Topic: CBI
Why a star Bengali journalist has been in jail for over 400 days without bail or trial
Suman Chattopadhyay’s family has cried foul about his continued incarceration, petitioning the Editors’ Guild of India this month to seek its intervention.
CBI searches 7 locations after booking Rana Kapoor’s family in Rs 600 cr bribery case
CBI alleged that Rana Kapoor along with DHFL's Kapil Wadhawan are guilty of round-tripping funds that benefited companies owned by Kapoor's daughters.
Probe on sacrilege cases to stay with Punjab govt as SC junks CBI plea against the state
The CBI had challenged a Punjab & Haryana HC order that refused to interfere with government's decision to take back all the sacrilege cases from the agency.
Former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana, RAW chief given clean chit in bribery case
The other key accused in the case, middleman Manoj Prasad, has been named in the charge-sheet. Another alleged middleman Somesh Prasad will be investigated.
Not just Manish Sisodia’s OSD, more officers in Delhi GST dept under CBI scanner
Manish Sisodia’s OSD, Gopal Krishna Madhav was arrested Thursday night for allegedly accepting bribes to waive GST duty of transporters.
CBI to investigate irregularities in 2016 Manipur civil service examinations
The Manipur High Court had in October 2019 quashed the Manipur civil service examination after several aspirants approached it alleging irregularities in the selection process.
CBI gets just Rs 4 crore extra in latest Union budget
The budget allocation for CBI, which is currently dealing with several high profile cases, went up from Rs 798 crore to Rs 802.19 crore in 2020-21.
Karnataka govt gives CBI permission to indict 2 IPS officers in multi-core IMA ponzi scam
The two officers, Hemant Nimbalkar and Ajay Hillori, are accused of shielding I Monetary Advisory group chief M.M. Khan in a Rs 2,500-crore ponzi scam case.
Are you a graduate keen on investigation, data analysis? CBI is ready to teach you
The interns can be graduates, post-graduates and research assistants & will be allowed to work with CBI for a six to eight-week period.
CBI has been waiting 4 months for sanction to prosecute 3 MPs, shows latest CVC data
The CBI is waiting to move on as many as 58 cases involving over 130 Lok Sabha MPs, bureaucrats and bank officials for alleged corruption.
India’s long TB battle has 3 key lessons for fighting the coronavirus
Tuberculosis keeps coming up in the context of the novel coronavirus pandemic. India’s tuberculosis burden has taught us a thing or two about infection control.
Ramayan on DD: Best way to keep India’s elderly indoors or show the young TV beyond Netflix?
Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan, which was a rage in the late 1980s, has made a comeback at a time when the 21-day lockdown has forced people indoors.
Defence
Army doctor and JCO test positive for Covid-19, both had travelled to Delhi separately
The latest cases have come over 10 days after an Army jawan in Leh tested positive for Covid-19 to become the first its victim in the 13-lakh strong force.
Modi’s India isn’t Mao’s China. Silly forecasts assume we’ll let corona kill millions of us
There are many scary scenarios about how badly we Indians may be affected or how many killed by Covid-19. But they presume we will do nothing to influence our fates.