Over the last few days the anti-corruption campaign over the Lokpal Bill has threatened to get derailed with the political class raising several questions over the father-son duo of Shanti and Prashant Bhushan, both members of the drafting committee. First, there was a controversial CD where allegedly there are conversations of fixing judges and now there have been reports that the Bhushans acquired farm houses from the Mayawati government in ...
12:51 PM, Apr 20, 2011
Over the last few days the anti-corruption campaign over the Lokpal Bill has threatened to get derailed with the political class raising several questions over the father-son duo of Shanti and Prashant Bhushan, both members of the drafting committee. First, there was a controversial CD where allegedly there are conversations of fixing judges and now there have been reports that the Bhushans acquired farm houses from the Mayawati government in ...
12:51 PM, Apr 20, 2011
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11:40 PM, Apr 19, 2011
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12:17 AM, Apr 19, 2011
On 'Talking Point' Rajdeep Sardesai asks, 'where does the truth lie in Bhushan CD controversy?' ...
12:03 AM, Apr 19, 2011
Both Shanti Bhushan and Amar Singh have filed complaints against each other over the CD controversy. ...
10:54 PM, Apr 18, 2011
Amar Singh said, "how has the Bhushans' income risen since they started filing PILs?" ...
08:08 PM, Apr 18, 2011
New Delhi: Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Monday accused the Bhushans of corruption saying they have earned money by filing PILs. "I want to know how the income of Shanti Bhushan and Prashant Bhusan has risen drastically ever since they started filing PILs," said Singh. Amar Singh, submitted four copies of the controversial CD carrying a conversation of Shanti Bhushan talking to Mulayam Singh via Amar Singh, about...
07:28 PM, Apr 18, 2011
New Delhi: The Samajwadi Party (SP) has given Shanti Bhushan a clean chit even as Amar Singh targets the father son duo. The party said there was no conversation between Mulayam Singh and Shanti Bhushan. Meanwhile, with the Shantibhushan CD controversy casting a shadow on civil society's fight against corruption, Anna Hazare has now taken fight against corruption straight to Sonia Gandhi's doors. Hazare has written to the UPA chief...
03:39 PM, Apr 18, 2011
Varanasi: Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Sunday denied Prashant Bhushan's claim that he was 'prima facie involved' in the alleged CD, which purportedly contained telephonic conversation of eminent lawyer Shanti Bhushan, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and him. "Whatever Prashant Bhushan is talking about cut and paste job in the alleged CD is something that I have been already fighting against in similar cases... Prashant and Shanti Bhushan...
11:32 PM, Apr 17, 2011
Prashant Bhushan also suspected Amar Singh may be involved in fabricating the CD. ...
09:55 PM, Apr 17, 2011
New Delhi: Former law minister and member of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee Shanti Bhushan's son Prashant Bhushan on Sunday said that he suspects that Amar Singh is involved in the fabrication of the CD of the conversation between his father, Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh, confirmed that the CD was doctored. He also said that the forensic analysis of the CD confirmed that the CD was doctored. "We have...
06:46 PM, Apr 17, 2011
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday virtually dismissed allegations against Shanti Bhushan, the co-chair of the Lokpal Bill joint drafting committee, in a CD controversy and backed his presence on the panel. Hazare claimed he had been told that the CD, carrying audio clippings of a purported telephone conversation between Bhushan, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh about influencing a judge, were doctored. "I have been...
02:35 PM, Apr 17, 2011
New Delhi: Shanti Bhushan CD controversy has taken a new turn. The former law minister and member of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee has alleged that the CD is part of the Amar Singh tapes of 2006. Amar Singh has alleged that his phones were tapped that year. Shanti Bhushan now says the conversation heard on the CD is doctored - it has been cut and spliced from the 2006...
01:19 PM, Apr 17, 2011
An anonymous CD relased two days back reportedly has conversation among Shanti Bhushan and Mulayam Singh yadav. ...
10:04 PM, Apr 16, 2011
New Delhi: Former Chief Commissioner of IPL, or in his words "Founder and architect of the Indian Premier League and Champions League T20" may have been forced out of the IPL governance and on-field action. But the enthusiasm and involvement in his virtual world is evidently pretty much the same as previous years. From the opening ceremony till date Modi has been tweeting about almost every detail that goes on...
01:21 PM, Apr 11, 2011
Boston: Joseph Lelyveld's controversial book on Mahatma Gandhi will be available in India later this month and the author is hopeful that the storm over his work will subside. The book will be published in India "within less than three weeks" and will be widely available in the country, he said. The Pulitzer prize-winning author said while he currently has no plans to visit India, he "will be interested" in...
04:21 PM, Apr 06, 2011
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11:14 PM, Apr 04, 2011
Mumbai: Director Anurag Kashyap has shot down casting couch allegations levelled against his friend, director Dibakar Banerjee, by actress Payal Rohatgi, saying a director of his generation won't compromise on the integrity of his films. Payal claims that Banerjee had asked her to show her bare body and when she refused to oblige him, she didn't get the role though she did well in the audition for his much-anticipated project...
05:57 PM, Mar 17, 2011
