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Oct 16, 2011 'Weak' BSY to spend 48-hours in hospital: "Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda alongwith the state home and cabinet ministers visited BS Yeddyurappa.", " Ministers queue to meet BSY"
Oct 16, 2011 Speak Asia: SC to hear case tomorrow: "The scam first hit headlines earlier this year when BJP's Maharasthra leader Kirit Somaiya blew the whistle."
Oct 15, 2011 6 ‘sins’ and 2 sons did him in: "Estimated loss to the exchequer was Rs 34.41 crore and pecuniary benefit was Rs 31.86 crore.", "Estimated loss to the exchequer was Rs 175 crore and pecuniary gain was Rs 3.35 crore."
Oct 15, 2011 Yeddyurappa held in land scam, becomes undertrial No. 10462: "Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa was arrested on Saturday on charges of illegally garnering prize real estate for himself and his family", "He went missing for over four-and-a-half hours after his bail plea was rejected, keeping in suspense the Lokayukta police who visited his Race Course Road and Dollars Colony residences to execute the arrest warrant. Amid reports that he had almost reached Tumkur and was planning to seek shelter in a religious institution there, the former chief minister surfaced in court at 4.44pm."
Oct 15, 2011 Yeddyurappa surrenders, sent ot jail: "Facing imminent arrest, former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today (October 15) surrendered before a Lokayukta court here and was sent to jail for a week after he was issued an arrest warrant in connection with alleged land scams."
Oct 15, 2011 Yeddyurappa Surrenders, Sent to Jail Till Oct 22: "Facing imminent arrest, former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today surrendered before a Lokayukta court here and was sent to jail for a week after he was issued an arrest warrant in connection with alleged land scams."
Oct 15, 2011 BS Yeddyurappa surrenders after evading arrest: "The former Karnataka chief minister was remanded to judicial custody till October 22 in a land denotification scam."
Oct 15, 2011 CJ Exposes Ticketing Scam at ASI Tourist Spot: "Raghvendra exposes a ticketing scam that results in huge losses to ASI. Authorities promise action based on his report."
Oct 15, 2011 BBC: India: BJP ex-chief minister arrested over kickbacks: "A top Indian politician has been arrested over a multi-million dollar corruption scandal", "Mr Yeddyurappa and members of his family were said to have personally gained 1.89bn rupees ($386m). Another 13 people are accused in the same case. Aside from the alleged land scam, the former chief minister also faces accusations over an alleged $3.6bn iron-ore mining fraud."
Oct 15, 2011 Arrest warrant issued against BS Yeddyurappa: "A special Lokayukta court rejected the bail application of the former Karnataka Chief Minister in the land denotification case."
Oct 15, 2011 BS Yeddyurappa arrested, sent to jail: "Yeddyurappa sent to jail for 'land grab'"
Oct 15, 2011 Land scam: Yeddyurappa surrenders, sent to jail: "Facing imminent arrest, former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today surrendered before a Lokayukta court here and was sent to judicial custody till October 22 after he was issued an arrest warrant in connection with alleged land scams."
Oct 15, 2011 Pall of gloom descends upon BJP as Yeddyurappa sent to jail: "Sending ripples among the political class, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa was remanded to judicial custody till October 22 and sent to Bangalore Central Jail after he surrendered before the special Lokayukta court here.", "Yeddyurappa's two sons -- Shimoga MP B Y Raghavendra and B Y Vijendra and his son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar were granted conditional bail after each furnished a surety bond of Rs five lakh.""
Oct 14, 2011 LIC loan scam: Fresh CBI probe into DB Realty: "it busted an alleged bribes-for-loans scandal involving LIC Housing Finance, some public sector banks and a host of private companies, the CBI has quantified the loans disbursed in the case at Rs 12,000 crore."
Oct 14, 2011 Illegal mining report: I can't let go my baby, says Santosh Hegde: "I don't understand the reason for constituting a committee involving additional chief secretaries to study my report and suggest action. It's like after a judgment is given by a judge, it's referred to the accused to see whether it's good or bad."
Oct 14, 2011 2 states, 2 reports, 1 story: "It's a case of Government rejecting inconvenient truth by rubbishing and dumping reports indicting the respective Governments. It happened in Goa last week when the PAC report on illegal mining was rejected by the Speaker and now the Lokayukta report on illegal mining is rejected by the Karnataka Government. Goa Speaker had rejected PAC Report calling it 'a draft'. Opposition in Karnataka say it is the Government's move to let Yeddyurappa escape punishment."
Oct 14, 2011 Karnataka: BJP buying time on Lokayukta report?: "The government sends back the illegal mining report after two and a half months as Lokayukta post falls vacant."
Oct 14, 2011 Go after mining company owners, SC tells CBI: "The Supreme Court today asked the CBI to go after owners of the companies involved in illegal mining in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh instead of restricting its investigation to their employees."
Oct 14, 2011 2G scam: CBI wants 'criminal breach of trust' charge against Raja
Oct 14, 2011 Karnataka Govt returns Lokayukta mining report: "The report resulted in the resignation of former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and 3 other ministers from Bellary."
Oct 14, 2011 SC asks govt: Did you not know what Raja was up to?
Oct 14, 2011 Govt didn't take step to prevent 2G scam: SC
Oct 14, 2011 Why no action on PM's 2G letter to Raja: Supreme Court: "The SC suggested that if action had been taken on the PM's letter, the 2G scam could perhaps have been prevented."
Oct 12, 2011 2G scam: Congress, CAG heading for a showdown: "Rai's comments at the National Police Academy at Hyderabad on Tuesday that the government's credibility has touched its lowest"
Oct 12, 2011 PM presiding over ‘most corrupt’ govt: Advani: "attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alleging he is presiding over the "worst and most corrupt government of independent India". Listing a series of alleged scams during the rule of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, Advani said "however the cash-for-votes scam is the most terrifying of all"."
Oct 12, 2011 Damning FIR: CBI says Maran got Rs 550 crore for Maxis favour: "Former Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran benefited indirectly by Rs 549,96,01,793 (Rs 549.96 crore) as quid pro quo for various favours to Aircel, owned by Malaysia-based company Maxis,", "The deal was struck. Four months later, Astro All Asia Networks through South Asia Entertainment Holding Ltd, invested $166 million (Rs 629 crore, according to the CBI FIR) in Sun Direct TV Private Ltd. Maran allegedly took Rs 550 crore as quid pro quo and rendered a disservice to the nation, the FIR adds."
