Cbi Director Ranjit Sinha

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked CBI's Special Investigation Team (SIT) to file a fresh status report giving details of probe into charges of "abuse of official position" by former CBI chief Ranjit Sinha who had allegedly tried to scuttle the probe in coal scam cases.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against Ranjit Sinha, its former director, in the coal scam case. He has been accused of criminal misconduct and abuse of official position to influence the cases against certain people accused in the coal scam.

The CBI is examining complaints from the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department against two of its former directors vis-a-vis a case involving meat exporter Moin Ahmed Qureshi, an informed source said on Thursday.

Calling himself a victim of terrorism, former special director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Rajinder Kumar, charge-sheeted in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, today sought action against CBI's ex-director Ranjit Sinha for "conspiring" against officials of the agency and police officers fighting terrorism.

AAP today demanded that the matter of CBI's independence be immediately addressed by the Modi government in the wake of a Supreme Court-appointed panel indicting former CBI director Ranjit Sinha holding that prima facie there was an attempt to influence the probe into the coal block allocation scam.

The Supreme Court has rejected the plea of Ranjit Sinha not to allow the court-appointed panel access to the alleged original visitors' diary of his official residence during his tenure as CBI Director.

A copy of original visitors' diary from the official residence of Ranjit Sinha has been sought by the team investigating the former CBI director in 2G scam case.

A Special Court has disallowed Congress lawmaker Vijay Darda, chargesheeted in a coal scam case, from undertaking a foreign visit, saying it might hinder the probe against former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha.

ML Sharma, former Special Director of the CBI, will head a panel to probe alleged misdemeanors by the agency's ex-director Ranjit Sinha, the Supreme Court has said.

The Supreme Court today allowed new CBI Director Anil Kumar Sinha to take charge of the investigation and prosecution in the 2G scam cases, more than three weeks after it had removed his predecessor from the probe after allegations of him trying to protect some of the accused.

The officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation gave a grand send-off to Ranjit Sinha, who retired from the post of the agency's director on Tuesday.

The government today appointed Anil Sinha as the new chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He will take over from Ranjit Sinha who retired today.

At a meeting today at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence, names of two IPS officers were shortlisted for the post of CBI chief, sources said.

"I have done no good work," was how a visibly peeved CBI Director Ranjit Sinha today reacted with sarcasm on his two years at the agency's helm, a tenure that comes to an end on Tuesday.

A meeting at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence tomorrow between the government, opposition and the Chief Justice of India will decide a new chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation, a post that has lately been steeped in controversy.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked CBI's Special Investigation Team (SIT) to file a fresh status report giving details of probe into charges of "abuse of official position" by former CBI chief Ranjit Sinha who had allegedly tried to scuttle the probe in coal scam cases.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against Ranjit Sinha, its former director, in the coal scam case. He has been accused of criminal misconduct and abuse of official position to influence the cases against certain people accused in the coal scam.

The CBI is examining complaints from the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department against two of its former directors vis-a-vis a case involving meat exporter Moin Ahmed Qureshi, an informed source said on Thursday.

Calling himself a victim of terrorism, former special director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Rajinder Kumar, charge-sheeted in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, today sought action against CBI's ex-director Ranjit Sinha for "conspiring" against officials of the agency and police officers fighting terrorism.

AAP today demanded that the matter of CBI's independence be immediately addressed by the Modi government in the wake of a Supreme Court-appointed panel indicting former CBI director Ranjit Sinha holding that prima facie there was an attempt to influence the probe into the coal block allocation scam.

The Supreme Court has rejected the plea of Ranjit Sinha not to allow the court-appointed panel access to the alleged original visitors' diary of his official residence during his tenure as CBI Director.

A copy of original visitors' diary from the official residence of Ranjit Sinha has been sought by the team investigating the former CBI director in 2G scam case.

A Special Court has disallowed Congress lawmaker Vijay Darda, chargesheeted in a coal scam case, from undertaking a foreign visit, saying it might hinder the probe against former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha.

ML Sharma, former Special Director of the CBI, will head a panel to probe alleged misdemeanors by the agency's ex-director Ranjit Sinha, the Supreme Court has said.

The Supreme Court today allowed new CBI Director Anil Kumar Sinha to take charge of the investigation and prosecution in the 2G scam cases, more than three weeks after it had removed his predecessor from the probe after allegations of him trying to protect some of the accused.

The officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation gave a grand send-off to Ranjit Sinha, who retired from the post of the agency's director on Tuesday.

The government today appointed Anil Sinha as the new chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He will take over from Ranjit Sinha who retired today.

At a meeting today at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence, names of two IPS officers were shortlisted for the post of CBI chief, sources said.

"I have done no good work," was how a visibly peeved CBI Director Ranjit Sinha today reacted with sarcasm on his two years at the agency's helm, a tenure that comes to an end on Tuesday.

A meeting at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence tomorrow between the government, opposition and the Chief Justice of India will decide a new chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation, a post that has lately been steeped in controversy.