New Delhi: Criticising Congress leader Digvijaya Singh's "unwarranted advice" to the judiciary, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the motivation behind his criticism was the "frustration of a loser". Jaitley said the "ill-advised" suggestion made to the judiciary by Digvijaya has come when corruption of UPA government is being investigated by CBI and monitored by the Supreme Court and did not come when the...
08:30 PM, May 14, 2013
Bhopal: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan is not only said to be favouring his family members. RTI documents with CNN-IBN show how the Shivraj government is also awarding land to institutions close to the BJP and the RSS. Saraswati Shishu Mandir, an RSS-backed educational institution was granted over 10 acres of prime land across the state between 2007 and 2008. Another RSS-backed body, the Saraswati Bal Kalyan Samiti, was granted...
06:47 PM, May 14, 2013
Bhopal: A cloud of corruption hangs over one of the BJP's most celebrated chief ministers - Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Chouhan is in the midst of a row over allotment of prime land in Bhopal to his relatives. An RTI query has revealed how prime land that was allotted to other individuals was registered in the names of Shivraj Singh's cousins. Even a court order stipulating returning the...
06:23 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is aiming to file its chargesheet in the Railway scam on July 3, sources said on Tuesday. The taped conversations between accused in the scam have been sent for forensic tests and the reports are expected soon, sources said. The CBI sources also said that a questionnaire for ex-Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal was being prepared. The sources said that the CBI...
04:53 PM, May 14, 2013
Kolkata: Violence broke out on Tuesday at an anti-chit fund rally, held by Democratic Students Organisation (student wing of Socialist Unity Centre of India) in Kolkata. Police had to resort to lathicharge to disperse the participants of the rally, who were trying to hold a law violation programme. There are reports of injuries on both sides. More details are awaited. ...
03:35 PM, May 14, 2013
Critically acclaimed actor Rajesh Sharma, who has acted in films such as "Maachis", "Ishqiya", "No One Killed Jessica", "The Dirty Picture" and "Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana", joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his future projects and his experience of acting in the Bengali film "Kagojer Nouka (Paper Boat)" which is based on the chit fund bust in eastern India. Q. Will this movie have English subtitle..for those who...
03:25 PM, May 14, 2013
Kolkata: A West Bengal government owned film centre in Kolkata has reportedly refused to screen a movie on the chit fund scam. State-owned Nandan film centre says it will not screen the movie 'Kagojer Nouka' (which means Paper boat). The movie's director has alleged that the cinema hall authorities have not previewed the film despite submitting documents well in advance. The film has also not found any takers among multi-plexes...
12:12 PM, May 14, 2013
Bhubaneswar: Weeks after CNN-IBN reported a political nexus in Odisha's Rs 20,000 crore investment scam, the crime branch has now arrested the owner of another financial company. The arrested owner of Artha Tatwa, Pradip Sethi, has alleged that ministers, MLAs, top politicians and bureaucrats are also involved in the financial scam. He has claimed that he has video and audio evidence to prove the involvement of politicians. Pradip has now...
09:30 AM, May 14, 2013
Kolkata: As the Calcutta High Court begins hearing pleas seeking a CBI probe into the Sharada group chit fund scam on Tuesday, CNN-IBN has found that it is unemployment and stunted industrial and agricultural growth in the state that is forcing people to invest in ponzi schemes. Seventy-year-old Sunil Sarkar recounts how he found his son Jayanta Sarkar's body at the terrace hanging by a rope. Jayanta, who was allegedly...
09:11 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: There have been speculations of the growing rift between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. After CNN-IBN reported the inside story of how a section of the Congress wants the Prime Minister to make way for new leadership, the Congress clarified that Dr Manmohan Singh will be the Prime Minister till 2014. "There is absolutely no rift between the party and the Prime Minister. Prime...
07:50 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday questioned two railway officials in the case relating to bribery for appointment of a senior railway officer to a lucrative post. "Two officers have been questioned today (Monday). The investigations are on," CBI sources told IANS. Pawan Kumar Bansal was dropped as railway minister after the name of his nephew Vijay Singla surfaced in the case. Singla was allegedly paid...
06:01 AM, May 14, 2013
Islamabad: A day after his resounding defeat in Pakistan's general election, former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf was on Monday barred from leaving the country over allegations of corruption in setting up power projects. The Federal Investigation Agency directed authorities in airports to prevent Ashraf and several others accused of wrongdoing in the rental power projects scam from leaving Pakistan. Earlier, the National Accountability Bureau Pakistan's main anti-corruption agency had decided...
12:16 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: For nine years now, through all the UPA's ups and downs, Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh have enjoyed a near-perfect relationship. But last week, they hit a wall, perhaps for the first time. CNN-IBN learnt that the decision to remove Pawan Bansal and Ashwani Kumar as cabinet ministers was resisted by the PM until pressure from Sonia finally forced them out. In fact, even after Ashwani Kumar's resignation...
10:14 PM, May 13, 2013
The CBI is likely to register a preliminary inquiry into the appointment of senior officers in the Railway Protection Force as it suspects large scale corruption in these postings. ...
09:15 PM, May 13, 2013
Barasat: The chit fund scam in West Bengal claimed its twelfth victim on Monday with an agent of a ponzi scheme found hanging in his home at Basirhat in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. Police said the body of Ujjwal Samaddar, a 27-year-old agent of Sanmarg ponzi scheme, was found hanging in his home at Harishpur village on Monday morning. Samaddar's neighbours said a group of of depositors had...
08:29 PM, May 13, 2013
Bhubaneswar: Chief of controversial non-banking financial institution (NBFI) Artha Tatwa (AT) Group Pradip Sethi, was arrested and sent to jail on Monday on charges of cheating investors in different parts of Odisha. Sethi, who was playing hide and seek with police for the past three months, was finally nabbed on Sunday night and produced in a court here on Monday. "Sethi has been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days,"...
05:50 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI probe on the railway recruitment scam, that toppled Pawan Bansal as the Railways Minister, has widened to reach the doorstep of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Sources say that the CBI will now probe the role of former Railway Board Chairman Vivek Sahai. Sources said that the CBI is investigating why Sahai held additional charge as Member, Traffic, and why another eligible candidate was denied...
04:50 PM, May 13, 2013
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh questioned as to based on what law can the Supreme Court supervise a CBI investigation. ...
03:36 PM, May 13, 2013
Jalpaiguri: A daily wage farm labourer on Monday allegedly attempted to commit suicide after losing money in Saradha chit fund scam. Sixteen-year-old Sahanur Rahman tried to end his life by drinking pesticide Monday morning at his home near here, the police said. He had invested Rs 75,000 with Saradha chit fund group after being lured by a promise of higher returns, sources said. He was in depression since the chit...
02:39 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: With Lok Sabha elections due next year, newly appointed Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said he would strive to achieve objectives in the run up, including making legal procedures help fuel economic growth and appointment of judges through a transparent process. Outlining his "broad objectives", Sibal said, "Legal processes and procedures should not be an impediment to economic growth, but must fuel it." He said simplification and...
02:19 PM, May 13, 2013
