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Mar 1, 2016 Raids dig up empire of PC’s son: "All these massive investments, transactions, acquisition of companies and properties abroad were executed by the Advantage after the Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006. It is learned that ED and IT has dispatched all these information to Supreme Court, which is monitoring the probe on Aircel-Maxis scam"
Mar 1, 2016 Aircel-Maxis scam: Raids by IT-ED reveal Karti Chidambaram amassed huge wealth, built massive empire overseas: "Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram built a massive empire for himself through investments in real estate and other financial dealings across the world, according to documents recovered in the recent joint raids carried by the Enforcement Directorate and Investigation Wing of Income Tax in relation to the Aircel-Maxis scam."
Feb 26, 2016 Court frames charges against ex-coal secretary in coal allocation case
Feb 23, 2016 Maha #RamdevRedCarpet questioned: "Opposition parties in Maharashtra have questioned the Maharashtra government's move to allot over 600 acres of land to Baba Ramdev's Patanajli Yogpeeth. Opposition parties NCP and Congress are demanding that the procedures followed for allotting the land to Ramdev should be revealed. Ramdev has been allotted over 600 acres at three locations in Vidarbha to set up an orange processing plant and units for ayurvedic products."
Feb 11, 2016 Lalu Prasad Yadav’s brother-in-law Sadhu Yadav booked for extortion: "The builder alleged that Sadhu Yadav, over phone, demanded Rs 50 lakh or a flat in Patna."
Feb 8, 2016 TIMES NOW crew attacked by SP goons: "TIMES NOW crew was on Monday (February 8) attacked by local Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Nahid Hasan and his aides in Shamli District of Uttar Pradesh. The crowd abused TIMES NOW reporter Samia and Video Journalist Mukesh Kumar and threatened them of dire consequences, asking them to delete the video footage of their interview with the SP leader. Mukesh was held hostage by them and the video footage was forcefully deleted. "They took my camera away and they also tried to remove the memory chip. I was asked to delete the footage, for this they even called their own photographer. They told me if you don't give the camera you know what we will do."
Feb 7, 2016 Inside track: Rice revelations: "television mogul Subhash Chandra has been extraordinarily candid about his past. He acknowledges what was long suspected: that he profiteered enormously from dubious rice deals with the Soviets in the early 1980s. He was awarded a lucrative contract to export basmati to Russia, on the understanding that he would share 50 per cent of his profit with his benefactors in the Congress party. Chandra confesses that it was Rajiv Gandhi who steered the deal his way through his aide Vijay Dhar. Chandra writes that he deposited half the share of profits, first with Dhirendra Brahmachari, then with Sitaram Kesri and finally with Arun Nehru. An interesting sidelight to the story is that while the Soviets were paying for expensive basmati rice, Goyal cut corners by mixing basmati with the cheaper ‘parmal’ variety."
Feb 7, 2016 Income tax official arrested for bribery: "on charges of accepting a bribe of Rs.2 lakh from a businessman to not impose a heavy penalty on him"
Feb 5, 2016 'This is the real truth about my illicit relations with politicians': Solar scam Saritha hands over sealed envelope: "During the 2012-2013 period, Saritha and Chandy's residence exchanged around 180 telephone calls."
Feb 5, 2016 Gave Rs 20 L to police body, claims Saritha: "Key accused in solar fraud cases Saritha S Nair on Friday deposed before a judicial commission probing the scam that Rs 20 lakh was handed over to the Kerala Police Association in return for installing solar panels developed by her company in the state’s police stations."
Feb 2, 2016 Sahara seeks SC nod to sell F1 shares, planes, hotels: "The court had directed the company to pay Rs 5,000 crore in cash and a bank guarantee of equal amount for interim bail of Roy, who along with two other directors are in jail since March 4, 2014."
Feb 1, 2016 Kerala bar scam: Two leaders face fresh bribery charges: "Whistle-blower bar owner Biju Ramesh on Monday opened a new can of worms in Kerala, alleging that Rs.2 crore was paid to then state Congress president Ramesh Chennithala and Rs.25 lakh to Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar as bribes."
Feb 1, 2016 Air India is lying, says victim Anita Ghai: "Anita Ghai, a differently-abled passenger, who alleged that the national carrier, Air India failed to provide her with a wheel chair, said that the airlines should provide her an unconditional apology."
Jan 28, 2016 Ashok Chavan may be prosecuted by CBI in Adarsh Society scam: "In an embarrassment for the opposition Congress in Maharashtra, the CBI could prosecute former chief minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh Society scam"
Jan 28, 2016 Court orders FIR against Chandy: "The solar scam case snowballed into a crisis for the Congress-led government in Kerala on Thursday after a vigilance court in Thrissur ordered filing of an FIR against Chief Minister Oommen Chandy based on fresh bribery allegations by key accused in the case, Saritha S Nair."
Jan 28, 2016 CBI to probe 2 major generals: "The Defence Ministry on Thursday ordered a CBI inquiry against two serving Army officers on charges of amassing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income."
Jan 27, 2016 Solar scam: Chandy took Rs. 1.90 crore in bribe, claims Saritha: " the accused, Saritha S. Nair, deposed before the judicial panel on Wednesday that she had bribed Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Power Minister Aryadan Mohammed on the assurance that they would facilitate government support for her solar projects."
Jan 23, 2016 Kerala bar scam: Kerala Excise Minister K. Babu resigns: "Kerala Excise Minister K.Babu on Saturday handed over his resignation to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, hours after a court ordered a case be registered against him for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.50 lakh."
Jan 23, 2016 Kerala Excise Minister K. Babu resigns: "Kerala Excise Minister K Babu resigned today hours after a Thrissur court ordered the Vigilance department to register an FIR against him in the bar bribery scam."
Jan 18, 2016 CBI arrests top PF officials on corruption charges: "the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Branch received a specific input that Mr. Prasad had demanded Rs.25 lakh as bribe for favouring the educational institutions’ group in a case relating to subterfuge of wages paid to employees for the purpose of Provident Fund deduction/remittance."
Jan 9, 2016 ‘Lakes gobbled up by developers, government agencies’: " 11-member panel finds encroachments of land worth Rs. 1.50 lakh crore Prominent developers in the city are major encroachers of tanks and tank-beds in Bangalore Urban and Rural districts."
Jan 9, 2016 BDA biggest encroacher in Bengaluru: "The BDA is the biggest encroacher among the government agencies. The Authority has encroached upon 484 acres, covering 41 lakes as per the documents."
Jan 9, 2016 Flight delayed due to VIP pressure, alleges MP; AI denies: "Air India operated its flight to Bhubaneswar at around 12.30 am today against its scheduled departure at 7.30 pm yesterday."
Jan 1, 2016 Two rail staff held for corruption: "Railway officials, in collusion with private parcel agents, allegedly charge local businessmen a sum of money, in the range of Rs35,000 to Rs60,000 and offer preferential parcel booking."
