
Mumbai: Abdul Karim Telgi has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for forgery, counterfeiting and cheating in the multi-crore stamp paper scam by a Mumbai sessions court on Wednesday. Along with him three policemen - KK Parmar, AB Sonwalkar and Ganpat Jadhav - have also been convicted for insubordination, abetting and allowing Telgi to flee. Appearing on video conference from a jail in Bangalore Telgi said, "I have good...

06:37 PM, Feb 29, 2012

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Abdul Karim Telgi, alleged kingpin of the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam, in a 2003 case. In December 2003, police had lodged an FIR against Telgi and several others for allegedly stealing government stamps worth around Rs 23 crore from railway wagon between 1997 and 2000. Telgi's lawyer argued that though his name has been mentioned in the FIR, no...

09:27 PM, Jan 11, 2011

Bangalore: A special court sentenced prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2001 case relating to the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam here on Saturday. Special court judge Chandrashekhar Patil sentenced 16 other accused to five years rigorous imprisonment each. Telgi was also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each for the two charges registered under sections 256 and 259 of the IPC against...

04:19 PM, Sep 18, 2010

In Bangalore, a special court will pronounce the quantum of punishment to prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi and 17 others in the multi-crore stamp paper scam. ...

02:10 PM, Sep 18, 2010

He had earlier been sentenced to 7 years' RI, fine of Rs 125,000 by a Bangalore court. ...

03:59 PM, Apr 23, 2009

Abdul Karim Telgi sentenced by CBI special sessions court in Bangalore. ...

02:12 PM, Apr 17, 2009

The multi-crore fake stamp paper scam was first unearthed in Maharashtra. ...

04:13 PM, Mar 19, 2009

Lahore: Despite being ignored once again by the selectors for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, former Pakistan cricket captain Mohammad Yousuf has said that he has not given up hope on making a comeback to Test cricket. I want to complete the milestone of playing 100 Tests. There are so many players still active on the international circuit who have played 100 Tests. I have just played 90. I...

09:01 PM, May 26, 2008

New Delhi: India's former bowling coach Eric Simons feels that team should invest in Ishant Sharma as he has the ability to lead the pace attack once Zaheer Khan retires. Ishant Sharma has tremendous potential and has the ability to lead this Indian attack. He can be a bowler in the Glenn McGrath mould. There have been times when he has got those three or four wickets but didn't finish ...

01:43 AM, May 07, 2008

Cardiff: England pulled off a dramatic victory in the first Test after Sri Lanka were bowled out for their joint fourth lowest total following four-wicket hauls from off-spinner Graeme Swann and pace bowler Chris Tremlett on Monday. Swann took 4-16 and Tremlett 4-40 as England bowled Sri Lanka out for 82 at Sophia Gardens to win by an innings and 14 runs for a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. ...

11:58 PM, Jan 30, 2008

Belfast: Ireland captain William Porterfield sees the two match One-day series against Pakistan as a "massive one" in the context of getting a favourable decision from the International Cricket Council (ICC) on the participation of the associate nations in the 2015 World Cup. The ICC, which had originally decided to limit the next World Cup in Australia and New Zealand to 10 full-member countries, will now be reconsidering the move...

04:49 PM, Jan 30, 2008

Fined Rs 102 crore, the boss of the multi-crore fake stamp paper appeals to court for mercy. ...

03:06 AM, Jun 29, 2007

He surrendered in MCOCA court and appealed for clemency. ...

03:28 PM, Jun 28, 2007

Telgi said he wanted to plead guilty in an MCOCA court. ...

11:26 AM, Jun 28, 2007

Telgi had bribed the two doctors to obtain false medical certificates. ...

04:02 PM, Jun 21, 2007