Oct 12, 2011 2G: Swamy seeks to make statement on why PC be made co-accused: "Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy today told a Delhi court that he wanted to make a statement on why Union Home Minister P Chidambaram should be made a co- accused in the 2G scam case."
Oct 12, 2011 'African prince' held in passport scam
Oct 11, 2011 Government's credibility at its 'lowest': CAG Vinod Rai: ""The governance is at its lowest ebb. The morale of the civil servant is low. The credibility of the government is at its lowest. It's a strong statement but it is harsh reality. And hence because of all this the decision making has become a causalty," said Rai who has given audit reports coming down heavily on Union government departments.", ""Today, we are facing a testing time in the history of our Nation. The quality of governance is below par and subject to severe criticism. There has been an erosion of people's faith in government. Their confidence in public institutions has declined. National trust in bureaucracy including the Police force has collapsed. The integrity and professionalism of the civil servants are being questioned,""
Oct 11, 2011 Raid on Marans an eyewash: Jaya: "Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday (October 11) took on the Marans, who have been booked in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam.", "eyewash to fool the people", "It is an excercise in cheating the people"
Oct 11, 2011 Aircel-Maxis deal: CBI crackdown on Marans: "Spelling trouble for former Telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, CBI today searched his residence and nine other locations after registering a case against him in connection with the controversial Aircel-Maxis deal, alleging that he recieved Rs 547 crore as kickbacks from the Malaysian company."
Oct 11, 2011 CBI to extradite 'traitor' Shankaran?: "In a major breakthrough in the Naval war room leak case, one of the main accused Ravi Shankaran, a close relative of the then Naval Chief Admiral Arun Prakash, has been arrested in London."
Oct 11, 2011 Shankaran extradition: CBI team in London: "A two-member CBI team has reached London to assist British law officers in the extradition trial of Ravi Shankaran, the main accused in the Naval War Room leak case."
Oct 11, 2011 Goa: Politicians-mining lobby nexus exposed: "Sesa Goa Ltd makes no bones about payments running into lakhs to all political parties.", "Donations or Collusion", "Donation or Deal""
Oct 11, 2011 Karuna backs Marans; Jaya dubs CBI action an 'eyewash': ""The CBI raids against Maran brothers, their offices and associates appear to be a mere eyewash to hoodwink public. We do hope something would come off these raids but it seems to be an exercise in cheating public," Jayalalithaa said. She said the raids happened more than four years since the issue came to light "...It is very difficult to imagine that in this interval of four years the Maran brothers would still be keeping incriminating documents in their residences or office premises,'"
Oct 11, 2011 Goa: Politicians-mining lobby nexus exposed: "Annual reports of Sesa Goa Ltd, allegedly one of the biggest mining violators in Goa, show that the company paid Rs 28 lakh each to the BJP and the Congress as donations in 2007-08, Rs five lakh each to NCP, MGP and the Save Goa Front and Rs one lakh to Shiv Sena. In 2009-10, it paid Rs 85 lakh to BJP, Rs 30 lakh to Congress and Rs 2 and Rs 1 lakh respectively to MGP and Shiv Sena."
Oct 10, 2011 High drama at Marans’ house: "In an early morning swoop the houses of Sunita Reddy of the Apollo group and residences of promoters of Value Labs, Arjun Rao (CEO), Kondal Rao and Harini Rao in Road Number 62 of Jubilee Hills are also being raided."
Oct 10, 2011 Aircel scam: CBI books, raids Maran brothers: "The Central Bureau of Investigation booked former telecom minister and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran and his brother and media baron Kalanithi Maran in the Aircel sellout scam on Monday, and raided their houses and offices."
Oct 10, 2011 A Second Indian Communications Minister Is Charged in Telecom Scam
Oct 10, 2011 2G: Marans charged with criminal conspiracy: "The CBI names Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi as the prime accused in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 10, 2011 The 2G probe will lead to Karunanidhi: Ramaswamy: "Political commentator and Thuglak Editor Cho Ramaswamy says the CBI may mess up the 2G scam probe."
Oct 10, 2011 CBI not to oppose Kanimozhi's bail plea: "freedom to 43-year-old Kanimozhi, who has been in jail since May 20, may not be opposed on gender grounds"
Oct 10, 2011 SC reserves order on Chidambaram in 2G case: "The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on the plea for a probe into the alleged role of home minister P Chidambaram in the 2G scam"
Oct 10, 2011 Cash-for-vote scam: Court asks Delhi Police to file report on complaint against Amar Singh: "complaint of a key prosecution witness in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam case that Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh and others had threatened and kidnapped him ahead of his deposition before a parliamentary committee."
Oct 10, 2011 Party, family desert Dayanidhi Maran as CBI conducts raids: "As CBI sleuths continue raiding the residence of former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran and six other places including Sun TV's office in Chennai, the Maran brothers stand deserted by the DMK and the Karunanidhi family. The raids started at 7am on Monday after the CBI registered a first information report (FIR) against Dayanidhi and his brother and Sun Network managing director Kalanithi Maran in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 9, 2011 CBI raids Dayanidhi Maran's residence in Chennai: "CBI on Monday raided former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran's residence and office in Chennai after an FIR was registered against him in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 9, 2011 The Corruption And Scams-Dominated Commonwealth Games Venues In Ruins: "With most of the key organisers of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) – now suspended officials of the organising committee (OC) – languishing in jail for various scams related to the preparation for the Games, the state of various venues meant to organise different events tell the tale of real stories behind their creation."
Oct 9, 2011 Babus and the 2G scam fallout: "it is not difficult to understand the import of these few lines in the note since it is the non-auction of the ‘start-up spectrum’ that the CAG has estimated could have cost the exchequer more than Rs 1,75,000 crores. And any guesses who the then FM was? Well, if you still can’t understand the lingo of the bureaucrats, let me tell you: he is the present Home Minister."
Oct 9, 2011 Maharashtra: Rs 1000 cr education scam exposed: "In an inspection carried out in the Nanded district, of 7 lakh school students shown on the records of 3500 schools, a whopping 1.4 lakh were found to be bogus, which means that the state handed over an extra unaccounted money for amount of Rs 120 crore to these schools."
Oct 9, 2011 71 CWG-related works under CVC scanner for alleged graft: "The 71 cases exclude 26 cases worth Rs 3,316.58 crore being probed by the CVC. Of the 26 projects, six were done by Public Works Department, five by OC, four by MCD, three each by NDMC and CPWD, two each by DDA, India Tourism Development Corporation and one by RITES."
