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Nov 24, 2014 Supreme Court slams Srinivasan for conflict of interest: "The Supreme Court on Monday slammed ICC Chairman N Srinivasan for “presuming” a clean chit on the basis of the Mudgal panel report, saying there was obvious conflict of interest between him heading the board and owning an IPL franchisee."
Nov 23, 2014 300 Delhi lower-court judges under probe in laptop scam: ""It has emerged some may have bought TVs or home theatre systems out of the sanctioned sum instead of computers,""
Nov 22, 2014 Custody of Srinjoy Bose extended: "A Kolkata Court on Saturday (November 22) has extended the custody of All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Srinjoy Bose till November 26. The arrest of Bose seems to have rattled Mamata Banerjee as the chit gate heat gets closer to top TMC leaders. The West Bengal Chief Minister has hit out at the Government, accusing the BJP for conspiring against the TMC for political vendetta. The TMC Chief also blames the Government for the arrest of Bose, says its in retaliation for her attending the Congress driven ceremony marking Nehru birth anniversary."
Nov 20, 2014 Supreme Court raps CBI chief: Is sinha guilty of compromising 2G trial?: "In a huge blow to the CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked him to withdraw himself from overseeing the investigation into the 2G scam case."
Nov 20, 2014 As a man of honour Ranjit Sinha should step down: Soli Soroabjee: "In a huge blow to the CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked him to withdraw himself from overseeing the investigation into the 2G scam case."
Nov 20, 2014 Should Sinha quit or be sacked?: "In a new twist to the 2G scam, Supreme Court pulls up the CBI chief Ranjit Sinha, asking him to recuse himself from the investigations. Ranjit Sinha's meetings with brokers of the people accused, who his own agency is investigating, has embarrassed the CBI. Will the government sack the CBI director who has tarnished the image of India's leading investigating agency?"
Nov 20, 2014 SC order on Ranjit Sinha is a lesson for govt while appointing CBI directors: "The most important question is whether Ranjit Sinha should continue to head the CBI until he retires on 2 December."
Nov 20, 2014 Bengal Minister summoned by CBI in Saradha case: "The CBI probing the multi-crore Saradha scam has summoned Madan Mitra, Transport Minister in the Mamata Banerjee’s Cabinet."
Nov 20, 2014 Court raps Sinha for damaging CBI’s reputation: ""Better for you to recuse (from 2G cases). ..if we write in our order on what is happening, it may damage the reputation of a great institution""
Nov 20, 2014 Supreme insult: CBI chief Ranjit Sinha taken off 2G, may face Govt probe: "Supreme Court slaps another notice on CBI chief Ranjit Sinha, seeks explanation on visitors' logbook"
Nov 19, 2014 Chit fund scams: CBI searches in four cities
Nov 16, 2014 2G Scam: Trial of A Raja and Kanimozhi to begin from today: "Former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, DMK supremo M Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal and 16 others will face trial in the infamous 2G scam by a Delhi court from today."
Nov 16, 2014 Saradha probe suggests Rs 2,500 crore-scam just tip of iceberg: "findings of one official investigation suggests that the group floated at least 279 companies to channelize money collected from gullible investors as part of a vast 'ponzi' network."
Nov 14, 2014 Saradha scam probe: Kunal Ghosh attempts suicide inside Presidency jail in Kolkata: "In a twist to the Saradha scam probe, suspended TMC MP Kunal Ghosh attempted suicide inside Presidency jail in Kolkata three days after threatening to take that extreme step in an open court. Mamata Banerjee has suspended the jail superintendent, the doctor who was attending to Ghosh as well as the officer on duty at the jail ward."
Nov 14, 2014 Saradha-accused MP Kunal Ghosh attempts suicide in jail: "The one-time close confidant of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had threatened this week to end his life if the CBI failed to take action against others involved in the scam."
Nov 12, 2014 136 Ponzi firms have collected Rs 60,000 crore from Bengal: "And, the list excludes Saradha Group companies and alleged Ponzi schemes run by Rose Valley Group."
Nov 11, 2014 ‘Saradha scam much bigger, Bengal not cooperating’: "small investors may have been cheated of more than Rs. 2,459 crore"
Nov 10, 2014 2G Case: Court Cancels NBW Against Kanimozhi for Non-Appearance: "Directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal, Kalaignar TV Director Sharad Kumar and Bollywood producer Karim Morani are also accused in the case."
Nov 10, 2014 Robert Vadra's asset maze: Records show his companies have masses of land banks across three states: "The complex maze of circular transactions includes intracompany loans (within the group) and land acquisitions. For instance, Real Earth Estates got loans totalling Rs 8.04 crore and it had fixed assets amounting to Rs 7.09 crore in March 31, 2010. Real Earth Estates under the loans category also has a Rs 5 crore loan from DLF Ltd while the others are as usual from sister companies - Blue Breeze Trading, Artex and Sky Light Hospitality. While all the companies have land banks, it is not known what the source of income is. The only source of income in the books appears to be interest earned from deposits and loans from sister firms. In the case of Sky Light Realty, the pattern is the same. He has loans of Rs 4.4 crore from Blue Breeze Trading and Artex which are his own companies, while a third unidentified entity called Carnival International Estates (presumably owned by him as well) also has given a loan."
Nov 7, 2014 Debate: #MysteryShutdown: "The draft report says Robert Vadra's firm reaped a windfall gain of Rs 43.66 crore. Vadra's firm Skylight Hospitality spent Rs 14.3 crore for purchase & licence of 3.5 acre plot. It is said Vadra's firm made profit of Rs 43.66 crore after selling land to DLF for Rs 58 crore.Agreeement with Haryana government required Vadra's firm to retain 15% or Rs 2.15 crore profit. Former Congress government in Haryana did not recover excess profit of Rs 41.51 crore from Vadra's firm."
Nov 7, 2014 Vadra shuts down 6 companies: "With Robert Vadra's business transactions in Rajastan and Haryana now under the scanner, Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law has shut down 4 companies owned by him. TIMES NOW investigation brings you excluive details on this mystery shutdown."
Nov 7, 2014 Mysterious shutdown of Robert Vadra's firms: "A Change in Robert Vadra's plans post the Congress' rout in Assemly polls has snowballed into a political controversy with BJP determined to probe the case. While the Congress has continued to play the private citizen card, leaders of the BJP have said that Vadra will not be let off anymore. With this, a major political faceoff has erupted between the BJP and the Congress."
Nov 7, 2014 Who wants to protect Ketan Desai? - part 2: "In part 2 of the expose on one of the greatest scams in recent times, TIMES NOW reveals the secret email trail of how Medical Council of India (MCI) Chief Jayshree Mehta dictated letter to Chief Vigilance Officer, HK Jethi, to be sent to the CBI, over probe into cases against former MCI chief Ketan Desai. This, only raises some serious questions over whether there was any attempt to shield the former MCI Chief. MCI Chief Jayshree Mehta has dimissed allegations against her, terming them baseless, adding, she asked the CVO to write to the CBI because she was new to MCI and was getting a lot of complaints."
