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TopicInvestigation

Topic: investigation

‘Mere sweeping remarks not enough’—why SC refused CBI probe into UP secretariat recruitments

Setting aside an Allahabad HC order directing a CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in the recruitment process, top court said such power should not be exercised routinely.

Marital disputes to loan fraud, private detectives are Indian legal system’s secret search engine

Operating in a legal grey zone, these detectives work behind the scenes—tracking missing persons, unearthing hidden assets and gathering evidence that is often used in court.

Delhi police launch probe into NDLS stampede, to analyse CCTV footage

A police source told PTI that a wrong announcement about change of platforms may have caused confusion which led to the stampede.

Haryana Police suspends 372 investigating officers in one sweep after home minister Vij cracks whip

Maximum IOs suspended in Sirsa (66), Gurugram (60) and Yamunanagar (57). On Monday, Vij had directed DGP to suspend these officers for delaying investigation for more than a year.

UK police open corporate manslaughter investigation at nurse Lucy Letby’s hospital

After Letby’s conviction, govt said it would hold an inquiry into the case amid accusations from senior doctors that concerns about the nurse were not heeded by hospital bosses.

UK parliament’s Standards Commissioner opens investigation into PM Rishi Sunak

The list of open inquiries stated that the matter under investigation was a ‘declaration of interest.’ Sunak's office has not responded.

Ukraine accuses 2 Russian snipers of abusing child, gang raping mother at gunpoint

According to Ukrainian prosecution files, these sex crimes were among several committed by Russian soldiers of the 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade in 4 homes near Kyiv in March 2022.

Ukraine launches probe into ‘brutal shooting’ of ‘prisoner of war’ by Russia

A video on social media shows an apparently unarmed man saying 'glory to Ukraine' before multiple shots are heard coming from an unseen shooter & he slumps to the ground.

Putin approved supply of missiles that shot down Malaysian plane MH17 in 2014, investigators say

The BUK-TELAR missile system was used to shoot down MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014 that killed 298 people, investigators said.

Accident, murder, accident — 5 years after law student’s death, no closure in sight for family

Vikrant Nagaich, 22, was found dead close to railway tracks in Jodhpur in 2017. While Rajasthan cops have thrice changed stand in case, his parents have also knocked top court's doors for justice.

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BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.