Jan 1, 2016 BJP MLA, supporters vandalise toll booth: "A BJP MLA and his aides vandalised a toll booth near Jhajjar in Haryana after he was allegedly asked to pay the toll tax. The incident was caught on the CCTV camera. The CCTV footage shows the MLA and his aides vandalising the toll booth and thrashing the operator."
Dec 31, 2015 Saradha scam: Trinamool lawmaker denied bail, judicial custody extended
Dec 30, 2015 Rs.75 Crore was demanded in Bihar engineers killing: ""Pathak demanded 10 percent of Rs.750 crore road construction project of the company," he said. Two engineers of the company were shot dead by two motorcycle-borne unidentified criminals allegedly for failure to pay the extortion money."
Dec 23, 2015 Bengal ponzi firm's premises raided by CBI: "Having found guilty of operating Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) without obtaining its approval, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in July 2014 asked Ramel Industries to immediately wind down its scheme that raised over Rs 97 crore from investors."
Dec 22, 2015 Political party revokes membership after Pajero owner pays toll charges: "A red and white Pajero, which had a huge logo and flag of a political party (known for promoting Pakistan tourism by asking some people to go to Pakistan and doling out rewards for slapping people), pulled in his lane."
Dec 22, 2015 ED attaches Rs 110-cr properties linked to Bhujbal: "senior BJP leader Dr Kirit Somaiya, who has taken on the Bhujbal family, said the current attachment proceedings are under the old cases registered by the ED and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). “There are several properties linked to the Bhujbal family; they have made investments abroad,”"
Dec 13, 2015 Driver invested in National Herald without telling us: Sonia Gandhi: "Boldened apparently by Salman Khan’s acquittal in the 13 year old Bandra hit and run case, Sonia Gandhi today claimed that the National Herald case too involved the Gandhi’s driver."
Dec 13, 2015 Salman has spent over Rs 25 crore in the hit-and-run case: Salim Khan: "the Bombay High Court acquitted the 49-year-old actor of all charges in the case, seven months after a sessions court convicted and sentenced him to five-year imprisonment in May."
Dec 9, 2015 CBI recovers 31 gold bars, expensive liquor from Delhi IAS officer: "The CBI recovered 31 gold bars weighing 3.2kg and worth over Rs 80 lakh from a bank locked of suspended senior IAS officer of the Delhi government, Sanjay Pratap Singh, who has been arrested on bribery charges."
Dec 8, 2015 Vendetta charge not answer to corruption, says Jaitley: "In an exclusive interview to TIMES NOW, rubbishing Congress's charge of poltiical vendetta, Finance Minister and leader of the House in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley said that a vague charge of vendetta is not an answer to corruption."
Dec 8, 2015 CBI arrests top Delhi IAS officer for seeking bribe: "The CBI today arrested a Principal Secretary in the Delhi government for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 2.2 lakh from the owner of a firm that supplies security guards and other manpower for clearing pending bills."
Dec 2, 2015 Dons still pull the strings in Bollywood: "Indian agencies listened in on several conversations between Chhota Shakeel, a leading organiser of Bollywood events in the UAE, and other underworld operatives that showed that arrangements were under way in full swing to welcome a Bollywood superstar at the popular Meydan Hotel in Nad Al Sheba in Dubai from May 27 to 30. The fugitive don booked a double-room in the hotel for Dawood Ibrahim’s son Moin and daughter-in-law who were keen on a photo-op with the star."
Dec 1, 2015 ED, I-T raid firms linked to PC's son: "Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths and Income Tax Department (I-T) officials on Tuesday conducted raids at various companies in Tamil Nadu linked with former Union finance minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti P Chidambaram."
Nov 30, 2015 CBI grills Maran over phone lines: "After getting protection from the Supreme Court against arrest, former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran on Monday appeared before the CBI for questioning in the case of setting up illegal telephone exchange at his Chennai and Delhi residences."
Nov 27, 2015 SC asks Maran to appear before CBI for six days: "The Supreme Court on Friday directed former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran to appear before the CBI investigators for six days, starting from November 30, for questioning in illegal telephone exchange case."
Nov 20, 2015 SIT arrests Janardhana Reddy in iron-ore export case: "The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Lokayukta, probing illegal mining in the State, on Friday arrested former minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy in connection with a case of illegal extraction, transportation and export of iron ore."
Nov 10, 2015 Kerala Finance Minister K.M. Mani resigns: "Kerala Bar Hotel Owners Association working president Biju Ramesh comes out with allegation that Mani had demanded a bribe of Rs 5 crore and accepted Rs 1 crore for the renewal of bar licences in April 2014."
Nov 9, 2015 Kerala CM Oommen Chandy ‘interfered’ in bar bribery probe: "The investigation, based on government records and interviews with key officials, shows that the state Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, the agency in charge of the probe, watered down its final report and gave a clean chit to Mani."
Nov 6, 2015 SC declines to stay Anbumani trial in graft cases: "The trial court had on October 7 said that prima facie various offences, including criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery under IPC and provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act relating to public servant abusing official position were made out against Ramadoss and several others."
Nov 3, 2015 CBI raids 10 places in chit fund scam: "A total of 246 cases have been registered by the CBI against 128 companies, including Saradha Group, Rose Valley, Unipay 2 U, Jeevan Suraksha, Prayag, Abyss Assam Group Co, Basil International Limited and Daffodils Group of Companies."
Oct 31, 2015 Saradha scam: TMC Min granted bail: "West Bengal Minister Madan Mitra, arrested by CBI in Saradha scam, was granted bail by a lower court in Kolkata. Mitra was granted bail after 10 months of his arrest, against a bail bond of Rs 2 lakh. The CBI did not contest his bail. He was arrested in December last year."
Oct 23, 2015 Debate: Disclosure or diversion?: "In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Dr. Sambit Patra, National Spokesperson, BJP; M R Venkatesh, CA & Policy Analyst; Brijesh Kalappa, Spokesperson, Congress and Rahul Narvekar, Spokesperson & MLC, NCP -- discuss BJP's hawala attack charge valid?"
Oct 18, 2015 Rail Neer corruption case: 2 railway officials, businessman arrested: "CBI has arrested two senior railway officials and a businessman for alleged corruption in supply of packaged drinking water in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and other superfast trains. Sandeep Silas, a 1984-batch Indian railway traffic service (IRTS) officer, and MS Chalia of 1987 batch were taken into custody late last night along with Sharan Bihari Agrawal, owner of RK Associates, in connection with the scam, CBI sources said on Sunday. The arrests came after CBI recovered Rs 27 crore cash from Agrawal and his sons Abhishek Agrawal and Rahul Agarwal during searches"
Oct 16, 2015 CBI busts Rail Neer racket; Rs 20 crore seized from suppliers: "CBI today recovered Rs 20 crore in cash during searches at 13 locations against two former Northern Railways officials and seven private firms in connection with alleged corruption in supply of packaged drinking water other than mandatory ‘Rail Neer’ in premium trains."
