Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will likely file its first chargesheet in the Adarsh Housing society scam on Tuesday, more than 17 months after registering its first FIR. The FIR had named 14 accused, including Maharashtra's former chief minister Ashok Chavan as well senior ex-Army officials and top bureaucrats. Chavan had been forced to resign after the scam came to light in October 2010. The CBI believes that...
07:54 AM, Jul 03, 2012
Mumbai: The CBI is likely to file its first chargesheet in the Adarsh Housing scam on Tuesday against some of the members of the upscale society, 18 months after a case was registered in this connection. The scam had fuelled a political storm in Maharashtra that led to the resignation of Ashok Chavan as Chief Minister. Chavan is among the 14 accused in the case in which Union Ministers Vilasrao...
06:42 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Mumbai: Fomer Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan resumed his deposition before the two-member Adarsh commission in Mumbai on Monday. It is the second day of Chavan's questioning in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. Last week, he had blamed his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh for the alleged irregularities in the Adarsh housing society. Chavan had said the allotment of land in Mumbai city is governed by the Government Resolution of 1999 and...
12:07 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's deposition before the judicial commission probing the Adarsh scam will continue on Monday. On Saturday, he blamed his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh for the controversial land allotment. Chavan said the allotment of land in Mumbai city is governed by the Government Resolution of 1999 and Directions from the Chief Minister's Office, both of which clearly state that for allotment of land in Mumbai city,...
08:26 AM, Jul 02, 2012
New Delhi: Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday blamed his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh for the Adarsh Housing Society scam, saying the allotment of land in Mumbai city is governed by the Government Resolution of 1999 and Directions from the Chief Minister's Office, both of which clearly state that for allotment of land in Mumbai city, the approval has to come from the CM. Chavan was the revenue minister...
12:44 PM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday deposed before the judicial commission probing the Adarsh Housing Society scam. He is the third former Maharashtra chief minister to do so. Chavan was accompanied by hordes of supporters on his way to the probe venue. A heavy police presence was around. Chavan was forced to resign in 2010 after the scam came to light. The CBI said it was...
11:22 AM, Jun 30, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh reappeared before the Adarsh probe commission on Wednesday. Vilasrao said that although the letter of intent was signed by him as Chief Minister, it was done only because the departments concerned, revenue and finance, had cleared it. The Revenue minister at the time was Ashok Chavan, while Jayant Patil was the finance minister during Deshmukh's tenure. He further said,...
01:44 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh reappeared before the Adarsh probe commission on Wednesday. On Tuesday, he had blamed bureaucrats for two key decisions during his chief ministership, that of the allotment of land and granting additional floor space. Deshmukh appeared before the commission after Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde blamed him for clearing files related to the Adarsh Housing Society. Deshmukh on Tuesday told the Adarsh commission...
12:08 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday commuted the death sentence awarded to Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh. He is likely to be freed next week after clearance from the Interior Ministry. ...
10:32 PM, Jun 26, 2012
New Delhi: With an eye on the polls in his home state Himachal Pradesh, Virbhadra Singh in a sudden move on Tuesday resigned as small industries minister in the Manmohan Singh government. On Monday, a Shimla court gave the go-ahead to frame charges against him in a corruption case. His party had said that his resignation was not necessary. The problem ahead, however, is that many UPA ministers may now...
09:22 PM, Jun 26, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has kept the Finance Ministry with himself, while making Vilasrao Deshmukh the additional in-charge of the Steel Ministry, sources said on Tuesday. Pranab Mukherjee resigned as Finance Minister on Tuesday. The UPA's Presidential candidate said he was honoured at his nomination. Meanwhile, the PM has forwarded Pranab Mukherjee's resignation to President Pratibha Patil who will demit office on July 24. While forwarding his resignation,...
07:59 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Mumbai: Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Vilasrao Deshmukh on Tuesday appeared before the judicial commission investigating the alleged irregularities in the Adarsh Housing Society. Deshmukh, a former Maharashtra chief minister, appeared a day after Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde blamed Deshmukh for clearing files related to the Adarsh Housing Society. Deshmukh told the Adarsh commission that he wasn't aware of or made aware of any...
02:24 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh will be depose before the judicial commission probing the Adarsh housing society scam on Tuesday. He will be the second chief minister to depose, a day after former chief minister and current Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde deposed. Shinde had absolved himself of all blame and passed the buck on Deshmukh. Shinde claimed that all the decisions on the housing society were taken...
09:20 AM, Jun 26, 2012
Mumbai: Seeking to wash his hands off the Adarsh scam, Union Minister of power Sushil Kumar Shinde on Monday told a judicial panel the decision to allot government land and grant of additional Floor Space Index (FSI) to the housing society was taken during the tenure of Vilasrao Deshmukh as Chief Minister. Both Shinde and Deshmukh had handled files pertaining to the controversial society during their stint as Maharashtra Chief...
07:11 PM, Jun 25, 2012
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde Monday appeared before a two-member panel probing the Adarsh Society scam. The commission had issued notice to Shinde to appear before it as a witness in the case on June 25. Shinde was the chief minister (2001 to 2003) when he cleared many files including allotment of land to Adarsh. Former chief ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Ashok Chavan...
08:46 AM, Jun 25, 2012
Mumbai: The CBI is thoroughly investigating allegations against Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde, two former Maharashtra Chief Ministers, who are at present Union Ministers, in the Adarsh Housing scam. In an affidavit, the CBI, which is probing the Adarsh housing society scam, has informed the Bombay High Court that the investigation against the two leaders is based on the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)....
04:40 AM, Jun 06, 2012
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday submitted an affidavit on the Adarsh Housing Society scam to the Bombay High Court, saying it is thoroughly probing allegations made in a PIL against former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Cabinet Minister for Power Sushil Kumar Shinde and others. The investigative body also said that it had examined all the relevant witnesses in the case, including two former chief ministers,...
01:35 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee once again batted for Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan when she requested Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for reconsideration of the Maharashtra Cricket Association imposing 5-year ban on the entry of IPL franchisee Kolkata Knight Riders owner to the Wankhede stadium. Deshmukh is the president of the Maharashtra Cricket Association. Banerjee took up the matter with Deshhmukh, the Union Science and Technology Minister who...
12:31 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee once again batted for Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan when she requested Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for reconsideration of the Maharashtra Cricket Association imposing five-year ban on the entry of IPL franchisee Kolkata Knight Riders owner to the Wankhede Stadium. Deshmukh is the president of the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA). Mamata took up the matter with Deshhmukh, the Union Science and Technology Minister...
09:05 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Mumbai :Filmmaker Subhash Ghai, who recently suffered a setback when the courts held allotment of land to his film institute Whistling Woods here as illegal, says it is important to keep smiling. On April 4, the Supreme Court asked Ghai to return the land in Mumbai, measuring 20 acres, to the state government and also rapped the former Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh over the allotment. "It is important to smile...
04:51 PM, Jun 02, 2012
