For six years, the Disha Salian case has remained trapped in a fog of unanswered questions, disputed narratives and institutional inaction. It appears that the fog is now finally beginning to lift. The CBI’s recent FIR has brought into the investigation a startling array of names including Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and MLA Aaditya Thackeray, his father, Sena (UBT) chief and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Dino Morea, Sooraj Pancholi, Rhea Chakraborty, Sachin Vaze, Param

The Bombay High Court’s decision to hand the Disha Salian death case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is a welcome, though long overdue move. For six years, the death of the 28-year-old celebrity manager has remained trapped between an official narrative and a cloud of unanswered questions. Salian fell from the 14th floor of a Mumbai building on June 8, 2020. Six days later, actor Sushant Singh Rajput, whom she had managed, was found dead. The coincidence has sinc

Her father has named Aaditya Thackeray as an accused in the case Mumbai Police’s clean chit to accused likely to be investigated Disha’s father Satish Salian outside Bombay High Court in Mumbai on Wednesday. Pic: Bhushan Koyande Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the death of Bollywood celeb manager Disha Salian in June 2020 – a week before her client and actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s passing – here on Wednesday. A divi

Three weeks after issuing InterPol Notice Ganesh Balaso Kale Mumbai: In one of the swiftest international manhunts in recent years, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), working in close coordination with multiple Indian and foreign agencies, secured the deportation of notorious cybercrime accused Ganesh Balaso Kale from Thailand to Mumbai - barely 21 days after an Interpol Red Corner Notice (RCN) was issued against him. Absconding since nearly a year, Kale was wanted

Three examination controversies unfolded in the country within a single month in May. The NEET-UG 2026 was cancelled after a paper leak affecting 22.79 lakh candidates. The CBSE’s Class 12 revaluation portal collapsed under first-day traffic, and answer sheet mix-ups under its new On-Screen Marking system were publicly confirmed. UPSC Prelims 2026 triggered a nationwide debate over whether its paper design had crossed from difficulty into unfairness. Collectively, these point

How CBI breached Shivraj Motegaonkar’s unscathed coaching empire Mumbai: For over two decades, Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar, affectionately and fearfully known as “M Sir” across Maharashtra’s education hubs, built an empire that seemed untouchable. Today, that aura of invincibility was shattered when the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) formally arrested him in connection with the nationwide NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, following a grueling 11-hour interrogation and a