singh is an Indian Police Service officer of the 1984 batch belonging to the AGMUT cadre.

He will hold the post for two years from the date of assumption of charge, an official statement said.

# India

ED arrests 3 in connection with Bangladeshi infiltration, human trafficking case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two Bangladeshi nationals and one Indian for their alleged involvement in facilitating illegal infiltration and human trafficking into India.

# India

Cash for job case: SC grants bail to former TN minister Senthil Balaji

The court further said that if Senthil Balaji seeks adjournment on “non-existing or frivolous grounds” or “creates hurdles” in the early disposal of cases, the bail granted to him shall be liable to be cancelled.

# Business

ED attaches properties of real-estate firm Shine City worth Rs 29.11 crore

The Lucknow Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 29.11 crore under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a money laundering case involving M/s Shine City Properties Ltd.