Oct 8, 2011 2G taint: UPA crisis not over: "What transpires in the Supreme Court during the week starting October 10 is critical for a battered UPA government and a beleaguered Congress party in general, and under-stress Home Minister P Chidambaram in particular."
Oct 8, 2011 Well-connected Maran has 323 lines: "he sold 74% of his stake in Aircel to Maxis group in May 2006. Within six months, Aircel got 14 licences. It has been alleged before the Supreme Court that the Malaysia-based group invested Rs 599 crore in Maran’s family business (Sun Direct) in return for 14 spectrum licences given to Aircel during his tenure in 2006. “Maran's family-owned business (Sun Direct) received substantial investment from Maxis group which took 20% equity in Sun Direct. Maxis group invested a total of Rs 599.01 crore in Sun Direct between December 2007 and December 2009,” the petition, quoting Tehelka magazine, said in SC. It alleged that there was a clear quid pro quo through these deals."
Oct 8, 2011 Manohar Parrikkar removed as Goa PAC chief: " In a new twist in the illegal mining scam, BJP's Vijay Khot has been made the new PAC Chairman"
Oct 8, 2011 Lady IAS officer quizzed by CBI, house raided: "The central agency has found alleged irregularities in certain leases given to OMC between 2005 and 2009, when Srilakshmi was the Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Industries Department."
Oct 7, 2011 Arvind Speech at Jantar Mantar_Protest against Govt. Lokpal Bill
Oct 7, 2011 Duplicitous Congress: "While estimating the loss to the public exchequer through illegal mining in the State to be close to Rs 4,000 crore, the PAC has blamed senior Ministers and Government officials for the loot. The PAC’s chairman, Mr Manohar Parrikar, has categorically stated that the involvement of Goa’s Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat, in the loot can be safely inferred."
Oct 7, 2011 BJP puts Goa mining scam at Rs 25,000 crore: "the profits of the scam were being routed through companies in tax haven countries like Mauritius and Cayman Islands.", "senior members of the government were involved in the scam."
Oct 7, 2011 Give your TVs for our inmates: Tihar to OC: "The Tihar Jail has offered to take some load off the hands of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee — only the material load.", "Ironically, Tihar Jail, which houses “approximately 12,500 inmates”, is also the present address of sacked Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and other senior Organising Committee officials, jailed on charges of corruption in Games management."
Oct 7, 2011 Court to consider 2nd chargesheet agains BJP MP in cash scam: "Expressing dissatisfaction over the lack of a ''proper'' sanction order for prosecution, a Delhi court today decided to consider on October 14 the supplementary charge sheet against BJP MP Ashok Argal in the cash-for-vote scam."
Oct 7, 2011 Badals in transport scam?: "The Punjab Government is under the scanner for allegedly tweaking policies to favour private transport companies. The Opposition has sharpened its attack, saying the Chief Minister is monopolising state transport. The state government has however refuted all charges. The Lokayukta Police, meanwhile has launched a probe into the alleged transport scam in the state making it difficult for the Badal govt to distance it self from the charges."
Oct 7, 2011 Illegal mining:Google imagery brings Cong leader under scanner : "The Manohar Parrikar-led Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which employed latest technologies including the Google Earth Satellite Imagery to track down illegal mining in Goa, has pointed out to certain illegalities by state Congress leader Dinar Tarcar."
Oct 7, 2011 Loan scam: Top brass chargesheeted: "CBI has filed charge sheets in four cases registered by it last year against senior officials of a public sector bank and a private company for allegedly receiving kickbacks in sanctioning of loans."
Oct 6, 2011 ‘PDS kerosene scam’ rocks Assembly: "“Eight lakh quintals of wheat is coming every month to Punjab under PDS but is not going to the poor. It is being cornered by flour mills in connivance with government officials. We demand a CBI inquiry into the whole PDS scam,”", "The Indian Express, in a three-part investigative series carried out in August 2009, had revealed how PDS kerosene in Punjab was not reaching the poor but and being diverted by the oil mafia."
Oct 5, 2011 CBI searches premises of JSW's Bellary plant
Oct 5, 2011 The New 3G Scam: Har Friend Zaroori Hota Hai
Oct 5, 2011 PM can’t disown responsibility: "The Telecom scandal was not an overnight affair that happened without anybody getting a whiff of it. A Raja plotted and executed the 2G Spectrum scam over a period of time during which there was elaborate correspondence between him and other Ministers. At every stage, A Raja made it a point to keep Manmohan Singh in the loop. The Prime Minister can’t deny that"
Oct 5, 2011 Illegal mining: CBI continues raids for second day: "CBI conducted searches at Kudligi BJP MLA V Nagendra's mining company in Hospet and Bellary in connection with alleged illegal mining. The agency also raided the regional transport office,"
Oct 5, 2011 Railways losing thousands of crores in ore fraud: "Investigations have revealed a massive scam by many iron ore miners in defrauding railways to the tune of a few thousand crore rupees by passing off export consignments of ore as meant for domestic consumption, and thus paying only one-sixth of what they owed to the railways in freight charges."
Oct 4, 2011 Influential politicians, ministers involved in mining scam:PAC: "Indicting the Goa government for the mining scam, the state assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is understood to have said there is reasonable doubt prevails that influential politicians, including ministers, and those close to the power are deeply involved in it."
Oct 2, 2011 CWG 2010: Scoring high on glory and ignominy (Year after CWG): "No easy answers even one year after the Commonwealth Games with the grand opening ceremony and rich medals haul almost fading in memory as the men behind the multimillion rupee event continue to be behind bars on charges of corruption and many of the lavish stadiums lie in disuse."
Oct 1, 2011 His Barony, Undermined: "How did mining baron and former Karnataka tourism minister, Gali Janardhana Reddy, go from pauper, to prince, to prisoner in a little under a decade?", "his net worth was reduced to the negative as of March 31, 2003, and prior to 1998, he was not even an I-T assessee. But, for the financial year 2003-04, he declared a total income of Rs 12 lakh and a taxable income of Rs 9 lakh. For 2004-05, there is a stupendous jump in total income to Rs 8.38 crore. In 2005-06, this doubled to Rs 17.8 crore. In the same period, there was a simultaneous increase in his moveable and immovable assets. The total value of these assets rose from Rs 32.45 lakh in 2003-04 to Rs 43.52 crore in 2005-06. A similarly mercurial growth can be observed in the total assets of his wife Lakshmi Aruna."
