MUMBAI: The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) took a dramatic step, cutting nearly a fifth of its peer reviewers – almost 900 of them – after allegations of corruption surfaced in the grading process. The purge followed a tip-off to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that assessors visiting Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, a…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to alleged middleman Christian Michel James, who has been in custody for six years, in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper scam investigated by the CBI.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta noted that James had spent six years in jail while the investigation was…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its verdict on a petition filed by the West Bengal govt challenging the April 22, 2024, order of the Calcutta high court, which had quashed the recruitment of more than 25,000 teachers and non-teaching staff for state-run and state-aided schools.As CBI explained the systematic manner in which…
JAIPUR: A man’s attempt to secure a govt job for his wife through ‘illegal’ channel might lead to the exposure of a major recruitment scam in railways.Manish Meena, a resident of Kota, approached railway authorities about eight months ago, alleging that his wife, Asha Meena, secured a railway job using a dummy candidate—someone who took…
New Delhi: RG Kar Hospital rape-murder victim’s father Friday moved SC for continuation of CBI probe into the crime, in which accused Sanjay Roy was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, to unravel possible roles of other accused who allegedly aided and abetted commission of the offence.Senior advocate Karuna Nundy mentioned the father’s application for…
NEW DELHI: The parents of the 31-year-old doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last year on Monday expressed discontent with the Kolkata court sentencing the convict to life imprisonment until death, along with a fine of Rs 50,000.The grieving parents were unsatisfied with the court’s…
NEW DELHI: A Kolkata court on Saturday convicted the main accused Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape and murder case. He was found guilty under Section 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for rape, along with Sections 66 and 103(1) for causing death and committing murder.After the Additional District Judge of the Sealdah…
NEW DELHI: As the Sealdah Court prepares to announce the verdict in the RG Kar rape and murder case, the father of the victim said that there were “defects in investigations”. Speaking to reporters, he alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation is “not trying much” and that “someone is involved” in the incident. “CBI…
JAIPUR: Supreme Court raised concerns Tuesday over a 2020 Rajasthan police closure report in a 2017 case of alleged rape and brutality against a woman and the abduction of her husband.The court sought all police records, statements and other materials to scrutinise police investigation, which saw a dramatic shift in stance following a change of…
Ajit Pawar, Hasan Mushrif and Dhananjay Munde. MUMBAI: The BJP-led govt in Maharashtra has inducted several ministers who are still facing Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigations. This includes Pratap Sarnaik, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. None of them have been chargesheeted, but no closure reports have been filed in court indicating…