Nov 7, 2014 Diregarded by UPA, unheeded by NDA: "It's a scam that nobody talks about. In a letter to the health ministry CVO has raised an alarm over the ongoing corruption in MCI. But this whistleblower's cry was ignored by 2 successive governments. Soon after TIMES NOW expose, the Health Ministry has ordered probe into the whistleblowers claims."
Nov 6, 2014 Robert Vadra shuts down 4 companies: "Even as calls for a probe into Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's land dealing get louder in the last six months, his business in Rajasthan and Haryana has been shutdown. Six companies, all set up in 2012 have been wound up in the last few months. TIMES NOW tracks down the address given in the registration documents of these companies. The same address has been given for all six companies."
Nov 6, 2014 With Cong down and out, Robert Vadra moves to wind up six companies: "party chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra has been winding up at least six of his companies even as one of his firms reported a profit of Rs 33 crore in 2012-13. According to official filings with the Registrar of Companies, Vadra has moved to shut down six of the 12 companies that he controls as director."
Nov 4, 2014 Robert Vadra under fire over spat with reporter: Should Vadra come clean on corruption charges?: "Businessman and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra lost his cool at an event in Delhi on Saturday when a reporter asked him about his alleged involvement in land scams in Haryana. Instead of merely refusing to answer the question, Robert Vadra got angry and pushed the reporter's mic away from him and walked away."
Nov 4, 2014 Most Congress leaders reluctant to support Robert Vadra: "While Congress leader Sandeep Diskhit has openly come out against Mr Vadra, sources said a majority of senior leaders were “not too happy” with its repeated moves to rally around the controversial figure."
Nov 4, 2014 CBI arrests BJD MP Ramchandra Hansda, 2 ex-MLAs in ponzi scam: "Nabadiganta Capital Services, one of the 44 chit fund firms being probed nder orders of Supreme Court, raised Rs 15 crore between August 2011 and 2013 from people promising better returns."
Nov 3, 2014 Debate: Cong brazen, Vadra unapologetic - 1: "Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra on Nov 1, 2014 lost his cool and reportedly pushed aside the microphone of a reporter at a five-star hotel gym in New Delhi when he was quizzed about his controversial land deals in Haryana. A livid Vadra was seen on a video footage shown on TV channels asking the reporter four times as to whether he was serious about his land deal question."
Nov 2, 2014 Robert Vadra made around Rs 44 crore in Haryana deal: CAG: "According to CAG, Vadra made windfall gains worth Rs 43.66 crore with a lenient Congress government that allowed him to indulge in this illegal act, breaching law, and did not persist on recovering Rs 41.51 crore of the profit that he made by selling the land to DLF Universal."
Nov 1, 2014 Robert Vadra attacks media when questioned about land deal: "Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra attacks a journalist when he was questioned about his land deals in Haryana at Ashoka hotel. When Vadra was asked to comment on his deals, he kept asking the reporter, 'Are you serious?' before shoving the microphone. He asks the reporter to turn off their camera and says, 'Are you nuts'."
Nov 1, 2014 Robert Vadra loses cool, pushes aside reporter, mic when questioned on his involvement in land deals: "Businessman and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra lost his cool at an event in Delhi on Saturday when a reporter asked him about his alleged involvement in land scams in Haryana. Instead of merely refusing to answer the question, Robert Vadra got angry and pushed the reporter's mic away from him and walked away."
Nov 1, 2014 Robert Vadra loses cool, snaps at a reporter: "Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra today lost his cool and angrily pushed the microphone of a reporter away when he was quizzed about his controversial land deals in Haryana."
Oct 31, 2014 2G case: Kanimozhi, Raja put on trial in money laundering case: "The court ruled that Raja “in connivance” with Ammal, Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar, was involved in parking the illegal gratification of Rs 200 crore received from Shahid U Balwa and Vinod K Goenka in Kalaignar TV. The court also observed that the link between movement back of the proceeds of the crime (Rs 223.55 crore) to Dynamix Realty, and the arrest of Raja by the CBI “clearly reveals” his role and “active participation”."
Oct 29, 2014 Coded messages indicate transactions between Moin Qureshi and ex-CBI director: "More links are emerging between meat exporter Moin Qureshi and former CBI director AP Singh, a laptop has been from Qureshi's office which shows coded messages exchanged with Singh in 2013. The transcripts indicate possible monetary transactions between Singh and Qureshi."
Oct 29, 2014 Saradha Scam: ED Attaches Assets Worth Rs 60 Cr: "The ED has already attached assets worth Rs 400 crore in this ponzi scheme case which is alleged to have duped numerous investors in West Bengal, Assam and Odisha"
Oct 29, 2014 Court summons Marans in Aircel-Maxis case: "A CBI special court on Wednesday summoned former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi Maran as accused in the Aircel-Maxis case on March 2, 2015 after finding “incriminating material” to proceed against them."
Oct 29, 2014 Moin Qureshi BBM message to ex-CBI chief A P Singh: ‘Sir 500 words essay is good or 1000 word essay and size of jacket. Fast pls.’: "According to the country’s top legal officer, these messages were “code language conversations on a daily basis on issues including helping the accused in some cases”."
Oct 23, 2014 RAW tent purchase case: CBI conducts searches, files FIR against three people: "The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday conducted searches at three places in connection with its probe into tent purchases by the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). The CBI has registered an FIR against three Directors of M/s Sai Baba Builders and Consultants, unknown officials of Cabinet Secretariat and Special Frontier Force (SFF)."
Oct 23, 2014 Debate: Centre for #ProbingVadra - 2: "Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda tried real hard shielding UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and the controversial DLF deal. Governments have changed and so has the intent to get to the bottom of the deal. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Government's strongest statement yet - has declared that there's a prima facie case against Robert Vadra."
Oct 23, 2014 Debate: Centre for #ProbingVadra - 1: "Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda tried real hard shielding UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and the controversial DLF deal. Governments have changed and so has the intent to get to the bottom of the deal. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Government's strongest statement yet - has declared that there's a prima facie case against Robert Vadra."
Oct 22, 2014 BJP govt in Haryana will probe Robert Vadra’s land deals, hints finance minister Arun Jaitley: ""I, prima facie, see a case where somebody starts with negligible capital, a certain amount of favours are granted to him, there are sweetheart deals as a result of which within a matter of months or years, a no-capital transaction helps him raise hundreds of crores of assets."
Oct 21, 2014 NCP backing BJP to bail out its corrupt leaders: Sena : "“Till yesterday, the same BJP was a communal party of those who wear half-pants. Mr. Pawar made fun of them. And now Mr. Patel seems to have fallen in love with them,”"
Oct 18, 2014 Ready to probe forest scams, CBI tells SC: "to probe multicrore forestry scams in Haryana, which were unearthed by whistleblower IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi between 2005 and 2010"
Oct 18, 2014 Debate: Auditor nails Hooda lie - 1: "Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has repeatedly and vehemently denied that his government did not favour Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra in his land deal with DLF Company. But a 2013 June letter, written by the Principal Accountant General of Haryana highlights policies in which Vadra's company was treated as a special case and rules were relaxed accordingly. As a result, other companies were also benefited after the policies were relaxed."
Oct 17, 2014 The 1.8 crore question: Is Mamata Banerjee India's most underrated artist?: "I can’t really tell from these paintings whether the people of Bengal should be worried about a chief minister with a psycho condition or be relieved that their leader has recourse to a calming artistic hobby."
