CBI intensifies rail board bribery probe, CVC gets into act

Two days after its leader Gulab Chand Kataria was charge-sheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation, a furious Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, accusing him of hatching a conspiracy against its leader due to political vendetta. State party chief Vasundhara Raje questioned the timing of the CBI action and alleged that Kataria was falsely implicated in the case as the ruling Congress is "panicky" after witnessing the ...

Soon after the Supreme Court’s rap over its functioning, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is learnt to have decided to question Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, widening the scope of the Railgate probe.

In a letter to the Central Bureau of Investigation dated April 6, West Bengal’s chit fund scam accused and Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen has accused Trinamool Congress Members of Parliament Kunal Ghosh and Srinjoy Bose of blackmailing him for huge sums of money. Read the letter ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation’s 50th anniversary celebrations were billed as among one of the most awaited in New Delhi. And despite the heavy downpour that lashed the national capital on Tuesday evening, the residence of CBI director Ranjit Sinha was teeming with VVIPs, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his Cabinet colleagues and top leaders from parties across the spectrum. However, the downpour, which arrived just 15 minutes before the celebrations were to begin, did sour ...

Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who is under attack over vetting of a Central Bureau of Investigation probe report on coal blocks allocation scam, on Thursday went to the Prime Minister's Office, triggering speculation that he met Manmohan Singh but he denied it. Meanwhile, Attorney General G E Vahanvati met the Prime minister and briefed him on Wednesday’s proceedings of the Supreme Court in the coal issue. Kumar was inside South Block, the office of the prime minister, for about 30 minutes.

Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy has been named in the charge-sheet of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s chargesheet against Jagan Mohan Reddy in the disproportionate assets case against the YSR Congress chief. She is expected to resign soon but the ruling Congress is unlikely to accept her resignation. The party will try to retain Reddy in the cabinet in spite of her perceived closeness to the family of former chief minister YSR Reddy and his son Jagan. Earlier, the ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday said former Air Chief S P Tyagi and other accused in the case relating to alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP helicopter deal will have to take permission of the agency before leaving the country. "As per practice, they are required to inform the investigating agency," a CBI spokesperson said in response to a question whether the accused in the scam are free to travel abroad. The spokesperson also said reports about issuing of look-out ...

New Delhi, Apr 5: President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Central Bureau Investigation on Saturday and deliver a lecture on ‘Good Governance - Empowering Institutions, Society and Public.’He will also unveil ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation has recovered 16 more luxury vehicles imported by a Hyderabad-based businessman in alleged violation of customs laws which have been sold to various influential persons even as the SUV registered in the name of Dravida Munetra Kazhagam leader M K Stalin’s son remained untraceable. The search by the CBI team at the residence of Stalin to look for a Hummer, just couple of days after the DMK withdrew support from the ruling United Progressive Alliance, had ...