Dehradun: Amid allegations that Swami Nigamanand was poisoned, the CBI interrogated the staff of a hospital in connection with the death of the Sadhu who undertook a fast demanding an end to illegal quarrying in river Ganga. A two-member team interrogated Chief Medical Superintendent Ravindra Thapaliyal and Administrative Officer Santosh Kumari of the Haridwar district hospital on Saturday evening, official sources said. The team also visited the ward where Nigamanand...
06:19 PM, Aug 21, 2011
Dehradun: Demanding immediate initiation of CBI probe into the death of Swami Nigamanand, a sadhu belonging to his Matri Sadan Ashram has started indefinite fast in Haridwar. "More than two months have passed since Nigamanand had died, trying to stop quarrying in Ganga, but CBI inquiry has not been initiated," Swami Poornanand, whose fast entered second day on Sunday, alleged. He said his fast would continue till his demand is...
05:12 PM, Jul 31, 2011
Aligarh: AMU on Tuesday said a CBI probe has been ordered against its vice chancellor Abdul Azis on charges of alleged financial irregularities at the university. "We have been asked to submit 48 files to the HRD Ministry for a preliminary CBI enquiry. We have dispatched the required documents yesterday," AMU registrar VK Abdul Jaleel told PTI. The HRD Ministry in an urgent missive last Saturday asked the AMU authorities...
01:46 PM, Jul 26, 2011
Mumbai: A Public Interest Litigation was on Monday filed in the Bombay High Court demanding that probe into the July 13 serial Mumbai blasts should be transferred to CBI. At present, Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Mumbai Crime Branch are jointly conducting the probe into bomb blasts which left 19 persons dead besides injuring over 130. The explosions occurred at Zaveri Bazaar, Dadar West and Opera House. The PIL was filed...
04:22 PM, Jul 18, 2011
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has ruled out a CBI probe into the murder of veteran crime reporter J Dey. Journalists in Mumbai go on a relay fast to protest the tardy probe. Chavan wants Dey's family and friends to have faith in the city police. With no breakthrough even after circulating a sketch of one of the accused, Mumbai Police is still hunting for the four men...
07:47 AM, Jun 15, 2011
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday stayed the trial in Rizwanur Rehman case for two months till June 21, after Todis challenged charges of abetment to suicide against them. A fast track city court on April 21 framed charges against the accused Todis and middleman Pappu for abetment to suicide of Rizwanur Rahman. The CBI had prayed for slapping abetment to suicide charge against industrialist Ashok Todi and other...
01:52 PM, May 12, 2011
New Delhi: The mysterious death of former telecom minister A Raja's close aide Sadiq Batcha was on Thursday brought to the notice of the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the plea for a CBI probe in the matter. Appearing for NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation, on whose plea a CBI probe was directed into the 2G scam, advocate Prashant Bhushan pleaded before the court that the death is...
05:30 PM, Mar 17, 2011
Guwahati: The BJP on Wednesday demanded a CBI probe into the mysterious death of A Raja's close aide Sadiq Batcha. "A CBI probe is necessary to ascertain the reason of sudden death of one of the chief operators of 2G scam," BJP's national spokesman Prakash Javadekar told reporters here. "Although we will like to comment after the post mortem report is published, the government should probe into the death", he...
05:19 PM, Mar 16, 2011
New Delhi: The Calcutta High court on Wednesday ruled out an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Lalgarh massacre incident. The court directed the West Bengal CID to continue the investigation but said that the probe would be monitored by the court directly. The Calcutta High court asked the investigating agency to come up with update on the investigation by February 4. The high court also directed...
10:59 AM, Jan 19, 2011
New Delhi; The West Bengal government on Thursday ruled out a CBI investigation into the Lalgarh Massacre case. The government filed an affidavit, in which it stated its position on a plea for a CBI probe into the killing of seven persons on January 7 in Lalgarh. West Bengal government also ruled out the use of Central Forces in dismantling armed camps in Lalgarh if any. The West Bengal Government...
04:59 PM, Jan 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday asked the West Bengal government to explain its stand on recommending a CBI investigation into the Lalgarh massacre. The court also asked the governemnt to clarify its stand on state operations to dismantle arms camps in the region, if any. The HC was responding to a PIL filed by the Calcutta HC bar association seeking a CBI probe into killing of villagers...
05:15 PM, Jan 11, 2011
New Delhi: Former Telecom Minister A Raja will appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning on Friday. Before leaving Chennai, Raja confirmed that he would stay in New Delhi for two days and appear before the investigators. "I will be going to Delhi. I will be there for 2 days. I will be cooperating with the investigating agency," said Raja before leaving for New Delhi. The CBI...
10:08 AM, Dec 23, 2010
Chennai: Former Telecom Minister A Raja on Friday said he will cooperate with the CBI to prove his innocence in the wake of the probe agency conducting searches at the DMK leader and his aides' residences in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. "It is a scrutiny. I will fully cooperate with the agency (CBI). Whatever be the procedure, I have to comply with it," he told reporters here on...
07:21 AM, Dec 11, 2010
The West Bengal government has ruled out a CBI inquiry into the May 28 train disaster that claimed 148 lives. ...
06:20 PM, May 31, 2010
The party is is trying to link Sohrabuddin's killing to the broader issue of fighting terrorism. ...
02:03 PM, May 14, 2010
Andhra govt asked CBI to probe into G Janardhana Reddy's mining empire. ...
09:51 PM, Nov 17, 2009
The family of Ranbir Singh allege that he was tortured and killed. ...
05:14 PM, Jul 08, 2009
There is a sense of unease on YSR and his son's exact role in the entire scam. ...
03:57 AM, Feb 19, 2009
Reddy confirms that over 300 companies were set up, facilitating insider trading. ...
08:32 PM, Jan 28, 2009
Rizwanur was found dead along a rail track on September 21, last year. ...
05:21 PM, Aug 14, 2008
