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Wednesday, October 8, 2025
TopicSpecial Investigation Team

Topic: Special Investigation Team

2 more FIRs in ‘obscene videos’ case — Prajwal Revanna booked for rape, father for kidnapping woman

HD Revanna & his associate booked for kidnapping a woman featured in one of videos. Karnataka home minister asks women to come forward & give statements, assures protection.

Fadnavis announces SIT probe in case of MLAs’ houses being burnt during Maratha quota protests

The agitation for the Maratha quota had turned violent, with protesters 'torching the homes of two Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs' in Beed in October.

‘Every state officer who colluded with rioters must be held accountable’ — SC order on Manipur

Bench led by CJI said lapses in investigative process do not bode well for state, asserted that victims of the violence 'must receive remedial measures irrespective of their community'.

Calcutta HC forms team to probe IIT Kharagpur student Faizan Ahmed’s death in hostel room

The high court had ordered a second autopsy of the deceased, saying it was necessary to arrive at the truth.

Wrestling chief denies sexual harassment charges, probing SIT will be headed by woman cop

Cops have recorded Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's statement twice, and also that of 30 witnesses.

HC seeks report from Delhi Police on investigation into rape, murder of minor Dalit girl

The Delhi High Court was also informed that an SIT has been constituted to probe into the case after it was transferred from the local police station to Delhi Police crime branch.

Mumbai police sets up SIT to probe extortion case against Param Bir Singh

An FIR filed against the former Mumbai police commissioner last week alleged that he demanded Rs 15 crore from a builder for withdrawing the cases registered against him.

SC rejects petition seeking SIT probe into ‘forceful conversion’ in Haryana’s Nuh

The plea alleged the liberty & religious rights of Hindus in Nuh are being eroded by the minority community. The apex court said it can't entertain a plea based on newspaper reports.

UP SIT records statements of anti-Sikh riots victims’ families in Ludhiana

A Special Investigation Team from Kanpur visited the city and recorded the statements of families who had migrated to Ludhiana after the riots in 1984.

Supreme Court grants 2 months to SIT to complete probe of 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases

The riots after Indira Gandhi's assassination claimed 2,733 lives in Delhi alone.

On Camera

1948 need not define Gaza’s destiny. Arabs and Israelis must learn to live together

When Israelis pushed out Arabs in 1948, they didn’t think that embittered refugees would turn into a permanent threat to their new state. This was a catastrophic miscalculation.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.