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JNU prof suspended in bribery scandal: What's the NAAC accreditation case?

JNU professor Rajeev Sijariya has been suspended following his arrest in a bribery case linked to NAAC. The CBI has arrested 10 people for allegedly taking bribes to grant a higher rating

Union Budget 2025-26: Allocation to CBI increases to Rs 1,071 crore

The Centre has allocated Rs 1,071.05 crore to the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Union Budget 2025-26 announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday, a nominal increase of Rs 84.12 crore from the ongoing fiscal. The agency received Rs 951.46 crore to manage its affairs in the Budget Estimates for 2024-25, which was later revised to Rs 986.93 crore. The government has allocated Rs 1,071.05 crore to the agency for 2025-26, the Budget presented by Sitharaman said. "The provision is for establishment-related expenditure of the Central Bureau of Investigation which is entrusted with investigation and prosecution in corruption cases against public servants, private persons, firms and other cases of serious crimes," the Budget document said. This also includes provisions for various projects such as modernisation of training centres of the CBI, establishment of technical and forensic support units, comprehensive modernisation and purchase of land, and construction of

Senior IPS officers R Prakash, Vidyut Vikash appointed DIGs in CBI

Senior IPS officers R Prakash and Vidyut Vikash were on Wednesday appointed as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in the CBI. Prakash, a 2008 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Odisha cadre, has been appointed as the DIG for an initial tenure of five years, a Personnel Ministry order said. Vikash, who is already working as Superintendent of Police in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has been appointed as the DIG, another order said, adding that he will have a tenure till February 18, 2025. The tenure of two other DIGs -- Neethu Kamal and Abhnav Khare -- working with the central probe agency have been extended by two years. The tenure of Kamal, a 2008 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, has been extended for a further period of two years beyond March 25, 2025, that is from March 26, 2025 to March 25, 2027, another order said. Khare's tenure has also been extended from March 23, 2025 to March 22, 2027, it said. He is 2009 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

WB govt sanction to prosecute RG Kar's ex-principal received: CBI tells HC

The CBI on Tuesday informed the Calcutta High Court that it has received sanction from the West Bengal government to prosecute RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh in an alleged financial irregularities case. The single bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh directed the special court before which the matter is being heard to make all endeavour for framing of charges within one week from the next date of hearing before it. He directed the special court to take into account the list of the witnesses and accordingly fix the schedule, so that the trial of the case can be expedited and taken to its logical conclusion at the earliest. During the hearing, the CBI's counsel informed Justice Ghosh that the central agency, probing the alleged financial irregularities at the state-run hospital in Kolkata during the tenure of Sandip Ghosh, has received sanction from the state government for prosecution of him and another former official. A report was submitted before

RG Kar case: HC reserves judgement on admission of appeals by WB govt, CBI

The Calcutta High Court on Monday reserved its judgement on the admission of two separate appeals, one by the West Bengal government and the other by the CBI, challenging a trial court order which sentenced RG Kar hospital rape-murder convict Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment till death. The court's division bench, presided by Justice Debangsu Basak, heard both the state government and the CBI, who argued that the January 20 order of the Sealdah sessions court sentencing Roy, the sole convict in the crime, to life imprisonment till death was inadequate. Both the CBI and the state government separately prayed for capital punishment for the convict. The CBI claimed before the bench that only it has the right to move an appeal before the high court on grounds of inadequacy of sentence since it was the investigation and prosecution agency of the case. The state government argued that apart from the central agency, it too can move an appeal claiming inadequacy of sentence given by the tri

R G Kar victim's parents being used by those who conspire against govt: TMC

Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Saturday alleged that the parents of the R G Kar hospital victim are being "used" by the forces which want to "defame, malign and plot conspiracy against the Mamata Banerjee government". His comment comes a day after the parents of the deceased doctor at the R G Kar hospital said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cannot disown the responsibility for the alleged attempt of the police and hospital authorities to destroy evidence of rape and murder of their daughter. They attempted to shield the main conspirators behind the crime, while the CBI failed to bring to book all the perpetrators and overlooked the larger conspiracy aspect, the parents claimed on Friday. Ghosh alleged, "The parents of the deceased doctor are being used by forces which want to defame, malign and plot conspiracy against the Mamata Banerjee government and derail the process to ensure justice for the woman medic. Please don't let yourself be used by any ...