Oct 17, 2014 ‘Astonishing’ links between ex-CBI chief and Qureshi, ‘pained’ AG tells SC: "The Centre told the Supreme Court on Friday in strong words that an income tax report has disclosed “astonishing state of affairs” between former CBI director A P Singh and meat exporter Moin Qureshi and that Singh’s conduct was “wholly unbecoming of the office he held”."
Oct 16, 2014 CBI chief’s meetings with 2G accused improper, SC told: "CBI Director Ranjit Sinha’s frequent meetings with several accused and their representatives in 2G case is “definitely improper” and whether his conduct amounts to criminal contempt needs to be examined, Special Public Prosecutor in the spectrum scam has told the Supreme Court."
Oct 13, 2014 Saradha scam: Sale of Mamata Banerjee’s painting for Rs 1.8 crore under CBI lens: "The CBI's probe into the Saradha scam has reached uncomfortably close to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, with the agency securing details from the income tax department on purchase of one of her paintings by Sudipta Sen, promoter of the now-bust chit fund company, for Rs 1.8 crore."
Oct 13, 2014 Saradha scam: Sale of Mamata Banerjee’s painting for Rs 1.8 crore under CBI lens: "The CBI's probe into the Saradha scam has reached uncomfortably close to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, with the agency securing details from the income tax department on purchase of one of her paintings by Sudipta Sen, promoter of the now-bust chit fund company, for Rs 1.8 crore."
Oct 11, 2014 Model Preeti Bhatia arrested by CBI in chit fund scam: "Mumbai model-turned TV serial producer Preeti Bhatia was arrested on Friday by CBI in the Artha Tatwa chit fund scam"
Oct 9, 2014 All rules bent for Vadra guesthouse in Gurgaon: "not only was a single structure built on two plots of land (one owned by Vadra, the other by a private company), but also that an application for change of land use (CLU) from residential to commercial was being processed only after the building was completed, both of which are in gross violation of the law."
Oct 8, 2014 Govt stonewalls RTI seeking info on Robert Vadra land: ""Regarding your application, the consent of the owner of Plot no. N29 and N30 of Mayfield Garden had been sought. The owner... has requested not to provide any information related to his above plots. Hence, the information sought by you cannot be provided.""
Oct 6, 2014 Debate: Robert Vadra #LandRowBack - 1: " Modi stepped up the attack on Vadra against the backdrop of a newspaper report on the land deal which was cleared by the government in July ahead of the polls. The Hooda Government had cleared the land deal between Vadra DLF accepting the mutation of land in Gurgaon in his favour overturning a whistle blower official Ashok Khemka who had cancelled the mutation."
Oct 5, 2014 Saradha: All party scam?: "As the CBI investigation moves ahead, names of leaders of various parties are being exposed in one or the other form. Leaders of TMC, BJD, Congress and even CPM are allegedly said to be involved in this scam. Except the BJP, leaders of almost all parties have been exposed in this case"
Oct 5, 2014 Chessboard Without A Queen Bee The Jayalalitha conviction has thrown open the closed universe of Tamil politics: "Jaya is the first big conviction under the Prevention of Corruption of Act after SC recently struck down a provision that allowed sitting members to continue in power during appeal period."
Oct 4, 2014 Court attaches 3,000 acres of land belonging to companies run by Jayalalithaa's aides: "A special court on Thursday attached nearly 3,000 acres of property belonging to firms run by the aides of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. According to the Court, the companies had acquired the land around Sirudavur, Payanur, Valajabad and Oothukkadu in Tamil Nadu illegally."
Sep 29, 2014 Vadra gets Hooda govt nod for plot in nick of time: "Towards the fag end of its term in office and before imposition of model code of conduct in Haryana for the October 15 assembly elections, the Hooda-led Congress government cleared a file that enables Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra to convert his prime residential property in Gurgaon into a guest house, possibly for commercial use."
Sep 29, 2014 Order on framing of charges against Raja, Kanimozhi on Oct. 20: "the transfer of Rs. 200 crore from the DB Realty Group to the DMK-run Kalaignar TV through Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt. Ltd. and Cineyug Films Pvt. Ltd. was not a genuine business transaction. It charged that the money paid to Kalaignar TV was a bribe for grant of a telecom licence to Swan Telecom, a company of DB Realty Group."
Sep 25, 2014 Saradha chief hoped to get asylum in PoK: Aide: "Sen hoped to get asylum in Pakistan as he published newspapers for Muslims in India."
Sep 21, 2014 CBI examines Nalini Chidambaram in Saradha scam probe: "Mr. Sen, who had written a letter to the CBI in 2013, had claimed that Rs. 1 crore had been paid to the lawyer as her legal fee by the Saradha group."
Sep 21, 2014 Saradha scam: CBI questions Nalini Chidambaram: "Sudipta Sen, the disgraced chairman of the busted chit fund, claimed he paid more than Rs 1 crore to her at the instance of Manoranjana Singh, the estranged wife of Congress leader Matang Singh"
Sep 20, 2014 Notes From An Ambulance Siren Sudipta Sen—large-hearted Santa, dupe and enigma. The man Mamata knew little about. : "The latest cover of the iconic Bengali magazine Desh caricatures both Sen and Subrata Roy as the ‘best of the Bengalis’ (see grab). Both businessmen are in jail, and for very similar reasons. Perhaps instances of both bad business and bad politics?"
Sep 17, 2014 Linked to Saradha scam, Assam ex-DGP Shankar Barua commits suicide
Sep 14, 2014 Did Saradha fund separatists?: "TIMES NOW has accessed sensational intel reports which suggest, Saradha boss Sudipto Sen funded not only Kashmiri separatists but also a banned Bangladeshi outfit. Was the group diverting its funds for an escape route?"
Sep 13, 2014 Dear Manmohanji, your silence means an admission of guilt: "Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who was often ridiculed as Man “maunmohan” Singh for not using his voice box despite the fussilade of charges against him with regard to high ticket corruption in his government"
Sep 11, 2014 ‘The PM Never Replied To My Letters, He Was Replying To Raja Twice A Day’: "it took the 2G spectrum allocation scandal under the nose of Manmohan Singh and the figure of ‘Rs 1,76,000 crore loss’ to give it a near-mythical status."
Sep 11, 2014 Manmohan Singh knew of 2G scam as it unfolded, ex-CAG Vinod Rai says: "The former CAG's revelations challenge the defence of Singh that the 2G scam was perpetuated by A Raja using the political necessity of Congress to humour DMK, thus fastening the mega swindle to the reformist PM."
Sep 9, 2014 VP arrested, Trinamul aghast Ex-DG on knees; CBI sends Srinjoy notice: " The Trinamul Congress watched shell-shocked as the CBI today arrested its vice-president who was a senior police officer and summoned its Rajya Sabha MP, Srinjoy Bose, for questioning tomorrow in the Saradha case."
Sep 9, 2014 CBI files fresh charge-sheet against Jagan: "Ongole MP Y. V. Subba Reddy, IAS officer S. N. Mohanty also named. Official sources told The Hindu that Indu Projects was allotted 50 acres at Kukatpally, adjacent to KPHB, and 20 acres at Gachibowli belonging to the AP Housing Board in 2008-09, when S.N. Mohanty was its Vice Chairman and Managing Director."
