Yadav is chargesheeted in the flood relief scam.

The vigilance officials submitted the chargesheet in the court of special vigilance judge Ramnivas Prasad, bureau's Additional Director-General Neelmani said.

Telgi appeared before the court through video conferencing while the other accused appeared in person.

Monday's five-hour session was followed by one on Tuesday.

Telgi said he felt much relieved after the end of the marathon five-hour session.

Court allows Telgi to confess on February 4 before magistrate

The scam came to light when a Sharjah resident filed a complaint.

Haji Baz was one of eight individuals designated by President Bush for sanctions pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.\n

A vigilance court in Patna on Friday refused to take cognizance of the chargesheet filed against suspended IAS officer and former Patna District Magistrate Gautam Goswami in connection with the multi-crore flood relief scam on technical grounds.

The police say they have enough incriminating evidence against the former Patna district magistrate.

Pele's son Edinho was found not guilty of manslaughter on Friday in a retrial over his alleged involvement in a car crash in Santos 13 years ago.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered four cases against some people in connection with the poaching of tigers in the Sariska tiger reserve.

Edson Cholbi Nascimento was transferred to a high-security prison for his own safety to await trial on drug charges.

Mehtrotra also said the fresh tiger census at the Sariska was completed last week but the findings are yet to be released by the state government.\n

Former DMGautam Goswami, evading arrest in the multi-crore flood relief scam, on Friday withdrew his resignation from the Indian Administrative Service even as Governor Buta Singh said the process for his dismissal had already been set in motion.

The Vigilance judge had on May 31 issued non-bailable warrants against Goswami and eight others, including Santosh Jha, the alleged kingpin of the scam.

He is the alleged kingpin in the multi-crore flood-relief scam in Bihar.

Turning on the heat on former Patna district magistrate Gautam Goswami and two other alleged kingpins of the multi-crore flood relief scam, the Bihar Vigilance Bureau on Monday alerted airports across the country to prevent their possible escape.

Additional Director General of Vigilance Bureau Neelmani said they had approached the court for issuance of warrants of arrest against the accused who are at large.

A meeting to finalise the modalities of the trial was held on Friday in Bangalore.

According to a UN report, Mirchi, who has spent the past 15 years in the Essex town of Hornchurch in the United Kingdom, is a senior figure in Dawood Ibrahim's 'D' company.

Prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi made this claim in a signed statement to his lawyer Harshad Nimbalkar.

The agency also arrested three police officers in Bangalore for damaging evidence against Telgi.

DIG A P Muhammad Ali, Assistant Commissioner of Police Shankar and LIC's administrative official Ramaswamy were among those arrested.