Firm CMD arrested in bank fraud case
New Delhi: The CBI (CBI) has arrested Jag Mohan Garg, CMD of Tirupati Infraprojects Pvt Ltd, in connection with its probe into an alleged loan fraud case of Rs 289.15 crore in a consortium of banks, officials said on Monday. The officials said Garg was produced before a special CBI court here which sent him to the agency’s custody till July 13. TNS
17 trains cancelled, 12 others diverted
new delhi: The Northern Railway on Sunday said 17 trains had been cancelled and 12 diverted. The cancelled trains include Ferozepur Cantt Express, Amritsar Super Fast Express, Chandigarh Intercity Express and Chandigarh to Amritsar Junction Express. Those diverted include Mumbai Central to Amritsar Express, Amritsar Express and Daulatpur Chowk Express. TNS
Monk’s murder: Govt says no to CBI probe
new delhi: The Karnataka Congress government on Monday rejected the Opposition BJP’s demand for a CBI probe into the brutal murder of a monk, Kamkumar Nandi, at Nand Parvat Ashram in Belagavi district. The monk was allegedly administered electric shocks, killed, dismembered and his body parts dumped in a borewell pit at Khatakbhavi village in Raibag taluk. TNS
48 kg gold paste seized from Surat
new delhi: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Monday said as part of ‘Operation Goldmine’, it has made one of the largest seizures in recent times when it confiscated 48.2 kg of gold paste estimated to worth Rs 25 crore at Gujarat’s Surat international airport from three passengers who arrived from Sharjah. TNS
2 former MLAs surrender in hate speech case
Muzaffarnagar: Two ex-MLAs, Noor Saleem Rana & Maulana Jameel, accused in a hate speech case, surrendered in a special MP/MLA court here on Monday. Nearly 60 people were killed in riots here in 2013. PTI
PM degree row: HC not to advance hearing date
New Delhi: The HC has refused to advance hearing of a plea by DU challenging CIC’s order asking it to allow inspection of records of those who passed BA exam in 1978, the year PM graduated from there. PTI
SC refuses to halt probe against Mamata’s nephew
New Delhi: The SC on Monday refused to interfere with the CBI and ED probe against TMC leader and Chief Minister Mamata’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee in the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam. PTI
Three more arrested in UP ‘slipper licking’ case
Sonbhadra (UP): Three more arrests have been made in connection with a Dalit man being beaten up by another man and then forced to lick his slippers in this UP district, the police said on Monday.