Sep 8, 2014 Saradha scam: CBI interrogates Congress, Trinamool associates: "Kolkata businessman Asif Khan, a former convenor of the Trinamool Congress' Uttar Pradesh unit, and Badal Bhattacharya, a close aide of Congress leader Somen Mitra, Monday appeared before the CBI for questioning in the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam."
Sep 6, 2014 Sukna land scam: Army court indicts former chief and Modi minister V K Singh: "Virtually indicting former Army chief and Union Minister Gen V K Singh, the Armed Forces Tribunal quashed the court martial of Lt Gen P K Rath who was punished for his alleged role in a land dealing in West Bengal."
Sep 4, 2014 INLD to raise alleged land scams, corruption in Hooda's tenure
Sep 1, 2014 CPI demands CBI probe into mining, land scams in Odisha
Sep 1, 2014 M'sian tycoon Ananda Krishnan, ex-minister charged in Indian telecoms CORRUPTION scandal
Sep 1, 2014 Lieutenant general accused of bid to bribe VK Singh held: "According to the CBI chargesheet, Tejinder Singh (above) met the-then Army chief Gen VK Singh in his South Block office on September 22, 2010, and offered a bribe of Rs 14 crore for clearing the Tatra file."
Aug 31, 2014 Saradha Scam: TMC MP attacks CBI: "West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra has now challenged the CBI, and denied all charges against him in the Saradha Scam case. The Minister has said that it is unfair and unethical to take anybody's name untill you have documentary evidence to substantiate his involvment in any scam."
Aug 29, 2014 Aircel-Maxis deal case: CBI chargesheets Maran brothers: "Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanidhi Maran and six others, including four companies, were today chargesheeted by the CBI in a special court in the Aircel-Maxis deal case arising out of the investigation in the 2G spectrum allocation scam."
Aug 26, 2014 Coalgate: Follow-up CAG report had blamed Centre, Madhu Koda for illegalities in mines allocation: "The CAG report revealed that in 2007, the coal ministry, which was directly under then PM Manmohan Singh, not only okayed the alteration made by Koda to allot coal mines to companies which were not approved by the screening committee set up by the Jharkhand government but also made additions of its own at the final stage."
Aug 25, 2014 All coal block allocations since 1993 'arbitrary, illegal', rules SC
Aug 25, 2014 Saradha scam: ED heat on TMC MP on source of funds: "Like his Rajya Sabha colleague Kunal Ghosh, Trinamool MP Ahmad Hassan Imran projected himself as a salaried employee of the Urdu newspaper Kalom owned by Saradha Group."
Aug 25, 2014 SC order scathing on UPA?: "Top govt sources are now telling TIMES NOW that the SC order on Coalgate has vindicated the position taken by the former CAG on coal block allocations -- the 163 page judgement says there were no norms followed by the Screening Committee under the UPA,. Infact pages 149 to 153 of judgement are scathing on the UPA for arbitrary coal block allocation. The judgement says UPA followed no evaluation of merit or proper assessment."
Aug 24, 2014 UPA pressured me to drop names from CAG reports: Vinod Rai: ""Politicians came to my home and told me not to name some people and to protect some others in connection with the CWG and coal allocation reports,""
Aug 21, 2014 Raju, kin made Rs 2,000 crore in Satyam scam: Sebi: "B Ramalinga Raju, the disgraced chairman of Satyam Computers Services Ltd, along with 13 individuals and entities including Chintalapati Srinivasa Raju of iLabs, made Rs 2,000 crore in illegal wealth in the Satyam scam."
Aug 17, 2014 Reddy's Rs 37.86 cr worth assets attached: "A special anti-money laundering court here has attached assets worth over Rs 37.86 crore belonging to former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy and his wife in connection with an alleged multi-crore iron ore mining scam."
Aug 17, 2014 Aircel-Maxis case: CBI planning to question Fin Min officials: "CBI is mulling questioning some officials of the Finance Ministry who were part of FIPB..."
Aug 16, 2014 Saradha scam: CBI arrests ex-youth Cong leader: ""When our team reached his Bhubaneswar home his wife and mother claimed that he was not at home. But we found him hiding in his house’s backyard,""
Aug 11, 2014 UPA will be known as 'government of scams': BJP chief Amit Shah
Aug 5, 2014 Politicians, TV anchors, pump owners on boards of public sector banks: "Look at any bank board, and you are likely to find a Congress party nominee as a director. The Allahabad Bank website lists Ajay Shukla, who has experience in agriculture and runs a packaging business, as a member of the UP Pradesh Congress Committee. Anusuiya Sharma, his colleague from the state, is on the Union Bank board, while Chattisgarh PCC's Paras Chopda is a director in Oriental Bank of Commerce."
Jul 30, 2014 PC, Karti face CBI probe in Aircel deal: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will probe the role of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in reported irregularity in the grant of FIPB clearance to Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006. Highly-placed CBI sources said that the duo would be questioned at “some point of time”"
Jul 30, 2014 Excl: Should Beniwal explain or pay up?: "Onto another TIMES NOW exclusive report which exposes how a Governor - the former Gujarat Governor spent 500 days out of the state travelling mostly to her hometown. It's a story of how Raj Bhawan has been looted, exposing a freeloader culture. In the 500 days of travel, she has taken 53 flight trips to her hometown which has cost the exchequer over Rs 1.4 crore."
Jul 29, 2014 CM orders judicial probe into denotification scam: ""After the tracts were excluded from the project, the land was resold to realtors for Rs 15 crore per acre, and middlemen made Rs 500 crore over the years,""
Jul 29, 2014 Maharashtra becoming capital of chit fund scams: Somaiya: " "About 10 lakh investors have deposited over Rs 50,000 crore in such chit fund companies"
Jul 25, 2014 MP exam scam: Accused surrenders: "The main accused in the MPEB exam scam Sudhir Sharma has surrendered before the Bhopal Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court."
Jul 23, 2014 Will DMK become the Next Party to be Destroyed by Scams?
Jul 23, 2014 Coal scam: ED attaches assets worth Rs 186 cr of Hyd firm: "The firm in question, Nava Bharat Power Projects Pvt Ltd, has earlier been chargesheeted by CBI for allegedly misrepresenting facts and making "fraudulent" claims to "embellish" its applications to get coal blocks between 2006 and 2009."
Jul 23, 2014 Katju to Karunanidhi: explain growth of your wealth: "Former Supreme Court judge and Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju on Wednesday hit back at DMK chief M Karunanidhi by asking him to disclose how much his family's wealth has grown after joining politics."
Jul 23, 2014 Aircel-Maxis case: A-G recommends chargesheet against Dayanidhi, Kalanithi Maran: "There is more trouble brewing for the DMK in the Aircel-Maxis deal. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has recommended filing a chargesheet against DMK leaders Dayanidhi Maran and Kalanithi Maran in the Aircel-Maxis case."
Jul 22, 2014 Aircel-Maxis deal: Trouble brewing for fmr telecom min: "Fresh trouble for former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran as the Attrorney General has rejected the CBI director's view saying there was enough evidence with the agency to prosecute Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi in the Aircel-Maxis deal case."
