Live News: ED alleges- ‘Sonia-Rahul earned Rs 142 crore from crime proceeds’
#News Bureau May 21,2025
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday told a Delhi court that Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, accused in the National Herald case, have allegedly earned Rs 142 crore from the proceeds of crime. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, representing the federal agency in the National Herald money laundering case, said the accused were “enjoying the proceeds of crime” until the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized assets worth Rs 751.9 crore linked to the National Herald in November 2023. The ED further claimed that the Gandhi family not only laundered money by earning the proceeds of crime but also kept that money with themselves.
Jyoti Malhotra was in direct contact with Pakistani official
YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra has confessed to being in regular touch with an employee of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, officials confirmed. According to Hisar police spokesperson Vikas Kumar, Malhotra admitted during interrogation that she was in touch with Pakistani national and High Commission official Ehsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish from November 2023 to March 2025. Officials believe Danish was actively working to develop Malhotra as an intelligence asset.
“She has confessed to having direct contact with Danish during this period. She was also in touch with several other YouTube influencers. Her three mobile phones and laptops, along with two phones of Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) IT in-charge Harkirat Singh, have been sent for forensic examination,” Kumar said.
Bail to former IAS trainee Pooja Khedkar
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) trainee officer Pooja Khedkar, who is accused of forging documents and allegedly misusing the OBC non-creamy layer quota to qualify for the 2022 civil services entrance exam. Granting relief to Khedkar, the Supreme Court said she is “not a drug mafia or a terrorist”, while the Delhi Police strongly opposed the anticipatory bail, saying she was not cooperating in the investigation.
Modi government stopped money, Tamil Nadu approached Supreme Court
The MK Stalin government has been accused of stopping money in the language dispute between the Center and Tamil Nadu. He has approached the Supreme Court. A petition has been filed accusing the Narendra Modi government of stopping funds worth Rs 2,151 crore, as the southern state has not implemented the National Education Policy. The DMK government has opposed the National Education Policy, which recommends a three-language formula under which students learn a third language and a regional language in addition to English. The Tamil Nadu government has alleged that the three-language formula seeks to promote Hindi in southern states and has advocated a two-language policy. The Centre has rejected these allegations and said the three-language formula aims to revive Indian languages.
30 Naxalites, including Basavaraj, who had a reward of Rs 1 crore on his head, killed in Chhattisgarh
30 Naxalites, including top Naxal leader Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraj, who had a reward of Rs 1 crore on his head, have been killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh. Basavaraj was also the general secretary of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist). The top Naxal leader, who has been part of the Naxal movement since the 1970s and was wanted by security agencies across the country, was gunned down by District Reserve Guard (DRG) forces, sources said.
ED raids medical college linked to Karnataka Home Minister
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has raided a medical college linked to Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara in the Ranya Rao gold smuggling case. Parameshwara is said to be the chairman of Sri Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, which was raided by the ED.
India’s Banu Mushtaq wins International Booker Prize for ‘Heart Lamp’
Indian writer Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi won the International Booker Prize. The award was given for their book “Heart Lamp”. It is a collection of 12 short stories written over a period of more than 30 years, describing the everyday lives and struggles of women in South India. The award was announced by bestselling Booker Prize-winning author Max Porter as chairman of the five-member voting panel at a ceremony held at Tate Modern in London.
Suicide attack on school bus in Balochistan kills 4 children
A suicide car bomb hit a school bus in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing four children and injuring 38 others. The attack took place in Khuzdar district of Balochistan province when the bus was carrying children to school, local deputy commissioner Yasir Iqbal said. Although no group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, suspicion is expected to fall on ethnic Baloch separatists, who often target security forces and civilians in the region.