Sep 10, 2015 Satyam scam: Sebi asks Raju family,others to return Rs 1,800cr: "Besides, they will also have to pay close to Rs 1,500 crore as interest on the disgorgement amount, as the penalty has been levied with effect from January 7, 2009 -- the day Satyam Computer's founder and then Chairman B Ramalinga Raju admitted to a massive long-running fraud at the company."
Sep 9, 2015 MHA leaves aviation ministry foxed on Robert Vadra's no-frisk status: " Seeking the home ministry's views for taking Robert Vadra off the no-frisking list at airports has left the aviation ministry in a bind, due to which the Congress president's controversial son-in-law could continue to enjoy that privilege for some more time."
Sep 8, 2015 Ex-minister granted bail in coal allocation case: "A special court here on Tuesday granted bail to former minister of state for coal Santosh Bagrodia, an accused in a coal block allocation case."
Sep 7, 2015 Raja main conspirator in 2G scam: CBI to court: "Former Telecom minister A Raja was the “main conspirator” of the 2G spectrum allocation scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a special court here on Monday."
Sep 2, 2015 Coal scam: Manmohan Singh knew everything, claims Madhu Koda: "‘If there was a conspiracy, it cannot be complete without the knowledge of the then PM’"
Sep 2, 2015 2G: CBI tells court Raja a habitual liar: "The CBI on Wednesday described former telecom minister A Raja as a “habitual” liar, telling a special court that he advanced the cut off date for submission of applications for 2G spectrum licences."
Sep 2, 2015 4 MCD officials, 2 others get jail terms in a CWG case: "A Delhi court today sentenced five persons, including four MCD officials, to four years jail term each and the managing director of a firm to six years in prison in the first conviction in a 2010 Commonwealth Games scam case."
Aug 28, 2015 Delhi to file FIR against Sheila Dikshit: "Delhi Government to file FIR against former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Delhi Law Minister submits letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on graft charges against Dikshit in water tanker scam."
Aug 28, 2015 Court to hear Koda's plea seeking summoning of ex-PM on Sep 2: "Ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's plea seeking summoning of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and two others as additional accused in a coal scam case will be heard on September 2"
Aug 21, 2015 ED move to attach Sun TV assets stayed by SC: "The provisional attachment order came as part of an investigation on former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and the latter’s wife, Kaveri Kalanithi, for offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. "
Aug 19, 2015 CBI books Raja in DA case: "Raja had amassed assets and pecuniary resources to the tune of Rs 27.92 crore (approx) in his name and in the name of family members and his friend which were disproportionate to his known and lawful sources of income."
Aug 18, 2015 Almost 80% of income of five national parties from unknown sources: ADR: "Income from unknown sources amounts to Rs 673.08 crore which is 79.68% of the total income of the parties. Unknown sources are income declared in the I-T returns but without giving source of income for donations below Rs 20,000. "
Aug 17, 2015 Sebi told to monitor private treaties to stop paid news: "Press Council of India has asked Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to monitor private treaties between corporate entities and media houses for favourable coverage to check paid news."
Aug 15, 2015 IAS officer lands in cricket betting row: "the CID and Income Tax officials searched a 6th floor flat of Maple Block at Golden Grand properties in Yeshwanthpur in Bengaluru recently and found Rs 4.37 crore cash, gold and diamonds worth crores and property documents."
Aug 15, 2015 IAS officer lands in cricket betting row: "Weeks after senior IPS officer Alok Kumar was suspended in connection with the single-digit lottery scam, top IAS officer Kapil Mohan is now in the eye of a controversy with regard to a cricket betting racket."
Aug 10, 2015 HC cancels Dayanidhi’s bail, tells him to surrender in 3 days: "In a setback to former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran, the Madras High Court on Monday cancelled the six-week advance bail he was granted on June 30 in a CBI case relating to charges that he had an illegal telephone exchange functioning in his house while he was Telecom Minister in 2004-07."
Aug 9, 2015 Robert Vadra will definitely be caught: BJP Lok Sabha chief whip Meghwal: "The Robert Vadra land deal "cases" will be brought to their "logical conclusion and justice done in each case without any fear or pressure from any quarter", promises BJP's Chief Whip in Lok Sabha Arjun Ram Meghwal, who has been persistently pursuing the allegedly illegal land deals of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law for the past three years."
Aug 7, 2015 Mumbai journalist who wanted to join ISIS arrested in Delhi: "He said he would visit the Iraq embassy and “submit my memorandum to Caliphate Bagdadi” with the “desire to join the Islamic State as a spokesperson for foreign affairs or a government journalist”, and “willingness to surrender my Indian passport”. He also said he would visit the Pakistan high commission to “expedite my visa request” that he would be in Delhi for five days."
Aug 6, 2015 Duck bribegate, stir Lalitgate: "Parliament is being disrupted again over suspension of 25 Congress MPs from Lok Sabha. External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj clarifies her stand in Parliament on Lalitgate, but Congress overturned her defence. And, maintains their ilence on the Goa bribery scandal, and by doing whether Congress is not practising politics of convenience."
Aug 5, 2015 Ex-Goa Minister Churchill arrested: "Arrested in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case, former Goa Public Works Department minister Churchill Alemao on Thursday (August 6) said he was innocent and arrested as part of a "political game". Alemao was last night detained from Agassaim village in south Goa at 10.30 PM and later put under arrest around midnight by the Goa Crime Branch police. "I am happy. They have arrested me. This is a political game. I have not done anything wrong," Alemao told PTI while being taken for medical examination during the wee hours today."
Aug 5, 2015 Louis Berger case: Former Goa minister Churchill Alemao arrested: "The alleged bribery scam of $976,630 for the Goa project included kickbacks to a minister, the details of which have not been disclosed by the US Department of Justice."
Aug 3, 2015 You are in jail by choice: Supreme Court bench to Sahara chief Subrata Roy: "http://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/you-are-in-jail-by-choice-supreme-court-bench-to-sahara-chief-subrata-roy/"
Jul 29, 2015 Coalscam: Two public servants to face prosecution under Prevention of Corruption Act
Jul 29, 2015 Kamat quizzed by Goa Crime Branch: "The Congress left red faced after former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat was questioned by the Crime Branch in the Goa bribery scandal. With two of Congress's top leaders in the line of fire, the party is now on the back foot."
Jul 28, 2015 Two top Goa Ministers got kickbacks?: "The Congress party red-faced as former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamath and former PWD Minister Churchill Alemao now summoned by the Crime Branch this following the Goa Chief Minister Lakshmikant Parsekar's open statement naming the two in the Louis Berger bribery case where bribes up to 6 crore were paid to secure the Government projects."
Jul 27, 2015 Ex-union minister Thungon jailed for corruption: "Thungon, then minister of state for urban development and employment in the P.V. Narasimha Rao government, along with the other accused, was involved in misappropriating money meant for an irrigation project in Nagaland. According to the CBI, Thungon connived with officials of Nagaland's irrigation and flood control department in placing a bogus order for sausage wire for a project during 1993-94. Investigations revealed that no wire was supplied to the department but payments were made against bogus delivery."