31 CBI officers awarded police medals on occasion of 76th Republic Day

Officers who supervised probes into the Manipur riots, online trading scams, big-ticket corruption and the post-poll violence in West Bengal are among 31 officers awarded police medals on the occasion of 76th Republic Day. Six officers have been awarded the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service while 25 received the Police Medal for Meritorious Service, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said in a statement. CBI Joint Director Ghanshyam Upadhyay was awarded the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service. He supervised the probes into the post-poll violence in West Bengal, Manipur riots, Commonwealth Games corruption, land for jobs scam against Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family, 2024 NEET irregularities, important cases related to the Assam Ponzi scam, besides leading several complex special crime cases. Joint Director (North East Region) Datla Sreenivasa Varma, who is supervising the probe into the online trading scam of Assam, and now post-poll violence

Evidence destroyed, CM can't disown responsibility: RG Kar victim's parents

The parents of the R G Kar hospital victim have said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cannot disown the responsibility for the alleged attempt of the police and hospital authorities to destroy evidence of rape and murder of their daughter. They attempted to shield the main conspirators behind the crime, while the CBI failed to bring to book all the perpetrators and overlooked the larger conspiracy aspect, the parents claimed. The ruling Trinamool Congress has termed the allegations unfortunate. "Everyone - Kolkata Police, the hospital administration and people's representatives from the TMC - played an active role to hush up the ghastly incident so that truth does not come to light, the deceased medic's mother told a Bengali TV channel on Friday. The body of the 31-year-old post-graduate trainee was found in a semi-naked state in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9 last year. The trial court on January 20 sentenced Sanjay Roy, the lone

CBI files chargesheet against NGO Environics Trust for FCRA 'violations'

The CBI has filed a chargesheet against NGO Environics Trust for alleged violations of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) in several bank transfers carried out in 2018, officials said on Friday. In its chargesheet filed before a special court here, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) named Environics Trust (ET), Vanitha Sreedhar, Nishant Kumar Alag and Prasanta Kumar Paikray as accused under Indian Penal Code sections 120-B, 417, 468 and 471, and provisions of the FCRA. An email sent to ET by PTI seeking a response on the development remained unanswered by the time of filing this story. The CBI, which filed the chargesheet after nearly a year-long probe alleged that ET submitted two forged invoices of Rs 6.50 lakh and Rs 4 lakh of a company named MAA Plasto in its FCRA return to show expenses. The invoices were not issued by the company but the NGO showed them in returns filed for foreign funds utilisation, the agency alleged. The CBI also told the special cour

CBI busts Rs 350 crore nationwide crypto Ponzi scam, raids seven locations

The CBI has conducted search operations across seven locations after registering a case of Rs 350 crore crypto ponzi scam against seven persons, officials said Friday. The accused persons were allegedly running seven separate modules based in the cities of Delhi, Hazaribag, Bathinda, Ratlam, Valsad, Pudukkottai and Chittorgarh, taking money from gullible investors promising investments in cryptocurrencies, they said. "These ponzi schemes were being promoted through multiple social media groups. An analysis of bank account transactions and cryptocurrency wallets has revealed that the illegal proceeds from these schemes were being converted into cryptocurrencies to obscure their origin," CBI's spokesperson said in a statement. It is alleged that they had conducted transactions of over Rs 350 crore in these schemes, the officials said. On Thursday, the agency swooped down at locations in Delhi, Jharkhand, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. During the searches,

CBI moves Calcutta HC seeking death penalty for RG Kar case convict

The CBI on Friday filed an appeal before the Calcutta High Court, seeking death penalty for RG Kar hospital rape-murder case convict Sanjay Roy. A division bench, presided by Justice Debangsu Basak, said it will hear the CBI's appeal on January 27, along with a prayer by the West Bengal government seeking admission of its appeal with a similar plea. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) moved the bench, also comprising Justice Md Shabbar Rashidi, praying for hearing of its appeal on the claim of inadequacy of sentence given by a trial court to Roy. Representing the CBI, Deputy Solicitor General Rajdeep Majumdar said the central agency, which investigated the case, has the right to challenge the lower court order before the high court on the ground of inadequacy of sentence. The Sealdah court on January 20 had sentenced Roy to life imprisonment till the end of his natural life for the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, ..

NDTV loan-repayment case: Delhi court accepts CBI's closure report

A Delhi court on Thursday accepted a closure report filed by the CBI in an alleged case of irregularities by ICICI Bank in accepting loan repayment from NDTV, saying "it appeared to be satisfactory". Special judge Shailender Malik accepted the closure report after going through the report, and the submissions made by the CBI, and the complainant in the case, who said he did not want to file any protest petition being satisfied with the investigation. "Upon going through entire closure report, documents annexed with the same coupled with submissions made by public prosecutor for CBI as well as statement given by the complainant to the effect that he is satisfied with the investigation of CBI in the present case, this court accepts the closure report...as no criminality or violation of Section 19(2) of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 has been found by any of the accused persons. Therefore closure report appears to be satisfactory and hence it is accepted," the judge said. The closure ...

