A division bench is hearing a CBI application to transfer the jailed TMC leaders' bail applications from the Special CBI Court to the High Court citing unprecedented mob pressures.
The CBI has alleged that the accused imported fertilisers and raw materials through a subsidiary of IFFCO and other middlemen at highly-inflated rates to cheat the government.
Singh, in his plea before the apex court, had sought the transfer of all inquiries against him outside Maharashtra and a probe into his case by an independent agency like the CBI.
Bengal ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, MLA Madan Mitra and former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee were arrested Monday morning in the 2016 Narada sting op case.
CBI also arrested former Trinamool ministers Madan Mitra and Sovan Chatterjee in Narada case. An official said chargesheet will be filed in court today.
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has given approval to CBI to prosecute 4 politicians in Narada sting op case — Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Sovan Chatterjee & Madan Mitra.
In September 2018, the apex court had termed the police action against ISRO's former scientist Nambi Narayanan as 'psych-pathological treatment', threatening his human rights.
Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh had filed criminal PIL seeking a CBI probe against Deshmukh claiming he had asked police officers to extort Rs 100 crore from bars and restaurants.
Under Modi govt, there are many instances of these central agencies questioning or raiding opposition leaders when it can have political consequences. Later, probes go cold again.
Sinha, a 1974-batch officer of the Bihar cadre, was Director General of ITBP force, the Railway Protection Force and served at senior positions in CBI.
Matters of defence and foreign policy are important, but the new government must address widespread discontent in the country. This begins with investing in the rural sector.
Bibek Debroy, chairman of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, also suggested that analysing inequality at the state level might provide a clearer picture of inequality, as a national estimate could be misleading.
Pictures had emerged of Chinese soldiers carrying rifles and iron rods with machete-like heads in the vicinity of India’s forward locations on the southern bank of Pangong Tso in 2020.
Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.
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