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CBI) on Wednesday filed a supplementary chargesheet in the land-for-jobs case against three individuals, said people in the know. Those chargesheeted include Bhola Yadav, the then officer on special duty to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad when he was the Union railways minister. Besides Bhola Yadav, two candidates (including a woman), who allegedly secured jobs illegally in the railways by giving away their parcels of land to Lalu and his kin, have also been chargesheeted by the CBI. The fresh supplementary chargesheet covers the central wing of the railways department, said people quoted above. The CBI, in the fresh supplementary chargesheet, has submitted that Bhola Yadav played a crucial role in «facilitating» the land-for-jobs case. A hard disk was recovered from Bhola Yadav's computer during CBI raids in August 2022.

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Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh were admitted to hospital due to health issues. Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal was admitted to hospital due to health issues caused by epilepsy. Another associate Gurmeet Singh was also admitted to the hospital for undisclosed health issues. A senior police officer who does not want to be named said Dhaliwal was admitted to the Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh on Tuesday due to complexities arising out of epilepsy. He is undergoing treatment and his health is stable now.”

Enforcement Directorate has filed a fresh complaint before a Delhi court seeking prosecution of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for skipping its summonses in a money laundering investigation, official sources said Wednesday. The latest complaint pertains to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor not honouring the summons no 4 to 8, they said. The court of ACMM Divya Malhotra has listed the master to be heard on Thursday. The ED had earlier moved a local court seeking Kejriwal's prosecution for not attending the first three summonses issued to him in the money laundering investigation linked to the Delhi excise policy.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh for information about the suspected bomber in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case in Bengaluru. Posting on its official handle on social media platform X, the agency put up a picture of the suspect captured on a CCTV camera and promised that informants’ identities would be kept confidential. Meanwhile, Karnataka Home minister G Parameshwara said the police had discovered vital clues over the last two days and were close to cracking the case. “If we proceed this way then we will complete the investigation,” he said.

The CBI got the custody of Sheikh Shahjahan on Wednesday. The Trinamool Congress leader, who is the prime accused in the Sandeshkhali ED official attack case, was handed over by state CID hours after a new order by the Calcutta High Court earlier in the day. After the medical examination, Shahjahan was handed over to CBI at the Bhabani Bhaban Police Headquarters. Earlier in the day, the Calcutta High Court stated that the investigation into the attack on ED officials should be transferred to the CBI, and the custody of the accused Sheikh Shahjahan should be arranged promptly.

A charge-sheet has been filed under the anti-money laundering law against 299 entities, including 10 persons of Chinese origin, in an investigation linked to alleged duping of investors in the name of mining cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoins, the Enforcement Directorate said on Wednesday.

Competition Commission can now impose penalties on companies based on their global turnover for violations, with the government notifying the amended competition norms. Till now, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has been deciding penalties on the basis of a company's turnover from a particular business segment where violations have been found. The corporate affairs ministry has notified the provisions under the amended the Competition Act with effect from March 6. Vaibhav Choukse, Partner and Head of Competition Lawa at JSA Advocates and Solicitors, said the amendment empowers the CCI to impose a penalty on the global turnover of a company derived from all the products and services.

Part of the SEC’s mandate is to regulate the activities of Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs). This involves ensuring that advisors adhere to the SEC Custody Rule under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, specifically Rule 206(4)-2. 

India to set up international big cat alliance Rawat, who was the forest minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in 2021 is now with the Congress party. The court's judgment came on a petition filed by environment activist and lawyer Gaurav Bansal alleging the destruction of the tiger habitat and a decline in the tiger density in the Lansdowne Forest Division owing to illegal construction in the Pakhro Tiger Safari as well as illicit cutting of trees.

Shahjahan Sheikh and others for allegedly attacking Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers during searches at Shahjahan Sheikh’s premises in January 2024. Meanwhile, the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in West Bengal, along with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has refused to handover Shahjahan Sheikh to the CBI.

Nashville told air traffic controllers he could see the runway they were clearing for an emergency landing. But he said he couldn’t reach it.“I’m going to be landing — I don’t know where!” the pilot said before the plane crashed alongside Interstate 40, killing all five people aboard.The pilot had another adult and three children on board, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Aaron McCarter said at a Tuesday news conference. He said the five are Canadian citizens, and the agency is working with the Canadian government to determine their identities.He said it is too early to know what caused the crash.

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Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered transfer of investigation into an attack on ED officials at Sandeshkhali on January 5 from the West Bengal government to CBI. It directed that documents and custody of suspended Trinamool leader Shahjahan Sheikh should be immediately handed over to CBI. Sheikh is at present in CID's custody after he was arrested by the West Bengal Police on February 29. HC, in its order, observed that Sheikh is «an elected representative of the public, holding the highest office in a Zilla Parishad, he was fielded as the candidate at the elections held for the said post by the political party which is ruling dispensation. Thus, it has become imperative and absolutely necessary for doing complete justice and enforcing the fundamental rights of the public...» «It is beyond one's comprehension that without a pre-planned effort more than thousand people or three thousand people...could have assembled in that area armed with deadly weapons to attack ED officials and CRPF… We agree with the submissions made on behalf of the appellant ED that except for one offence all were bailable offences and the state police have underplayed the entire situation,» it said.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) for the next two years. According to the STScl Cycle 3, a total of 253 General Observer Programs are selected, dedicating approximately 5,500 hours of James Webb Telescope’s prime time and up to 1,000 hours of parallel time to explore various celestial phenomena in the next two years.

anti-profiteering mechanism set up under the GST regime was an initial nudge aimed to ensure that companies passed on the 'benefit' — be it a fall in tax rates, or an enhanced input tax credit — arising from the GST roll-out to the end consumer by way of commensurate reduction in prices. The adjudicating authority, National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) set up in 2017, had a two-year tenure. But this was extended twice, till November 2022, with the mantle passed on to CCI subsequently. This extension contrasts with international precedents, such as Australia's approach, where similar provisions were enforced, following the introduction of GST, although with a sunset clause. In late January, Delhi High Court, responding to many writ petitions filed by India Inc across sectors from FMCG to real estate, upheld the constitutional validity of the anti-profiteering provisions. It noted that the objective of Section 171 of Central GST Act, which mandates the passing on of GST benefits, is grounded in consumer welfare and equity principles.

Manipur Chief minister Nongthombam Biren Singh informed the assembly on Tuesday that altogether 63 persons were reported missing since the ethnic violence unfolded in restive Manipur in May last year. Out of them, 26 were found dead, 9 were traced out alive and 28 are still missing, informed Biren, while responding to posers raised by legislators on the fifth and last day of the 5th session of 12th state assembly. On the missing of two standard XII students from Imphal West district’s Sagolband Tera area, the leader of the house said the Cental Bureau of Investigation has reported to have filed charge sheet against five accused arrested in the case.

the custody was supposed to be handed over today at 4:30 pm as per the high court order, the West Bengal CID did not hand over custody of Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI. Before the Bengal government's action, the Calcutta High Court had directed that the CBI be handed over the case of attack on ED officials at Sandeshkhali and the custody of suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, while slamming the Mamata Banerjee government for “protecting" the accused.

China reiterated a call for "reunification" with Taiwan, but added emphasis that it wants to "be firm" in doing so and dropped the descriptor "peaceful", which had been used in previous reports. Although it is not the first time that China had omitted the word "peaceful", the change in language is closely watched as a possible sign of a more assertive stance towards Taiwan. China has been increasing its military budget, and it has been more than doubled under President Xi Jinping's 11 years in office, Reuters reported.

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