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TopicCentral Bureau of Investigation

Topic: Central Bureau of Investigation

Can’t direct CM to resign, says SC bench hearing RG Kar case; assures protesting doctors of no action

Three-judge SC bench said CBI should take note of inputs given by RG Kar victim's father; it also directed Wikipedia to take down all references to victim’s photo and name.

Body on Ghaziabad rly tracks found to be of ED officer questioned in bribery case. GRP says suicide

ED officer Alok Kumar Pankaj had been questioned by CBI in connection with Mumbai businessman's bribery complaint. FIR didn't name him as accused but as part of team that sought bribe.

UP ex-official ‘who defrauded financial corporation of Rs 35L’ extradited from Switzerland after 26 yrs

Former assistant manager in the UP Financial Corporation Anil Kumar Khanna, whose return the CBI facilitated, has been arrested by UP Police for cheating & criminal conspiracy.

CBI arrests 2 more in NEET-UG case, including NIT grad who ‘stole question paper from NTA’s trunk’

Civil engineer arrested from Patna, associate who allegedly helped him steal leaked NEET-UG 2024 question paper held in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh.

Prioritising extradition requests, speeding up legal assistance — high-level UK delegation visits CBI

Executive director police services interpol attended meet where Intelligence sharing & combating terrorism, cybercrime, & other transnational threats were discussed as well.

MEA says ‘pressing hard with Russia’ for early discharge of Indians duped into fighting in Ukraine

At least 20 Indians have reached out to Indian embassy in Moscow for help. Travel agents tricked them, saying they were travelling on tourist visas to countries like Australia.

CBI officers who probed coal allotment, Nirav Modi cases among 31 recipients of President’s Medal

President of India conferred medals for distinguished service on six & medals for meritorious service on 25 CBI officers, on the occasion of 75th Republic Day.

‘Planned to route funds, pressure India for FCRA renewal through foreign govts’ — CBI FIR against Oxfam

Earlier this month, home ministry had recommended a CBI probe into alleged violations by the non-profit, which had then issued a statement that it fully complies with Indian laws.

Modi to CBI: People you are taking action against are powerful, but corrupt should not be spared

Modi made the remarks at an event to mark diamond jubilee of CBI. His govt has been under opposition attack over what they describe as its misuse of central agencies to target rivals.

BJP & Shah bad, but Modi good? Why Mamata is going easy on PM over CBI, ED ‘misuse’

West Bengal govt Monday passed a resolution against 'excesses' of federal agencies like CBI & ED. However, CM Mamata Banerjee also said, 'I don’t believe PM Modi is behind this'.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.