CBI challenges Bengal's plea seeking death penalty for RG Kar rape convict

The CBI has challenged West Bengal government's plea seeking death penalty for convict Sanjoy Roy in RG Kar case, citing Supreme Court ruling on appeals in CBI-probed cases

West Bengal govt approaches HC for death sentence to RG Kar rape accused

The victim's father accused the Chief Minister and others of tampering with the investigation and said there is no need for the Chief Minister to act in haste

RG Kar rape-murder case: Convict Sanjay Roy sentenced to life imprisonment

During sentencing arguments, Sanjay Roy's lawyer opposed capital punishment, stressing the need for evidence to justify the claim that the convict was beyond reformation

Agusta Westland scam: SC defers bail hearing of British national to Feb 18

The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to February 18 the bail hearing of alleged middleman Christian Michel James, accused in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland corruption case. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta adjourned the hearing after the CBI counsel sought time. The top court granted three weeks time and posted the hearing on February 18. On December 6, the apex court issued notice to CBI and directed it to file its reply within four weeks. The alleged scam is over the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from chopper design and manufacturing company AgustaWestland. James moved the apex court challenging the Delhi High Court's bail rejection order passed on September 25. James, a British national, was extradited from Dubai in December, 2018, and was arrested subsequently. The high court had dismissed his bail plea, observing there was no significant change in circumstances from the time when his previous pleas were rejected. He is among the three alleged middleme

'Investigation by CBI is totally worthless', says doctor at RG Kar Hospital

Dr Tapan Pramanik a doctor at the RG Kar Medical Hospital said that there were multiple people involved in the RG Kar rape and murder case

NDTV loan-repayment case: Complainant satisfied with CBI's closure report

The complainant in the NDTV case, who had alleged irregularities by the ICICI Bank in accepting loan repayment from the media house, has accepted the CBI closure report and expressed satisfaction over the agency's probe, which did not find any collusion, criminal conspiracy or abuse of position in the matter. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed the closure report before a special court last year, after its six-year-long probe did not find any irregularities in the transactions between the ICICI Bank and NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy. The case was lodged on a complaint from Sanjay Dutt of Quantum Securities Limited, who had alleged that the ICICI Bank had sanctioned a loan of Rs 375 crore in 2008 against the entire 61 per cent shareholding of the NDTV promoters as collateral. "The statement of the complainant (Sanjay Dutt) has been recorded to the effect that he does not want to file any protest petition against the closure report filed by the CBI as he is ..

Karnataka HC defers hearing on plea for CBI probe in MUDA scam till Jan 27

Karnataka High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing into the plea to transfer MUDA scam case to the CBI, till January 27. Justice M Nagaprasanna who heard the petition filed by activist Snehamayi Krishna seeking a CBI probe into the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allocation scam directed Lokayukta to submit the investigation report to court by January 27. Senior Advocate Ravivarma Kumar, Abhishek Manu Singhvi appeared for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, while Maninder Singh represented the petitioner. During the argument, Singh alleged that original files are missing from Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). The court said, "We will deal with everything. But first the Lokayukta had to give details of everything on record so far. All details of the investigation made so far." Finally the court directed Lokayukta to submit the investigation report to court by January 27. In the MUDA case, it is alleged that compensatory sites were allotted to ...

GST officers must explain 'grounds of arrest', obtain acknowledgment: CBIC

GST officers will now have to explain to offenders about the "grounds of arrest" and obtain a written acknowledgement from them, the CBIC said on Monday. Modifying the guidelines for arrest and bail in relation to offences punishable under the GST Act, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said: "The grounds of arrest must be explained to the arrested person and also furnished to him in writing as an Annexure to the Arrest Memo. Acknowledgement of the same should be taken from the arrested person at the time of service of the Arrest Memo." As per the earlier guideline issued in August 2022, GST officers were required to explain to the arrested person the grounds of arrest, and note the same in the arrest memo. The instructions follow the Delhi High Court order in the case of Kshitij Ghildiyal versus DGGI (Delhi). The Delhi High Court has relied on the judgements of the Supreme Court which made a distinction between "reasons for arrest" and "grounds of arrest". The