Activists and family members of the 30-year-old victim cry foul as the police claim that the woman wasn't gang-raped and that a single man murdered her with his helmet after she fought back. Sharat Pradhan reports.
He was permanently absorbed into the ED cadre in 2014 and has headed some high-profile investigations into the 2G spectrum allocation case, the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the money laundering cases against former Union finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, the Aircel Maxis and VVIP choppers case.
The Supreme Court has taken cognisance of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which eight people were killed in violence during a farmers' protest, with a bench headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana scheduled to hear the matter on Thursday.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday placed Hockey India under a three-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) to run its day-to-day affairs
Citing overlapping of functions, a parliamentary committee on Monday recommended integrating Central Vigilance Commission and anti-corruption wing of the Central Bureau of Investigation to work directly under the command and control of Lokpal to deal with corruption cases.
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.
The parents of two boys of Asaram Bapu's Ashram in Ahmedabad, who died under mysterious circumstances in July, have demanded an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the deaths.Decomposed bodies of two cousins Dipesh Vaghela (10) and Abhishek Vaghela (11), were found on the banks of Sabarmati river on July 5, a few kilometres away from the religious leader's Ashram, Gurukul in Motera, Gandhinagar, where they used to study.
Priyabhanshu Ranjan, the boyfriend of Delhi journalist Nirupama Pathak, who was found found dead in her home in Jharkhand, will move a writ petition in the Jharkhand high court on Tuesday seeking cancellation of the first information report against him and demanding a inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into her death.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Member of Parliament Dayanidhi Maran has not so far been given a clean chit in 2G scam case, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday told the Supreme Court and objected to the allegation that its investigation in this case is "less than honest".
After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's strong attack on Bharatiya Janata Party over the Wikileaks issue, Congress on Thursday went on the offensive adismissing the Opposition party's demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the cash-for-votes scam.
Earlier, the party's members of Parliament had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for removing Mehta over his reported meeting with West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari.
The Assam government has asked the CBI to probe the recent increase in rhino poaching in protected areas of the state.
The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to continue the inquiry into March 14 Nandigram police firing and violence and submit a report within a month.
How he hopes to retain his fort is anyone's guess, says Nazarwala, the man who called right the 2007 and 2012 UP elections.
The FIR by the Bihar police says Rs 15 crore was siphoned off from Sushant's account.' 'During the probe, we found he had Rs 18 crore in his account of which around Rs 4.5 crore are still there.'
Dismisses sabotage angle, saying: "...all in all found the sabotage (s) theory possible, but not probable and certainly not grounded in any real evidence'
Eight years after CBI filed the charge sheet in a case relating to leakage of information from Naval war room, a court today framed charges against Ravi Shankaran, Abhishek Varma and four other former senior defence officials under Official Secrets Act.
Deshmukh's personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde were arrested by the ED on June 26, after it carried out raids against them and the NCP leader in Mumbai and Nagpur.
A letter to this effect is being sent to the central government on Thursday. "It was eveident from media reports that the Talwar family does not have any faith in the investigations by the UP police. I sympathise with the family and have no objection if it satisfies them that the probe is carried out by the CBI." Mayawati said.
The apex court asked the CBI to complete its probe in the accident case within 7 days.
The raging controversy over the fake COVID-19 vaccination camps in parts of Kolkata snowballed into a political storm ensnaring into it several TMC leaders, prompting the opposition BJP to demand a CBI probe into a 'larger conspiracy' in the case.
A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, S K Kaul and M R Shah said that 'with regard to this incident, this court has already taken cognisance. There is no question of multiplying the petitions one by one'.
The resignation came after a court ordered a registration of a case against George and two senior police officers in connection with the suicide.
Continuing his tirade against Nartocits Control Bureau's Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede, Nationalist Congress Party spokesperson and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Friday said he would expose some Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and their alleged connection with the officer in the winter session of the state Legislature to be held in December.
Opposition parties continued their dharna for the third day on Thursday in the state assembly, demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the mysterious death of an upright IAS officer, forcing its adjournment till March 23, as protests over the death persisted across the state.
Every February 28th, Zakia Jafri relives the agony of witnessing the brutal massacre of her husband, former Congress MP Ahsan Jafri, along with scores of other women and children. Despite deteriorating health, her hope that those responsible will be brought to justice, remains strong, notes Najid Hussain.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar said that Malik is being troubled because he spoke against the Union government and 'misuse' of central probe agencies.
The IPL, which was perhaps the biggest gamble of his life, turned out to be the biggest success story ever, making Lalit Modi a cult in the echelons of global sport.
Raninder Singh is allegedly involved in a hawala deal.
The CM contended that the raids on his residence and other premises were conducted with 'mala fide intentions and political vendetta' by the CBI.
In another major embarrassment for the government, two more 'fugitives' in India's most wanted list handed over to Pakistan were found to be in the country, following which a Central Bureau of Investigation inspector was suspended and two of its senior officials transferred.
Security has been put on high alert across the nation as the Supreme Court of India is all set to deliver its verdict in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute, Sabarimala case and a host of other legal wrangles.
The report further stated that the external injury caused by a single-edged sharp weapon and its consequences were enough to cause death in normal case of nature.
An amendment carried out in the over 30-year-old Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988 in July 2018 bars a police officer from conducting 'any enquiry or inquiry or investigation into any offence alleged to have been committed by a public servant' without 'the previous approval' of the authorities.
'Alok Verma can say he was helpless, but he could have made representations to the CVC, the Chief Justice of India or the prime minister in writing.' 'He could have told them that his number 2 was not cooperating and is corrupt, but he did not do that.' 'He acted arbitrarily and in a hurried manner, overnight.'
'Rafale is an open and shut case and there is only one man who has done corruption'
Karunanidhi was convinced that using the 2G cases against the DMK and reopening the fodder case against Lalu Prasad Yadav were products of the Congress leadership's short-sightedness. A revealing excerpt from A S Panneerselvan's Karunanidhi: A Life.
We are ready for CBI probe: Jagat Singh
"The post-mortem report said it was a case of asphyxia due to ante-mortem hanging and suicidal in nature," the SP said.
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