CBI arrests Pailan Group CMD in Rs 574-crore ponzi scam
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Tuesday arrested Pailan group chief Apurba Saha for illegally raising from the public through `fraudulent schemes’ in a Rs 574-crore ponzi scam case, officials said. Saha was arrested from the city by the economic offences wing of the investigating agency and would be produced at the designated court on Wednesday. […]
CBI raids 11 places in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand for illegal sand mining
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Tuesday searched 11 locations in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in connection with illegal sand mining leases given in the Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur, the agency said. Separate Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) teams conducted simultaneous raids at these locations, including in Saharanpur, Dehradun and Lucknow at the premises of the accused […]
Supreme Court seeks status report from CBI, ED on investigation in coal scam cases
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked two investigation agencies to give it a status report on their investigation of the coal block allocation scam cases. The court said it would take a practical view on the repatriation of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers investigating their cases to their […]
CBI seeks Lok Sabha Speaker’s sanction to prosecute 3 sitting TMC MPs, 1 ex-MP
NEW DELHI: The CBI has approached Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking sanction to prosecute three sitting Trinamool Congress MPs and a former parliamentarian of the party in the Narada sting operation case, officials said on Thursday. The agency sought clearance to prosecute Saugata Roy, Kakoli Ghosh and Prasun Banerjee who are MPs of the […]
Aircel-Maxis deal: Court extends protection from arrest to Chidambaram, Karti till Aug 9
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday extended till August 9 the interim protection from arrest to former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in Aircel-Maxis cases filed by the CBI and the ED. Special Judge O P Saini extended the relief after the argument on anticipatory bail plea of the father-son duo […]
Illegal sand mining: Supreme Court issues notices to Centre, CBI, 5 states
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre, CBI and five states on a plea which sought prosecution of entities involved in illegal sand mining. A bench headed by Justice S A Bobde issued notices to the Centre, the Central Bureau of Investigation, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra […]
CBI searches three districts of Uttar Pradesh in connection with illegal mining scam
NEW DELHI: The CBI is carrying out searches at various locations in three districts of Uttar Pradesh in connection with an illegal mining scam, officials said on Wednesday. The searches started this morning in Hamirpur, Fatehpur and Bulandshahr, they said. Further details are awaited as the operation is still on and may be expanded during […]
CBI books alleged arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, others in Pilatus aircraft deal
NEW DELHI: The CBI has booked controversial arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari and others in connection with the alleged corruption in the Rs 2895 crore deal of 75 Pilatus basic trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force in 2009, officials said on Saturday. The agency has carried out searches at nine locations in Delhi-NCR including at […]
CBI withdraws application from Delhi court seeking permission to probe Rs 64-crore Bofors payoff case
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Thursday withdrew from a Delhi court its application that had sought permission to further probe the politically sensitive Rs 64-crore Bofors payoff case. The agency told Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Navin Kumar Kashyap that it wants to withdraw the application filed on February 1, 2018. It had moved the trial court […]
Supreme Court asks Kolkata police chief to cooperate with CBI, orders no arrest or coercive action
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday directed Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to make himself available before the CBI and “faithfully” cooperate with the agency in investigation of cases arising out of the Saradha chit fund scam probe. The apex court said Kumar will appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) […]
Supreme Court order is our moral victory: Mamata Banerjee
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court’s direction that no coercive steps, including arrest of Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar, will take place during the course of investigation is “our moral victory”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday. The Supreme Court Tuesday directed Kumar to make himself available before the CBI and “faithfully” cooperate […]
Modi govt has snatched farmers’ sleep, says Mamata; refers to her 26-day fast in 2006
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of having snatched farmers’ sleep and while referring to the sops announced in the interim Budget on Friday claimed that the peasants were being cheated before the general elections. Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress chief, said if the government at the […]
‘Adventurism over professionalism’: Arun Jaitley flays CBI for Chanda Kochhar probe
NEW DELHI: A day after the CBI named banking doyen K V Kamath and virtual who’s who of the sector for questioning in the alleged fraud case against former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar, union minister Arun Jaitley Friday advised investigating agency to avoid “adventurism” and concentrate only on the bull’s eye. Jaitley, who is […]
CBI registers FIR in ICICI Bank-Videocon loan case
NEW DELHI: The CBI has registered an FIR in connection with alleged irregularities in the Rs 3,250 crore ICICI Bank-Videocon loan case and is carrying out searches Thursday at the group headquarters in Mumbai and offices in Aurangabad, officials said. The search operation started Thursday morning and also covered offices of Nupower, a company operated […]
Supreme Court of India reinstates Alok Verma as CBI director, but ‘without powers’
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday reinstated CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma, setting aside the Narendra Modi government’s decision to divest him of his powers, but restrained him from taking any major policy decision till the CVC probe into corruption charges against him is over. The apex court said any further decision […]
VVIP Chopper case: Enforcement Directorate arrests Christian Michel
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested Christian Michel, the alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case. Michel was produced before Special Judge Arvind Kumar where the ED sought his 15 days custody. The court allowed the ED to interrogate the British national inside courtroom for 15 minutes after the […]