Oct 1, 2011 Goa may be worse than Bellary: "Illegal mining...With sanction to extract 180 million tonnes of earth a year, Goa will cease to exist"
Sep 30, 2011 Cash-for-votes scam: LS Speaker allows BJP MP Ashok Argal's prosecution: "Delhi Police had, in its first chargesheet, accused Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and LK Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni of "conspiring" and "masterminding" the cast-for-votes scam to bribe some MPs ahead of a confidence vote in Lok Sabha in 2008."
Sep 29, 2011 Jailed ADAG employees may turn approvers in 2G scam: CBI: "The Central Bureau of Investigation told the Supreme Court on Thursday that three jailed Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) employees might turn approvers in the 2G case."
Sep 29, 2011 Anil Ambani being probed in 2G scam, CBI tells SC: "The CBI on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it was probing the alleged involvement of Anil Ambani in the 2G spectrum allocation case. The premier investigative agency also said that it was going to probe further to find out the real beneficiaries in the 2G scam."
Sep 29, 2011 2G scam: Pranab's file placed before SC, some pages missing: ""Check the pages. Where are the running pages"? a bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said when it found that some pages were missing from the file."
Sep 28, 2011 2G: CBI saving Chidambaram, says BJP
Sep 28, 2011 If Chidambaram’s role does not warrant probe, no other crime does: Jaitley: "“If the Prime Minister has confidence in Chidu, then he must stand up and explain his actions."
Sep 28, 2011 Protect truth, not tainted minister: BJP to PM: "The BJP accused the govt of protecting Chidambaram and instead targeting DMK ministers."
Sep 28, 2011 Now, Goa government in illegal mining trouble: "After Karnataka, is the stage set for another government to fall because of illegal mining?", "How illegal mines owned by a leading politician from the NCP""
Sep 28, 2011 B Pravakaran, the kingpin of Orissa mining scam: "He has taken illegal control over 10 major iron ore mines in Orissa in the last eight years.", "Vigilance department was under pressure to build the weak case against him."
Sep 28, 2011 2G scam: CBI to file FIR against Maran by Sept 30: "The CBI on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that an FIR against former communications minister and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran in the 2G case would be filed by the end of this month."
Sep 28, 2011 Cash-for-votes scam: Amar Singh's bail rejected, to be re-arrested: "Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh would be arrested again as Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed his regular as well as interim bail pleas in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam."
Sep 27, 2011 Mother of all mining scams in Odisha: Rs 30,00,00,00,00,000: "a mining scam estimated at Rs 3 lakh crore, a scale that dwarfs the Bellary mining scam in Karnataka and the Goa mining scam"
Sep 27, 2011 2G: Is the UPA crisis deepening?
Sep 27, 2011 JPC summons Finance Secretary to explain why 2G note was not submitted to it: "a “breach of privilege” if the note was withheld deliberately by the Finance Ministry when it was asked by the JPC to submit to it all documents related to the 2G spectrum allocation."
Sep 27, 2011 Chidambaram has lot to answer for: BJP: "Arun Jaitley also took a dig at the Congress, saying its leadership was trying to find a "patchwork" solution to the "crisis" created in the party by the March 25 note of the Finance Ministry and that its infighting "does not answer" as to who is responsible for the loss."
Sep 27, 2011 2G scam: Centre opposes CBI probe in Chidambaram role: "The government today opposed in the Supreme Court any CBI probe against Home Minister P Chidambaram in connection with the 2G spectrum case."
Sep 27, 2011 Cash-for-vote scam: Sudheendra Kulkarni's bail plea rejected, sent to judicial custody till October 1: "Sudheendra Kulkarni, a former aide of senior BJP leader LK Advani, was on Tuesday sent to judicial custody till Oct 1 in connection with the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal."
Sep 26, 2011 UPA to UP govt, BJP narrates tale of 100 ‘scams’: "The BJP on Monday released a booklet — ‘Kahani Ghotalon Ki’ (A Tale of Scams) — about the alleged scams during the regimes of Mayawati in UP and UPA at Centre."
Sep 26, 2011 I will reveal more: Swamy: "2G petitioner and Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy upping the ante on home minister P Chidambaram on the finance ministry's 2G note to the PMO on spectrum pricing issue threatened more revelations. Swamy said if needed he will seek persmission from the court to submit new documents which no one has seen so far. He further said the CBI and the counsel for Chidambaram have not contested any of my documents, and therefore the documents are taken as confirmed. Swamy claimed that Chidambaram was in the loop on spectrum pricing."
Sep 26, 2011 Amar Singh's escape route?: "Former Smajwadi party leader Amar singh's lawyers have filed an application to take him out of country for treatment. The court will decide on the issue on Tuesday (September 27). Admitted in the private ward of AIIMS, Singh, 55, was shifted from Tihar jail on the night of September 12 after his creatinine level rose and was immediately put under medical observation. He was lodged in the jail on September 6 after a Delhi court had sent him on 14-day judicial custody following his arrest in connection with the 2008 cash-for-votes scam."
Sep 26, 2011 2G: Raja says entire Cabinet must face trial: "Former telecom minister A Raja's lawyer, Sushil Kumar, on Monday told the court that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram was a party to all the decisions taken in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation."
Sep 26, 2011 2G scam: CBI to include fresh charges against Raja, Kanimozhi: "slap the fresh charge of 'breach of trust by public servants' against former Telecom Minister A Raja and two others in the 2G spectrum allocation case."
Sep 26, 2011 Chidambaram is a traitor: Swamy: "“He is a traitor and the most corrupt minister in the UPA government. There are proofs of his anti-national activities, which I have placed before court. He has Rs 50,000 crore in foreign banks,”"
Sep 25, 2011 2G: Note that damns Chidu may have come from whistleblower
Sep 25, 2011 Bellary-like mining scam in Goa worth Rs 8K cr: "VS Dempo had permission to extract 11 lakh tonnes from its 3 mines. But it extracted over 20 lakh tonnes in 2008."
Sep 25, 2011 CBI searches OMC’s office in Bellary: "A CBI team on Sunday carried out searches in the office of the Obulapuram Mining Company, owned by Reddy brothers, here, and seized files and CDs,"
Sep 25, 2011 Bellary mining scam: Hegde cites time constraint in nailing culprits: ""Mere five officers scrutinised four lakh documents and assessed 40 lakh bank accounts. If we had got two more months, we would have literally nailed everyone involved in the Bellary illegal mining scam,""
Sep 24, 2011 CBI’s steely gaze will be on many MLAs: "Legislators, mine owners, officials and individuals associated with former minister G Janardhana Reddy will be under the sharp scrutiny of the CBI, with the premier investigation agency set to extend to Bellary its inquiry into illegal mining"
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Oct 16, 2011 'Weak' BSY to spend 48-hours in hospital: "Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda alongwith the state home and cabinet ministers visited BS Yeddyurappa.", " Ministers queue to meet BSY"
Oct 16, 2011 Speak Asia: SC to hear case tomorrow: "The scam first hit headlines earlier this year when BJP's Maharasthra leader Kirit Somaiya blew the whistle."
