Billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani, chairman of the Adani Group, has been indicted by the US on charges of bribery and fraud under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The allegations include a scheme involving Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani, and six others, who allegedly paid bribes to Indian government officials to secure solar energy supply contracts worth $2 billion in profits over 20 years. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, claiming the group raised $175 million from US investors during the scheme.
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi chaired a meeting of Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha to take stock of the party's stance on various issues and the way forward in Parliament
The Japanese firm also sees 'minimal risk' of termination of 8 gigawatt (GW) Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) solar manufacturing-linked projects
Updated On : 09 Dec 2024 | 1:32 PM ISTIf Adani promoters are found guilty, we believe the size of potential penalty is manageable given it is up to three times the value of the bribe, Nomura said
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Updated On : 06 Dec 2024 | 7:01 PM ISTLok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 12 noon on Thursday amid protests by Opposition members over the Adani issue, violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal and other issues. As soon as the House met for the day, Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was elected from Kerala's Wayanad in the recent bypoll, and Ravindra Vasantrao Chavan, who was elected from Maharashtra's Nanded, took oath as Lok Sabha MPs. Immediately after the oath taking of the two new members, many Opposition members, including from the Congress, were on their feet as they sought to raise issues related to the allegations against the Adani Group and other issues. Some members from the Congress and Samajwadi Party were in the Well while other Opposition members stood in the aisle and shouted slogans. Speaker Om Birla asked the Opposition members to allow the Question Hour and said they can take up their issues later. "I have been giving you enough opportunities to raise your issues and will continue to do so
YSRCP top leader and former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday strongly refuted allegations of payment of bribes to Andhra Pradesh officials by the Adani Group for solar power purchases during his party-led government, and said his name was not mentioned anywhere in a US court's indictment on the matter. In his first reaction days after the controversy broke out, Reddy also said he had met the Adanis several times during his tenure as the CM of Andhra Pradesh which was "not unusual". "Nowhere it mentions that incentives were offered to me because there is no way anybody can offer incentives to me, first of all. And businessmen meeting heads of states is not unusual. This in fact is an ordinary practice," he told reporters. He further said the allegations of bribes are all hearsay and nobody has said that Jagan or somebody has taken bribes. Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani has been charged by the US Department of Justice over his role in a years-long scheme to pay USD
Rajya Sabha proceedings were washed out for the third consecutive day on Thursday after uproar by opposition MPs over the Adani issue and violence in Manipur and Sambhal. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar's appeals that Parliamentary disruption was not a remedy but a malady which weakened the foundation of India's democracy went unheeded as the opposition members continued to protest. The proceedings of the Upper House were adjourned within minutes after it met at 12 noon, following one adjournment shortly after 11 am. Recalling that Wednesday marked a historic milestone -- the beginning of the final quarter-century before India's Constitution turned 100 -- Dhankhar lamented that the House members missed the opportunity to engage in productive dialogue. "This was a moment for our House of Elders, guided by the spirit of nationalism, to send a powerful message of hope to 1.4 billion Indians, reaffirming our commitment to their dreams and journey towards Viksit Bharat at 2047," he said. "Ye
The Adani Group holds a 70 per cent stake in Haifa port in northern Israel and is involved in military drone production, with plans for manufacturing commercial semiconductors
SBI has the largest exposure to the Adani Group among Indian banks, with sanctioned loans of Rs 33,800 crore ($4 billion)
The renewable energy arm of the ports-to-power conglomerate is Adani Green Energy, which is at the center of the US indictment. It focuses on solar, wind and hybrid power generation and has a presence
US allegations, denied by the company, are that Gautam Adani's colossal ports-to-energy conglomerate paid bribes to secure power sales and made misleading disclosures
The IHC statement comes soon after Adani group emphasised that its chairman and his aides have not been charged under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
At 11:09 am; Adani Total Gas was trading 14% higher, while Adani Green and Adani Energy Solutions were locked in the 10% upper circuit, as compared to nearly 1% decline in the BSE Sensex.
SECI's chairman told Reuters last month that a three-fold increase in tendering of renewable projects has left 30 GW of projects for which bidding is complete, but without buyers
Group shares gain Rs 1.22 trn on Wednesday
Adani Ports also struck a share purchase agreement for a 95 per cent stake in state-owned Tanzania International Container Terminal Services for $95 million
The decline started months before Hindenburg report in Jan 2023
Group said to have made submission stating it didn't disclose US probe as matter was sub judice, no charges were affirmed
Stock Market Highlights: NTPC Green Energy, which made its debut today, ended higher by 8.74 per cent at Rs 121.25 on the NSE, from its IPO allotment price of Rs 108
Congress MP in the Rajya Sabha Randeep Surjewala raised the issue of corruption, especially related to the bribery allegations against the Adani Group
US prosecutors charged Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani who is director at Adani Green, and six others in running an alleged bribery scheme
Adani Green Energy clarified today that allegations against Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani, and senior executive Vneet Jaain under the US FCPA by the US Department of Justice are "incorrect."
Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said that while the charges refer to allegations of Adanis bribing Indian entities, they do not specify the method of bribery or the persons involved
Congress MPs Manickam Tagore, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Manish Tewari moved adjournment notices in this regard