Patna, March 6 (IANS) The mysterious death of a NEET aspirant in Patna has taken a more serious turn after the Government of Bihar amended its earlier notification and added sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to the case.With this amendment, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been given full authority to investigate the alleged sexual assault angle in the case.According to officials, the Police Branch of the Home Department amended the notification…
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Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) Shares of real estate major DLF Limited fell nearly 4 per cent on Wednesday after the Supreme Court of India ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into alleged irregularities linked to the Primus DLF Garden City project.The stock declined 3.77 per cent to close at Rs 568.15, down Rs 22.25 from its previous close of Rs 590.40. It opened lower at Rs 575.05 and rose to an intra-day high of Rs 578.45 before falling to a low of Rs 563.20 during the session.The …
Vijayawada, Feb 28 (IANS) Authorities on Friday handed over the mortal remains of Ayesha Meera, a 17-year-old student raped and murdered in 2007, to her parents.The remains, which were exhumed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2019 for re-postmortem, were received by Shamshad Begum and Iqbal Basha at a court in Vijayawada.Last week, the court had directed that Ayesha Meera’s remains be handed over to her family for performing the last rites.The mortal remains will be buried in Te…
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) The father of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder victim on Thursday questioned the role of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is currently probing the case, and expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of the investigation.Speaking to reporters after the hearing at the Sealdah court, the victim’s father said he believed assigning the investigation to the CBI had been a mistake. “It was a mistake to give the CBI the responsibility o…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court has held that the death of Telugu actress Prathyusha was caused by organophosphate poisoning and not manual strangulation, while affirming the conviction of Gudipalli Siddhartha Reddy under Section 306 of the IPC for abetment of suicide. In a detailed judgment delivered by a Bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Manmohan, the apex court dismissed the appeals filed by the accused as well as by the mother of the deceased, who had sought to press allegations…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The parents of the woman junior doctor of R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata who became the victim of a ghastly rape and murder within the hospital premises in August 2024, on Tuesday, made a fresh appeal at a trial court here to review the role of Kolkata Police first and then that of Central Bureau of Investigation (CB) in their respective investigation into the matter.The victim’s parents have also appealed to the court to review whether any political inf…
Patna, Feb 13 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Patna Zonal Office, has provisionally attached an immovable property worth Rs 17.35 lakh under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with a disproportionate assets case involving Sadre Alam, former Chief General Manager and Regional Officer of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Patna.According to ED officials, the attached property is agricultural land registered in the name of Sad…
Satara (Maharashtra), Feb 11 (IANS) A Social Security Officer of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in Maharashtra’s Satara district has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment along with a fine in a bribery case, officials said on Wednesday.The Special Judge for Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act cases, Satara, on Tuesday convicted Swapnil Jadhav, who was posted as Social Security Officer (SSO) at ESIC, Satara, at the time of the offence.According to the Central Bureau of I…
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) Former Deputy Superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Akhtar Ali, was sent to judicial custody by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Tuesday after he surrendered before it. After he appeared in the special CBI court in West Bengal’s Alipore, a bail application was made. However, the court rejected the application and sent Akhtar Ali to judicial custody till February 17. The CBI also opposed Akhtar Ali’s bail in the court.An arrest warra…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Highlighting the need to counter institutionalised cyber crime, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that security agencies led by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) have saved or frozen over Rs 8,000 crore out of Rs 20,000 crore swindled by scamsters till November 30, 2025. Addressing the National Conference on Tackling Cyber-Enabled Frauds Law Dismantling the Ecosystem organised by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), HM Shah said 82 lakh c…