Delhi Deputy Prime Minister Manish Sisodia said Tuesday the CBI searched his locker and found nothing. A four-man team from the CBI conducted the search at a branch of the Punjab National Bank in Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, for nearly two hours. Sisodia and his wife were present at that time.

CBI officers searched the locker of Delhi Deputy Prime Minister Manish Sisodia here on Tuesday. Chaos reigned outside the bank as camera crews jostled each other and curious crowds gathered to see what was happening. A team of about five officers from the Central Bureau of Investigation arrived at the PNB branch in Sector 4 Vasundhara in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of the state capital, to conduct the search, officials said.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a series of 11 pleas pending since 2002-2003 seeking its intervention in the cases of Gujarat’s post-Godhra riots, saying they had been rendered fruitless in light of subsequent developments in the matter . A three-judge panel headed by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit found that the prayer in the main pleading was to refer the investigation to the CBI, which was denied by the Supreme Court, and that there was also a petition from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

Reliance Jio 5G in the 4 Metros of Diwali

India’s largest telecom company Reliance Jio on Monday announced the launch of its 5G services in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai from Diwali this year, aiming to expand and cover the entire country by December 2023.

Adani becomes the third richest person in the world by wealth jumps

Few outside of India had heard of Gautam Adani a few years ago. But the Indian businessman, a college dropout who first tried his hand as a diamond dealer before turning to coal, became the world’s third-richest person this week.

It’s the first time an Asian has climbed into the top three of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index – fellow countryman Mukesh Ambani and China’s Jack Ma never made it that far. With a fortune of $137.4 billion, Adani has overtaken France’s Bernard Arnault to rank behind only America’s Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.