Updated: 08/18/11 - Bankruptcy cases filed by Shawano’s Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology, or SIST, and two of its subsidiaries, are now dismissed by the United States Bankruptcy Court, allowing civil actions against them to move forward. Read More

Updated: 03/03/11 - In a story Feb. 24 about the Wisconsin-based Dr. R.C. Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the group was the subject of an FBI investigation into alleged threats against dozens of people. Read More

Updated: 06/15/10 - The incident that left a woman seriously injured and led to a police raid of a Pikesville, Maryland home is being ruled an accident, after the victim and witnesses told police her injuries were the result of a construction accident, rather than a first-degree assault, as police initially suspected. Read More

Updated: 06/10/10 - Baltimore County police tell NewsChannel 7 one person was taken into custody after the home of SIST leader Avraham Cohen was raided in connection to an assault. Read More

Updated: 05/25/10 - The controversial Shawano group, the Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology, is no longer under the protection of U.S. Bankruptcy court. Read More

Updated: 01/08/10 - A look at the history of Rama Behera and the Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ - and their relationship to the modern-day S.I.S.T. Read More

Updated: 01/08/10 - Fliers, which appear to have been written by CEO of the Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology, or SIST, have been showing up on vehicles in Madison and Milwaukee. Read More

Updated: 01/08/10 - For one year, the FBI has simply told 60 officials and residents of the Shawano area to be watchful, and vigilant after their names appeared on an apparent hit list. But with no new answers from the FBI, those on the list are asking why. Read More

Updated: 10/20/09 - Even though he says they only have a slim chance of successfully appealing their bankruptcy case, the judge says he's giving the stay to The Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology, or SIST. Read More

Updated: 10/02/09 - The Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology has appealed a U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge's decision to dismiss their bankruptcy protection. They have also changed lawyers in the bankruptcy case. Read More