Friday, March 31, 2023

CBI

CBI books Karti Chidambaram for illegal grafts; raids his, PC’s properties

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against Karti Chidambaram for allegedly receiving illegal gratification of Rs 50 lakh to facilitate visa of 250 Chinese nationals during the UPA regime. The CBI also raided his and...

CBI sends letters rogatory to Hongkong in Rs. 156-cr diamonds over-invoicing case

The CBI has sent a judicial request to Hong Kong seeking assistance in its probe into a racket that allegedly imported diamonds with inflated invoices worth Rs 156 crore to camouflage its money laundering activities, officials said.The central agency...

Plea by TMC MP Abhishek, wife: ED can go to Kolkata & conduct probe, says SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that they can go to Kolkata and conduct the investigation in a money-laundering probe, linked to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal, in which the agency had issued...

Failure to crack Nobel theft case big insult for people of Bengal: Mamata

Paying homage to Rabindranath Tagore on his 161st birth anniversary, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday lamented that the bard’s Nobel Prize, which was stolen 18 years ago, is yet to be found.She maintained that this “failure”...

‘Illegal coal trader’ killed afterescaping from police custody in Assam

A person allegedly involved in illegal coal trade, who fled from police custody, was killed in police firing in Assam’s Hailakandi district in the early hours on Sunday, a top police officer said.The accused was arrested in Suterkandi area...

FIR registered by CBI into 26% HZLstake sale in 2002: Centre to SC

The Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that an FIR has been registered by the CBI concerning the 26 per cent disinvestment of Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) by the Union Government in 2002.A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud...

CBI now part of Interpol’s anti-child abuse database

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has joined the international child sexual exploitation database of Interpol, a move which will bolster its fight against sex abuse of minors and help in identification of victims and abusers using sophisticated analytics...

Court upholds order asking CBI to withdraw LOC against Aakar Patel

A Delhi court on Saturday upheld an order directing the CBI to withdraw the lookout circular against Amnesty International India Board chair Aakar Patel, saying the LOC is “bad in law” and “cannot sustain”.Special Judge Santosh Snehi Mann, however,...

Birbhum violence: CBI trying to trace ‘political’ links of accused

As the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team probing the Birbhum violence case made further progress on Sunday by arresting another accused, the officials are trying to trace the “higher-level political and administrative links” of the accused as well...

CBI summons police officer in Congress councillor’s murder

The CBI on Friday summoned the inspector-in-charge of the Jhalda police station for questioning in connection with the murder of Congress councillor Tapan Kandu in West Bengal’s Purulia district, officials said.Kandu’s wife Purnima, who is also a Congress councillor,...