Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh minister and independent legislator Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya was on Wednesday grilled by the CBI over the murder of Kunda deputy superintendent of police Zia-ul-Haq and two others.

Raja Bhaiya, an independent legislator from Kunda, was quizzed for over seven hours by the CBI on charges levelled by Haq's widow, Parveen Azad.

Parveen has accused Raja Bhaiya of masterminding Haq's murder. He was questioned about his whereabouts at the time of the killing of Haq, Balipur village head Nanhe Yadav and his brother Suresh March 2.

He was also...

Kolkata: With Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Arun Mishra unavailable, a new bench will hear afresh a public interest litigation seeking a CBI probe on Thursday into the multi-crore-rupee Saradha Group scam.

"Chief Justice Mishra will not be available to hear the case in the next hearing (Thursday). He is going out of the city. Since the matter is of grave importance, we urged him to assign...

Panaji: Officials of the anti-graft wing of Goa Police are in Kerala to probe the assets of Congress legislator Chandrakant Kavlekar who allegedly bought properties worth over Rs.5 crore in that state, an official said on Wednesday.

The officials of the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) were probing the assets of Kavlekar who was accused of graft during his stint as chairman of the Goa Industries...

Lucknow: On Wednesday, the CBI would interrogate former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya for his alleged role in the killing of Kunda deputy superintendent of police Zia-ul-Haq, sources said.

The independent Kunda legislator was asked by the Central Bureau of Investigation late on Tuesday night to be present at the CBI camp office at 10:30 am on Wednesday, CBI...

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to quiz Chairman of the Railway Board Vinay Mittal and some other senior officials in connection with the bribery scam involving Railway Minister PK Bansal's nephew and suspended Board Member Mahesh Kumar.

According to the sources, the CBI will record the statements of some senior officials in the Railway Ministry, especially...

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the Supreme Court on Monday that changes were made at the instance of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar in its draft report on the allocation of coal blocks.

In a nine-page affidavit, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha also said that "there was no deletion of any evidence against any suspect" and the "central theme of the status report" was "not...

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday expressed its willingness to probe the Saradha Group chit fund scam if directed by the Calcutta High Court.

CBI counsel Himangshu Dey also urged the court during the hearing on a public interest litigation - demanding CBI probe into the scam - to direct the state government to provide infrastructural support if the agency was to take...

New Delhi: With turbulence refusing to subside for the crisis-ridden government, the Additional Solicitor General, Harin Rawal, on Monday, blamed the Attorney General GE Vahanvati of influencing the CBI probe into coal scam.

He said that besides coal scam, the shadows of Attorney General Vahanvati could be deciphered in other scam related investigations by the probing agency.

A night before...

New Delhi: BJP MP Tarun Vijay wants an The Google Mapathon event case, in which the US internet giant allegedly violated Indian mapping laws, has been sent to the home ministry with the recommendation of a probe by the CBI cyber crime cell, said Saturday.

"Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar has informed that the case against Google India for violating Indian mapping laws has been...

Bangalore: Sixteen people were injured Wednesday in a bomb blast near the ruling BJP's office in this tech hub, which Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister R. Ashoka dubbed an act of terror, while Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde ordered a probe to identify its perpetrators.

"A bomb-like material on a motorbike exploded at around 10.30 am injuring 16 people, including 11 policemen, near the...