Vyapam scam: Supreme Court orders CBI to probe all cases

The Apex Court's order transferring all Vyapam-related cases to the CBI came after the state government gave its consent to shifting investigation from the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and the Special Task Force (STF).

It issued notice and sought response of Centre and the state government on a plea for removal of Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav for his alleged involvement in the scam. The court also issued notice to the Governor.

A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu clarified that all cases will be transferred to the CBI from Monday and the agency will file its report before it on July 24.

Before handing over the probe to the CBI, the Apex Court took on record the submission of Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who on behalf of the MP government, said that the state has no objection on transferring the investigation of cases relating to Vyapam scam to CBI and the cases related to the deaths of people allegedly related to the scam for free and fair probe.

"The Attorney General (AG) on instruction states that MP govt has no objection whatsoever for transferring the investigation of criminal cases relating to Vyapam scam to the CBI and the cases related to deaths of those allegedly connected with the scam for free and fair probe,” the bench said.

"We appreciate the stand of the AG. In view of the above we transfer investigation of all criminal cases relating to Vyapam scam and death of people allegedly related to it, to CBI," the bench also comprising Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy directed.

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Vyapam scam: Police's U-turn on Namrata case; no review ordered

No review is ordered in the case as investigation is complete and the report has been submitted. No question of any review arises," Ujjain range Inspector General of Police (IGP) V Madhu Kumar told reporters here.

"If a court or any other agency says then only a case can be reopened. Police had submitted its report only after doing complete investigation and it has no doubts over it," Kumar said.

However, earlier in the day, Ujjain District Superintendent of Police Manohar Singh Varma had said, "We have ordered a review of the death of Namrata Damor. Sub- Divisional Officer of Police, Tarana, RK Sharma will reopen the case."

Namrata's case came back into focus following the sudden death of TV journalist Akshay Singh in Jhabua district's Meghnagar town recently after he had interviewed Namrata's father.

Namrata's body was found near the railway tracks on January 7, 2012 in the district. Police first registered a murder case, but later termed it an accident and closed it.

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Delhi University announces 4th cut-off list, seats still vacant

While Sri Ram College of Commerce, Lady Sri Ram College and Daulat Ram College have closed admissions for all courses for the general category, majority colleges have seats vacant with the latest cut-off list seeing a marginal drop in percentages required for admission.

However, at SRCC, Economics (H) is still open in the fourth list at 97.37 percent.
  
According to the notice released by the college, those students who qualified in the previous list under general and PWD categories can also apply for admission.

Kirori Mal College has closed many courses in Arts except Political Science (H) at 94.25 percent.

Commerce courses like Economics (H) and B Com (H) are open at 96.25 percent and 96.5 percent with a maximum drop of 0.5 percent.

Gargi College has released its cut-off with an average dip of 0.5 percent in most courses. English (H), B Com (H) and Application Psychology (H) courses are open at 93.75 percent, 95.25 percent and 95.5 percent respectively.

B Com (H) is still available at ARSD college (97), Aryabhatta college, Deshbandhu College and College of Vocational Studies (95) and Gargi College (95.25), Hansraj College (95.5) among others.

Four colleges -- Janki Devi Memorial College, SGND Khalsa, SGTB Khalsa and Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, which had not released the third-cut off list in view of a Delhi High Court judgement granting them minority status, have featured in the fourth list.

They had written to DU authorities saying as per the directive from Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee, they need time to workout the cut-offs and admission guidelines keeping in mind legality and implications of the reservations to minority students.

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It is a blessing PM Modi spends some time in India: Nitish Kumar

"What can be said of the Prime Minister? He goes to foreign countries. It's a blessing that he spends some time in the country also," Kumar told reporters on the sidelines of a function marking the installation of a statue of former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar here.

Kumar criticised Modi over his Bihar visit later this month, where he is expected to kick-start BJP's campaign for the coming Assembly elections.
  
"He is remembering Bihar after 14-15 months of coming to power. It is to be seen what kind of package the Prime Minister announces for the state when he comes here or just does some packaging," Kumar said.
  
The Chief Minister pointed out that he and his officials have already submitted all papers regarding the needs and demands of the state and Modi's visit would reveal whether he accepts the suggestions for the welfare of the people or just did 'packaging of schemes' that were already going on in various departments.
  
Kumar said people have made Modi the 'Malik-Mukhtar' (ruler) and his wishes would prevail till he was the Prime Minister, but the people of Bihar would not be misled again.

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IIS Bangalore ranks 5th among best universities in BRICS

The 'QS University Rankings: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) 2015' released today reflected the Chinese dominance in the ranking list with the top three spots going to Tsinghua University, Peking University and Fudan University.

Talking about IIS Bangalore, the ranking agency said it ranked fifth with the largest number of papers published per faculty member and strong scores across other indicators.

The rankings were based on eight key performance indicators, relating to global reputation, internationalisation, academic staff levels, and research production and impact.

Chinese universities in fact occupied seven of the top 10 spots and almost half of the top 50.

"With 53 institutions in the top 200, Russia is second only to China, which has 67 universities featured. Yet only seven Russian institutions make the top 50, compared to China’s 21, Brazil’s 10, and India’s nine," a statement said.

In its third annual edition, the QS University Rankings: BRICS was developed to track the relative progress of leading universities in the five fast-developing BRICS countries – all of which have made investment in higher education and research high national priorities.

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Blackmoney Bill to come up in Parliament next week; Centre initiates prosecution against offenders

In a stern warning to offenders, he said it would not be possible for anyone to hide unaccounted wealth as the international community is planning to put in place a mechanism for automatic exchange of information by 2017.

"Next week, I intend to take up before Parliament the law with regard to taxation of undisclosed assets and incomes abroad," Jaitley said at the 'Enforcement Day' function organised by the Directorate of Enforcement.

There will also be a window to help persons having such funds abroad to come clean by paying tax and penalty.

Jaitley said the government has been taken steps to unearth black money stashed abroad.   

"There are large number of cases...prosecutions against those offenders have been filed in last few months. The assessment of hundreds of those cases have been completed. 121 prosecutions have been filed by tax Department against them," he said.

With the international community including G-20 leaders taking various initiatives, it would become difficult for people to hide wealth within couple of years, he added.

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