Oct 15, 2011 6 ‘sins’ and 2 sons did him in: "Estimated loss to the exchequer was Rs 34.41 crore and pecuniary benefit was Rs 31.86 crore.", "Estimated loss to the exchequer was Rs 175 crore and pecuniary gain was Rs 3.35 crore."
Oct 15, 2011 Yeddyurappa held in land scam, becomes undertrial No. 10462: "Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa was arrested on Saturday on charges of illegally garnering prize real estate for himself and his family", "He went missing for over four-and-a-half hours after his bail plea was rejected, keeping in suspense the Lokayukta police who visited his Race Course Road and Dollars Colony residences to execute the arrest warrant. Amid reports that he had almost reached Tumkur and was planning to seek shelter in a religious institution there, the former chief minister surfaced in court at 4.44pm."
Oct 15, 2011 Yeddyurappa surrenders, sent ot jail: "Facing imminent arrest, former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today (October 15) surrendered before a Lokayukta court here and was sent to jail for a week after he was issued an arrest warrant in connection with alleged land scams."
Oct 15, 2011 Yeddyurappa Surrenders, Sent to Jail Till Oct 22: "Facing imminent arrest, former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today surrendered before a Lokayukta court here and was sent to jail for a week after he was issued an arrest warrant in connection with alleged land scams."
Oct 15, 2011 BS Yeddyurappa surrenders after evading arrest: "The former Karnataka chief minister was remanded to judicial custody till October 22 in a land denotification scam."
Oct 15, 2011 CJ Exposes Ticketing Scam at ASI Tourist Spot: "Raghvendra exposes a ticketing scam that results in huge losses to ASI. Authorities promise action based on his report."
Oct 15, 2011 BBC: India: BJP ex-chief minister arrested over kickbacks: "A top Indian politician has been arrested over a multi-million dollar corruption scandal", "Mr Yeddyurappa and members of his family were said to have personally gained 1.89bn rupees ($386m). Another 13 people are accused in the same case. Aside from the alleged land scam, the former chief minister also faces accusations over an alleged $3.6bn iron-ore mining fraud."
Oct 15, 2011 Arrest warrant issued against BS Yeddyurappa: "A special Lokayukta court rejected the bail application of the former Karnataka Chief Minister in the land denotification case."
Oct 15, 2011 BS Yeddyurappa arrested, sent to jail: "Yeddyurappa sent to jail for 'land grab'"
Oct 15, 2011 Land scam: Yeddyurappa surrenders, sent to jail: "Facing imminent arrest, former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today surrendered before a Lokayukta court here and was sent to judicial custody till October 22 after he was issued an arrest warrant in connection with alleged land scams."
Oct 15, 2011 Pall of gloom descends upon BJP as Yeddyurappa sent to jail: "Sending ripples among the political class, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa was remanded to judicial custody till October 22 and sent to Bangalore Central Jail after he surrendered before the special Lokayukta court here.", "Yeddyurappa's two sons -- Shimoga MP B Y Raghavendra and B Y Vijendra and his son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar were granted conditional bail after each furnished a surety bond of Rs five lakh.""
Oct 14, 2011 LIC loan scam: Fresh CBI probe into DB Realty: "it busted an alleged bribes-for-loans scandal involving LIC Housing Finance, some public sector banks and a host of private companies, the CBI has quantified the loans disbursed in the case at Rs 12,000 crore."
Oct 14, 2011 Illegal mining report: I can't let go my baby, says Santosh Hegde: "I don't understand the reason for constituting a committee involving additional chief secretaries to study my report and suggest action. It's like after a judgment is given by a judge, it's referred to the accused to see whether it's good or bad."
Oct 14, 2011 2 states, 2 reports, 1 story: "It's a case of Government rejecting inconvenient truth by rubbishing and dumping reports indicting the respective Governments. It happened in Goa last week when the PAC report on illegal mining was rejected by the Speaker and now the Lokayukta report on illegal mining is rejected by the Karnataka Government. Goa Speaker had rejected PAC Report calling it 'a draft'. Opposition in Karnataka say it is the Government's move to let Yeddyurappa escape punishment."
Oct 14, 2011 Karnataka: BJP buying time on Lokayukta report?: "The government sends back the illegal mining report after two and a half months as Lokayukta post falls vacant."
Oct 14, 2011 Go after mining company owners, SC tells CBI: "The Supreme Court today asked the CBI to go after owners of the companies involved in illegal mining in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh instead of restricting its investigation to their employees."
Oct 14, 2011 2G scam: CBI wants 'criminal breach of trust' charge against Raja
Oct 14, 2011 Karnataka Govt returns Lokayukta mining report: "The report resulted in the resignation of former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and 3 other ministers from Bellary."
Oct 14, 2011 SC asks govt: Did you not know what Raja was up to?
Oct 14, 2011 Govt didn't take step to prevent 2G scam: SC
Oct 14, 2011 Why no action on PM's 2G letter to Raja: Supreme Court: "The SC suggested that if action had been taken on the PM's letter, the 2G scam could perhaps have been prevented."
Oct 12, 2011 2G scam: Congress, CAG heading for a showdown: "Rai's comments at the National Police Academy at Hyderabad on Tuesday that the government's credibility has touched its lowest"
Oct 12, 2011 PM presiding over ‘most corrupt’ govt: Advani: "attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alleging he is presiding over the "worst and most corrupt government of independent India". Listing a series of alleged scams during the rule of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, Advani said "however the cash-for-votes scam is the most terrifying of all"."
Oct 12, 2011 Damning FIR: CBI says Maran got Rs 550 crore for Maxis favour: "Former Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran benefited indirectly by Rs 549,96,01,793 (Rs 549.96 crore) as quid pro quo for various favours to Aircel, owned by Malaysia-based company Maxis,", "The deal was struck. Four months later, Astro All Asia Networks through South Asia Entertainment Holding Ltd, invested $166 million (Rs 629 crore, according to the CBI FIR) in Sun Direct TV Private Ltd. Maran allegedly took Rs 550 crore as quid pro quo and rendered a disservice to the nation, the FIR adds."