Jul 27, 2015 Retd chief engineer held in Louis Berger case: "In a major development in the pay-off scandal involving a US management consultancy firm, the Goa police today arrested a retired chief engineer A Wachasunder, who headed the Japan-funded project in the state which is currently under scanner. The officer, who was being quizzed by the crime branch since last week, was placed under arrest soon after Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar assured the state Assembly that the guilty would be punished."
Jul 25, 2015 VVIP treatment for Saradha scam accused?: "West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra, arrested in connection with Saradha chit fund scam, has been shifted to a VVIP ward of state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata. Hospital authorities confirmed that he was shifted to the VVIP ward as the ward he was admitted to is undergoing repairs."
Jul 23, 2015 BJP MLA claims of offering money to journalists during elections, video goes viral: "she had offered ‘envelopes’ allegedly filled with cash to local journalists at the time of the elections which were accepted by all but three of them returned it."
Jul 21, 2015 Goa: Fmr Cong Mins took bribes?: "Accused of taking bribes from a US based company Louis Berger, former PWD Minister of Goa Churchill Alemao has denied all allegations. He now offers himself up for inquiry, dismissing all allegations of the BJP as baseless."
Jul 21, 2015 Coal scam: Ex-MoS for Coal, ex-Coal Secy summoned as accused: "Former Minister of State for Coal Santosh Bagrodia, ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta and retired public servant L S Janoti, were today summoned as accused by a Special Court in connection with a coal scam case."
Jul 21, 2015 Kingpin, who sold land to Vadra in Rajasthan, held: "In a major crackdown, the Bikaner police arrested six people, including the kingpin of the controversial land deals connected to Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra."
Jul 20, 2015 US bribery scandal echoes in Goa: "The fallout of a US bribery scandal is being felt in Goa as the former Congress Government of Goa is under suspicion after a US firm admitted it paid bribes in 2009 to bag Government contracts. Now the BJP is demanding a CBI probe against the previous Congress Government led by Digambar Kamat."
Jul 19, 2015 Goa seeks CBI inquiry in water proj: "The bribery of $976,630 for a Goa project by Louis Berger included payments to a minister, details of which have not been disclosed by the US Department of Justice."
Jul 19, 2015 US bribery case: 2 ex-ministers may be involved, says Parrikar: "US firm Louis Berger has been charged with bribing Indian officials for several crores to win two major water developmental projects in Goa and Guwahati. "Since the work was related to JAICA (Japan International funding project), then PWD Minister might be involved, but moreover since it is dealing with the financial approval for the project, there is likelihood that one more minister may be involved," Parrikar said"
Jul 19, 2015 Complainant used as puppet by minister: Amitabh Thakur on rape accusation: "Thakur has said SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav threatened him after his wife Nutan filed a complaint before the UP Lokayukta against the state's Mining minister. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/complainant-used-as-puppet-by-minister-amitabh-thakur-on-rape-accusation/#sthash.19ncUq9K.dpuf"
Jul 15, 2015 CBI arrests Karnataka Congress MLA Anil Lad in illegal mining case: "Sail is already facing prosecution for his role in the export of illegal iron ore. Lad was summoned to the CBI office on Wednesday the afternoon and was subsequently arrested"
Jul 13, 2015 Firms bid for Sahara land in apex court: "The Supreme Court on Monday virtually turned into an auction house when two real estate firms kept raising their bids for the Sahara Group’s 45.71 acre land in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The parties finally agreed to shell out Rs 150 crore."
Jul 7, 2015 Can't pay Rs 36,000 cr: Sahara: "payment of Rs 5,000 crore in cash and equal amount in bank guarantee — for the release of Roy and others. The court had also asked the group to pay Rs 36,000 crore to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) within 18 months and in nine installments from the date of release."
Jul 5, 2015 Andhra Pradesh government to probe alleged corruption in housing scheme: ""Approximately, Rs 5,500 crores has been looted in 10 years (during 2004-2014) in housing," he said, adding the allegedly looted money would be recovered under the revenue recovery act."
Jul 5, 2015 Undue benefits of Rs 156 crore provided to IT companies: CAG: "Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found that due to absence of guidelines, IT parks under Information Technology Department in Kerala, extended undue benefits amounting to Rs 156.90 crore to 11 major co-developers."
Jul 5, 2015 Dayanidhi Maran was evasive during questioning; may be called again: CBI: " Former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran was "evasive" during his questioning by CBI in a case of alleged abuse of his office in getting installed high capacity BSNL lines at his residences to facilitate speedy transmission of programmes to a TV firm owned by his brother"
Jun 29, 2015 Two Indian cricketers and one West Indian bribed by real estate tycoon, says Lalit Modi
Jun 29, 2015 Co-op Housing- a den of corruption: Court
Jun 28, 2015 Saritha Nair expose shows brothel culture in Kerala government, alleges CPM: "solar scam accused Saritha S Nair, in a recorded conversation, had stated that there is a lobby among Congress ministers in Kerala, who trap women, sexually exploit and exchange them among the colleagues."
Jun 27, 2015 Lalit Modi names three cricketers who were bribed: "former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has alleged that two leading Indian cricketers and a West Indian player had been bribed by an Indian real estate tycoon, who is also a bookmaker."
Jun 24, 2015 Death on the beat: Corrupt nexus threatens journalists
Jun 22, 2015 Lalit Modi fires fresh salvo against Rajiv Shukla, Congress: "In a series of tweets, the former IPL commissioner asked Mr. Shukla to reveal who paid for his private jet trips to London."
Jun 19, 2015 Apex Court sets terms for Sahara chief's release from jail: "The Supreme Court on Friday (June 19) asked jailed Sahara chief Subrata Roy to furnish Rs 5,000 crore in cash and a bank guarantee of equal amount to secure his release from the prison."
Jun 18, 2015 Debate: #Lalitgate: Can BJP defend Vasundhara Raje too?: "discuss the new twist to the ongoing Sushma-Lalit Modi controversy, BJP leader & Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje providing a witness statement in 2011 in support of scam-tainted Lalit Modi's immigration application in the UK, and whether the BJP can defend Raje too after standing by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj who had written to British lawmaker Keith Vaz to allegedly recommend travel documents for scam-tainted Lalit Modi for visiting Portugal."
Jun 18, 2015 Debate: #Lalitgate: Corruption caught red handed?: " discuss the issue of Lalitgate deepening, Congress demanding resignations of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje, Raje's son Dushyant getting a sweet deal from scam-tainted former IPL chief Lalit Modi, and Raje on Lalit Modi's guest list during IPL season 3."
Jun 18, 2015 Raje's son now exposed?: "The BJP is neck deep in trouble. Three prominent leaders - Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje and her son Dushyant Singh - are now entangled in the biggest scandal of 2015. Will the BJP withstand TIMES NOW's latest expose on the Lalitgate?"