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Nov 24, 2014 Supreme Court slams Srinivasan for conflict of interest: "The Supreme Court on Monday slammed ICC Chairman N Srinivasan for “presuming” a clean chit on the basis of the Mudgal panel report, saying there was obvious conflict of interest between him heading the board and owning an IPL franchisee."
Nov 23, 2014 300 Delhi lower-court judges under probe in laptop scam: ""It has emerged some may have bought TVs or home theatre systems out of the sanctioned sum instead of computers,""
Nov 22, 2014 Custody of Srinjoy Bose extended: "A Kolkata Court on Saturday (November 22) has extended the custody of All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Srinjoy Bose till November 26. The arrest of Bose seems to have rattled Mamata Banerjee as the chit gate heat gets closer to top TMC leaders. The West Bengal Chief Minister has hit out at the Government, accusing the BJP for conspiring against the TMC for political vendetta. The TMC Chief also blames the Government for the arrest of Bose, says its in retaliation for her attending the Congress driven ceremony marking Nehru birth anniversary."
Nov 20, 2014 Supreme Court raps CBI chief: Is sinha guilty of compromising 2G trial?: "In a huge blow to the CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked him to withdraw himself from overseeing the investigation into the 2G scam case."
Nov 20, 2014 As a man of honour Ranjit Sinha should step down: Soli Soroabjee: "In a huge blow to the CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked him to withdraw himself from overseeing the investigation into the 2G scam case."
Nov 20, 2014 Should Sinha quit or be sacked?: "In a new twist to the 2G scam, Supreme Court pulls up the CBI chief Ranjit Sinha, asking him to recuse himself from the investigations. Ranjit Sinha's meetings with brokers of the people accused, who his own agency is investigating, has embarrassed the CBI. Will the government sack the CBI director who has tarnished the image of India's leading investigating agency?"
Nov 20, 2014 SC order on Ranjit Sinha is a lesson for govt while appointing CBI directors: "The most important question is whether Ranjit Sinha should continue to head the CBI until he retires on 2 December."
Nov 20, 2014 Bengal Minister summoned by CBI in Saradha case: "The CBI probing the multi-crore Saradha scam has summoned Madan Mitra, Transport Minister in the Mamata Banerjee’s Cabinet."
Nov 20, 2014 Court raps Sinha for damaging CBI’s reputation: ""Better for you to recuse (from 2G cases). ..if we write in our order on what is happening, it may damage the reputation of a great institution""
Nov 20, 2014 Supreme insult: CBI chief Ranjit Sinha taken off 2G, may face Govt probe: "Supreme Court slaps another notice on CBI chief Ranjit Sinha, seeks explanation on visitors' logbook"
Nov 19, 2014 Chit fund scams: CBI searches in four cities
Nov 16, 2014 2G Scam: Trial of A Raja and Kanimozhi to begin from today: "Former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, DMK supremo M Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal and 16 others will face trial in the infamous 2G scam by a Delhi court from today."
Nov 16, 2014 Saradha probe suggests Rs 2,500 crore-scam just tip of iceberg: "findings of one official investigation suggests that the group floated at least 279 companies to channelize money collected from gullible investors as part of a vast 'ponzi' network."
Nov 14, 2014 Saradha scam probe: Kunal Ghosh attempts suicide inside Presidency jail in Kolkata: "In a twist to the Saradha scam probe, suspended TMC MP Kunal Ghosh attempted suicide inside Presidency jail in Kolkata three days after threatening to take that extreme step in an open court. Mamata Banerjee has suspended the jail superintendent, the doctor who was attending to Ghosh as well as the officer on duty at the jail ward."
Nov 14, 2014 Saradha-accused MP Kunal Ghosh attempts suicide in jail: "The one-time close confidant of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had threatened this week to end his life if the CBI failed to take action against others involved in the scam."
Nov 12, 2014 136 Ponzi firms have collected Rs 60,000 crore from Bengal: "And, the list excludes Saradha Group companies and alleged Ponzi schemes run by Rose Valley Group."
Nov 11, 2014 ‘Saradha scam much bigger, Bengal not cooperating’: "small investors may have been cheated of more than Rs. 2,459 crore"
Nov 10, 2014 2G Case: Court Cancels NBW Against Kanimozhi for Non-Appearance: "Directors of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal, Kalaignar TV Director Sharad Kumar and Bollywood producer Karim Morani are also accused in the case."
Nov 10, 2014 Robert Vadra's asset maze: Records show his companies have masses of land banks across three states: "The complex maze of circular transactions includes intracompany loans (within the group) and land acquisitions. For instance, Real Earth Estates got loans totalling Rs 8.04 crore and it had fixed assets amounting to Rs 7.09 crore in March 31, 2010. Real Earth Estates under the loans category also has a Rs 5 crore loan from DLF Ltd while the others are as usual from sister companies - Blue Breeze Trading, Artex and Sky Light Hospitality. While all the companies have land banks, it is not known what the source of income is. The only source of income in the books appears to be interest earned from deposits and loans from sister firms. In the case of Sky Light Realty, the pattern is the same. He has loans of Rs 4.4 crore from Blue Breeze Trading and Artex which are his own companies, while a third unidentified entity called Carnival International Estates (presumably owned by him as well) also has given a loan."
Nov 7, 2014 Debate: #MysteryShutdown: "The draft report says Robert Vadra's firm reaped a windfall gain of Rs 43.66 crore. Vadra's firm Skylight Hospitality spent Rs 14.3 crore for purchase & licence of 3.5 acre plot. It is said Vadra's firm made profit of Rs 43.66 crore after selling land to DLF for Rs 58 crore.Agreeement with Haryana government required Vadra's firm to retain 15% or Rs 2.15 crore profit. Former Congress government in Haryana did not recover excess profit of Rs 41.51 crore from Vadra's firm."
Nov 7, 2014 Vadra shuts down 6 companies: "With Robert Vadra's business transactions in Rajastan and Haryana now under the scanner, Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law has shut down 4 companies owned by him. TIMES NOW investigation brings you excluive details on this mystery shutdown."
Nov 7, 2014 Mysterious shutdown of Robert Vadra's firms: "A Change in Robert Vadra's plans post the Congress' rout in Assemly polls has snowballed into a political controversy with BJP determined to probe the case. While the Congress has continued to play the private citizen card, leaders of the BJP have said that Vadra will not be let off anymore. With this, a major political faceoff has erupted between the BJP and the Congress."
Nov 7, 2014 Who wants to protect Ketan Desai? - part 2: "In part 2 of the expose on one of the greatest scams in recent times, TIMES NOW reveals the secret email trail of how Medical Council of India (MCI) Chief Jayshree Mehta dictated letter to Chief Vigilance Officer, HK Jethi, to be sent to the CBI, over probe into cases against former MCI chief Ketan Desai. This, only raises some serious questions over whether there was any attempt to shield the former MCI Chief. MCI Chief Jayshree Mehta has dimissed allegations against her, terming them baseless, adding, she asked the CVO to write to the CBI because she was new to MCI and was getting a lot of complaints."
