West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari suspended three IPS officers tied to the RG Kar rape and murder case, including former Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyel, as well as Indira Mukherjee and Abhishek Gupta. The CM said departmental proceedings will begin against the suspended officers, while the CBI will conduct the main investigation. Adhikari pointed to a fact-finding exercise alleging mishandling of the case, improper FIR filing, and even financial offerings of cash and media-facing statements.
Days after taking office, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari approved CBI investigations into three recruitment-related cases that he said were stuck under the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government. The biggest involves the teachers’ recruitment scam, alleging a “merit-for-cash” system that sidelined qualified applicants in favor of bribe-paying candidates between 2014 and 2021. Two more probes follow: a municipality recruitment scam affecting hiring across urban local bodies and a cooperative bank scam.
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India’s NEET (UG) 2026 has been cancelled over alleged paper leaks, triggering a CBI inquiry and a re-exam. The disruption spotlights a wider pattern: top medical entry tests worldwide—from USMLE and MCAT to PLAB—are heavily contested, tightly controlled, and known for extremely demanding pass rates that sift only the most prepared candidates.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Christian Michel James’ plea seeking release from jail in the AgustaWestland scam case. James argues that under the India-UAE extradition treaty, he has already served the maximum sentence for the offenses covered. The court has issued notices to the Centre, CBI, and ED, asking for responses within four weeks.
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