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Mar 1, 2016 Raids dig up empire of PC’s son: "All these massive investments, transactions, acquisition of companies and properties abroad were executed by the Advantage after the Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006. It is learned that ED and IT has dispatched all these information to Supreme Court, which is monitoring the probe on Aircel-Maxis scam"
Mar 1, 2016 Aircel-Maxis scam: Raids by IT-ED reveal Karti Chidambaram amassed huge wealth, built massive empire overseas: "Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram built a massive empire for himself through investments in real estate and other financial dealings across the world, according to documents recovered in the recent joint raids carried by the Enforcement Directorate and Investigation Wing of Income Tax in relation to the Aircel-Maxis scam."
Feb 26, 2016 Court frames charges against ex-coal secretary in coal allocation case
Feb 23, 2016 Maha #RamdevRedCarpet questioned: "Opposition parties in Maharashtra have questioned the Maharashtra government's move to allot over 600 acres of land to Baba Ramdev's Patanajli Yogpeeth. Opposition parties NCP and Congress are demanding that the procedures followed for allotting the land to Ramdev should be revealed. Ramdev has been allotted over 600 acres at three locations in Vidarbha to set up an orange processing plant and units for ayurvedic products."
Feb 11, 2016 Lalu Prasad Yadav’s brother-in-law Sadhu Yadav booked for extortion: "The builder alleged that Sadhu Yadav, over phone, demanded Rs 50 lakh or a flat in Patna."
Feb 8, 2016 TIMES NOW crew attacked by SP goons: "TIMES NOW crew was on Monday (February 8) attacked by local Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Nahid Hasan and his aides in Shamli District of Uttar Pradesh. The crowd abused TIMES NOW reporter Samia and Video Journalist Mukesh Kumar and threatened them of dire consequences, asking them to delete the video footage of their interview with the SP leader. Mukesh was held hostage by them and the video footage was forcefully deleted. "They took my camera away and they also tried to remove the memory chip. I was asked to delete the footage, for this they even called their own photographer. They told me if you don't give the camera you know what we will do."
Feb 7, 2016 Inside track: Rice revelations: "television mogul Subhash Chandra has been extraordinarily candid about his past. He acknowledges what was long suspected: that he profiteered enormously from dubious rice deals with the Soviets in the early 1980s. He was awarded a lucrative contract to export basmati to Russia, on the understanding that he would share 50 per cent of his profit with his benefactors in the Congress party. Chandra confesses that it was Rajiv Gandhi who steered the deal his way through his aide Vijay Dhar. Chandra writes that he deposited half the share of profits, first with Dhirendra Brahmachari, then with Sitaram Kesri and finally with Arun Nehru. An interesting sidelight to the story is that while the Soviets were paying for expensive basmati rice, Goyal cut corners by mixing basmati with the cheaper ‘parmal’ variety."
Feb 7, 2016 Income tax official arrested for bribery: "on charges of accepting a bribe of Rs.2 lakh from a businessman to not impose a heavy penalty on him"
Feb 5, 2016 'This is the real truth about my illicit relations with politicians': Solar scam Saritha hands over sealed envelope: "During the 2012-2013 period, Saritha and Chandy's residence exchanged around 180 telephone calls."
Feb 5, 2016 Gave Rs 20 L to police body, claims Saritha: "Key accused in solar fraud cases Saritha S Nair on Friday deposed before a judicial commission probing the scam that Rs 20 lakh was handed over to the Kerala Police Association in return for installing solar panels developed by her company in the state’s police stations."
Feb 2, 2016 Sahara seeks SC nod to sell F1 shares, planes, hotels: "The court had directed the company to pay Rs 5,000 crore in cash and a bank guarantee of equal amount for interim bail of Roy, who along with two other directors are in jail since March 4, 2014."
Feb 1, 2016 Kerala bar scam: Two leaders face fresh bribery charges: "Whistle-blower bar owner Biju Ramesh on Monday opened a new can of worms in Kerala, alleging that Rs.2 crore was paid to then state Congress president Ramesh Chennithala and Rs.25 lakh to Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar as bribes."
Feb 1, 2016 Air India is lying, says victim Anita Ghai: "Anita Ghai, a differently-abled passenger, who alleged that the national carrier, Air India failed to provide her with a wheel chair, said that the airlines should provide her an unconditional apology."
Jan 28, 2016 Ashok Chavan may be prosecuted by CBI in Adarsh Society scam: "In an embarrassment for the opposition Congress in Maharashtra, the CBI could prosecute former chief minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh Society scam"
Jan 28, 2016 Court orders FIR against Chandy: "The solar scam case snowballed into a crisis for the Congress-led government in Kerala on Thursday after a vigilance court in Thrissur ordered filing of an FIR against Chief Minister Oommen Chandy based on fresh bribery allegations by key accused in the case, Saritha S Nair."
Jan 28, 2016 CBI to probe 2 major generals: "The Defence Ministry on Thursday ordered a CBI inquiry against two serving Army officers on charges of amassing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income."
Jan 27, 2016 Solar scam: Chandy took Rs. 1.90 crore in bribe, claims Saritha: " the accused, Saritha S. Nair, deposed before the judicial panel on Wednesday that she had bribed Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Power Minister Aryadan Mohammed on the assurance that they would facilitate government support for her solar projects."
Jan 23, 2016 Kerala bar scam: Kerala Excise Minister K. Babu resigns: "Kerala Excise Minister K.Babu on Saturday handed over his resignation to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, hours after a court ordered a case be registered against him for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.50 lakh."
Jan 23, 2016 Kerala Excise Minister K. Babu resigns: "Kerala Excise Minister K Babu resigned today hours after a Thrissur court ordered the Vigilance department to register an FIR against him in the bar bribery scam."
Jan 18, 2016 CBI arrests top PF officials on corruption charges: "the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Branch received a specific input that Mr. Prasad had demanded Rs.25 lakh as bribe for favouring the educational institutions’ group in a case relating to subterfuge of wages paid to employees for the purpose of Provident Fund deduction/remittance."
Jan 9, 2016 ‘Lakes gobbled up by developers, government agencies’: " 11-member panel finds encroachments of land worth Rs. 1.50 lakh crore Prominent developers in the city are major encroachers of tanks and tank-beds in Bangalore Urban and Rural districts."
Jan 9, 2016 BDA biggest encroacher in Bengaluru: "The BDA is the biggest encroacher among the government agencies. The Authority has encroached upon 484 acres, covering 41 lakes as per the documents."
Jan 9, 2016 Flight delayed due to VIP pressure, alleges MP; AI denies: "Air India operated its flight to Bhubaneswar at around 12.30 am today against its scheduled departure at 7.30 pm yesterday."
Jan 1, 2016 Two rail staff held for corruption: "Railway officials, in collusion with private parcel agents, allegedly charge local businessmen a sum of money, in the range of Rs35,000 to Rs60,000 and offer preferential parcel booking."