Nov 7, 2014 Diregarded by UPA, unheeded by NDA: "It's a scam that nobody talks about. In a letter to the health ministry CVO has raised an alarm over the ongoing corruption in MCI. But this whistleblower's cry was ignored by 2 successive governments. Soon after TIMES NOW expose, the Health Ministry has ordered probe into the whistleblowers claims."
Nov 6, 2014 Robert Vadra shuts down 4 companies: "Even as calls for a probe into Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's land dealing get louder in the last six months, his business in Rajasthan and Haryana has been shutdown. Six companies, all set up in 2012 have been wound up in the last few months. TIMES NOW tracks down the address given in the registration documents of these companies. The same address has been given for all six companies."
Nov 6, 2014 With Cong down and out, Robert Vadra moves to wind up six companies: "party chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra has been winding up at least six of his companies even as one of his firms reported a profit of Rs 33 crore in 2012-13. According to official filings with the Registrar of Companies, Vadra has moved to shut down six of the 12 companies that he controls as director."
Nov 4, 2014 Robert Vadra under fire over spat with reporter: Should Vadra come clean on corruption charges?: "Businessman and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra lost his cool at an event in Delhi on Saturday when a reporter asked him about his alleged involvement in land scams in Haryana. Instead of merely refusing to answer the question, Robert Vadra got angry and pushed the reporter's mic away from him and walked away."
Nov 4, 2014 Most Congress leaders reluctant to support Robert Vadra: "While Congress leader Sandeep Diskhit has openly come out against Mr Vadra, sources said a majority of senior leaders were “not too happy” with its repeated moves to rally around the controversial figure."
Nov 4, 2014 CBI arrests BJD MP Ramchandra Hansda, 2 ex-MLAs in ponzi scam: "Nabadiganta Capital Services, one of the 44 chit fund firms being probed nder orders of Supreme Court, raised Rs 15 crore between August 2011 and 2013 from people promising better returns."
Nov 3, 2014 Debate: Cong brazen, Vadra unapologetic - 1: "Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra on Nov 1, 2014 lost his cool and reportedly pushed aside the microphone of a reporter at a five-star hotel gym in New Delhi when he was quizzed about his controversial land deals in Haryana. A livid Vadra was seen on a video footage shown on TV channels asking the reporter four times as to whether he was serious about his land deal question."
Nov 2, 2014 Robert Vadra made around Rs 44 crore in Haryana deal: CAG: "According to CAG, Vadra made windfall gains worth Rs 43.66 crore with a lenient Congress government that allowed him to indulge in this illegal act, breaching law, and did not persist on recovering Rs 41.51 crore of the profit that he made by selling the land to DLF Universal."
Nov 1, 2014 Robert Vadra attacks media when questioned about land deal: "Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra attacks a journalist when he was questioned about his land deals in Haryana at Ashoka hotel. When Vadra was asked to comment on his deals, he kept asking the reporter, 'Are you serious?' before shoving the microphone. He asks the reporter to turn off their camera and says, 'Are you nuts'."
Nov 1, 2014 Robert Vadra loses cool, pushes aside reporter, mic when questioned on his involvement in land deals: "Businessman and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra lost his cool at an event in Delhi on Saturday when a reporter asked him about his alleged involvement in land scams in Haryana. Instead of merely refusing to answer the question, Robert Vadra got angry and pushed the reporter's mic away from him and walked away."
Nov 1, 2014 Robert Vadra loses cool, snaps at a reporter: "Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra today lost his cool and angrily pushed the microphone of a reporter away when he was quizzed about his controversial land deals in Haryana."
Oct 31, 2014 2G case: Kanimozhi, Raja put on trial in money laundering case: "The court ruled that Raja “in connivance” with Ammal, Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar, was involved in parking the illegal gratification of Rs 200 crore received from Shahid U Balwa and Vinod K Goenka in Kalaignar TV. The court also observed that the link between movement back of the proceeds of the crime (Rs 223.55 crore) to Dynamix Realty, and the arrest of Raja by the CBI “clearly reveals” his role and “active participation”."
Oct 29, 2014 Coded messages indicate transactions between Moin Qureshi and ex-CBI director: "More links are emerging between meat exporter Moin Qureshi and former CBI director AP Singh, a laptop has been from Qureshi's office which shows coded messages exchanged with Singh in 2013. The transcripts indicate possible monetary transactions between Singh and Qureshi."
Oct 29, 2014 Saradha Scam: ED Attaches Assets Worth Rs 60 Cr: "The ED has already attached assets worth Rs 400 crore in this ponzi scheme case which is alleged to have duped numerous investors in West Bengal, Assam and Odisha"
Oct 29, 2014 Court summons Marans in Aircel-Maxis case: "A CBI special court on Wednesday summoned former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi Maran as accused in the Aircel-Maxis case on March 2, 2015 after finding “incriminating material” to proceed against them."
Oct 29, 2014 Moin Qureshi BBM message to ex-CBI chief A P Singh: ‘Sir 500 words essay is good or 1000 word essay and size of jacket. Fast pls.’: "According to the country’s top legal officer, these messages were “code language conversations on a daily basis on issues including helping the accused in some cases”."
Oct 23, 2014 RAW tent purchase case: CBI conducts searches, files FIR against three people: "The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday conducted searches at three places in connection with its probe into tent purchases by the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). The CBI has registered an FIR against three Directors of M/s Sai Baba Builders and Consultants, unknown officials of Cabinet Secretariat and Special Frontier Force (SFF)."
Oct 23, 2014 Debate: Centre for #ProbingVadra - 2: "Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda tried real hard shielding UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and the controversial DLF deal. Governments have changed and so has the intent to get to the bottom of the deal. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Government's strongest statement yet - has declared that there's a prima facie case against Robert Vadra."
Oct 23, 2014 Debate: Centre for #ProbingVadra - 1: "Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda tried real hard shielding UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and the controversial DLF deal. Governments have changed and so has the intent to get to the bottom of the deal. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Government's strongest statement yet - has declared that there's a prima facie case against Robert Vadra."
Oct 22, 2014 BJP govt in Haryana will probe Robert Vadra’s land deals, hints finance minister Arun Jaitley: ""I, prima facie, see a case where somebody starts with negligible capital, a certain amount of favours are granted to him, there are sweetheart deals as a result of which within a matter of months or years, a no-capital transaction helps him raise hundreds of crores of assets."
Oct 21, 2014 NCP backing BJP to bail out its corrupt leaders: Sena : "“Till yesterday, the same BJP was a communal party of those who wear half-pants. Mr. Pawar made fun of them. And now Mr. Patel seems to have fallen in love with them,”"
Oct 18, 2014 Ready to probe forest scams, CBI tells SC: "to probe multicrore forestry scams in Haryana, which were unearthed by whistleblower IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi between 2005 and 2010"
Oct 18, 2014 Debate: Auditor nails Hooda lie - 1: "Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has repeatedly and vehemently denied that his government did not favour Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra in his land deal with DLF Company. But a 2013 June letter, written by the Principal Accountant General of Haryana highlights policies in which Vadra's company was treated as a special case and rules were relaxed accordingly. As a result, other companies were also benefited after the policies were relaxed."
Oct 17, 2014 The 1.8 crore question: Is Mamata Banerjee India's most underrated artist?: "I can’t really tell from these paintings whether the people of Bengal should be worried about a chief minister with a psycho condition or be relieved that their leader has recourse to a calming artistic hobby."
