Even as the administration of a noted Pune school denied allegations that its staff had strip-searched several female students on suspicion of copying during the ongoing HSC exams, State Education Minister Vinod Tawde on Monday ordered a thorough probe into the incident. The Education Minister met with Pune legislators Neelam Gorhe (Shiv Sena) and Medha Kulkarni (Bharatiya Janata Party), both […]
» Read moreThe Union government has ordered a CBI investigation into the alleged leak of questions of an examination of the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) held last month, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday. The order came a day after the SSC, which conducts the examination for subordinate services, recommended a CBI inquiry into the allegation of leak of questions of […]
» Read moreA special court on Saturday issued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against diamond traders Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi in the alleged Rs 12,700-crore Punjab National Bank scam. The court, set up under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, issued the NBWs on applications filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), one of the agencies probing the bank fraud cases registered last month. […]
» Read moreThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday attached 41 properties worth ₹1217.20 crores belonging to diamond merchant Mehul Choksi and the companies controlled by him with respect to the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. The ED issued a provisional order for attachment under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The attached assets include 15 flats and 17 office premises […]
» Read moreThe 69th head of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, passed away on Wednesday morning. He was 83. His end came in a hospital near the mutt in Kancheepuram where he was taken after suffering from breathlessness. Born as Subramaniayam in Irulneeki, a small hamlet near Mannargudi, in Tamil Nadu, he was initiated into sanyasam by his predecessor at […]
» Read moreKarti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, on Wednesday was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Sumeet Anand in New Delhi. He was arrested early on Wednesday morning at the Chennai airport by a special team of the CBI’s Economic Offences Wing soon after his arrival from London. A CBI official said the team from Delhi interrogated Mr. Karti in […]
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