One of the main accused in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, died of a heart attack at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital on Tuesday. Gidwani was a former Congress MLC and promoter of Adarsh. He was admitted to breach candy on Friday after suffering a second heart attack in four days. ...
10:08 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Mumbai: The judicial commission probing the Adarsh housing scam has summoned the son of accused former Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani for not co-operating with the panel and not providing satisfactory answers to the questions presented by the probe officials. Accused Kanhaiyalal Gidwani and his family owns flats in the controversial housing society. The scam involves a prime plot in south Mumbai's Colaba on which a 31-storey building was constructed by...
09:47 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Bollywood actor Ashay Kumar will be seen in "Oh My God", a movie based on Gujarati play "Kanji Viruddh Kanji". TV celebrity Sachin Parikh, who played the lead originally, feels Akshay will do full justice to the role. "I have seen Akshay right from his first movie. The way he has taken his graph as an actor is amazing. Be it comedy, satire or action, Akshay does them all so...
02:26 PM, Jun 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre's policy of charging toll tax from vehicles has come under scrutiny of the Supreme Court which on Wednesday questioned the justification of imposing such charges on people when the government cannot provide smooth roads. A bench of justices DK Jain and Anil R Dave directed the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to explain its policy for toll tax. "What is your policy. Public must know...
07:33 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: A World Bank report has indicated 'fraudulent and corrupt practices' in highway projects funded by the bank in India. In its report dated March 1, 2012, the bank states that private Indian contractors paid bribes, gifts and gold coins to influence officials and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) consultants. The malpractices are to the tune of over Rs 70 crore according to the World Bank's estimates. The...
11:03 AM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: The police custody of one of the accused in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, ends on Tuesday. He, however, will remain in CBI's custody till Friday. The CBI had arrested the former Congress MLC and three others for allegedly paying a tax consultant Rs 1.25 crore to influence CBI officials and to dilute the case against him. ...
09:53 AM, Mar 27, 2012
Lucknow: While emphasising for employment generation in developmental projects, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday asked officials to ensure completion of bridges started before May 2007 in an year's time. "The bridge projects whose foundation stone were laid before May 2007, be completed in an year's time while those which were started after 2007 be also completed as per the schedule in keeping with the conditions of the...
08:58 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Congress legislator and his son were among four people arrested by the CBI in a graft case linked to the multi-crore Adarsh Housing Society scam on Tuesday. Former MLA Kanhaiyalal Gidwani is accused of paying Rs 1.25 crore to financial consultant JK Jagiasi to influence CBI officials investigating the Adarsh housing society case. All the accused were presented before a special judge on Tuesday and remanded to...
08:14 AM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: The National Highways Authority (NHAI) is constructing a four-lane expressway in Lumding reserve forest in Assam which will cut through a crucial migratory corridor for elephants, gibbons and bison. In fact the NHAI got permission to cut down over 100 hectares of forest for road expansion only if they that ensured no labour camps were set up in the forest, special underpass was to be built so that...
06:04 PM, Jul 22, 2011
National Highways Authority of India Chief General Manager SK Nirmal and General Manager Nitin Jain have been arrested. ...
10:39 PM, May 27, 2010
Over 5000 elected legislators and their relatives will get to zip through a 147 tolls in the country without tax. ...
09:37 AM, May 26, 2010
They were booked by the CBI on Tuesday in a case of criminal conspiracy and corruption. ...
08:19 AM, May 26, 2010
NHAI has allowed the two companies to continue construction work. ...
12:13 PM, Dec 29, 2009
Due to the financial meltdown only 22 road projects have got positive bidding. ...
03:29 PM, Mar 18, 2009
TMC workers continued their siege on National Highway 2 on Saturday. ...
12:45 AM, Aug 31, 2008
The Baba claims to be an incarnation of Lord Krishna. ...
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