Oct 17, 2014 ‘Astonishing’ links between ex-CBI chief and Qureshi, ‘pained’ AG tells SC: "The Centre told the Supreme Court on Friday in strong words that an income tax report has disclosed “astonishing state of affairs” between former CBI director A P Singh and meat exporter Moin Qureshi and that Singh’s conduct was “wholly unbecoming of the office he held”."
Oct 16, 2014 CBI chief’s meetings with 2G accused improper, SC told: "CBI Director Ranjit Sinha’s frequent meetings with several accused and their representatives in 2G case is “definitely improper” and whether his conduct amounts to criminal contempt needs to be examined, Special Public Prosecutor in the spectrum scam has told the Supreme Court."
Oct 13, 2014 Saradha scam: Sale of Mamata Banerjee’s painting for Rs 1.8 crore under CBI lens: "The CBI's probe into the Saradha scam has reached uncomfortably close to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, with the agency securing details from the income tax department on purchase of one of her paintings by Sudipta Sen, promoter of the now-bust chit fund company, for Rs 1.8 crore."
Oct 13, 2014 Saradha scam: Sale of Mamata Banerjee’s painting for Rs 1.8 crore under CBI lens: "The CBI's probe into the Saradha scam has reached uncomfortably close to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, with the agency securing details from the income tax department on purchase of one of her paintings by Sudipta Sen, promoter of the now-bust chit fund company, for Rs 1.8 crore."
Oct 11, 2014 Model Preeti Bhatia arrested by CBI in chit fund scam: "Mumbai model-turned TV serial producer Preeti Bhatia was arrested on Friday by CBI in the Artha Tatwa chit fund scam"
Oct 9, 2014 All rules bent for Vadra guesthouse in Gurgaon: "not only was a single structure built on two plots of land (one owned by Vadra, the other by a private company), but also that an application for change of land use (CLU) from residential to commercial was being processed only after the building was completed, both of which are in gross violation of the law."
Oct 8, 2014 Govt stonewalls RTI seeking info on Robert Vadra land: ""Regarding your application, the consent of the owner of Plot no. N29 and N30 of Mayfield Garden had been sought. The owner... has requested not to provide any information related to his above plots. Hence, the information sought by you cannot be provided.""
Oct 6, 2014 Debate: Robert Vadra #LandRowBack - 1: " Modi stepped up the attack on Vadra against the backdrop of a newspaper report on the land deal which was cleared by the government in July ahead of the polls. The Hooda Government had cleared the land deal between Vadra DLF accepting the mutation of land in Gurgaon in his favour overturning a whistle blower official Ashok Khemka who had cancelled the mutation."
Oct 5, 2014 Saradha: All party scam?: "As the CBI investigation moves ahead, names of leaders of various parties are being exposed in one or the other form. Leaders of TMC, BJD, Congress and even CPM are allegedly said to be involved in this scam. Except the BJP, leaders of almost all parties have been exposed in this case"
Oct 5, 2014 Chessboard Without A Queen Bee The Jayalalitha conviction has thrown open the closed universe of Tamil politics: "Jaya is the first big conviction under the Prevention of Corruption of Act after SC recently struck down a provision that allowed sitting members to continue in power during appeal period."
Oct 4, 2014 Court attaches 3,000 acres of land belonging to companies run by Jayalalithaa's aides: "A special court on Thursday attached nearly 3,000 acres of property belonging to firms run by the aides of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. According to the Court, the companies had acquired the land around Sirudavur, Payanur, Valajabad and Oothukkadu in Tamil Nadu illegally."
Sep 29, 2014 Vadra gets Hooda govt nod for plot in nick of time: "Towards the fag end of its term in office and before imposition of model code of conduct in Haryana for the October 15 assembly elections, the Hooda-led Congress government cleared a file that enables Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra to convert his prime residential property in Gurgaon into a guest house, possibly for commercial use."
Sep 29, 2014 Order on framing of charges against Raja, Kanimozhi on Oct. 20: "the transfer of Rs. 200 crore from the DB Realty Group to the DMK-run Kalaignar TV through Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt. Ltd. and Cineyug Films Pvt. Ltd. was not a genuine business transaction. It charged that the money paid to Kalaignar TV was a bribe for grant of a telecom licence to Swan Telecom, a company of DB Realty Group."
Sep 25, 2014 Saradha chief hoped to get asylum in PoK: Aide: "Sen hoped to get asylum in Pakistan as he published newspapers for Muslims in India."
Sep 21, 2014 CBI examines Nalini Chidambaram in Saradha scam probe: "Mr. Sen, who had written a letter to the CBI in 2013, had claimed that Rs. 1 crore had been paid to the lawyer as her legal fee by the Saradha group."
Sep 21, 2014 Saradha scam: CBI questions Nalini Chidambaram: "Sudipta Sen, the disgraced chairman of the busted chit fund, claimed he paid more than Rs 1 crore to her at the instance of Manoranjana Singh, the estranged wife of Congress leader Matang Singh"
Sep 20, 2014 Notes From An Ambulance Siren Sudipta Sen—large-hearted Santa, dupe and enigma. The man Mamata knew little about. : "The latest cover of the iconic Bengali magazine Desh caricatures both Sen and Subrata Roy as the ‘best of the Bengalis’ (see grab). Both businessmen are in jail, and for very similar reasons. Perhaps instances of both bad business and bad politics?"
Sep 17, 2014 Linked to Saradha scam, Assam ex-DGP Shankar Barua commits suicide
Sep 14, 2014 Did Saradha fund separatists?: "TIMES NOW has accessed sensational intel reports which suggest, Saradha boss Sudipto Sen funded not only Kashmiri separatists but also a banned Bangladeshi outfit. Was the group diverting its funds for an escape route?"
Sep 13, 2014 Dear Manmohanji, your silence means an admission of guilt: "Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who was often ridiculed as Man “maunmohan” Singh for not using his voice box despite the fussilade of charges against him with regard to high ticket corruption in his government"
Sep 11, 2014 ‘The PM Never Replied To My Letters, He Was Replying To Raja Twice A Day’: "it took the 2G spectrum allocation scandal under the nose of Manmohan Singh and the figure of ‘Rs 1,76,000 crore loss’ to give it a near-mythical status."
Sep 11, 2014 Manmohan Singh knew of 2G scam as it unfolded, ex-CAG Vinod Rai says: "The former CAG's revelations challenge the defence of Singh that the 2G scam was perpetuated by A Raja using the political necessity of Congress to humour DMK, thus fastening the mega swindle to the reformist PM."
Sep 9, 2014 VP arrested, Trinamul aghast Ex-DG on knees; CBI sends Srinjoy notice: " The Trinamul Congress watched shell-shocked as the CBI today arrested its vice-president who was a senior police officer and summoned its Rajya Sabha MP, Srinjoy Bose, for questioning tomorrow in the Saradha case."
Sep 9, 2014 CBI files fresh charge-sheet against Jagan: "Ongole MP Y. V. Subba Reddy, IAS officer S. N. Mohanty also named. Official sources told The Hindu that Indu Projects was allotted 50 acres at Kukatpally, adjacent to KPHB, and 20 acres at Gachibowli belonging to the AP Housing Board in 2008-09, when S.N. Mohanty was its Vice Chairman and Managing Director."
