New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted coordinated searches in connection with two bank fraud cases involving an alleged fraud of over Rs 231 crore, registered by its Bank Securities and Fraud Branch (BSFB) in Bengaluru, officials said.The first case was registered against M/s R L Jewels Ltd, its directors and unknown public servants on the basis of a complaint filed by the State Bank of India (SBI), Mumbai. The FIR alleges criminal conspiracy, c…
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Imphal, July 3 (IANS) Manipur Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and veteran tribal leader Vungzagin Valte’s mortal remains will be laid to rest on Saturday in Churachandpur district, 134 days after he succumbed to injuries sustained during the ethnic violence in the state, the Zomi Council, an apex tribal body, said on Friday. The body of the 62-year-old BJP leader, who belonged to the Zomi tribal community, has been kept at the Churachandpur District Hospital since it was brought from Delhi afte…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has moved an impleadment application before the Supreme Court in the pending Karur stampede case, alleging that recent public statements made by a Tamil Nadu Minister accused in the case, as well as the proposed distribution of government benefits to victims’ families, could prejudice the ongoing court-monitored CBI investigation. The application has been filed by R.S. Bharathi, Organising Secretary of the DMK, seeking to be impleaded …
Kochi, July 3 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Friday declined to order a CBI probe into the alleged attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials during the agency’s search at the rented residence of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and of his daughter in the state capital city on May 27, observing that the state police investigation was progressing satisfactorily.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar disposed of the Public Interest Litigation after taking …
Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu), July 2 (IANS) In a significant political development in Tamil Nadu, former AIADMK ministers Dr C. Vijayabaskar and M.R. Vijayabaskar formally joined the ruling Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) at a grand induction ceremony held at a private hotel in Mahabalipuram near Chennai on Thursday. Speaking after joining the party, former minister M.R. Vijayabaskar expressed happiness over his decision and praised the leadership of TVK.”I am very happy to have joined the Tamilaga …
Bhopal, July 2 (IANS) Five days after the alleged theft at the residence of retired judge Giribala Singh, Bhopal police are yet to make any breakthrough despite examining footage from around 150-200 CCTV cameras, questioning nearly a dozen suspects and collecting fingerprints from dozens of people as part of the investigation. The alleged burglary took place on June 28 at the Bagmugaliya Extension residence while Giribala Singh and her son, advocate Samarth Singh, were lodged in Bhopal Central J…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday sent 2012-batch Haryana cadre IPS officer Deepak Gahlawat to 14 days’ judicial custody in connection with an alleged bribery case after rejecting the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea seeking an extension of his custodial interrogation. The order was passed by the Rouse Avenue Court after Gahlawat was produced on the completion of his one-day CBI custody.The CBI had sought a further four days of custodial interrogation of the IPS offi…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has acquitted a retired Major General in a disproportionate assets case registered by the CBI, holding that the sanction for prosecution was invalid, the officer was denied a fair opportunity to defend himself during trial, and the prosecution failed to prove that he possessed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Allowing two criminal appeals, a single-judge Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh set aside the conviction and sentence award…
Ayodhya, July 2 (IANS) Faizabad Bar Association President Kalika Prasad Mishra on Thursday said that lawyers will take out a foot march to the Ram Janmabhoomi police station to submit a formal complaint seeking the registration of an FIR against Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust’s former General Secretary Champat Rai, former trustee Anil Mishra, and others regarding the alleged embezzlement of funds and donations at the Ram Temple.”We have decided to march till there (police station) on f…
Kochi, July 2 (IANS) In a significant development in the long-running alleged corruption case involving the Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation (KSCDC), the High Court on Thursday was informed that the state government has finally passed the sanction order to prosecute former senior officials of the corporation, ending years of resistance that had triggered contempt proceedings against top bureaucrats.The submission was made before Justice A. Badharudeen by the Director General of Prosec…