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The Odisha government on Tuesday night issued the notification on formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death of six tribals, who were shot dead by security personnel in Malapanga forest area near Gumudumaha village of Kurtamgarh panchayat under Baliguda police limits in Kandhamal district on July 8

Sambalpur: BJP on Wednesday asked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to apologise for the killing of five tribals during the anti-Maoist operation in Kandhamal, claiming the tragedy was an outcome of his “incompetence and callousness”. Talking to mediapersons here, BJP’s Odisha Unit chief Basanta Panda demanded the incident be probed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) or […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Odisha government to probe into the death of six tribals, who were killed during an alleged encounter between the security personnel and the Maoists inside Malapanga forest near Kurtamgarh in Kandhamal district on July 8, will begin very soon. “The SIT will begin its investigation very […]

Cuttack: Vice Chairman of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Black Money Justice Arijit Pasayat on Wednesday hinted that the black money generated by the Dhalasamant brothers might come under the SIT purview. “Don’t talk about any person. We are after and will be after anyone having black money. We will certainly investigate if we […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the CBI Saturday conducted simultaneous raids at 14 locations of chit fund firm Microfinance Ltd in Odisha. CBI sources said raids were conducted at all the places where the company was operating its business and has offices, including Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhampur. “In Odisha chit fund scam, the […]

Two top officials of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrived in the agency’s office here on Thursday. Joint Director Rajeev Singh and Special Investigating Team (SIT) DIG S. Bagchi are here to take stock of the investigation into the multi-crore chit fund scam in the State, sources said

The CBI’s Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing into multi-crore chit-fund scam in Odisha, has written a letter to the state’s Chief Secretary GC Pati seeking help regarding security of accused during remand, sources said

Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh on Saturday released three sketches of two persons suspected to be her killers. “Three sketches of two suspects have been made on the basis of their description by eyewitness. Two sketches of one suspect were made by two sketch-makers as per eyewitness […]

Bengaluru: A Special Investigation Team will probe the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead here on Tuesday night, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday. “A SIT has been formed, headed by an Inspector-General-level officer, to investigate the journalist killing,” the Chief Minister told the media here after meeting top police officers […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government has urged the Orissa High Court to engage a sitting judge to monitor the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the alleged gang-rape and suicide case of a minor girl in Kunduli area of Koraput district, a govt official said today. The government made the request to the Chief Justice of […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Odisha government named members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the killing of five persons during anti-Maoist operations by security personnel in Kandhamal on July 8, the opposition Congress and BJP today raised questions on the neutrality of the panel. Both parties raised questions on the efficiency […]

Tax evasion needs to be made a serious 'criminal offence' to force foreign countries to reveal names and account details of Indians stashing illicit wealth abroad, the Special Investigation Team on black money has said

In the first major disclosure on black money, 339 Indians have been found to have stashed Rs 4,479 crore in Swiss banks, while domestic unaccounted wealth to the tune of Rs 14,958 crore has been traced, even as the SIT recommended stringent measures to check the menace

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the 1984 Sikh riots in Kanpur, in the aftermath of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination, an official said on Wednesday. The SIT headed by former Director General of Police (DGP) Atul has been tasked with “threadbare investigation” of cases […]

Jammu: Curfew continued without any relaxation for the third day in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhaderwah town in Doda district on Saturday. The curfew was imposed on Thursday after the body of a local, identified as Nayeem Shah, was recovered by the police. “Curfew continued for the third day in Bhaderwah town. There is improvement in the […]