Sep 8, 2014 Saradha scam: CBI interrogates Congress, Trinamool associates: "Kolkata businessman Asif Khan, a former convenor of the Trinamool Congress' Uttar Pradesh unit, and Badal Bhattacharya, a close aide of Congress leader Somen Mitra, Monday appeared before the CBI for questioning in the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam."
Sep 6, 2014 Sukna land scam: Army court indicts former chief and Modi minister V K Singh: "Virtually indicting former Army chief and Union Minister Gen V K Singh, the Armed Forces Tribunal quashed the court martial of Lt Gen P K Rath who was punished for his alleged role in a land dealing in West Bengal."
Sep 4, 2014 INLD to raise alleged land scams, corruption in Hooda's tenure
Sep 1, 2014 CPI demands CBI probe into mining, land scams in Odisha
Sep 1, 2014 M'sian tycoon Ananda Krishnan, ex-minister charged in Indian telecoms CORRUPTION scandal
Sep 1, 2014 Lieutenant general accused of bid to bribe VK Singh held: "According to the CBI chargesheet, Tejinder Singh (above) met the-then Army chief Gen VK Singh in his South Block office on September 22, 2010, and offered a bribe of Rs 14 crore for clearing the Tatra file."
Aug 31, 2014 Saradha Scam: TMC MP attacks CBI: "West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra has now challenged the CBI, and denied all charges against him in the Saradha Scam case. The Minister has said that it is unfair and unethical to take anybody's name untill you have documentary evidence to substantiate his involvment in any scam."
Aug 29, 2014 Aircel-Maxis deal case: CBI chargesheets Maran brothers: "Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanidhi Maran and six others, including four companies, were today chargesheeted by the CBI in a special court in the Aircel-Maxis deal case arising out of the investigation in the 2G spectrum allocation scam."
Aug 26, 2014 Coalgate: Follow-up CAG report had blamed Centre, Madhu Koda for illegalities in mines allocation: "The CAG report revealed that in 2007, the coal ministry, which was directly under then PM Manmohan Singh, not only okayed the alteration made by Koda to allot coal mines to companies which were not approved by the screening committee set up by the Jharkhand government but also made additions of its own at the final stage."
Aug 25, 2014 All coal block allocations since 1993 'arbitrary, illegal', rules SC
Aug 25, 2014 Saradha scam: ED heat on TMC MP on source of funds: "Like his Rajya Sabha colleague Kunal Ghosh, Trinamool MP Ahmad Hassan Imran projected himself as a salaried employee of the Urdu newspaper Kalom owned by Saradha Group."
Aug 25, 2014 SC order scathing on UPA?: "Top govt sources are now telling TIMES NOW that the SC order on Coalgate has vindicated the position taken by the former CAG on coal block allocations -- the 163 page judgement says there were no norms followed by the Screening Committee under the UPA,. Infact pages 149 to 153 of judgement are scathing on the UPA for arbitrary coal block allocation. The judgement says UPA followed no evaluation of merit or proper assessment."
Aug 24, 2014 UPA pressured me to drop names from CAG reports: Vinod Rai: ""Politicians came to my home and told me not to name some people and to protect some others in connection with the CWG and coal allocation reports,""
Aug 21, 2014 Raju, kin made Rs 2,000 crore in Satyam scam: Sebi: "B Ramalinga Raju, the disgraced chairman of Satyam Computers Services Ltd, along with 13 individuals and entities including Chintalapati Srinivasa Raju of iLabs, made Rs 2,000 crore in illegal wealth in the Satyam scam."
Aug 17, 2014 Reddy's Rs 37.86 cr worth assets attached: "A special anti-money laundering court here has attached assets worth over Rs 37.86 crore belonging to former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy and his wife in connection with an alleged multi-crore iron ore mining scam."
Aug 17, 2014 Aircel-Maxis case: CBI planning to question Fin Min officials: "CBI is mulling questioning some officials of the Finance Ministry who were part of FIPB..."
Aug 16, 2014 Saradha scam: CBI arrests ex-youth Cong leader: ""When our team reached his Bhubaneswar home his wife and mother claimed that he was not at home. But we found him hiding in his house’s backyard,""
Aug 11, 2014 UPA will be known as 'government of scams': BJP chief Amit Shah
Aug 5, 2014 Politicians, TV anchors, pump owners on boards of public sector banks: "Look at any bank board, and you are likely to find a Congress party nominee as a director. The Allahabad Bank website lists Ajay Shukla, who has experience in agriculture and runs a packaging business, as a member of the UP Pradesh Congress Committee. Anusuiya Sharma, his colleague from the state, is on the Union Bank board, while Chattisgarh PCC's Paras Chopda is a director in Oriental Bank of Commerce."
Jul 30, 2014 PC, Karti face CBI probe in Aircel deal: "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will probe the role of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in reported irregularity in the grant of FIPB clearance to Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006. Highly-placed CBI sources said that the duo would be questioned at “some point of time”"
Jul 30, 2014 Excl: Should Beniwal explain or pay up?: "Onto another TIMES NOW exclusive report which exposes how a Governor - the former Gujarat Governor spent 500 days out of the state travelling mostly to her hometown. It's a story of how Raj Bhawan has been looted, exposing a freeloader culture. In the 500 days of travel, she has taken 53 flight trips to her hometown which has cost the exchequer over Rs 1.4 crore."
Jul 29, 2014 CM orders judicial probe into denotification scam: ""After the tracts were excluded from the project, the land was resold to realtors for Rs 15 crore per acre, and middlemen made Rs 500 crore over the years,""
Jul 29, 2014 Maharashtra becoming capital of chit fund scams: Somaiya: " "About 10 lakh investors have deposited over Rs 50,000 crore in such chit fund companies"
Jul 25, 2014 MP exam scam: Accused surrenders: "The main accused in the MPEB exam scam Sudhir Sharma has surrendered before the Bhopal Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court."
Jul 23, 2014 Will DMK become the Next Party to be Destroyed by Scams?
Jul 23, 2014 Coal scam: ED attaches assets worth Rs 186 cr of Hyd firm: "The firm in question, Nava Bharat Power Projects Pvt Ltd, has earlier been chargesheeted by CBI for allegedly misrepresenting facts and making "fraudulent" claims to "embellish" its applications to get coal blocks between 2006 and 2009."
Jul 23, 2014 Katju to Karunanidhi: explain growth of your wealth: "Former Supreme Court judge and Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju on Wednesday hit back at DMK chief M Karunanidhi by asking him to disclose how much his family's wealth has grown after joining politics."
Jul 23, 2014 Aircel-Maxis case: A-G recommends chargesheet against Dayanidhi, Kalanithi Maran: "There is more trouble brewing for the DMK in the Aircel-Maxis deal. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has recommended filing a chargesheet against DMK leaders Dayanidhi Maran and Kalanithi Maran in the Aircel-Maxis case."
Jul 22, 2014 Aircel-Maxis deal: Trouble brewing for fmr telecom min: "Fresh trouble for former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran as the Attrorney General has rejected the CBI director's view saying there was enough evidence with the agency to prosecute Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi in the Aircel-Maxis deal case."
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