India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged that the government is protecting HSBC Bank, against whom he had made money laundering charges. The government, earlier in the day, had claimed that investigations were being carried against people whose names appeared in the alleged black money list handed over to the Indian government by the French government. ...
09:39 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Anti-corruption activist Kiran Bedi on Saturday said that IAC was a movement and no one could lay claim to it. "IAC is a movement. If someone, anyone decides to break away and make a political party obviously they'll have a new name," she said while responding to a query. ...
08:37 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday interacted with netizens and answered their questions on Google+ Hangout. The one-hour session began at 8 pm India time and was aimed at interacting with non-resident Indians (NRIs) in particular. Members of the IAC said on Saturday that they had been receiving a lot of queries from NRIs ever since Kejriwal announced that he will be forming a political party....
08:00 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Kisanganj: RJD president Lalu Prasad on Saturday hit out at IAC activist Arvind Kejriwal and dubbed him an 'agent of America'. "Kejriwal is an agent of America who on the pretext of running an NGO is dancing to the tunes that country," Prasad said while addressing his 'Parivartan rally' in Kisanganj. Coming down on Kejriwal and BJP President Nitin Gadkari, he said they were 'mentally ill' and need to get...
07:22 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal has refused to accept the government's statement that explained that a probe had been initiated into the information provided by the government of France regarding several Indians who had accounts in foreign banks. Speaking to reporters, Kejriwal said he had five questions for the government. "Do you agree that the names and the amounts, that we disclosed, are there in the...
06:44 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Saturday countered India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Arvind Kejriwal's claims that it is not acting on the alleged black money list handed over by the French government in 2010. In a statement, the government said that the information received from the French government had been analysed and investigations were being carried out by different authorities under the Income Tax Act. "Information was received in June,...
04:19 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said he was a dengue mosquito and would bite the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Kejriwal said this while responding to External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's statement that Kejriwal's attack was just a mosquito bite that causes minor irritation. Kejriwal said, "I am a dengue mosquito. I will bite the Congress and BJP and then they will be...
03:17 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: The government has dismissed India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal's allegations of black money against big corporate houses, saying there is nothing new in it. "Nothing new in the allegations. This has already been discussed in Parliament. Government may issue a statement if required," the government said. Meanwhile, Kejriwal has defended his allegations of black money against big corporate houses. "The government is not able to force the...
07:38 AM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: After taking on politicians and businessmen, India Against Corruption will now target the judiciary, Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday. He said several high profile cases were dragging on in the courts for several years without any decisive outcome. Asked by a television channel why he doesn't move courts with his charges, Kejriwal said this is what the Government wants so that it can "manage" things there. He said...
02:11 AM, Nov 10, 2012
India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Friday targeted several top Indian business groups and a Congress MP, alleging that they had stashed black money worth several hundred crores in the HSBC Bank in Geneva, Switzerland. He claimed that a senior Congress leader gave him the details about the black money. "The black money from Swiss banks can come but the government doesn't wish to bring it back," Kejriwal said. ...
11:47 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Reliance Industries Limited, the HSBC bank, the Dabur group have all denied the charges levelled against them by India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal who accused their chiefs of having crores of cash deposits in Swiss bank accounts where money, he alleged, was transferred through hawala. ...
11:22 PM, Nov 09, 2012
India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Friday targeted several top Indian business groups and a Congress MP, alleging that they had stashed black money worth several hundred crores in the HSBC Bank in Geneva, Switzerland. He claimed that a senior Congress leader gave him the details about the black money. "The black money from Swiss banks can come but the government doesn't wish to bring it back," Kejriwal said. ...
10:54 PM, Nov 09, 2012
While IAC leader Arvind Kejriwal may have highlighted HSBC Bank's role in facilitating laundering black money in India, globally the London-headquartered banking major is also under scanner from several international agencies. Here is a look at some of the accusation against HSBC for its questionable transactions. ...
10:46 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleged that Rs 6,000 crore in black money was stashed away in 700 HSBC accounts in Geneva, Switzerland. ...
10:23 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Congress MP Annu Tandon had rubbished all the allegations made by Arvind Kejriwal against her saying they are completely baseless and malicious. "I deny any such rubbish and whatever he is talking, I don't know about any such thing," she said. ...
08:54 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: Rejecting allegations of stashing away unaccounted money in Swiss accounts, Jet Airways on Friday said there is no account in the name of its Chairman Naresh Goyal in HSBC Bank, Geneva though he is entitled to have bank accounts outside India as he is an NRI. "...There is no account in the name Mr Naresh Goyal in the Swiss bank as has been alleged. Besides, Mr Naresh Goyal...
08:19 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Limited, the HSBC bank, the Dabur group have all denied the charges levelled against them by India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal who accused their chiefs of having crores of cash deposits in Swiss bank accounts where money, he alleged, was transferred through hawala. Reliance Industries denied that chief Mukesh Ambani had stashed Rs 100 crore in black money in the HSBC Bank in Geneva. It...
08:16 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: Dabur India on Friday regretted allegations made by India Against Corruption activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal against the Burman brothers. "It was unfortunate that every person having a foreign bank account is being painted with the same brush," the Dabur group said in its statement. Kejriwal in a press conference accused HSBC Geneva of money laundering and said that Burman brothers had accounts there. "We wish to state that these...
07:47 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: HSBC Bank in India on Friday came out with a cautious reaction to the money laundering allegations made by activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal saying it takes compliance with the law very seriously. Earlier in the day, Kejriwal targeted several top Indian business groups and a Congress MP, alleging that they had stashed black money worth several hundred crores in the HSBC Bank in Geneva, Switzerland. "HSBC Bank in India...
07:28 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Reacting on the allegations activist turned politician Arvind Kejriwal made against Ambanis and Dabur over the black money stashed in Swiss banks, BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said the charges deserve investigation. ...
06:47 PM, Nov 09, 2012
