Two teenaged girls were found hanging from a tree in Noida, adjoining national capital Delhi, on Tuesday, police said. The bodies were spotted by people in Noida’s Barola village in Uttar Pradesh. The deceased have been identified as Laxmi, 18, and her sister Nisha, 14. Police said they were probing[Read More…]
Tag: Probe
Railway minister orders probe into Patna-Vasco Da Gama express derailment
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday condoled the death of three passengers, who died after 13 coaches of the Patna-Vasco Da Gama express derailed in Uttar Pradesh’s Manikpur. He ordered a probe. “Immediate rescue and relief operations started and an inquiry ordered into the derailment of Vasco Da Gama-Patna Express[Read More…]
NIA takes over killing of RSS leader Ravinder Gosain in Ludhiana
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case to probe the killing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Ravinder Gosain in Ludhiana in Punjab, an official said on Friday. The agency took over the case from Punjab Police following a Home Ministry order on Thursday, nearly a month after[Read More…]
Shah must step down to allow fair probe into son’s business, says Congress
Congress on Monday demanded BJP national president, Amit Shah to quit from his position to ensure a fair investigation over allegations of impropriety against his son Jay Shah. Congress party spokesperson, Anand Sharma also questioned union railways minister, Piyush Goyal about why he is defending Jay Shah. He asked Goyal[Read More…]
Harvard biased against Indian, Asian students? US to probe
President Trump’s administration is all set to probe a complaint by four Indian-American organisations and other Asian groups claiming that Harvard University discriminates against students from the communities during its admission process. Justice department spokeswoman, Sarah Isgur Flores said the department wants to probe the “administrative complaint filed by a[Read More…]
Najeeb Ahmed missing case: CBI team reaches JNU to probe
A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reached the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus to carry out probe into the missing student Najeeb Ahmed’s case. The premier investigative agency had filed an FIR in the case on June 2. Notably, Najeeb is missing since October 16, 2016. He was[Read More…]
Maharashtra irrigation scam: ED may probe Ajit Pawar
Years after chief minister Devendra Fadnavis ordered an inquiry against two senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders Ajit Pawar and Sunil Tatkare in the irrigation scam, the Enforcement Directorate begun to probe. This may bring former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s role under the scanner. The central investigation agency sought[Read More…]
Congress demands probe into illegal foreign funding received by AAP
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken demanded a probe into the allegations levelled by sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra concerning illegal foreign funding received by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He also sought Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation. “The allegations are serious. Kejriwal should step down on moral and legal[Read More…]
Woman brutally gang-raped, mutilated body found in Rohtak
In a brutal incident, a woman was gangraped, killed and her body was mutilated in Rohtak district of Haryana. She was abducted when she was on her way to work and brutally gangraped by at least seven men, suggest initial reports. Reportedly, the incident took place on May 9. The[Read More…]
Kerala: Politicos demands probe after girls being asked to remove clothes during NEET exam
After the cases of the authorities allegedly forcing a girl to remove the button of her jeans and another to remove her bra in an effort to stop cheating and irregularities during National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) exam in Kerala surfaced, many politicians across the nation has demanded probe[Read More…]
ACB begins probe into bribery charges against Arvind Kejriwal
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has initiated a probe into bribery charges alleged by sacked Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Monday. Mishra has also appeared before ACB to hand over additional evidence in support of his claims on Monday. The probe began based on Mishra’s complaint[Read More…]
59 newly recruited commandos escape without informing; probe ordered
Around 59 newly employed commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) shocked the brass of India’s largest paramilitary force when they abandoned their journey to the headquarters in Bihar and went home without giving any notice or information to anyone. The mass bunking by personnel forced the CRPF to[Read More…]
Latur factory mishap: Death toll rises to nine; probe on
Four persons were arrested on Tuesday in relation to the mishap at an oil mill in Maharashtra’s Latur district. The death toll in the incident that took place on Monday has climbed to nine with two more bodies being recovered from a tank in the plant. The State Labour Minister[Read More…]
Coal scam: SC orders probe against former CBI chief
MHA suspects hacking behind renewal of controversial NGO’s licenses; ropes in CERT-IN to probe matter
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said it suspects that its computers may have been hacked as all controversial NGO’s FCRA licenses are being granted renewal online. The ministry has sought help from Computer Emergency Response System-India (CERT-IN) to probe if the online system, which was introduced in 2015 has been[Read More…]
Bhopal jailbreak & encounter: Kin of deceased demand CBI probe
A day after eight alleged SIMI operatives escaped Bhopal prison and were killed in an police encounter, families of the deceased have approached the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking a CBI probe into the ‘cold-blooded murders’. “The families of the deceased have come to me and are weeping inconsolably for[Read More…]
Rohith Vemulla’s mother ‘faked’ Dalit status, HCU not to be blamed for his suicide says commission report
The one-man judicial commission set up by the HRD ministry has finished its inquiry into the suicide of Rohith Vemula. Constituted on January 28, 11 days after Vemula killed himself in his hostel room, the commission submitted its 41-page report where the report has claimed that Rohith’s mother “branded” herself[Read More…]
Is Amit Shah influencing probe in BK Bansal suicide?
Former Bureaucrat BK Bansal’s suicide note has left behind a lot of questions, and most of them threaten to open the Pandora ’s Box. If his last account is to be believed, Shah is the alleged mentor to his speculated tormentor CBI DIG Sanjiv Gautam. Bansal time and again alleged[Read More…]
Job at stake? Sam Allardyce faces FA probe after newspaper sting
The Football Association has asked for “the full facts” after a newspaper alleged England manager Sam Allardyce discussed the possibility of circumventing its rules on third-party ownership. A report in The Daily Telegraph claims Allardyce told undercover reporters posing as businessmen it was possible to “get around” an FA rule,[Read More…]
Defence Ministry asks for CBI probe into Embraer deal
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…]
Jung panel to probe AAP files, Kejriwal alleges “witch hunting”
Najeeb Jung, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor (LG) has escalated the tiff between the Centre and Delhi’s AAP government by setting up a three-member committee to look into all 400 files obtained from various departments. These contain decisions taken by the AAP government without LG’s prior sanction. The committee consists of three[Read More…]