Jan 1, 2016 BJP MLA, supporters vandalise toll booth: "A BJP MLA and his aides vandalised a toll booth near Jhajjar in Haryana after he was allegedly asked to pay the toll tax. The incident was caught on the CCTV camera. The CCTV footage shows the MLA and his aides vandalising the toll booth and thrashing the operator."
Dec 31, 2015 Saradha scam: Trinamool lawmaker denied bail, judicial custody extended
Dec 30, 2015 Rs.75 Crore was demanded in Bihar engineers killing: ""Pathak demanded 10 percent of Rs.750 crore road construction project of the company," he said. Two engineers of the company were shot dead by two motorcycle-borne unidentified criminals allegedly for failure to pay the extortion money."
Dec 23, 2015 Bengal ponzi firm's premises raided by CBI: "Having found guilty of operating Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) without obtaining its approval, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in July 2014 asked Ramel Industries to immediately wind down its scheme that raised over Rs 97 crore from investors."
Dec 22, 2015 Political party revokes membership after Pajero owner pays toll charges: "A red and white Pajero, which had a huge logo and flag of a political party (known for promoting Pakistan tourism by asking some people to go to Pakistan and doling out rewards for slapping people), pulled in his lane."
Dec 22, 2015 ED attaches Rs 110-cr properties linked to Bhujbal: "senior BJP leader Dr Kirit Somaiya, who has taken on the Bhujbal family, said the current attachment proceedings are under the old cases registered by the ED and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). “There are several properties linked to the Bhujbal family; they have made investments abroad,”"
Dec 13, 2015 Driver invested in National Herald without telling us: Sonia Gandhi: "Boldened apparently by Salman Khan’s acquittal in the 13 year old Bandra hit and run case, Sonia Gandhi today claimed that the National Herald case too involved the Gandhi’s driver."
Dec 13, 2015 Salman has spent over Rs 25 crore in the hit-and-run case: Salim Khan: "the Bombay High Court acquitted the 49-year-old actor of all charges in the case, seven months after a sessions court convicted and sentenced him to five-year imprisonment in May."
Dec 9, 2015 CBI recovers 31 gold bars, expensive liquor from Delhi IAS officer: "The CBI recovered 31 gold bars weighing 3.2kg and worth over Rs 80 lakh from a bank locked of suspended senior IAS officer of the Delhi government, Sanjay Pratap Singh, who has been arrested on bribery charges."
Dec 8, 2015 Vendetta charge not answer to corruption, says Jaitley: "In an exclusive interview to TIMES NOW, rubbishing Congress's charge of poltiical vendetta, Finance Minister and leader of the House in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley said that a vague charge of vendetta is not an answer to corruption."
Dec 8, 2015 CBI arrests top Delhi IAS officer for seeking bribe: "The CBI today arrested a Principal Secretary in the Delhi government for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 2.2 lakh from the owner of a firm that supplies security guards and other manpower for clearing pending bills."
Dec 2, 2015 Dons still pull the strings in Bollywood: "Indian agencies listened in on several conversations between Chhota Shakeel, a leading organiser of Bollywood events in the UAE, and other underworld operatives that showed that arrangements were under way in full swing to welcome a Bollywood superstar at the popular Meydan Hotel in Nad Al Sheba in Dubai from May 27 to 30. The fugitive don booked a double-room in the hotel for Dawood Ibrahim’s son Moin and daughter-in-law who were keen on a photo-op with the star."
Dec 1, 2015 ED, I-T raid firms linked to PC's son: "Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths and Income Tax Department (I-T) officials on Tuesday conducted raids at various companies in Tamil Nadu linked with former Union finance minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti P Chidambaram."
Nov 30, 2015 CBI grills Maran over phone lines: "After getting protection from the Supreme Court against arrest, former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran on Monday appeared before the CBI for questioning in the case of setting up illegal telephone exchange at his Chennai and Delhi residences."
Nov 27, 2015 SC asks Maran to appear before CBI for six days: "The Supreme Court on Friday directed former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran to appear before the CBI investigators for six days, starting from November 30, for questioning in illegal telephone exchange case."
Nov 20, 2015 SIT arrests Janardhana Reddy in iron-ore export case: "The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Lokayukta, probing illegal mining in the State, on Friday arrested former minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy in connection with a case of illegal extraction, transportation and export of iron ore."
Nov 10, 2015 Kerala Finance Minister K.M. Mani resigns: "Kerala Bar Hotel Owners Association working president Biju Ramesh comes out with allegation that Mani had demanded a bribe of Rs 5 crore and accepted Rs 1 crore for the renewal of bar licences in April 2014."
Nov 9, 2015 Kerala CM Oommen Chandy ‘interfered’ in bar bribery probe: "The investigation, based on government records and interviews with key officials, shows that the state Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, the agency in charge of the probe, watered down its final report and gave a clean chit to Mani."
Nov 6, 2015 SC declines to stay Anbumani trial in graft cases: "The trial court had on October 7 said that prima facie various offences, including criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery under IPC and provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act relating to public servant abusing official position were made out against Ramadoss and several others."
Nov 3, 2015 CBI raids 10 places in chit fund scam: "A total of 246 cases have been registered by the CBI against 128 companies, including Saradha Group, Rose Valley, Unipay 2 U, Jeevan Suraksha, Prayag, Abyss Assam Group Co, Basil International Limited and Daffodils Group of Companies."
Oct 31, 2015 Saradha scam: TMC Min granted bail: "West Bengal Minister Madan Mitra, arrested by CBI in Saradha scam, was granted bail by a lower court in Kolkata. Mitra was granted bail after 10 months of his arrest, against a bail bond of Rs 2 lakh. The CBI did not contest his bail. He was arrested in December last year."
Oct 23, 2015 Debate: Disclosure or diversion?: "In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Dr. Sambit Patra, National Spokesperson, BJP; M R Venkatesh, CA & Policy Analyst; Brijesh Kalappa, Spokesperson, Congress and Rahul Narvekar, Spokesperson & MLC, NCP -- discuss BJP's hawala attack charge valid?"
Oct 18, 2015 Rail Neer corruption case: 2 railway officials, businessman arrested: "CBI has arrested two senior railway officials and a businessman for alleged corruption in supply of packaged drinking water in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and other superfast trains. Sandeep Silas, a 1984-batch Indian railway traffic service (IRTS) officer, and MS Chalia of 1987 batch were taken into custody late last night along with Sharan Bihari Agrawal, owner of RK Associates, in connection with the scam, CBI sources said on Sunday. The arrests came after CBI recovered Rs 27 crore cash from Agrawal and his sons Abhishek Agrawal and Rahul Agarwal during searches"
Oct 16, 2015 CBI busts Rail Neer racket; Rs 20 crore seized from suppliers: "CBI today recovered Rs 20 crore in cash during searches at 13 locations against two former Northern Railways officials and seven private firms in connection with alleged corruption in supply of packaged drinking water other than mandatory ‘Rail Neer’ in premium trains."