Oct 12, 2011 2G: Swamy seeks to make statement on why PC be made co-accused: "Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy today told a Delhi court that he wanted to make a statement on why Union Home Minister P Chidambaram should be made a co- accused in the 2G scam case."
Oct 12, 2011 'African prince' held in passport scam
Oct 11, 2011 Government's credibility at its 'lowest': CAG Vinod Rai: ""The governance is at its lowest ebb. The morale of the civil servant is low. The credibility of the government is at its lowest. It's a strong statement but it is harsh reality. And hence because of all this the decision making has become a causalty," said Rai who has given audit reports coming down heavily on Union government departments.", ""Today, we are facing a testing time in the history of our Nation. The quality of governance is below par and subject to severe criticism. There has been an erosion of people's faith in government. Their confidence in public institutions has declined. National trust in bureaucracy including the Police force has collapsed. The integrity and professionalism of the civil servants are being questioned,""
Oct 11, 2011 Raid on Marans an eyewash: Jaya: "Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday (October 11) took on the Marans, who have been booked in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam.", "eyewash to fool the people", "It is an excercise in cheating the people"
Oct 11, 2011 Aircel-Maxis deal: CBI crackdown on Marans: "Spelling trouble for former Telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, CBI today searched his residence and nine other locations after registering a case against him in connection with the controversial Aircel-Maxis deal, alleging that he recieved Rs 547 crore as kickbacks from the Malaysian company."
Oct 11, 2011 CBI to extradite 'traitor' Shankaran?: "In a major breakthrough in the Naval war room leak case, one of the main accused Ravi Shankaran, a close relative of the then Naval Chief Admiral Arun Prakash, has been arrested in London."
Oct 11, 2011 Shankaran extradition: CBI team in London: "A two-member CBI team has reached London to assist British law officers in the extradition trial of Ravi Shankaran, the main accused in the Naval War Room leak case."
Oct 11, 2011 Goa: Politicians-mining lobby nexus exposed: "Sesa Goa Ltd makes no bones about payments running into lakhs to all political parties.", "Donations or Collusion", "Donation or Deal""
Oct 11, 2011 Karuna backs Marans; Jaya dubs CBI action an 'eyewash': ""The CBI raids against Maran brothers, their offices and associates appear to be a mere eyewash to hoodwink public. We do hope something would come off these raids but it seems to be an exercise in cheating public," Jayalalithaa said. She said the raids happened more than four years since the issue came to light "...It is very difficult to imagine that in this interval of four years the Maran brothers would still be keeping incriminating documents in their residences or office premises,'"
Oct 11, 2011 Goa: Politicians-mining lobby nexus exposed: "Annual reports of Sesa Goa Ltd, allegedly one of the biggest mining violators in Goa, show that the company paid Rs 28 lakh each to the BJP and the Congress as donations in 2007-08, Rs five lakh each to NCP, MGP and the Save Goa Front and Rs one lakh to Shiv Sena. In 2009-10, it paid Rs 85 lakh to BJP, Rs 30 lakh to Congress and Rs 2 and Rs 1 lakh respectively to MGP and Shiv Sena."
Oct 10, 2011 High drama at Marans’ house: "In an early morning swoop the houses of Sunita Reddy of the Apollo group and residences of promoters of Value Labs, Arjun Rao (CEO), Kondal Rao and Harini Rao in Road Number 62 of Jubilee Hills are also being raided."
Oct 10, 2011 Aircel scam: CBI books, raids Maran brothers: "The Central Bureau of Investigation booked former telecom minister and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran and his brother and media baron Kalanithi Maran in the Aircel sellout scam on Monday, and raided their houses and offices."
Oct 10, 2011 A Second Indian Communications Minister Is Charged in Telecom Scam
Oct 10, 2011 2G: Marans charged with criminal conspiracy: "The CBI names Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi as the prime accused in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 10, 2011 The 2G probe will lead to Karunanidhi: Ramaswamy: "Political commentator and Thuglak Editor Cho Ramaswamy says the CBI may mess up the 2G scam probe."
Oct 10, 2011 CBI not to oppose Kanimozhi's bail plea: "freedom to 43-year-old Kanimozhi, who has been in jail since May 20, may not be opposed on gender grounds"
Oct 10, 2011 SC reserves order on Chidambaram in 2G case: "The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on the plea for a probe into the alleged role of home minister P Chidambaram in the 2G scam"
Oct 10, 2011 Cash-for-vote scam: Court asks Delhi Police to file report on complaint against Amar Singh: "complaint of a key prosecution witness in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam case that Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh and others had threatened and kidnapped him ahead of his deposition before a parliamentary committee."
Oct 10, 2011 Party, family desert Dayanidhi Maran as CBI conducts raids: "As CBI sleuths continue raiding the residence of former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran and six other places including Sun TV's office in Chennai, the Maran brothers stand deserted by the DMK and the Karunanidhi family. The raids started at 7am on Monday after the CBI registered a first information report (FIR) against Dayanidhi and his brother and Sun Network managing director Kalanithi Maran in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 9, 2011 CBI raids Dayanidhi Maran's residence in Chennai: "CBI on Monday raided former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran's residence and office in Chennai after an FIR was registered against him in the Aircel-Maxis deal."
Oct 9, 2011 The Corruption And Scams-Dominated Commonwealth Games Venues In Ruins: "With most of the key organisers of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) – now suspended officials of the organising committee (OC) – languishing in jail for various scams related to the preparation for the Games, the state of various venues meant to organise different events tell the tale of real stories behind their creation."
Oct 9, 2011 Babus and the 2G scam fallout: "it is not difficult to understand the import of these few lines in the note since it is the non-auction of the ‘start-up spectrum’ that the CAG has estimated could have cost the exchequer more than Rs 1,75,000 crores. And any guesses who the then FM was? Well, if you still can’t understand the lingo of the bureaucrats, let me tell you: he is the present Home Minister."
Oct 9, 2011 Maharashtra: Rs 1000 cr education scam exposed: "In an inspection carried out in the Nanded district, of 7 lakh school students shown on the records of 3500 schools, a whopping 1.4 lakh were found to be bogus, which means that the state handed over an extra unaccounted money for amount of Rs 120 crore to these schools."
Oct 9, 2011 71 CWG-related works under CVC scanner for alleged graft: "The 71 cases exclude 26 cases worth Rs 3,316.58 crore being probed by the CVC. Of the 26 projects, six were done by Public Works Department, five by OC, four by MCD, three each by NDMC and CPWD, two each by DDA, India Tourism Development Corporation and one by RITES."
