Pawan Kumar Bansal is under fire over bribery charges against his nephew Vijay Singhla, who is also one of the directors of Jagan Realtors Private Limited, which has several other relatives of Bansal on board. ...
10:12 PM, May 07, 2013
Barcelona: Encouraged by their "best ever" start to season, Force India are determined to see their drivers on the podium soon as the side prepares "hard" to compete in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. Paul di Resta came close to getting the team their first podium of the season but had to be content with a fourth-place finish in the last race in Bahrain. Team Principal Vijay Mallya said the team...
06:48 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI is digging deeper to uncover the link between Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and the bribery scandal involving his nephew Vijay Singla. CBI sources on Tuesday said that Bansal's private secretary Rahul Bhandari will be interrogated by the agency. The sources said that Singla and Bhandari have emerged as crucial links in the railway racket. The sources added that all business links of Bhandari and Singla...
06:13 PM, May 07, 2013
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested Ajay Garg, one of the key accused in the Railway Board bribery case. Garg was the aide of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla. A Delhi court remanded him in CBI custody till May 9. Garg had earlier surrendered at the court in connection with the cash-for-jobs scam. The CBI also uncovered more details on Garg. CBI sources...
05:53 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: There seems to be more trouble for Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal as his nephew Vijay Singla's close aide Ajay Garg is also in the CBI net. Garg has surrendered in a Delhi court in connection with the cash-for-jobs scam in the railways. The CBI had launched a manhunt for Garg after questioning Singla and the other accused in the cash-for-jobs scam in the Indian Railways. Sources say...
03:10 PM, May 07, 2013
Chandigarh: There seems to be more trouble for Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal as his nephew Vijay Singla's close aide Ajay Garg is also in the CBI net. The CBI had launched a manhunt for Garg after questioning Singla and the other accused in the cash-for-jobs scam in the Indian Railways. Sources say Garg is being questioned in Chandigarh. Though the CBI is not confirming his arrest yet, sources say...
02:15 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: 1984 anti-Sikh riots victim Nirpreet Kaur's fast at Jantar Mantar against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a riots case entered the fifth day on Tuesday. Her blood pressure is down and her health has deteriorated, but Kaur has decided to carry on with her fast. Nirpreet said that her fast will be continue until the government fulfills her demand for a through investigation in the...
01:26 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Pressure is building on Railway Minister Pawan Bansal over the Rs 90 lakh bribery case that his family is being probed over. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the CBI has procured data from Bansal's office and residence to zero in on how many times his nephew Vijay Singla or railway supplier Sandeep Goyal visited him. Sources say that the CBI will now verify from Bansal whether Singla was...
08:03 AM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday issued an advisory asking motorists to avoid a road near Vijay Chowk as it will remain closed for public from Tuesday due to the VVIP movement near Parliament. According to the traffic advisory, police said general traffic, including buses, shall not be allowed to ply on Rafi Marg between roundabouts of Sunehri Masjid and Rail Bhawan. "Due to ongoing Parliament session, large number of...
10:46 PM, May 06, 2013
As the Congress continued to insist Railway Minister Pawan Bansal had no direct link to the job-for-sale scam, CNN-IBN accessed a detailed account of the CBI probe into the role of Bansal's relatives in recent postings and transfers in the Railway Protection Force. ...
10:20 PM, May 06, 2013
Speaking to CNN-IBN, BJP leader Arun Jaitley said the PM, the Railway Minister and the Law Minister must resign in the wake of the latest scams. ...
07:04 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday said the consortium of lenders has recovered Rs 800-1,000 crore and is making all efforts to recover the remaining dues from beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines. "KFA recoveries are going on. We have substantial amount of recoveries. Total recoveries for banks is more than Rs 800-1000 crore," SBI Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri said here. The consortium of 17 banks, led by SBI, has an...
06:56 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has now widened the ambit of its probe after the Railway Board bribery case. CBI sources say that the agency is now looking at a jobs-for-sale nexus between Railway Protection Force officers' association and middlemen. According to CBI sources, the transfers, postings and promotions in the Railway Protection Force (RPF) are not based on merit. The CBI probe widened after the interrogation...
06:24 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI on Sunday arrested one more accused in the Railway bribery scandal involving Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew and a board member, taking the total number of those apprehended to nine. Sunil Dagga was apprehended by a CBI team in the capital, a CBI official said. The investigators are also on the look out for Ajay Garg, an alleged middle-man. Meanwhile, three persons, arrested for their...
09:46 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday launched an all out attack on Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and questioned his business links with his nephews. Meanwhile, protests were held outside Pawan Kumar Bansal's Chandigarh residence. ABVP protesters burned effigies of the Railway Minister and raised slogans against him. The police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the protesting crowd. Rajya Sabha Opposition leader Ravi Shakar Prasad on Sunday said that the...
05:24 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: Intensifying its attack on Railway Minister PK Bansal over the alleged involvement of his nephew in the Railway Board bribery scandal, the BJP on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the case. BJP leader Satyapal Jain while addressing a press conference, demanded the Railway Minister's resignation and said Bansal should clear whether his nephew Vijay Singla was given contract to supply 'Rail Neer' water bottles in trains. Jain...
04:07 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI on Sunday arrested two more accused in the Railway bribery scandal involving nephew of Railway Minister PK Bansal and a Board member, taking the total number of arrests by the agency to eight. Rahul Yadav, one of the middlemen, named in the FIR, was arrested by the agency on Saturday night. Meanwhile, Samir Sandhir, associate of Rahul Yadav was arrested by CBI on Sunday. Two courier...
11:56 AM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: Decision on Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's offer to resign will be taken by Monday morning i.e. after voting ends in Karnataka on Sunday evening and before Parliament resumes on Monday, said sources on Sunday. Bansal had offered to resign after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested his nephew Vijay Singla on Friday evening for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 90 lakh to ensure a...
08:58 AM, May 05, 2013
Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming today said wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha is carrying injuries and his fitness will be assessed before the Pepsi Indian Premier League game against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium here on Sunday. "He is carrying a little bit of an injury, so whether (Murali) Vijay comes back in would depend on Saha`s fitness now," he said at the pre-match media conference. Fleming, who did...
10:11 PM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: Accusing Sheila Dikshit government of failing on every front, BJP on Saturday said it was time the Congress was ousted from power in Delhi to relieve the common man of their troubles. Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, while speaking at a meeting of party workers, accused the Delhi Government of total failure in checking rising tariff of power and water as well addressing security concerns of the...
09:52 PM, May 04, 2013
