NEW DELHI: The Central government will distribute fortified rice under all government food distribution schemes including mid-day meal and National Food Security Act (NFSA) to tackle malnutrition and poor health, it said on Friday. The proposal to distribute fortified rice was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on […]
NEW DELHI: A court in Delhi on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to withdraw a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against former chief of Amnesty International India, Aakar Patel in a case of an alleged violation of the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA). The court said a “written apology” from the CBI […]
NEW DELHI: Days after it took over the probe, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday said it had arrested four accused in connection with the brutal killing of eight people in West Bengal’s Birbhum. The agency has arrested four accused from Mumbai, Maharashtra in connection with the massacre in Rampurhat area of Birbhum […]
LUCKNOW: Acting tough against gangsters, the Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday said that it had attached property worth Rs 25.4 crore of Ajeet Gupta and his aides. Gupta had duped number of people in the state on pretext of giving them high returns on their investments in his company Ani bullion. As per the police […]
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday said that it has registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) against Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra for alleged misuse of Rs 35 lakh of Hockey India funds. A CBI source told The New Indian that the agency has received a complaint against Batra and […]