Oct 8, 2011 2G taint: UPA crisis not over: "What transpires in the Supreme Court during the week starting October 10 is critical for a battered UPA government and a beleaguered Congress party in general, and under-stress Home Minister P Chidambaram in particular."
Oct 8, 2011 Well-connected Maran has 323 lines: "he sold 74% of his stake in Aircel to Maxis group in May 2006. Within six months, Aircel got 14 licences. It has been alleged before the Supreme Court that the Malaysia-based group invested Rs 599 crore in Maran’s family business (Sun Direct) in return for 14 spectrum licences given to Aircel during his tenure in 2006. “Maran's family-owned business (Sun Direct) received substantial investment from Maxis group which took 20% equity in Sun Direct. Maxis group invested a total of Rs 599.01 crore in Sun Direct between December 2007 and December 2009,” the petition, quoting Tehelka magazine, said in SC. It alleged that there was a clear quid pro quo through these deals."
Oct 8, 2011 Manohar Parrikkar removed as Goa PAC chief: " In a new twist in the illegal mining scam, BJP's Vijay Khot has been made the new PAC Chairman"
Oct 8, 2011 Lady IAS officer quizzed by CBI, house raided: "The central agency has found alleged irregularities in certain leases given to OMC between 2005 and 2009, when Srilakshmi was the Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Industries Department."
Oct 7, 2011 Arvind Speech at Jantar Mantar_Protest against Govt. Lokpal Bill
Oct 7, 2011 Duplicitous Congress: "While estimating the loss to the public exchequer through illegal mining in the State to be close to Rs 4,000 crore, the PAC has blamed senior Ministers and Government officials for the loot. The PAC’s chairman, Mr Manohar Parrikar, has categorically stated that the involvement of Goa’s Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat, in the loot can be safely inferred."
Oct 7, 2011 BJP puts Goa mining scam at Rs 25,000 crore: "the profits of the scam were being routed through companies in tax haven countries like Mauritius and Cayman Islands.", "senior members of the government were involved in the scam."
Oct 7, 2011 Give your TVs for our inmates: Tihar to OC: "The Tihar Jail has offered to take some load off the hands of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee — only the material load.", "Ironically, Tihar Jail, which houses “approximately 12,500 inmates”, is also the present address of sacked Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and other senior Organising Committee officials, jailed on charges of corruption in Games management."
Oct 7, 2011 Court to consider 2nd chargesheet agains BJP MP in cash scam: "Expressing dissatisfaction over the lack of a ''proper'' sanction order for prosecution, a Delhi court today decided to consider on October 14 the supplementary charge sheet against BJP MP Ashok Argal in the cash-for-vote scam."
Oct 7, 2011 Badals in transport scam?: "The Punjab Government is under the scanner for allegedly tweaking policies to favour private transport companies. The Opposition has sharpened its attack, saying the Chief Minister is monopolising state transport. The state government has however refuted all charges. The Lokayukta Police, meanwhile has launched a probe into the alleged transport scam in the state making it difficult for the Badal govt to distance it self from the charges."
Oct 7, 2011 Illegal mining:Google imagery brings Cong leader under scanner : "The Manohar Parrikar-led Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which employed latest technologies including the Google Earth Satellite Imagery to track down illegal mining in Goa, has pointed out to certain illegalities by state Congress leader Dinar Tarcar."
Oct 7, 2011 Loan scam: Top brass chargesheeted: "CBI has filed charge sheets in four cases registered by it last year against senior officials of a public sector bank and a private company for allegedly receiving kickbacks in sanctioning of loans."
Oct 6, 2011 ‘PDS kerosene scam’ rocks Assembly: "“Eight lakh quintals of wheat is coming every month to Punjab under PDS but is not going to the poor. It is being cornered by flour mills in connivance with government officials. We demand a CBI inquiry into the whole PDS scam,”", "The Indian Express, in a three-part investigative series carried out in August 2009, had revealed how PDS kerosene in Punjab was not reaching the poor but and being diverted by the oil mafia."
Oct 5, 2011 CBI searches premises of JSW's Bellary plant
Oct 5, 2011 The New 3G Scam: Har Friend Zaroori Hota Hai
Oct 5, 2011 PM can’t disown responsibility: "The Telecom scandal was not an overnight affair that happened without anybody getting a whiff of it. A Raja plotted and executed the 2G Spectrum scam over a period of time during which there was elaborate correspondence between him and other Ministers. At every stage, A Raja made it a point to keep Manmohan Singh in the loop. The Prime Minister can’t deny that"
Oct 5, 2011 Illegal mining: CBI continues raids for second day: "CBI conducted searches at Kudligi BJP MLA V Nagendra's mining company in Hospet and Bellary in connection with alleged illegal mining. The agency also raided the regional transport office,"
Oct 5, 2011 Railways losing thousands of crores in ore fraud: "Investigations have revealed a massive scam by many iron ore miners in defrauding railways to the tune of a few thousand crore rupees by passing off export consignments of ore as meant for domestic consumption, and thus paying only one-sixth of what they owed to the railways in freight charges."
Oct 4, 2011 Influential politicians, ministers involved in mining scam:PAC: "Indicting the Goa government for the mining scam, the state assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is understood to have said there is reasonable doubt prevails that influential politicians, including ministers, and those close to the power are deeply involved in it."
Oct 2, 2011 CWG 2010: Scoring high on glory and ignominy (Year after CWG): "No easy answers even one year after the Commonwealth Games with the grand opening ceremony and rich medals haul almost fading in memory as the men behind the multimillion rupee event continue to be behind bars on charges of corruption and many of the lavish stadiums lie in disuse."
Oct 1, 2011 His Barony, Undermined: "How did mining baron and former Karnataka tourism minister, Gali Janardhana Reddy, go from pauper, to prince, to prisoner in a little under a decade?", "his net worth was reduced to the negative as of March 31, 2003, and prior to 1998, he was not even an I-T assessee. But, for the financial year 2003-04, he declared a total income of Rs 12 lakh and a taxable income of Rs 9 lakh. For 2004-05, there is a stupendous jump in total income to Rs 8.38 crore. In 2005-06, this doubled to Rs 17.8 crore. In the same period, there was a simultaneous increase in his moveable and immovable assets. The total value of these assets rose from Rs 32.45 lakh in 2003-04 to Rs 43.52 crore in 2005-06. A similarly mercurial growth can be observed in the total assets of his wife Lakshmi Aruna."
