Topic: investigation
In Sunanda Pushkar case, court grants Tharoor permission to travel abroad
Tharoor had sought permission for eight visits to five countries, including the US, Canada and Germany, till December.
Vigilance raids in Odisha probe govt officials for undue favours to gangster
The raids are to investigate whether officials abused their official position to act in collusion with gangster Syed Usaman Ali.
Home Ministry acquires 5,000 rape investigation kits to distribute to police stations
Maneka Gandhi says these kits will be instrumental in equipping forensic labs with uncompromised evidence in rape cases.
Johann Hari’s ‘Lost Connections’ doesn’t solve all the world’s problems, but it offers a start
Hari uses his own experience of anti-depressant abuse and the discovery of a complicit system of over-prescription in the health industry to ask the one question the doctor failed to — Tell me about your life.
UP encounters: One ‘mistaken identity’, another killed after ‘raising hands in surrender’
Cities in Delhi’s neighbourhood have seen 3 encounters in the last 5 months, and locals say each of the slain gangsters was frequently visited by the police.
Police lost track of Gauri Lankesh murder suspect after Hindu Right-wing leader’s arrest
SIT says news of Hindu Yuva Sene founder’s arrest could have alerted the suspect, who had been under police surveillance for months
Friend blew juvenile’s cover in Gurugram school murder, says CBI chargesheet
The 2,500-page chargesheet submitted in court uses witnesses, fingerprints, CCTV footage and forensics to establish that the juvenile committed the murder.
Breakthrough on murder weapon, says team probing Gauri Lankesh killing
Shell casings found at the crime scene matched the illegal weapons that have been tracked by special investigation team.
Rush to commission project likely culprit in NTPC Unchahar tragedy
A series of lapses triggered by the hurry to launch the 500 MW power unit is suspected to be behind the deaths of 42 people in the 1 November accident, ThePrint finds.
One in three people at Congress rallies may not have voted for the party: Lokniti-CSDS
Survey data from BJP and Congress rallies during 2019 election suggest that huge crowds are deceiving and don’t translate into votes in favour.
Does Congress have a future in India after 2019 Lok Sabha election results?
The Congress party faced a crushing defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections at the hands of Narendra Modi-led BJP.
Defence
IAF workhorse AN-32 gets a fuel that’s green and creates jobs for tribals
The IAF will now run its AN-32 transport aircraft on a blended bio-fuel partly derived from trees. It plans to widen the experiment over the next two years.
Modi era begins in politics as caste factor fades. Here’s why he won’t be easy to beat
BJP's Mandir politics has subsumed Mandal under Modi-Shah and created a pan-Hindu vote. Modi's challenger has to invent a new politics.