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Saturday, January 10, 2026
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Topic: CBI

Acting on US request, CBI arrests Russian resident & money laundering accused Aleksej Besciokov

Lithuanian national Besciokov was charged with money laundering and faces accusations of violating sanctions & operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business in the US.

In a first, 540 Indians detained from Cambodian scam farms to be repatriated on 10 March

As many as a thousand people were detained after joint raids by Thai and Cambodian law enforcement agencies from various scam farms over the past week, it is learnt.

CBI’s Rs 2,434 cr fraud case against Anand Jain’s Jai Corp: Public money, tax havens, ‘forged invoices’

The agency alleges Jain engaged in fraudulent trading, deceived investors through a real estate business and diverted bank loans to offshore entities.

How Siliguri pub owner landed in CBI net for ‘scamming Germans in name of Microsoft tech support’

Accused Rahul Shaw owns pub in Siliguri, controls apparel brand in UAE, is director of 2 firms & ‘national president of Anti-Crime & Social Justice Forum India’. He is in 5-day CBI remand.

Faceless assessment ‘scam’: How nexus of I-T officers & CAs rigged the system to net big fish

The agency has booked nine people, including I-T deputy commissioner Vijayendran R and two department inspectors, apart from a number of chartered accountants.

How bribery scandal involving a Guntur university has cast doubts on integrity of NAAC’s rating process

Members of National Assessment & Accreditation Council inspection committee, including a JNU professor, have been arrested for granting favourable ratings to KLEF Deemed to Be University.

19 FIRs, 15 yrs, zero accountability—unresolved saga of CWG ‘scam’ that changed Delhi & its politics

The CBI registered at least 19 FIRs in the CWG 'scam' but, in the last 15 years, nobody has been able to fix the responsibility for it.

Why are more ED officers landing in CBI net? It’s not an agency vs agency power tussle

In 6 months, at least 3 such cases have come to fore wherein Enforcement Directorate officers have been arrested & CBI has carried out raids at offices of economic intelligence agency.

CBI files closure report in UGC-NET case, juvenile who ‘doctored’ paper let off after counselling

CBI filed the report after confirming there was no paper leak. A school student doctored a screenshot & earned Rs 20,000 by falsely promising to share the next exam paper.

RG Kar rape, murder: CBI moves Calcutta High Court seeking death penalty for convict Sanjay Roy

Earlier this week, a Kolkata sessions court sentenced the sole accused to life imprisonment until death.

On Camera

Global economic growth to slow in 2026 as Trump’s tariffs bite, UN says

The global economy is forecast to expand 2.7% this year, down from an estimated 2.8% in 2025. Growth is expected to go back up to 2.9% by 2027.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.