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Friday, May 3, 2024
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Topic: CBI

IPS Nageshwar Rao who lost his job as interim CBI chief had these corruption complaints

A 1986-batch IPS officer, M. Nageshwar Rao has allegedly influenced probes in CBI, misappropriated funds while in office & transferred officers despite SC order.

After corruption probe, J&K Bank under NIA scanner for ‘role in terror financing’

NIA zeroed in on the bank while investigating the terror-funding case of 2017, which saw the arrest of Yasin Malik and Asiya Andrabi among others.

Enmity between Krishnanand Rai & Ansari brothers not grave enough motive for murder: Court

Acquitting Mukhtar Ansari and MP Afzal Ansari of 2005 murder of BJP’s Krishnanand Rai, CBI court also said case suffered as witnesses turned hostile.

Indian-origin businessman wants to sue wife for fathering son with another man

The man's father, an alleged arms dealer, features in the CBI's list of 'Undesirable Contact Men'.

Australia hunts for Indian-origin man who is accused of raping his date

Jatin Deol, 40, a US citizen accused of rape, assault and forcing oral sex on a woman, has been untraceable since he flew into India in 2012.

J&K police asks CBI to help issue red corner notice against accused in Shujaat Bukhari case

Sajad Gul, who escaped to Pakistan in 2017, was accused of conspiring with 3 Lashker-e-Taiba members to assassinate journalist Shujaat Bukhari.

UK extends custody of fugitive Nirav Modi, Swiss bank accounts frozen

Nirav Modi, who is wanted in India in the PNB loan fraud and money laundering case, has been lodged in a UK prison since his arrest this March.

The IPS class of 1984 that’s all-powerful under Modi govt

After appointment of Samant Goel and Arvind Kumar as chiefs of IB and RAW respectively, one particular IPS batch has taken charge of most key agencies.

2 TDP MPs who switched to BJP are facing probe by CBI, ED, IT. One was raided 20 days ago

C.M. Ramesh and Y.S. Chowdary are under probe for financial irregularities. Last year, a BJP MP had called them ‘Andhra Mallyas’.

Hundreds of firms suspended under foreign regulations Act, but only 2 being probed by CBI

The CBI has only taken up the cases of FCRA violations registered against legal NGO Lawyers Collective and businessman Deepak Talwar.

On Camera

BJP needs to be Bengalified. Go beyond rosogolla, eat pantabhaat, know what’s hodol kutkut

Words like 'ghuspethiye' or 'tushtikaran' resonate very little in West Bengal, nor do phrases like 'mangalsutra' or Amit Shah's distortion of Mamata Banerjee's 'Maa, Mati, Manush' slogan into 'mullah, madrasa, mafia'.

How govt brought Vodafone Idea back from the brink & earned a neat profit in the process

In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.