Justice Jay Sengupta directed that the probe will be monitored by it and the SIT will file a progress report of the investigation on February 12, the next date of hearing in the case.
A Naga sadhu was killed allegedly by his two disciples on the premises of Ayodhya's famous Hanumangarhi Temple, police said on Thursday.
Custody and probe still on after 15 months, 800 witnesses, 160,000 pages of evidence so far.
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered withdrawal of the Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira in connection with the money laundering cases against them linked to an alleged coal smuggling scam in West Bengal.
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A local court reserved its orders for Saturday on a petition seeking continuation of in-patient treatment for former Satyam Computers chairman B Ramalinga Raju after a senior doctor informed the court that Raju requires at least 2 months treatment for hepatic ailment.
A resident of Bilaspur Khurd village, Kumar said he demanded security from the police but was provided with only one constable.
The special court trying the multi-crore Satyam scam cases had last week ordered the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences director to file a detailed report on the current status of Raju's health (the prime accused in the scam), after he did not appear before it in view of his treatment for Hepatitis C at the hospital in Hyderabad.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to grant interim relief to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the excise policy 'scam', saying the matter raises important issues that cannot be 'summarily' decided without seeking the agency's stand.
Raju, prime accused in the Satyam fraud, who is suffering from Hepatitis-C is currently undergoing treatment at the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, and has not been attending court proceedings since September last year citing health reasons initially the heart ailment and later the hepatic ailment.
The CBI on Friday told the Supreme Court that RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was playing badminton after being enlarged on bail in a fodder scam case on medical grounds, as it sought cancellation of the relief granted to the former Bihar chief minister.
A Hyderabad court on Wednesday posted the multi-crore Satyam Computer fraud case to February 17 for hearing on framing charges against the prime accused B Ramalinga Raju and nine others.
The accused has been lodged in Chanchalguda central jail.
Present vice chief Lt Gen BS Raju would be succeeding Lt Gen AS Bhinder who is superannuating on February 28 at the South Western Army Command.
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Amid speculation over his whereabouts, B Ramalinga Raju, who stepped down as chairman of Satyam Computer after admitting to financial irregularities, is believed to have left for the United States in connection with a court case.
Ramalinga Raju founded Satyam in 1987.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned till January 10 the hearing on the bail plea of former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid in a case lodged under anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) over his alleged involvement in the conspiracy behind the northeast Delhi riots of February 2020.
The Raju brothers, along with Satyam's former CFO Vadlamani Srinivas, are in judicial custody awaiting charges to be filed against them. On January 7, Raju disclosed that he had falsified profits and created fictitious assets in the company, which is now being administered by a government-appointed board.
Satyam Computer's $75 million Directors and Officers insurance is unlikely to provide a cover against claims arising out of irregularities committed by the company's founder B Ramalinga Raju.
A day after Ramalinga Raju announced his departure from Satyam Computer after admitting to the country's biggest ever corporate fraud, a website by his name, launched supposedly by his fans last week, vanished into oblivion on Thursday.
A local court on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by Satyam Computers former MD Rama Raju and its ex-CFO Vadlamani Srinivas, seeking permission to use laptops in jail.
For the whole world B Ramalinga Raju may be a villain, after the startling revelation of fraud in the company he founded, but for residents of his native village in West Godavari district, he is still a good Samaritan.
Years after the foreign media wondered if Americans should be afraid of Ramalinga Raju more than Osama Bin Laden beacuse of jobs they lost to India, experts said on Wednesday the fear seems to have come true, although for a different reason. While the context has changed completely, the level of financial wrongdoing revealed today by Raju at Satyam makes him a feared man in the corporate world, another analyst said.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to former Mumbai police officer Pradeep Sharma, who was arrested in connection with the Antilia bomb scare case and the killing of businessman Mansukh Hiran.
Satyam is still to log out Raju, his brother and other members of his top management team, despite his quitting as chairman on January 7 after admitting to a Rs 7,800-crore (Rs 78-billion) financial wrongdoing. His brother Rama Raju, who quit on the same day and is also in the jail, is still being presented as the managing director and member of the board of the scam-tainted company on its official website.
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Raju, prior to entering the world of arm wrestling, was a medal-winning, state-level track and field athlete who participated in the 100 and 200 metre heats and long-jump events.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Friday, October 7.
Human Resources and Development Minister M M Pallam Raju, who was minister of state for defence when the deal for procuring 12 choppers from Italian firm Finmeccanica was signed in 2010, Wednesday said he can "vouch for the integrity" of former Indian Air Force chief S P Tyagi, whose name has surfaced in the scam.
A local court on Thursday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct lie-detector and brain mapping tests on Satyam Computer founder B Ramalinga Raju and two others to help unravel the multi-crore accounting scam in the IT firm.
Indian airlines are running into losses.
'He made the whole country laugh. It's sad today that he has gone.'
The Hinduja Group chairman, who was in Davos to participate in the World Economic Forum, however, noted that the incident might not have much impact on the reputation of India Inc in the eyes of foreigners, who are more used to such scams. Raju's confession not only shocked India Inc, but investors all over the world. Such type of wrongdoings are more prevalent in the western world and foreigners are used to this kind of happenings, Hinduja said.
Justice P Swaroop Reddy dismissed the three revision petitions filed against the lower court's order on police custody, saying that there was 'no need for the high court's intervention at this juncture.' The 6th additional chief metropolitan magistrate had, on January 17, ordered Raju, his brother Rama Raju and Satyam's former CFO Vadlamani Srinivas to be sent to police custody for four days till January 22.
The authorities have been witnessing significant pressure over the issue and this might be the reason for their expected move towards arresting Raju
Ramalinga Raju's letter to Satyam employees.
Former national selector Venkatapathy Raju said the Board of Control for Cricket in India must address the issue of player burn-out and should have a back-up team of bowlers.
'The last four-five years have been a bit of a ride for me and my family.'
Sebi said it was constrained to approach the apex court for urgent relief related to the most serious financial scam that had large-scale national and international ramifications. A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan allowed Sebi to mention the matter on Tuesday after solicitor general G E Vahanvati and counsel Pratap Venugopal submitted the request on behalf of Sebi.