cbi (central bureau of investigation)

Chandigarh, March 7 – The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday acquitted self-proclaimed godman and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati in 2002.Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for raping...

New Delhi, March 5 – Former Delhi Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Atishi, on Thursday, urged Lieutenant Governor (L-G) V.K. Saxena to apologize for what she alleged were "political conspiracies" by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to implicate Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader...

New Delhi, February 27 – Former cricketer and Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh welcomed a Delhi court's order on Friday that acquitted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and senior party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in...

Siliguri, February 27 – A Special CBI Court in Siliguri convicted and sentenced a former Central Excise department official to four years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) with a fine of Rs 40,000 for accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 over 10 years ago, an official said.Achintya Kumar Pramanik, then...

Patna, February 27 RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav welcomed a Delhi court's order to acquit Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal and others in a liquor policy case, and demanded fresh elections in the national capital.A special court on Friday acquitted Kejriwal, AAP leader Manish Sisodia, and 21...

Chandigarh, February 27 The Punjab AAP on Friday hailed the court's acquittal of AAP supremo and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his former deputy, Manish Sisodia, in the excise policy case, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann exclaiming, "Truth always triumphs."A Delhi court...

New Delhi, February 27 An emotional Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asserted that the corruption case against him was the "biggest political conspiracy" in the history of Independent India, as a court here discharged him in the politically sensational liquor policy case.Just as the verdict came, the...

New Delhi, February 27 – As the Rouse Avenue Court acquitted AAP national convener and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case, his wife, Sunita Kejriwal, said on Friday that truth always prevails.Sunita Kejriwal posted on her social media platform, X, stating...

New Delhi, February 27 – In a significant development, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia have been acquitted in the high-profile Delhi liquor excise policy case.The Rouse Avenue Court observed that there was no evidence against the two...

New Delhi, February 25 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Wednesday that it has attached land worth ₹598 crore in Agra district, Uttar Pradesh, as part of an investigation into money laundering against realty company Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd. (APIL).The case concerns...

Amaravati, February 24 – Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu claimed on Tuesday that over 20 crore Tirupati laddus were made with adulterated ghee and sold during the YSRCP rule.He claimed that between 2019 and 2024, 59.71 lakh litres of adulterated ghee were supplied to the...

Mumbai, February 23 – NCP legislator Rohit Pawar, leading a group, stated on Monday that if a thorough investigation is conducted into the death of the late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, the people of Maharashtra will demonstrate their strength.He questioned the progress made in the...

Chandigarh, February 21 – Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav extended greetings and deep respect to Jagjit Singh Bawa, a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the 1951 batch, on his centennial birthday."As we mark this rare milestone, the Punjab Police pays tribute...

Tirupati, February 21 The Andhra Pradesh government's appointment of a one-man committee to examine a report by the SIT investigating the Tirupati laddoo adulteration issue is an "insult" to the Supreme Court and the judicial process, said senior YSRCP leader and former TTD chairman B Karunakar...

New Delhi, February 19 – The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notices in a plea filed by the Unnao rape survivor seeking to enhance the sentence awarded to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the custodial death case of her father.A division bench comprising Justices Navin Chawla...

New Delhi, February 18 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Delhi Zonal Office-II, has provisionally attached 247 immovable properties worth Rs 10,021.46 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with its ongoing investigation into the alleged multi-crore fraud...

New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to March 18 the hearing on a plea moved by the ED alleging obstruction by the West Bengal government, including by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in its search operation at the I-PAC office and the premises of its director in...

Bemetara, February 17 A court in the Bemetara district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday acquitted 17 people accused of murdering a man and his son following communal clashes in April 2023.Manoj Namdeo, a defense lawyer, said Additional Sessions Judge Sakshee Dixit delivered the verdict after...

New Delhi, February 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by an IAS officer seeking discharge in the multi-crore Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case, paving the way for her trial.A bench comprising justices M M Sundresh and N K Singh upheld the decision of the Telangana High Court...

Aizawl, February 16 Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma said on Monday that he would resign if any evidence links him to alleged financial irregularities in the ongoing Lengpui land deal controversy.Responding to allegations that he received kickbacks, the chief minister challenged the opposition...