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CBI raids 40 locations over FCRA violations
•Operations are underway in Delhi, Rajasthan, Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Mysore, etc, to "nab representatives of NGOs, middlemen and public servants of MHA's FCRA division who were facilitating illegal FCRA clearances in lieu of bribes"
CBI registers 2 FIRs related to bribery allegations by ex-Jammu and Kashmir LG Malik
•The FIRs relate to corruption in Jammu and Kashmir Employees Health Care Scheme and award of contract for civil work of Kuru Hydropower project
Arms licence case: CBI carries out search at 40 locations in J&K, Delhi including homes of two IAS officers
•The searches were carried out in connection with a probe into two cases pertaining to alleged issuance of around two lakh arms licences in erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir
CBI conducts surprise raids at 150 locations across India, including Delhi and Mumbai, in crackdown on corruption
•The CBI conducted surprise checks in Delhi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Guwahati, Srinagar, Shillong, Chandigarh, Shimla, Chennai, Madurai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Gandhinagar, Goa, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Nagpur, Patna, Ranchi, Ghaziabad, Lucknow and Dehradun, officials said.
In letter to Narendra Modi, Opposition MPs call CBI raids at Indira Jaising’s residence, NGO office ‘act of coercion, intimidation’
•Accusing the government of 'gross abuse of power' over the CBI raids at the residence of noted lawyer Indira Jaising, a group of opposition MPs Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to 'halt such act of coercion and intimidation'
Investigative agencies like CBI have been turned into political instruments courtesy vendetta politics, no matter who's in power
Shraddhac •The popular opinion now is that investigative agencies like the CBI and Enforcement Directorate are nothing more than instruments in political battles between the party in power and whoever is in the Opposition.
BJP claims Congress threatening CBI officials to stop working against corruption, says move 'shows mentality' of party
•BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said Congress leader Anand Sharma has threatened officers to stop working against corruption which only shows the mentality of Congress party. His comments come after Sharma had issued a veiled warning to government officials after the CBI raided former Haryana chief minister BS Hooda's residence on Friday.
CBI raids residence of ex-Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, books him for alleged land allocation irregularities
•The CBI on Friday registered a new case against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and others over alleged irregularities in land allocation and carried out searches in 30 locations in Delhi-NCR, officials said.
Videocon raid: CBI started raids from different premises to avoid media glare; search team flew down from Delhi
•What is more ironical is that the nameplate of Videocon Industries, the prime accused in the FIR, is written in Marathi with a sketch pen.
Illegal mining case in Uttar Pradesh: Akhilesh Yadav's office cleared 13 projects in a day, claims CBI
•Akhilesh Yadav, who was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh between 2012 and 2017, held the mining portfolio during 2012-13 apparently bringing his role under scanner, according to the FIR.