H.D. Revanna | Photo Credit: File Photo H.D. Revanna, former Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) MLA, who was arrested in connection with an alleged abduction case on May 4 by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing alleged multiple instances of sex abuse by his son and “absconding” Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, was granted bail on … Read more
A cable suspension bridge collapsed in Morbi, Gujarat on October 31, 2022 | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji The Gujarat government-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has found in its preliminary probe that corrosion on nearly half of the wires on a cable and welding of old suspenders with new ones were some of the major faults that … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. File | Photo Credit: PTI A Special Investigation Team (SIT) will be set up to probe the alleged murder of a Marathi newspaper journalist Shashikant Warishe from Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on February 11. Mr. Fadnavis, who also holds the Home Department portfolio, said … Read more
A forensic report has confirmed that weapons recovered from Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra and others after the Lakhimpur violence had been fired. Protesting farmers had alleged that Ashish Mishra had opened fire. Though the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report confirmed that the weapons had been discharged, it does not specify whether they … Read more
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the ‘honey trap‘ case in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday could not record a statement of state Congress president Kamal Nath as he was not available in Bhopal, an official said. The ‘honey-trap scandal, which came to light in 2019, was an organised racket wherein a gang used to lure … Read more
The Supreme Court Tuesday deferred by two weeks the hearing on CBI‘s contempt plea against former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar and others alleging non-cooperation by them in its probe into the multi-crore-rupee Saradha chit fund scam case. The CBI, entrusted with investigating the Ponzi scheme cases in West Bengal by the apex court, filed … Read more