After the major embarrassment caused due to the Embraer deal, the Defence Ministry has now asked for a CBI probe into the allegations. Brazilian aviation company, Embraer was accused of hiring a UK-based agent to flow kickbacks to land the $208 million deal for three Emb-145 aircrafts. Defence Minister Manohar[Read More…]
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Supreme Court lifts stay on CBI investigation into the Bulandshahr gangrape case
In a major development to the Bulandshahr gangrape case, apex court on Thursday lifted the stay imposed on the CBI investigation by the court, thus modifying its earlier order. Accepting, CBI’s argument that the accused may try and destroy evidence if the probe does not take place within 90 days,[Read More…]
Supreme Court to hear plea against Lalu Yadav in fodder scam
The Supreme Court will hear a plea against Lalu Prasad Yadav in the fodder scam case on Wednesday. It has issued a notice to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with the embezzlement of about ₹9.4 billion from the government treasury[Read More…]
CBI raids ex-Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda’s home over corruption case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted searches on the premises of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his associates in connection with alleged irregularities in the acquisition of land in Gurgaon district. In raids in 20 locations across Delhi, Chandigarh, Rohtak and Gurugram, the CBI[Read More…]
Coalgate: Ex-CBI chief Ranjit Sinha indicted by Top court panel
A supreme court appointed panel has indicted former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, by maintaining that there was a ‘prima facie’ attempt on his part to influence the probe into the coal allocation scam. The court also rapped the Central investigation Bureau (CBI) for sluggish probe in the sacm that took place[Read More…]
AAP vs Centre: CBI arrests Delhi Principal Secretary on corruption charges
The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s principal secretary, Rajendra Kumar and four others, namely- Ashok Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Tarun Sharma and Dinesh Gupta on corruption charges on Monday. The accused are arrested in connection with a case of showing undue favours to a private company[Read More…]
CBI files corruption cases against nine Income Tax dept officials
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday filed a corruption case against nine top officials of Income Tax department after conducting nearly 17 raids all over the country. The corrupt officials included I-T chief of New Delhi, SK Mittal. During the raids, the items that were recovered included property[Read More…]