Sep 10, 2015 Satyam scam: Sebi asks Raju family,others to return Rs 1,800cr: "Besides, they will also have to pay close to Rs 1,500 crore as interest on the disgorgement amount, as the penalty has been levied with effect from January 7, 2009 -- the day Satyam Computer's founder and then Chairman B Ramalinga Raju admitted to a massive long-running fraud at the company."
Sep 9, 2015 MHA leaves aviation ministry foxed on Robert Vadra's no-frisk status: " Seeking the home ministry's views for taking Robert Vadra off the no-frisking list at airports has left the aviation ministry in a bind, due to which the Congress president's controversial son-in-law could continue to enjoy that privilege for some more time."
Sep 8, 2015 Ex-minister granted bail in coal allocation case: "A special court here on Tuesday granted bail to former minister of state for coal Santosh Bagrodia, an accused in a coal block allocation case."
Sep 7, 2015 Raja main conspirator in 2G scam: CBI to court: "Former Telecom minister A Raja was the “main conspirator” of the 2G spectrum allocation scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a special court here on Monday."
Sep 2, 2015 Coal scam: Manmohan Singh knew everything, claims Madhu Koda: "‘If there was a conspiracy, it cannot be complete without the knowledge of the then PM’"
Sep 2, 2015 2G: CBI tells court Raja a habitual liar: "The CBI on Wednesday described former telecom minister A Raja as a “habitual” liar, telling a special court that he advanced the cut off date for submission of applications for 2G spectrum licences."
Sep 2, 2015 4 MCD officials, 2 others get jail terms in a CWG case: "A Delhi court today sentenced five persons, including four MCD officials, to four years jail term each and the managing director of a firm to six years in prison in the first conviction in a 2010 Commonwealth Games scam case."
Aug 28, 2015 Delhi to file FIR against Sheila Dikshit: "Delhi Government to file FIR against former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Delhi Law Minister submits letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on graft charges against Dikshit in water tanker scam."
Aug 28, 2015 Court to hear Koda's plea seeking summoning of ex-PM on Sep 2: "Ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda's plea seeking summoning of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and two others as additional accused in a coal scam case will be heard on September 2"
Aug 21, 2015 ED move to attach Sun TV assets stayed by SC: "The provisional attachment order came as part of an investigation on former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and the latter’s wife, Kaveri Kalanithi, for offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. "
Aug 19, 2015 CBI books Raja in DA case: "Raja had amassed assets and pecuniary resources to the tune of Rs 27.92 crore (approx) in his name and in the name of family members and his friend which were disproportionate to his known and lawful sources of income."
Aug 18, 2015 Almost 80% of income of five national parties from unknown sources: ADR: "Income from unknown sources amounts to Rs 673.08 crore which is 79.68% of the total income of the parties. Unknown sources are income declared in the I-T returns but without giving source of income for donations below Rs 20,000. "
Aug 17, 2015 Sebi told to monitor private treaties to stop paid news: "Press Council of India has asked Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to monitor private treaties between corporate entities and media houses for favourable coverage to check paid news."
Aug 15, 2015 IAS officer lands in cricket betting row: "the CID and Income Tax officials searched a 6th floor flat of Maple Block at Golden Grand properties in Yeshwanthpur in Bengaluru recently and found Rs 4.37 crore cash, gold and diamonds worth crores and property documents."
Aug 15, 2015 IAS officer lands in cricket betting row: "Weeks after senior IPS officer Alok Kumar was suspended in connection with the single-digit lottery scam, top IAS officer Kapil Mohan is now in the eye of a controversy with regard to a cricket betting racket."
Aug 10, 2015 HC cancels Dayanidhi’s bail, tells him to surrender in 3 days: "In a setback to former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran, the Madras High Court on Monday cancelled the six-week advance bail he was granted on June 30 in a CBI case relating to charges that he had an illegal telephone exchange functioning in his house while he was Telecom Minister in 2004-07."
Aug 9, 2015 Robert Vadra will definitely be caught: BJP Lok Sabha chief whip Meghwal: "The Robert Vadra land deal "cases" will be brought to their "logical conclusion and justice done in each case without any fear or pressure from any quarter", promises BJP's Chief Whip in Lok Sabha Arjun Ram Meghwal, who has been persistently pursuing the allegedly illegal land deals of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law for the past three years."
Aug 7, 2015 Mumbai journalist who wanted to join ISIS arrested in Delhi: "He said he would visit the Iraq embassy and “submit my memorandum to Caliphate Bagdadi” with the “desire to join the Islamic State as a spokesperson for foreign affairs or a government journalist”, and “willingness to surrender my Indian passport”. He also said he would visit the Pakistan high commission to “expedite my visa request” that he would be in Delhi for five days."
Aug 6, 2015 Duck bribegate, stir Lalitgate: "Parliament is being disrupted again over suspension of 25 Congress MPs from Lok Sabha. External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj clarifies her stand in Parliament on Lalitgate, but Congress overturned her defence. And, maintains their ilence on the Goa bribery scandal, and by doing whether Congress is not practising politics of convenience."
Aug 5, 2015 Ex-Goa Minister Churchill arrested: "Arrested in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case, former Goa Public Works Department minister Churchill Alemao on Thursday (August 6) said he was innocent and arrested as part of a "political game". Alemao was last night detained from Agassaim village in south Goa at 10.30 PM and later put under arrest around midnight by the Goa Crime Branch police. "I am happy. They have arrested me. This is a political game. I have not done anything wrong," Alemao told PTI while being taken for medical examination during the wee hours today."
Aug 5, 2015 Louis Berger case: Former Goa minister Churchill Alemao arrested: "The alleged bribery scam of $976,630 for the Goa project included kickbacks to a minister, the details of which have not been disclosed by the US Department of Justice."
Aug 3, 2015 You are in jail by choice: Supreme Court bench to Sahara chief Subrata Roy: "http://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/you-are-in-jail-by-choice-supreme-court-bench-to-sahara-chief-subrata-roy/"
Jul 29, 2015 Coalscam: Two public servants to face prosecution under Prevention of Corruption Act
Jul 29, 2015 Kamat quizzed by Goa Crime Branch: "The Congress left red faced after former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat was questioned by the Crime Branch in the Goa bribery scandal. With two of Congress's top leaders in the line of fire, the party is now on the back foot."
Jul 28, 2015 Two top Goa Ministers got kickbacks?: "The Congress party red-faced as former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamath and former PWD Minister Churchill Alemao now summoned by the Crime Branch this following the Goa Chief Minister Lakshmikant Parsekar's open statement naming the two in the Louis Berger bribery case where bribes up to 6 crore were paid to secure the Government projects."
Jul 27, 2015 Ex-union minister Thungon jailed for corruption: "Thungon, then minister of state for urban development and employment in the P.V. Narasimha Rao government, along with the other accused, was involved in misappropriating money meant for an irrigation project in Nagaland. According to the CBI, Thungon connived with officials of Nagaland's irrigation and flood control department in placing a bogus order for sausage wire for a project during 1993-94. Investigations revealed that no wire was supplied to the department but payments were made against bogus delivery."
