Mumbai: More heads are rolling in the Adarsh scam. Former IAS officer Subhash Lalla has finally resigned as a member of the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission following allegations of his direct involvement in the scam. Subhash Lalla's daughter and his mother have been direct beneficiaries of the Adarsh Society. But Lalla, in his resignation letter to the Maharashtra governor K Sankaranarayanan, says: "I was posted in Mantralaya for the...
10:57 PM, Jan 03, 2011
Mumbai: Former secretary to Maharashtra chief minister, Subhash Lalla, has resigned from his current post of state human rights commission chief following allegations of his involvement in the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam. Lalla had earlier refused to quit when asked by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. Lalla was secretary to the then chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde when the Adarsh files were being processed. Lalla and Maharashtra Chief Information Commissioner...
12:47 PM, Jan 03, 2011
Mumbai/New Delhi: The Maharshtra government is considering taking action against two former bureaucrats - Ramanand Tiwari and Subhash Lalla - for their alleged involvement in the Adarsh scam. Both of them remain defiant by not stepping down from the constitutional posts they currently hold. Sources close to Maharashtra chief minister say that Prithviraj chavan has asked the duo to step down following their alleged involvement in the Adarsh Society scam....
12:09 AM, Jan 03, 2011
Mumbai: CNN-IBN has learnt from sources that the Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan could press for the dismissal of Ramanand Tiwari and Subhash Lalla – the two bureaucrats named in the Adarsh Society scam This has come after the two officials refused to resign saying there was no evidence against them. Ramanand Tiwari and Subhash Lalla now hold constitutional positions after their retirement - Chief Information Commissioner and state Human...
07:51 PM, Jan 02, 2011
Mumbai: The Adarsh scam has become synonymous with the blatant violations of Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) norms in Mumbai. But Adarsh is not a standalone case. CNN-IBN reported that coastal regulations have been flouted in many buildings in Mumbai. The Adarsh co-operative society -- symbolic of gross violation of coastal regulation norms but this is probably just one of the cases of violations in Mumbai. The locals allege that numerous...
08:26 AM, Nov 29, 2010
Mumbai: In south Mumbai's prime property in Colaba, a 27-storey building near the Colaba defence station, over 3800 square metres is at the centre of a fresh controversy. The entire area, which is around four acres, forms part of the Colaba defence station and is one of the most sensitive defence locations in the country. There have been allegations that the Maharashtra government’s revenue department gave permission to a private...
08:48 AM, Oct 30, 2010
