Morning Digest | Second batch of Indians to arrive from Israel under Operation Ajay; CBI arrests key accused in Manipur students’ murder case, and more

Morning Digest | Second batch of Indians to arrive from Israel under Operation Ajay; CBI arrests key accused in Manipur students’ murder case, and more

Second batch of Indian passengers to board flight back to India from Tel Aviv under ‘Operation Ajay’. on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Operation Ajay | Second batch of Indian nationals flies out of Israel amid conflict The second batch of 235 Indian nationals, including two infants, wishing to leave Israel was safely evacuated on … Read more

SC stops CBI from recording statements of two Manipur women victims at noon

SC stops CBI from recording statements of two Manipur women victims at noon

The Manipur women victims had made an urgent mentioning before Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud that the CBI intended to record their statement at noon on August 1. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on August 1 stopped the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from “recording the statements” of the two … Read more

SC declines to intervene in Karnataka High Court’s interim stay of CBI proceedings against D.K. Shivakumar

SC declines to intervene in Karnataka High Court’s interim stay of CBI proceedings against D.K. Shivakumar

The Karnataka High Court on February 10 stayed the CBI probe against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar in a corruption case. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a Karnataka High Court’s interim stay of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. … Read more

CBI books senior BSNL officials for graft; searches 25 locations

CBI books senior BSNL officials for graft; searches 25 locations

The CBI conducted searches at 25 locations in connection with an FIR registered against 21 BSNL officials, including a former general manager, officials said. The premier investigative agency alleged that the accused officials entered into a conspiracy with a contractor to cheat the government-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The CBI registered the FIR against … Read more

CBI says it has prima facie case of extortion and bribery against Sameer Wankhede; seeks recall of interim protection order

CBI says it has prima facie case of extortion and bribery against Sameer Wankhede; seeks recall of interim protection order

The CBI has sought the Bombay High Court to recall its earlier order granting interim protection from arrest to NCB’s former Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede, saying it has a prima facie case against him on charges of extortion and bribery. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought the … Read more

Morning Digest | CBI team visits Odisha train accident site, begins probe; 3 killed, 4 injured in fresh violence in Manipur, and more

Morning Digest | CBI team visits Odisha train accident site, begins probe; 3 killed, 4 injured in fresh violence in Manipur, and more

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw waves as a train passes after train services resumed on the section where the accident happened on Friday, near Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Balasore district on Sunday night, June 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@RailMinIndia via PTI CBI team visits Odisha train accident site, begins probe A 10-member CBI team … Read more

Vivekananda Reddy murder case | CBI continues questioning of Avinash Reddy 

Vivekananda Reddy murder case | CBI continues questioning of Avinash Reddy 

The CBI officials concluded their second day of investigation of YSR Congress Party Lok Sabha member from Kadapa Y.S. Avinash Reddy in the murder case of former minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy on Thursday evening.  Mr. Avinash was interrogated on the second day by CBI officials for eight hours and was reportedly inquired about his cellphone … Read more

YSRCP accusing CBI in Viveka murder case is unwarranted, says BJP

YSRCP accusing CBI in Viveka murder case is unwarranted, says BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken exception to the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) accusing and attributing motives to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the ongoing probe into the murder of former MP Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy. The party’s state co in-charge Sunil Deodhar, speaking to the media on Wednesday, said that the CBI probe … Read more

Morning Digest: April 16, 2023

Morning Digest: April 16, 2023

Forensic experts outside the hospital where gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead by three assailants in Prayagraj on Saturday, April 15, 2023.  | Photo Credit: V.V. Krishnan Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, brother Ashraf shot dead in Prayagraj  Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire at … Read more

I knew I would be next: Kejriwal on CBI summons

I knew I would be next: Kejriwal on CBI summons

Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal addressing a press conference ahead of the CBI summons, at his residence in New Delhi on April 15, 2023 | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that he would appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) tomorrow after the agency summoned him in … Read more