RG Kar tragedy: Calcutta HC seeks further clarifications from CBI on probe

IANS | April 30, 2025 9:53 PM

Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday sought additional clarifications from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on its probe so far in the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata within the hospital premises in August last year.

FIR lodged against Sisodia, Jain in classroom construction case

IANS | April 30, 2025 12:51 PM

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has registered a case against former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia, and former Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Satyendar Jain, in connection with an alleged scam in the construction of classrooms at exorbitant costs during the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s tenure.

Calcutta HC directs CBI to submit report against Sheikh Shahjahan in ED officer assault case

IANS | April 29, 2025 8:09 PM

Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit a report against expelled Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan in the case where the latter had been accused as the mastermind in organising a mob attack on the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials and their accompanying Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel in front of his residence at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal in January last year.

26/11: Tahawwur Rana’s NIA custody extended by 12 days

IANS | April 28, 2025 7:12 PM

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A Special NIA court in Delhi on Monday extended Pakistani-Canadian national Tahawwur Rana’s custody with the federal anti-terror agency by 12 more days to allow investigators to question him further on the deadly attack that left 166 people dead in 2008.

Mumbai office fire: ED to continue Nirav, Choksi probes using digital records

IANS | April 28, 2025 4:10 PM

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Key case documents related to fugitive diamantaires Mehul Choksi and Nirav Modi are suspected to be among investigation papers damaged in a fire at the ED's office in south Mumbai, even as an official claimed on Monday that no probe will be impacted as digital records are still safe.