Oct 1, 2011 Goa may be worse than Bellary: "Illegal mining...With sanction to extract 180 million tonnes of earth a year, Goa will cease to exist"
Sep 30, 2011 Cash-for-votes scam: LS Speaker allows BJP MP Ashok Argal's prosecution: "Delhi Police had, in its first chargesheet, accused Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and LK Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni of "conspiring" and "masterminding" the cast-for-votes scam to bribe some MPs ahead of a confidence vote in Lok Sabha in 2008."
Sep 29, 2011 Jailed ADAG employees may turn approvers in 2G scam: CBI: "The Central Bureau of Investigation told the Supreme Court on Thursday that three jailed Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) employees might turn approvers in the 2G case."
Sep 29, 2011 Anil Ambani being probed in 2G scam, CBI tells SC: "The CBI on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it was probing the alleged involvement of Anil Ambani in the 2G spectrum allocation case. The premier investigative agency also said that it was going to probe further to find out the real beneficiaries in the 2G scam."
Sep 29, 2011 2G scam: Pranab's file placed before SC, some pages missing: ""Check the pages. Where are the running pages"? a bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said when it found that some pages were missing from the file."
Sep 28, 2011 2G: CBI saving Chidambaram, says BJP
Sep 28, 2011 If Chidambaram’s role does not warrant probe, no other crime does: Jaitley: "“If the Prime Minister has confidence in Chidu, then he must stand up and explain his actions."
Sep 28, 2011 Protect truth, not tainted minister: BJP to PM: "The BJP accused the govt of protecting Chidambaram and instead targeting DMK ministers."
Sep 28, 2011 Now, Goa government in illegal mining trouble: "After Karnataka, is the stage set for another government to fall because of illegal mining?", "How illegal mines owned by a leading politician from the NCP""
Sep 28, 2011 B Pravakaran, the kingpin of Orissa mining scam: "He has taken illegal control over 10 major iron ore mines in Orissa in the last eight years.", "Vigilance department was under pressure to build the weak case against him."
Sep 28, 2011 2G scam: CBI to file FIR against Maran by Sept 30: "The CBI on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that an FIR against former communications minister and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran in the 2G case would be filed by the end of this month."
Sep 28, 2011 Cash-for-votes scam: Amar Singh's bail rejected, to be re-arrested: "Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh would be arrested again as Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed his regular as well as interim bail pleas in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam."
Sep 27, 2011 Mother of all mining scams in Odisha: Rs 30,00,00,00,00,000: "a mining scam estimated at Rs 3 lakh crore, a scale that dwarfs the Bellary mining scam in Karnataka and the Goa mining scam"
Sep 27, 2011 2G: Is the UPA crisis deepening?
Sep 27, 2011 JPC summons Finance Secretary to explain why 2G note was not submitted to it: "a “breach of privilege” if the note was withheld deliberately by the Finance Ministry when it was asked by the JPC to submit to it all documents related to the 2G spectrum allocation."
Sep 27, 2011 Chidambaram has lot to answer for: BJP: "Arun Jaitley also took a dig at the Congress, saying its leadership was trying to find a "patchwork" solution to the "crisis" created in the party by the March 25 note of the Finance Ministry and that its infighting "does not answer" as to who is responsible for the loss."
Sep 27, 2011 2G scam: Centre opposes CBI probe in Chidambaram role: "The government today opposed in the Supreme Court any CBI probe against Home Minister P Chidambaram in connection with the 2G spectrum case."
Sep 27, 2011 Cash-for-vote scam: Sudheendra Kulkarni's bail plea rejected, sent to judicial custody till October 1: "Sudheendra Kulkarni, a former aide of senior BJP leader LK Advani, was on Tuesday sent to judicial custody till Oct 1 in connection with the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal."
Sep 26, 2011 UPA to UP govt, BJP narrates tale of 100 ‘scams’: "The BJP on Monday released a booklet — ‘Kahani Ghotalon Ki’ (A Tale of Scams) — about the alleged scams during the regimes of Mayawati in UP and UPA at Centre."
Sep 26, 2011 I will reveal more: Swamy: "2G petitioner and Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy upping the ante on home minister P Chidambaram on the finance ministry's 2G note to the PMO on spectrum pricing issue threatened more revelations. Swamy said if needed he will seek persmission from the court to submit new documents which no one has seen so far. He further said the CBI and the counsel for Chidambaram have not contested any of my documents, and therefore the documents are taken as confirmed. Swamy claimed that Chidambaram was in the loop on spectrum pricing."
Sep 26, 2011 Amar Singh's escape route?: "Former Smajwadi party leader Amar singh's lawyers have filed an application to take him out of country for treatment. The court will decide on the issue on Tuesday (September 27). Admitted in the private ward of AIIMS, Singh, 55, was shifted from Tihar jail on the night of September 12 after his creatinine level rose and was immediately put under medical observation. He was lodged in the jail on September 6 after a Delhi court had sent him on 14-day judicial custody following his arrest in connection with the 2008 cash-for-votes scam."
Sep 26, 2011 2G: Raja says entire Cabinet must face trial: "Former telecom minister A Raja's lawyer, Sushil Kumar, on Monday told the court that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram was a party to all the decisions taken in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation."
Sep 26, 2011 2G scam: CBI to include fresh charges against Raja, Kanimozhi: "slap the fresh charge of 'breach of trust by public servants' against former Telecom Minister A Raja and two others in the 2G spectrum allocation case."
Sep 26, 2011 Chidambaram is a traitor: Swamy: "“He is a traitor and the most corrupt minister in the UPA government. There are proofs of his anti-national activities, which I have placed before court. He has Rs 50,000 crore in foreign banks,”"
Sep 25, 2011 2G: Note that damns Chidu may have come from whistleblower
Sep 25, 2011 Bellary-like mining scam in Goa worth Rs 8K cr: "VS Dempo had permission to extract 11 lakh tonnes from its 3 mines. But it extracted over 20 lakh tonnes in 2008."
Sep 25, 2011 CBI searches OMC’s office in Bellary: "A CBI team on Sunday carried out searches in the office of the Obulapuram Mining Company, owned by Reddy brothers, here, and seized files and CDs,"
Sep 25, 2011 Bellary mining scam: Hegde cites time constraint in nailing culprits: ""Mere five officers scrutinised four lakh documents and assessed 40 lakh bank accounts. If we had got two more months, we would have literally nailed everyone involved in the Bellary illegal mining scam,""
Sep 24, 2011 CBI’s steely gaze will be on many MLAs: "Legislators, mine owners, officials and individuals associated with former minister G Janardhana Reddy will be under the sharp scrutiny of the CBI, with the premier investigation agency set to extend to Bellary its inquiry into illegal mining"
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