Special Task Force (STF) on Wednesday arrested mining baron Sudhir Sharma afresh in connection with sub-inspector recruitment exam-2012 scam. He was already in jail in connection with police constable recruitment exam-2012 scam.

According to STF officials, Sharma had helped four candidates in passing the written exam of sub-inspector recruitment-2012 fraudulently...Read More

The CBI has approached the Delhi high court after failing to explain to a trial court how some of its officers reportedly bungled a raid in a multi-crore scam allegedly involving intelligence officials, sources said on Wednesday.   The case pertains to alleged irregularities in supplying high-altitude tents worth Rs. 22 crore to the Special Frontier Force - a covert ...Read More

A day before the Supreme Court hears the prayers of senior advocate Shyam Divan, the Amicus Curiae in the multi crore chit fund scam, seeking court monitoring of the probe, the Orissa government on Thursday asked the director general of police to provide all necessary logistical support and documents to CBI’s local office and ED’s sub-zonal office in Bhubaneswar. ...Read More

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate today questioned officials of the Indian Railways-owned IRCTC in connection with the Saradha scam probe.   An ED source told PTI that three IRCTC officials came to the office of the Directorate and they were questioned about the details of the agreement which the Saradha Group had entered into with IRCTC. &nbs...Read More

CHANDIGARH: After probing irregularities in the allotment of Rs 4.50 crore tender to a private firm for seven months, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday moved a detailed report to its headquarters in Delhi seeking permission for further legal action. Chandigarh municipal corporation had allotted operation and maintenance of 86 public toilets to...Read More

MOHALI: Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested a public distribution clerk of Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited (PUNSUP) for his alleged involvement in the embezzlement of wheat bags and other objects worth Rs 2.57 crore from a godown in Mohali last year.   The accused has been identified as Gurmeet Singh, who was working as a clerk in PUNSUP...Read More

Bhubaneswar: In a setback to Mumbai based model Preeti Bhatia, who is currently lodged in Jharapada jail in the state capital in connection with the chit fund scam, the Khordha district and sessions court on Thursday rejected her bail plea.   Earlier, the special CBI court had rejected the bail plea of Bhatia and she was sent to judicial custody on O...Read More

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Congress(M),which remains virtually shattered ever since its supremo and Finance Minister K M Mani was embroiled in the bar bribe allegations, has gone for an in-house investigation on a growing suspicion that party vice-chairman P C George had been instrumental in making up the case.   A five-member panel constituted u...Read More

BALASORE: Bhadrak police arrested managing director, area manager-cum-promoter and a director of a chit-fund company on Thursday for allegedly duping investors of crores of rupees. The company was into money circulation business through its eight branches in six districts of the State.   The accused are managing director of Milan Jyoti International ...Read More

Kolkata: Suspended Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh attempted suicide inside his prison cell, Friday, days after he had warned that he will end his life if the CBI did not take proper action against ‘those involved’ in the Saradha scam.   Ghosh is lodged in the Presidency Jail. He had threatened to commit suicide when he was ...Read More