Former Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh also appeared before the probe agency in Meghalaya.
It said it was not convinced with the grounds of the CBI to condone over 4,500 days' delay in filing the appeal. The CBI had filed the appeal on February 2 this year.
After lot of deliberation, the CBI this year got the nod from the NDA government to file an appeal in the apex court.
The apex court, which stayed the Madras high court order putting on hold the look out circular issued by the Centre against Karti, repeatedly sought to know when he would make his appearance for questioning before the Central Bureau of Investigation.
The Congress' protests in the national capital were replicated in other parts of the country.
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com meets the families of those killed in the police firing on Sterlite protestors in Thoothukudi, and finds a similar tale running through their lives.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, which had on April 16 filed the chargesheet in the case, had said that there was enough evidence against the accused.
The case relates to alleged money laundering in granting the operational contract of two IRCTC hotels to a private firm.
A special court denied Christian Michel bail in the related Central Bureau of Investigation case.
The court fixed the matter for July 28 for order on cognisance.
The probe agency sought nine days further remand of Michel for his custodial interrogation saying he was not cooperating in the investigation of the case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has faced the ire of a special court which imposed Rs 10,000 cost on it for "unnecessarily" delaying the proceedings by not appointing a prosecutor in the 2006 Naval War Room leak case in which five persons, including three former naval officers and an ex-Wing Commander, face trial.
In New Delhi, Trinamool Congress MPs took out a protest march towards the PM's residence but were taken into police custody en route.
At the prison, both Ranjan and Manglik's cell phones were pressed into service by the CBI. Why the CBI didn't bring its own equipment seems a mystery... Ranjan's cell handset was given to Indrani and Manglik dialed it. Indrani then spoke and her speech, that emanated from the phone, via speaker mode, was recorded.
With a controversy erupting over the two arrested alleged Lashkar-e-Tayiba operatives and their connection with Muzaffarnagar region, both the accused on Thursday wrote to the Union home minister urging him to transfer the case to the National Investigation Agency for "fair" investigation.
Michel, who was extradited from Dubai recently, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on December 22 and sent to a seven-day custody of the agency over money-laundering charges in the scam by a court.
"Suppose the suit of Ram Lalla goes then you have no independent claim... You can't survive if the deity does not survive."
One accused was acquitted by the court.
The CBI opposed the plea seeking summoning of former prime minister Manmohan Singh and two others as additional accused in a coal scam case.
The bench said it will take up the matter for hearing on Thursday.
Haryana and Punjab remained on high alert with officials warning that violent miscreants will be shot at sight.
'I came to know that there was a big racket going on in the selling of onions. Private players were hoarding onions and these things cannot happen unless they have political patronage.'
The court would decide the bail plea after going through report of the board.
Scrapping the protection given to senior bureaucrats in corruption cases, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Central Bureau of Investigation can probe and prosecute them without Centre's sanction, saying that corrupt public servants, whether high or low, are birds of the same feather and must be treated equally.
Former army officer Tejinder Singh, who was arrested on Monday, was on Friday granted bail by the Delhi high court in the case relating to his alleged offer of Rs 14 crore bribe to the then Army Chief Gen V K Singh for clearing file for procurement of Tatra all-terrain vehicles.
A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court on Wednesday issued a non-bailable warrant against Pankaj Bhujbal.
On legal front, Wankhede, who the NCB asserted has an impeccable service record, failed to get any relief related to an affidavit on the sensational extortion claims made by the independent witness, Prabhakar Sail, with a special court saying it cannot pass a blanket order barring courts from taking cognisance of the document.
Whichever way the verdict goes, it will be a win-win for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa ahead of the assembly election next year. A favourable verdict, it will be a boost for her because she took the decision to release the convicts. She will once again try to usurp the Tamil card and use it to silence her political rivals. If the verdict goes against her, she can still claim the moral high ground. R Ramasubramanian explains.
What really happened in Sathankulam, where the father-son duo of Jayaraj and Beniks died in an alleged case of police brutality, a case that has shocked India?
Ram Rahim did not talk with anyone and was seen roaming in the cell.
A petition has sought laying down of specific mechanisms to ensure transparency in the process of appointment of CBI director.
The situation in Sirsa remained tense but under control, according to police.
Jaitley and two others were held guilty of corruption in a 2000-01 case related to a purported defence deal. Special CBI Judge Virender Bhat also awarded four-year jail terms to Jaitley's former party colleague Gopal Pacherwal and Major General S P Murgai (retd) in the case.
The NCB, which got the remand of Aryan Khan and the other eight accused from the court till Thursday, also claimed that in the WhatsApp chats he is discussing modes of payment to be done for procurement (of drugs) and that several code names are being used.
The apex court said that he won't be allowed to take any major policy decision till the high-powered committee considers the issue of "divestment of power and authority".
Ahead of the pronouncement of the sentence, police have left nothing to chance and have taken important functionaries of the sect, who could gather followers, into preventive custody.
'Somebody will need to blow the whistle, call the play to a halt, and convince all players that they belong on the same side of the goal,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar allowed the probe agency to quiz Anand Joshi, who was arrested on Sunday from west Delhi, in its custody till May 20.
If convicted, the offences entail a maximum punishment of seven years.
It is an open secret that Manmohan Singh is not a popular figure in the Congress, but Sonia's presence, support and strategy are proving a blessing for the good doctor. When P V Narasimha Rao ran into rough times, Sonia remained indifferent and the Congress had left him to the wolves, says Rasheed Kidwai, author of books on Sonia Gandhi and the Congress party.
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