CD case: Amar, Mulayam will give voice samples

CD case: Amar, Mulayam will give voice samples New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday allowed the police to take voice samples of senior advocate Shanti Bhushan and politicians Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh for further investigation into the controversial CD case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav accepted the Delhi Police plea for securing their voice samples through CFSL experts to ascertain the motive behind creating the CD with their purported conversation on managing a Supreme Court...
07:42 PM, Jun 01, 2012
CBI cannot be trusted: Shanti Bhushan on coal block probe

CBI cannot be trusted: Shanti Bhushan on coal block probe

Team Anna Member Shanti Bhushan has said if the Prime Minister is found guilty, he should be sent to jail. ...
02:11 PM, Jun 01, 2012

Accept live-in relationships in society: Team Anna

Accept live-in relationships in society: Team Anna Ghaziabad: Batting for "live-in relationships", Team Anna member and former Union minister Shanti Bhushan has said people should accept it in the context of changing society rather than protest. "Social values are changing fast and we should accept it (live-in relationships) rather to protest or go against these values," Bhushan, who was here to attend a function last evening, said. Referring to the Assembly polls' results in five states, he...
06:01 PM, Mar 12, 2012

Stamp duty evasion: HC dismisses Bhushan's plea

Stamp duty evasion: HC dismisses Bhushan's plea Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday turned down a writ petition filed by Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan challenging an order of Assistant Stamp Commissioner here which held him guilty of evading stamp duty to the tune of about Rs 1.35 crore on a property. Justice Arun Tandon passed the order adding that Bhushan could seek 'statutory remedy' by approaching the Registrar (Stamps) as per the provisions of Stamp...
03:54 PM, Feb 01, 2012

Bhushan CD: Court rejects police closure report

Bhushan CD: Court rejects police closure report New Delhi: A Delhi court has rejected the Delhi Police report to close the case on Shanti Bhushan's complaint that the CD with his purported talk with Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh and Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav was fake. The court pulled up the Delhi Police for filing a closure report without conducting proper investigations. The court also asked why the police relied only on the opinion of...
04:58 PM, Jan 25, 2012

Shanti Bhushan fined for not paying stamp duty

Shanti Bhushan fined for not paying stamp duty New Delhi: Senior advocate of the Supreme Court and Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan has been slapped a fine of Rs 27.22 lakh by the Assistant Stamp Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh. The Assistant Stamp Commissioner imposed the fine on Shanti Bhushan for not paying the full stamp duty on the purchase of land. Bhushan has been asked to pay the fine within one month. Calling the order politically motivated, Bhushan...
06:55 PM, Jan 06, 2012

CD row: Police to file reply to Bhushan's plea

CD row: Police to file reply to Bhushan's plea New Delhi: The Delhi Police is expected to file its reply to senior advocate in the Supreme Court Shanti Bhushan's petition, explaining why it has still not recorded the statements of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh. The statements were to be recorded in order to verify the authenticity of a controversial audio CD purportedly featuring a conversation between the trio. After the CD...
07:38 AM, Jan 06, 2012

Lokpal fiasco: Government's loss, Anna's gain?

Lokpal fiasco: Government's loss, Anna's gain? Ralegan Siddhi: For a team that was on the back-foot after a poor show in Mumbai and Delhi, the fiasco in Rajya Sabha was exactly what it needed. However, in Ralegan Siddhi, Anna Hazare preferred to stay away from the cameras and in Delhi, his team remained tight-lipped about its strategy. One thing was certain - there are no immediate plans of yet another fast. Team Anna member Kiran Bedi...
07:41 AM, Dec 31, 2011

Court to pronounce order on Bhushan CD case

Court to pronounce order on Bhushan CD case New Delhi: After the Delhi Police submitted a closure report saying that the CD showing conversation between Amar Singh, Shanti Bhushan and Mulayam Singh Yadav were genuine, Tis Hazari court on Monday is all set to pronounce its order on whether the report can be accepted or not. If the court rejects the report, Delhi police might be asked to investigate further, include the Chandigarh FSL report. If it accepts...
03:56 AM, Dec 12, 2011

Standing Committee has 'betrayed' India: Bhushan

Standing Committee has 'betrayed' India: Bhushan New Delhi: Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan on Sunday launched a frontal attack on the Parliamentary Standing Committee that went into the Lokpal Bill, accusing it of 'betraying' the nation by suggesting 'snatching away' of the power of investigation from the proposed anti-corruption watchdog. "We knew that Abhishek Singhvi is an able lawyer but did not know that he is also a magician. The authority of investigation that was given...
02:50 PM, Dec 11, 2011

CD row: Police rejects Bhushan's charge on PMO

CD row: Police rejects Bhushan's charge on PMO New Delhi: Rebutting allegations levelled by Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan, Delhi Police on Tuesday said the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) or the Home Ministry have not shown any interest in denying him forensic reports on controversial CD purportedly featuring his father Shanti Bhushan. "It is totally false and baseless that Hon'ble Prime Minister's Office or Hon'ble Home Minister has taken any interest in the matter. The original reports with...
05:46 PM, Dec 06, 2011

Bhushans target Govt after lab says CD doctored

Bhushans target Govt after lab says CD doctored New Delhi: The Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Chandigarh has said that the Shanti Bhushan CD - that showed senior lawyer Shanti Bhushan promising to fix judges - was doctored. Though the CFSL, Chandigarh report contradicts other forensic lab reports, father-son duo of Prashant Bhushan and Shanti Bhushan now using the particular report, obtained through RTI, as a vindication of their stand that they were being targetted by the Government....
07:25 PM, Dec 05, 2011

PMO withheld CD report: Prashant Bhushan

PMO withheld CD report: Prashant Bhushan New Delhi: Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan on Monday dragged the Prime Minister's Office into the controversial CD issue involving his father Shanti Bhushan alleging that it was behind withholding a forensic report which said it was doctored. His remarks came following a RTI reply that the forensic examination by Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Chandigarh shows that the CD was "doctored", contradicting findings of two other such tests. Bhushan...
05:46 PM, Dec 05, 2011

Bhushan CD is edited, says forensic lab

Bhushan CD is edited, says forensic lab New Delhi: Forensic examination of a controversial CD purportedly containing conversation of Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan, SP chief Mulayam Singh and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh by a central laboratory shows that it was "doctored", contradicting findings of two other such tests. Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL, Chandigarh has, in an RTI reply, said that the recording in CD is "not original" and "post production edited version". The CD...
08:07 PM, Dec 04, 2011

Team members expoliting Anna's image: Blogger

Team members expoliting Anna's image: Blogger New Delhi: Anna Hazare's former blogger Raju Parulekar on Friday night fired yet another salvo at prominent Team Anna members accusing them of using the Gandhian as a demi-god and as their brand to further their interests. "The real loss is most among 120 crore Indians who are disillusioned, misled, have lost objectivity and convinced that this self-centered movement will create heaven for them and a stricter Jan Lokpal Bill...
08:06 AM, Nov 12, 2011
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