Jul 27, 2015 Retd chief engineer held in Louis Berger case: "In a major development in the pay-off scandal involving a US management consultancy firm, the Goa police today arrested a retired chief engineer A Wachasunder, who headed the Japan-funded project in the state which is currently under scanner. The officer, who was being quizzed by the crime branch since last week, was placed under arrest soon after Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar assured the state Assembly that the guilty would be punished."
Jul 25, 2015 VVIP treatment for Saradha scam accused?: "West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra, arrested in connection with Saradha chit fund scam, has been shifted to a VVIP ward of state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata. Hospital authorities confirmed that he was shifted to the VVIP ward as the ward he was admitted to is undergoing repairs."
Jul 23, 2015 BJP MLA claims of offering money to journalists during elections, video goes viral: "she had offered ‘envelopes’ allegedly filled with cash to local journalists at the time of the elections which were accepted by all but three of them returned it."
Jul 21, 2015 Goa: Fmr Cong Mins took bribes?: "Accused of taking bribes from a US based company Louis Berger, former PWD Minister of Goa Churchill Alemao has denied all allegations. He now offers himself up for inquiry, dismissing all allegations of the BJP as baseless."
Jul 21, 2015 Coal scam: Ex-MoS for Coal, ex-Coal Secy summoned as accused: "Former Minister of State for Coal Santosh Bagrodia, ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta and retired public servant L S Janoti, were today summoned as accused by a Special Court in connection with a coal scam case."
Jul 21, 2015 Kingpin, who sold land to Vadra in Rajasthan, held: "In a major crackdown, the Bikaner police arrested six people, including the kingpin of the controversial land deals connected to Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra."
Jul 20, 2015 US bribery scandal echoes in Goa: "The fallout of a US bribery scandal is being felt in Goa as the former Congress Government of Goa is under suspicion after a US firm admitted it paid bribes in 2009 to bag Government contracts. Now the BJP is demanding a CBI probe against the previous Congress Government led by Digambar Kamat."
Jul 19, 2015 Goa seeks CBI inquiry in water proj: "The bribery of $976,630 for a Goa project by Louis Berger included payments to a minister, details of which have not been disclosed by the US Department of Justice."
Jul 19, 2015 US bribery case: 2 ex-ministers may be involved, says Parrikar: "US firm Louis Berger has been charged with bribing Indian officials for several crores to win two major water developmental projects in Goa and Guwahati. "Since the work was related to JAICA (Japan International funding project), then PWD Minister might be involved, but moreover since it is dealing with the financial approval for the project, there is likelihood that one more minister may be involved," Parrikar said"
Jul 19, 2015 Complainant used as puppet by minister: Amitabh Thakur on rape accusation: "Thakur has said SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav threatened him after his wife Nutan filed a complaint before the UP Lokayukta against the state's Mining minister. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/complainant-used-as-puppet-by-minister-amitabh-thakur-on-rape-accusation/#sthash.19ncUq9K.dpuf"
Jul 15, 2015 CBI arrests Karnataka Congress MLA Anil Lad in illegal mining case: "Sail is already facing prosecution for his role in the export of illegal iron ore. Lad was summoned to the CBI office on Wednesday the afternoon and was subsequently arrested"
Jul 13, 2015 Firms bid for Sahara land in apex court: "The Supreme Court on Monday virtually turned into an auction house when two real estate firms kept raising their bids for the Sahara Group’s 45.71 acre land in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The parties finally agreed to shell out Rs 150 crore."
Jul 7, 2015 Can't pay Rs 36,000 cr: Sahara: "payment of Rs 5,000 crore in cash and equal amount in bank guarantee — for the release of Roy and others. The court had also asked the group to pay Rs 36,000 crore to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) within 18 months and in nine installments from the date of release."
Jul 5, 2015 Andhra Pradesh government to probe alleged corruption in housing scheme: ""Approximately, Rs 5,500 crores has been looted in 10 years (during 2004-2014) in housing," he said, adding the allegedly looted money would be recovered under the revenue recovery act."
Jul 5, 2015 Undue benefits of Rs 156 crore provided to IT companies: CAG: "Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found that due to absence of guidelines, IT parks under Information Technology Department in Kerala, extended undue benefits amounting to Rs 156.90 crore to 11 major co-developers."
Jul 5, 2015 Dayanidhi Maran was evasive during questioning; may be called again: CBI: " Former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran was "evasive" during his questioning by CBI in a case of alleged abuse of his office in getting installed high capacity BSNL lines at his residences to facilitate speedy transmission of programmes to a TV firm owned by his brother"
Jun 29, 2015 Two Indian cricketers and one West Indian bribed by real estate tycoon, says Lalit Modi
Jun 29, 2015 Co-op Housing- a den of corruption: Court
Jun 28, 2015 Saritha Nair expose shows brothel culture in Kerala government, alleges CPM: "solar scam accused Saritha S Nair, in a recorded conversation, had stated that there is a lobby among Congress ministers in Kerala, who trap women, sexually exploit and exchange them among the colleagues."
Jun 27, 2015 Lalit Modi names three cricketers who were bribed: "former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has alleged that two leading Indian cricketers and a West Indian player had been bribed by an Indian real estate tycoon, who is also a bookmaker."
Jun 24, 2015 Death on the beat: Corrupt nexus threatens journalists
Jun 22, 2015 Lalit Modi fires fresh salvo against Rajiv Shukla, Congress: "In a series of tweets, the former IPL commissioner asked Mr. Shukla to reveal who paid for his private jet trips to London."
Jun 19, 2015 Apex Court sets terms for Sahara chief's release from jail: "The Supreme Court on Friday (June 19) asked jailed Sahara chief Subrata Roy to furnish Rs 5,000 crore in cash and a bank guarantee of equal amount to secure his release from the prison."
Jun 18, 2015 Debate: #Lalitgate: Can BJP defend Vasundhara Raje too?: "discuss the new twist to the ongoing Sushma-Lalit Modi controversy, BJP leader & Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje providing a witness statement in 2011 in support of scam-tainted Lalit Modi's immigration application in the UK, and whether the BJP can defend Raje too after standing by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj who had written to British lawmaker Keith Vaz to allegedly recommend travel documents for scam-tainted Lalit Modi for visiting Portugal."
Jun 18, 2015 Debate: #Lalitgate: Corruption caught red handed?: " discuss the issue of Lalitgate deepening, Congress demanding resignations of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje, Raje's son Dushyant getting a sweet deal from scam-tainted former IPL chief Lalit Modi, and Raje on Lalit Modi's guest list during IPL season 3."
Jun 18, 2015 Raje's son now exposed?: "The BJP is neck deep in trouble. Three prominent leaders - Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje and her son Dushyant Singh - are now entangled in the biggest scandal of 2015. Will the BJP withstand TIMES NOW's latest expose on the Lalitgate?"
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