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The Central Bureau of Inves-tigation (CBI) has sent a second round of questions to Facebook (FB), seeking further information on the alleged theft of data of Indian users of the social networking site. This follows Facebook’s initial replies on the matter to the CBI. The agency was not satisfied with the response, which was more about the processes regarding privacy of personal data, it is learnt. The CBI had registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) in August 2018 after receiving a reference from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The recent query was raised on some specific points based on the evidence gathered by the probe agency. Sources in the know said the questions were around the charges of harvesting personal data of Facebook users without their consent for political purposes. An email sent to Facebook did not elicit any response. Besides Facebook, the CBI had also sought reply from British consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica and Gl...

Business Standard : Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Friday alleged that Dassault Aviation paid Rs 2.84 billion to Anil Ambani's Reliance Defence as the "first installment of kickbacks" and claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi was having "sleepless nights" fearing action if a probe was conducted into the Rafale deal . He also alleged that CBI chief Alok Verma was removed as he wanted to investigate the deal. There was no immediate reaction from the government and Ambani on the fresh charges made by Gandhi. However, they have previously rejected all allegations made over the Rafale deal. Dassault Aviation CEO ric Trappier has said the reason Ambani's firm was given the offset contract and not state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was that it had land for the project, he said, alleging the land was purchased by Ambani's company with the money that Dassault gave. "Dassault gave Rs 2.84 billion to a loss-making company with a valuat...

The board of directors of ICICI Bank on Monday finally revealed what it was going to do in the medium term about the accusations that had rocked the bank for months. Chanda Kochhar, the bank's managing director and chief executive officer, would continue in that role, but would go on leave pending the conclusion of an inquiry that the board had already put into motion. The inquiry committee is being led by well-known jurist-investigator Justice B N Srikrishna; it will examine whether any inappropriateness accompanied dealings between ICICI Bank and Videocon — the subject of ... Readmore

In a major development in the politically sensitive Unnao rape case , the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reportedly confirmed rape charge against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. Citing sources, The Times of India reported that the CBI corroborated the survivor’s charge that Sengar raped her at his home on June 4 last year while his female accomplice, Shashi Singh, stood guard outside the room. The central agency is also reported to have found the local police at fault. According to the report, the police did not name Sengar and some other accused in the FIR, even as the survivor mentioned their involvement several times. Speaking to the media over the report, the vicitim and her uncle demanded death sentence for Sengar. "I demand death penalty for BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar for raping me and murdering my father," the victim said. In an apparent connivance with the accused persons, the police also reportedly delayed the girl'...