Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka hit the headlines in October 2012 when he pointed to irregularities in a land deal between Sonia Gandhi's son in law Robert Vadra and real estate giant DLF. Khemka has always acted as a whistleblower of sorts and has been transferred 44 times, last week he was again transferred from his post for exposing a scam in the purchase of fungicides. ...
11:29 PM, Apr 15, 2013
DLF, India's biggest property developer, said its board of directors will meet on Wednesday to consider the sale of shares to institutional and retail investors to comply with the minimum public shareholding rules. ...
12:20 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Senior Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who kicked up a political storm in 2012 when he alleged irregularities in the land dealings of Robert Vadra and DLF in the state, has asked the state government to give him a copy of the inquiry reports conducted by it. ...
03:55 PM, Jan 14, 2013
DLF will sell its Amanresorts luxury hotel chain back to original Indonesian owner Adrian Zecha for around $300 million. ...
12:58 PM, Dec 19, 2012
The BJP on Thursday hit out at Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra over alleged land scam, saying that the Prime Minister's Office can't be used to shield corruption. ...
04:19 PM, Nov 29, 2012
In yet another defence of Robert Vadra, The Prime Minister's Office has told Allahabad High Court that charges of irregularities in land deals against Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law are false, vexatious and based on hearsay. ...
07:49 PM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: Activist Swami Agnivesh on Friday alleged that Haryana government was working in favour of real estate major DLF and urged the Supreme Court to intervene in a matter of use of forest land for recreational use. He told a press conference that the SC-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has made recommendations contrary to law favouring a leisure project being developed by a leading real estate developer DLF Limited....
03:31 AM, Nov 10, 2012
Gurgaon: Ajeetesh Sandhu of Chandigarh recorded his maiden professional triumph at the DLF Masters after he edged out seasoned campaigner Jyoti Randhawa in a playoff at the DLF Golf and Country Club here Sunday. The two golfers finished with identical totals of six-under 282 before heading for the playoff. Ajeetesh (70-66-70-76) started the day as the firm favourite as he enjoyed a six-stroke lead after round three and his birdie...
07:49 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Chandigarh: Senior Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who kicked up a political storm when he alleged irregularities in the land dealings of Robert Vadra and DLF in the state, on Friday said that he had got two threat calls within a fortnight and accused the police of not taking any action. Late in the night, the Haryana police said it has arrested one person who allegedly made a threat call...
11:32 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Gurgaon: Ajeetesh Sandhu carded a sizzling six-under-66 to take a three-stroke lead over Gaurav Pratap after the second round of the DLF Masters at the DLF Golf & Country Club, here on Friday. After two rounds, Ajeetesh aggregate is eight-under-136, followed by Gaurav Pratap, whose total is five-under-139. The cut was declared at five-over-149. Fifty-three professionals made the cut. Ajeetesh (70-66) got off to a cracking start with a birdie...
08:18 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Gurgaon: A brilliant four-under 68 helped hitherto-unknown Toran Bikram Shahi of Nepal to enjoy a narrow one-stroke lead after the opening round of the one crore DLF Masters at the pristine DLF Golf & Country Club here Thursday. Defending champion Himmat Singh Rai, Kolkata's SSP Chowrasia and Chandigarh golfer Randhir Singh Ghotra were a stroke behind at tied second. As a result of a 40-minute fog delay in the morning,...
11:23 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Defending champion Himmat Rai is hopeful of repeating his triumph at this week's DLF Masters in Gurgaon. ...
08:56 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Even as Kejriwal made his 'startling disclosures' on Reliance controlling the Government, came news from China that Premier Wen Jiabao has accumulated billions from various ...
05:06 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Chandigarh: Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka's staff have lodged a police complaint after receiving threat calls against him. Khemka had been in the news after he ordered scrutiny of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's land records with real estate major DLF. The police have initiated a probe into the threat calls. Earlier Ashok Khemka's friend had also claimed that he recived death threats. Anupam Gupta said that Khemka...
10:22 AM, Nov 01, 2012
Gurgaon: The crme de la crme of Indian golf, including defending champion Himmat Rai and two-time winner Jyoti Randhawa, will vie for top honours when the sixth edition of the DLF Masters tees off at the DLF Golf and Country Club here on Thursday. The tournament, jointly organised by the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) and DLF Group, will have a prize purse of 1 crore -- 95 lakhs...
05:06 PM, Oct 31, 2012
After realty firm DLF ended its five-year-long association with the IPL in August, the BCCI has formally started looking for a replacement. ...
10:16 AM, Oct 29, 2012
Former Chief Justice of India JS Verma has sought a probe into Digvijaya Singh's claim of having evidence of graft against relatives of BJP leaders AB Vajpayee and LK Advani, saying it was "very disturbing" and indicated a "conspiracy of silence" at the top. ...
09:27 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India, JS Verma has hit out at the political class saying that politicians are colluding with each other against the fight to end corruption. While speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, he accused the politicians of conspiring to tolerate corruption at the highest level. Below is an excerpt of the interview: Karan Thapar: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said to this...
07:59 AM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: IAC activist Arvind Kejriwal has likened Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's land deals in Rajasthan to convict Rajat Gupta's insider trading in the US. He says both Ashok Gehlot and Bhupinder Hooda will be compelled to give a clean chit to Vadra if they have to survive. CNN-IBN: CNN-IBN broke this story yesterday that Robert Vadra had land deals not just in Haryana but also Rajasthan...
12:09 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Chandigarh: Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka has said that he has no information of any probe report on Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's land deals. He said he did not know about any clean chit to Vadra. "I have not got any such order regarding the constitution of a committee, I have not been served with any notice to explain any aspect of the matter. The legal position...
11:31 AM, Oct 26, 2012
